Reply #2: thanks so much for this find!

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His commentary , including the quip about the witches was great, as were the photos of him and Alexandra (I wonder how/what she's doing these days. . ), and the event itself seemed great (as a "restore sanity" event it seemed to me more substantive, and more gratifyingly action-oriented, than the Jon Stewart thing. .). But best of all was the recognition of Sen. Kerry, both in the award he was given (SO richly deserved) and Bette Midler's spot-on characterization of Sen. Kerry as the "senator who does not give up." By, did she get THAT right! I'd like to see that meme "out there" in the media and local conversations more. Because that's exactly who he is, and exactly why I'm such a partisan.

later update: the New York Restoration Project is a really great cause, both in its intent and creativity, as well as its implementation (it's actually been successful!!) and so cool to see that Bette Midler started it all.
See? Yes, we can! and do! And one person does make a difference!! Plus the evening looked like a lot of fun.

Very heartening.