It’s hard to know which is the bigger news-related activities program: the Oscar nominations, the weapons inspector David
Kay, the Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, or the author Carrie Fisher? And that’s not counting Martha Stewart.
Let’s see. … In the wake of Sunday’s Golden
Globules, this morning’s Oscar nods seem slow off the mark, suprises
notwithstanding. Meantime, Kay, who finally admits the United States won’t be finding any
weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, is making excuses for our know-nothing Maximum Leader,
claiming he was duped and abused — OK, misled — by the intelligence community.
Asked if Mr. Gee Whiz owes the nation an apology for the gaps between his warnings
and Kay’s findings — OK, an explanation —
Radio, “I actually think the intelligence community owes the president, rather than the president
owing the American people.” And if you go along with that, Dick Cheney has some WMD to
show you.
Fisher gets my vote. She signed books last night across the street from Lincoln Center
in a publicity event for her latest Hollywood novel, “The Best
Awful.” The bookstore was packed with fans and celebrities
who are fans. Even that furious
glitteratus himself showed up. No, it was not the great
author-about-town Jay McInerney. “As Ms. Fisher signed her last autograph, Salman Rushdie
slipped into the room …” <
FONT color=#003399>Anthony Ramirez reports. If anybody wants
an explanation for my vote, I apologize in advance.
