{"id":434,"date":"2004-07-28T10:30:02","date_gmt":"2004-07-28T14:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp\/2004\/07\/obama_rocks\/"},"modified":"2004-07-28T10:30:02","modified_gmt":"2004-07-28T14:30:02","slug":"obama_rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/2004\/07\/obama_rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"OBAMA ROCKS"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s almost like there’s too much noise around FAHRENHEIT 9\/11 to watch it with a clear head, and I still wonder whether it will change minds. Bush is such an easy, wide-ass target by now that as his defenders grow more shrill, his critics seem to carp in vain. I wish Moore was more responsible with his data, had more insight, provided more context on the Iraqi footage, and in general was more of a journalist. But my wife [SKL] says that’s wanting it to be something it’s not. Goeffrey O’Brien is pretty persuasive<\/A> on this. (See how generous we’re being after O’Brien got SUCKED IN to Mystic Fever<\/A>?)


\nElsewhere in that same issue, Gary Wills surpasses himself on Bill Clinton<\/A>. Every time Wills peaks like this, you think he’s found his subject. If you haven’t read Nixon Agonistes<\/A>, or Innocents at Home: Reagan’s America<\/A>, you have only yourself to blame.
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\nSKL made a very good point last night about Ron Reagan Jr.’s speech: it’s a coup for Dems because he’s a surrogate for Nancy. She’s spoken up about stem cell research, and gotten the cold shoulder from her grand old party. Ron was up there for her, as a symbol of how cutting the Dems are getting without mentioning GW’s name. How savvy: very little of what even Ted Kennedy said could be used in an ad declaring the convention a “hatefest.” I’m heading down to the Fleet center tonight to meet up with my sister, Ann, a labor floor whip. Stay tuned.


\nREASONS TO BE CHEERFUL:


\nARRESTED DEVELOPMENT DVD<\/A>

Does anybody out there know if this show got picked up yet for another season?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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