An actor for president? No way Americans would ever do that.
Our old friend David Carr did a nice job of blogging from the Oscars yesterday.
But perhaps his best observation was to simply quote George Clooney’s acceptance speech. In case you were watching a basketball game or something, here it is: “You know, we are a little bit out of touch in Hollywood every once in a while. I think it’s probably a good thing. We’re the ones who talked about AIDS when it was just being whispered, and we talked about civil rights when it wasn’t really popular. And we, you know, we bring up subjects. This Academy, this group of people gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs of theaters. I’m proud to be a part of this Academy, proud to be part of this community, and proud to be out of touch.”
For my money, this guy’s a lot more in touch with how things actually are than our buddy Bush. Another good piece in the Times this morning by Paul Krugman on just that topic. (Sorry you have to subscribe to read it.) As I’ve said before, you can cancel the Strib subscription if you have to.
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