Wednesday, September 04, 2002

Surrounded, Squeezed and Oh, So Over: Poor Andy Cuomo never had a chance. Micromanaged by Mummy and Daddy, then blind sided by the Clintoids over Labor Day as Hillary schlepped with his opponent for all to see. All outlets are reporting that it was BJ who picked up the phone and delivered the coup de crunch. Pundits said the kid played rough, tough politics. He didn't have a clue what that really was.

Don't Get Excited: If this headline saying Martha Stewart may be replaced as head of her own company caught you attention, we feel it our duty to tell you there is no "there" here. It's a rehash and we have now saved you five minutes of reading time in your busy day.

Nobody Cared: Bill Clinton can't get out of his own way. Booked, with some breathless fanfare, to appear on Larry King Live last night with Bob Dole to announce a multimillion dollar super fund to college educate the "Children of 9/11" or some such, his casual comments got the headlines. He's not going to do a TV show. He's got to go to India. He's letting his wife handle the politics in the family (yeah, right - tell that to Andy Cuomo) and he was "obsessed" with Osama bin Laden....or was it Osama's camel? We dozed off. There is something about seeing a former president in that venue that doesn't make one swell with pride.

Fly Me, I'm Loaded: One of the more depressing stories this morning is a New York Daily News exclusive that resulted from two of their reporters getting onto 14 separate flights armed like Palestinian homicide bombers. They had breezed through security without so much as a "Hey, you!"

You Thought You Had Troubles: Feeling blue? Consider the state political consultant Bob Beckel has to be in. This report in the Washington Post's Reliable Source column was picked up from the enterprising folks at the suburban Journal newspaper. You remember Beckel, he's the one who tried to persuade Republican presidential electors to betray their party affiliation and vote Al Gore into the White House in 2000. You have to keep reading through the pity-party opening graphs here to learn he paid an Internet call girl $1900 for a few hours of home delivery. What this doesn't tell you is that he wrote her a check!

-Your Constantly-Bemused LComStaff