Despite a loss, the Yankees remain five games up on the Red Sox, so it is a good morning. Like me now?
It's Moore Moore Moore of Clinton Clinton Clinton today, so if you're a Republican, you'll just have to grimace and go along, but I promise we'll have some fun.
The Times Matt Rodriguez reports on Page One that Democrats and liberal interest groups are using Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," a scathing critique of President Bush, to raise money, organize and be happy. The ACLU and, separately, Deborah Senn (candidate for attorney general), are using screenings as fundraisers. Congressman Jay Inslee is hosting a screening, and the 32nd District Democrats have bought a block of tickets.
Unanswered questions: Are people's political convictions (or prejudices) hardening, becoming cultural? Are we now only seeking out information that will confirm, rather than challenge, what we already know? Are we becoming two nations? Bill O'Reillys vs. Michael Moores? What an unpleasant thought.
The film premiered in Washington, D.C., where The New York Times reports that 800 leading limosine liberals turned out. Among the sightings: "The guest list, liberally sprinkled with members of Congress, political consultants and lobbyists, tipped decidedly to one side of the aisle. It included Richard Ben-Veniste, a member of the commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks; Paul Begala, a political adviser in the Clinton White House; Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, a former Clinton aide; Senator Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the minority leader; and Terry McAuliffe, the Democratic national chairman."
Was it a men-only affair?
Also in The Times, Melinda Bargreen reviews Clinton's "My Life," called elsewhere "My (Longwinded) Life": "The book is charming, chaotic, well-reasoned, self-indulgent and exceedingly long-winded."
The reviews haven't been great, with Michiko Kakutani slamming it on Page One of Sunday's New York Times ("endless litanies of meals eaten, speeches delivered, voters greeted and turkeys pardoned"); Larry McMurtry's been the lonesome dove (I just had to), also in the New York Times: "richest American presidential autobiography."
Big Bill is here next week, at the Issaquah Costco at 1 Wednesday, and later at Elliott Bay at 8. Hillary will be here the day before, Tuesday, to campaign with Patty Murray and raise money for her. You can buy lunch tickets for just $250. Will there be a bar, and will it be open? Will there be a surprise joint appearance with Bill? Or does he trail her everywhere by a day? We'll have lots of coverage, so stay tuned.
The Republican National Committee has released a new Web game called "Kerry-oke":
Sing along to Barbara Streisand's "The Way We Were." (Streisand hosts a fundraiser for Kerry tonight.)
Some of the lyrics:
Flip-Flops,
Said along the campaign trail,
Different stands John Kerry's spoken of,
They're the flips he flopped.
(Pretty funny stuff from those crazy guys over at the RNC. Now, steel tariffs anyone?)
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