* at the Kennedy Center Honors

[Sannum]

Walter Cronkite made opening remarks and Caroline Kennedy made remarks about Mr. Cronkite. There was a standing ovation for Cronkite and the Chimperor did not participate. What an ass.

[DebJ]

1. course not. Cronkite did the news like a true journalist, not a butt

kisser

[chieftain]

2. The man is graceless as well as

clueless. As a matter of fact " George the Lesser " might be an appropriate sobriquet.

[heidiho]

3. But did he wave to Stevie Wonder?

like before?

[Sannum]

4. LOL--

OMG! I totally forgot about that! What a friggin Moran! He probably doesn't know who half of the honorees and presenters are. Pickles looks like she put a blue bow around a burlap sack, and the honorees, all of which are quite liberal, just look surly.

[Sannum]

5. The totally edited out Jack Nicholson's speech!!!

Those Bastards! I heard he made several refrences to Beatty's, um...womanizing past and some attendees were offended. Let me guess who:eyes:

[bobweaver]

7. Any transcript of Nicholson's speech anywhere?

[bobweaver]

6. How that must have felt for * to have to sit there...

...with all the liberals on stage (Walter Cronkite, Caroline Kennedy at the beginning, Steven Spielberg, who supported Kerry) and all these non-GOP types being honored: women (Joan Sutherland, Ruby Dee), blacks (Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee), openly gay (Elton John) and Hollywood liberal (Warren Beatty). One crowd he definitely could not call his "base." The *s seemed like statues sitting there on a shelf.

[medeak]

8. sad watching * trying to nod head in time to Elton John songs

emulating Clinton.. didn't work.

[idiosyncratic]

9. And then I caught a glimpse of JK and Teresa and I burst into tears

What could have been . . .