Monday, 08/30/04
I learned that I had no idea who the highest-ranking Republican woman in the House of Representatives was, and once I found out, her name still rang no bells. Do you know? No peeking.
It wasn't until I looked up her site to that I realized that as conference chairman, she's actually the highest-ranking Republican woman in history. That's, uh, terrific. 05:24PM «
Monday, 08/23/04
At long last, John Kerry makes his Jon Stewart debut. Can't wait for the 10AM rebroadcast tomorrow morning.
... well. Arsenio's legacy is intact. Several days later, that jumpy, grinning staredown on the arm of the couch is still making me cringe. I'm going to feel a lot better when this election is over and Kerry goes back to being statesmanlike, leaving the Daily Show appearances to Edwards.
I'm still feeling more confident about this election than anyone I know except for Ruy Texiera, whose commentary on the perceived poll movement after three weeks of free Swift Boat Veterans For Bush media attention is unusually sharp.
Now we get the RNC. I tuned in for a few minutes this morning and caught the Wyoming delegation calling Dick Cheney its "favorite son" and "first and foremost, a good and decent man." Regardless of one's politics, that's just a hilariously dissonant thing to say, but for the week it probably won't make the top twenty. 11:18PM «
Sunday, 08/22/04
Steve Earle has a new album coming out in a few weeks. One of the songs is called, "Condi, Condi", and future generations will wonder what the National Security Advisor did to be immortalized in more or less the same vein as "Roxanne". I feel slightly guilty about finding it so funny. For the next twelve days, you can locate a copy (in Real Audio or Windows Media) via the KEXP streaming archive, starting on Fri, Aug 12 at 12:09 pm.
Dr. Rice will be coming to town early next month for some Inside The Actors Studio-style Q&A, and Jenny bought me a ticket. Unfortunately, questions will be accepted only in writing. So far the best ones I've thought of are "When did you first realize you would not be part of a second Bush administration?" and "Would you sign my Steve Earle album?". 10:55PM «
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