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quislibet(I first got wind of this on some left-leaning blog or other; they're all syndicated to my Friends page and I can hardly keep them apart.)
Presidential candidate and bachelor Dennis Kucinich has agreed to a dinner date with the future winner of an online "Who Wants to Be a First Lady?" contest. (Single liberal women: Enter now!)
This, as well as the power of reality television and the conflation of celebrity with political competence as seen in the California recall, suggests a campaign strategy based on a Gershwin musical. (Not "An American in Paris.")
With the title song of that show already being sung by the current First Lady in a tourism commercial, along with Roberta Flack and various Washington luminaries, this may well be an idea whose time has come.
Presidential candidate and bachelor Dennis Kucinich has agreed to a dinner date with the future winner of an online "Who Wants to Be a First Lady?" contest. (Single liberal women: Enter now!)
This, as well as the power of reality television and the conflation of celebrity with political competence as seen in the California recall, suggests a campaign strategy based on a Gershwin musical. (Not "An American in Paris.")
With the title song of that show already being sung by the current First Lady in a tourism commercial, along with Roberta Flack and various Washington luminaries, this may well be an idea whose time has come.
