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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Baldur Fjvlnisson who wrote (336573)	1/2/2003 5:59:15 PM
From: Baldur Fjvlnisson	Respond to of 769670

BIGGEST MORON - This is always a pretty competitive category for me and the winner managed to squeak out a victory in the waning hours of the year. This year's champion clearly has to be Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi. First of all, I will rip off Jay Leno's question for Hugh Grant a couple of years ago: "What were you thinking?" Second of all, I don't know which is worse in his case. That he might actually harbor the feelings that his comments convey, or even if he DOES feel that way, that he was stupid enough to say it knowing that television cameras were rolling in the room. THEN, after he steps down from his leadership role he tries to blame the whole thing on his political enemies who were "out to get him", bringing back visions of Hillary Clinton and her "vast right wing conspiracy". MORON RUNNER UPS - This was a close race between Martha Stewart and Hootie Johnson. Martha managed to lose hundreds of millions off of her net worth over a stock trade that amounted to a total of about 40 grand and has to be thinking she'd like a "do-over" for the entire year. Hootie Johnson, who is the chairman of the Augusta Golf Club which hosts the Masters, should have known better than to rise to the bait when he received that letter from the woman who thought the club should admit women members. I don't recall the women's name who wrote, but she probably sends out 25 letters a day making such demands and even she was likely shocked that Mr. Johnson responded to her giving her a national stage for half the year. Since I'm now thinking about it, I should an honorable mention Moron Award to the editorial writer for the New York Times who suggested Tiger Woods should boycott the Masters because of the controversy. I would rather that writer boycott writing any more editorials. CLASSIEST EXIT - Believe it or not, I think Al Gore made about the classiest exit you could have ever scripted when he bowed out of the 2004 presidential race on 60 Minutes. It only makes me wonder why he was not anywhere near this classy when he was running for president. TOTAL FREAK - I believe the time has come for Michael Jackson to catch the next Space Shuttle out of here since he clearly no longer belongs here with normal earth people. What was the deal with dangling your infant child over the balcony railing or showing up for court dressed like you were going to the MTV Music Awards. Here was a hugely talented guy who the public loved and adored and he just totally squandered it and it's a shame. A close runner up in this category were Liza Minnelli and David Guest. He frankly scares me and could use to join Michael on the Space Shuttle trip. OUTSTANDING ALBUM - Believe it or not, I just love The Eminem Show by our friend Marshall Mathers. While I have to admit that by the time affluent, middle-aged white guys like me are enjoying his album his 15 minutes of fame must be ending, this guy is an amazing songwriter. Some people have a difficult time with the cuss words and some of the subject matter, but this guy belongs in a class of songwriter with Lennon/McCartney (the traditional order), Bob Dylan, Joanie Mitchell, Carol King, Lieber and Stoller, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young. I have every album this kid has put out and every song grabs you by the collar and doesn't let go. This is something I can seldom say about modern artists, but was always true of the great artists 30, 20 and sometimes 10 years ago. Most modern albums are lucky to contain two decent songs. To me it was a breath of fresh air in this vapid Britney Spears era…although she is a lovely young lady. PRETTY GOOD MOVIE - I saw the movie Secretary with James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal and would have to give it two thumbs up. The subject might be a bit racy for some, but it was a nice, low budget, story-driven movie that kept your attention and kept you thinking. It was certainly a stark contrast of my movie review of last year, which was Vanilla Sky that cost over $100 million to make and couldn't suck more than it did. Secretary is out of theaters but catch it on video if you can and Maggie Gyllenhaal was just nominated for a Golden Globe that she richly deserves. GOD-AWFUL HORRIBLE TELEVISION SHOW - The Anna Nichole Smith Show. It makes me sad that society has sunk to the level where this horrible woman has a TV show. My advice to her with regard to her next career move? Choke on your own vomit Nichole.