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Best worst idea ever II

After the pseudo-performance-art that was the YouTube Democratic Presidential debate, Republican Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani aren't gung-ho about their own upcoming YouTube-sponsored debate, as the idea of getting some hard and nasty chin music thrown at them by exasperated voters 7/8 you know, the people they ostensibly want to serve 7/8 is a lot less desirable than the softball lobs they get from so-called reporters. (Also they probably don't want the reminder that their constituency consists of snowmen and wingnuts who call their assault rifle their "baby.")

Nonetheless, hours of fun can be had by going to YouTube and clicking at random on the questions being posed.

Like this perky query from a frustrated cheerleader.

"Hello Republican candidates! This is Sarah Jean Horwitz from New Jersey. Humility and open-mindedness are two qualities which I greatly admire in a presidential candidate. I ask all of you to put aside your party allegiances and answer this simple question: If you had to pick one Democratic or Independent candidate to be the next President of the United States, who would it be and why?"

Or this, like scads of others bemoaning Bush fatigue.

"My question for the candidates regarding the hole that President Bush has dug for the Republican party and if it's possible for any of the candidates to dig themselves out of it enough to stand a chance in the election."

Guess I'm beginning to see the candidates' point.

As if Katie Couric needs more headaches

Now she's the subject of an unauthorized biography, "Katie: The Real Story," due out Aug. 28, to coincide with all the "Katie: One Year Later" stories.

From the press release:

"For the past twenty-five years-- first as the blithe spirit of the Today show, then as the only woman ever to anchor a network news program solo--Katie Couric has been a familiar visitor in the homes of millions. Yet, despite all her public exposure, no one -- until now -- has been able to penetrate the secrets behind her closely guarded personal life and her struggles in the cutthroat world of television news.

"In this probing portrait of America's news queen, bestselling author Edward Klein rips away the mask that has hidden the many faces of Katie Couric: the strong, independent woman and the needy wife and lover; the grieving widow famed for her kindness to others and the fiercely competitive diva; the consummate television interviewer and the stumbling network anchor. ...

"As Klein makes clear, Katie's road to stardom has been paved with rocky personal relationships: a turbulent marriage to Jay Monahan, who died of colon cancer; testy associations with 'Today' cohosts Bryant Gumbel and Matt Lauer; and several star-crossed love affairs, including one with a man seventeen years her junior."

I've also heard that if you're a woman who wants to get on Couric's bad side, just wear a nicer pair of pumps around her. Wonder if that'll be in the book.

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