Author: cecil

Interesting article by former Clinton pollster Mark Penn here. His point in short: both Kerry and Bush have it exactly wrong. Their initial wave of ads are designed to reinforce their respective strengths, when they should be focused on shoring up their weaknesses.

IMDB.com reports that Chevy Chase and Jon Voight will be starring in an upcoming film called “The Karate Dog.” But wait: The Karate Kid’s Pat Morita co-stars. But wait: It’s from the director of Baby Geniuses. And the writer of The Million Dollar Kid, which was that rarest of rare flowers: a Corey Feldman /…

Just a quick note as we end this primary season: Whatever happens from here on out, this is a primary that truly tested the nominee and left him and the party far stronger than they were when the process started up. Too many times over the last several years, it’s felt like the Democratic Party…

…was as eloquent an argument as you’re going to see for keeping the 2%ers out of at least the final primary debates. Dennis and Al are smart guys with a lot of interesting points to make, but really, right now, for just a minute or two, I was wishing they’d both shut up so I…

So Bush has come out for an amendment banning gay marriage. Here’s Kerry’s line from today’s news, unusually sharp and on point: “All Americans should be concerned when a president who is in political trouble tries to tamper with the Constitution of the United States at the start of his re-election campaign.” Very nice thump.…

According this mini-bit from MSNBC, Mel Gibson was near-suicidal right up to the point he started making the Passion. Also, he’s pretty sure his wife, a very religious Episcopalian who he says is a saint and a much better human being than him, will unfortunately be spending eternity in hell. No disrespect meant to Mel,…