On Sunday, at the White House, before a sober clientele, W and Barbra Streisand exchanged kisses and sweet smiles. Babs said that on this night the arts trumped politics. That's a lot, coming from her. She is one of this year's Kennedy Center Honorees and the White House do is part of the program that has been held every December for thirty-one years. These Honors have become an important celebration of the performing arts in America and are televised late in Christmas week by CBS. The broadcast always begins with a recording of President Kennedy speaking of the high place of the arts and culture that he envisioned for the country, and his daughter, Caroline, has now replaced Walter Cronkite as the annual host.
If Bush and Streisand can rise above it all, at least for one lovely evening, what may the rest of us be capable of doing?
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What are we capable of? I won't be kissing any Republicans just yet, especially in front of a "sober clientèle." But with enough martinis in me and a raucous audience, I'd give Ann Coulter a big dip she'd never forget.
Interesting times.
I do enjoy the commentary. I know you knew Graucho.
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