Hillary's Coming! Hillary's Coming!
It's Hillarymania all over again!(Assuming there ever was anything approaching a 'mania' related to Hillary Clinton in the past.)
- ABC's Geena Davis-as-President series Commander-in-Chief is being attacked from the right as being a thinly veiled season-long primetime Hillary-in-the-Oval Office campaign commercial wearing the sheep's clothing of a totally-behind-the-eight-ball, showrunner-swapping, but still seemingly-connecting-with-audiences, kinda-sorta Fall 2006 hit!
- Variety leads today with the headline The Hillary Tour,reawakening pulse-quickening Hillary for Prez talk (assuming that kind of talk ever quickened anyone's pulse in the past):
For someone who's not running for the White House, Hillary Clinton will certainly look like a presidential contender Thursday as she embarks on a swing through Hollywood.
Democrats in the entertainment industry, who started the year fatigued and frustrated following their unsuccessful effort to elect John Kerry, have been emboldened by recent political setbacks for President George W. Bush and other Republicans, and they're planning no fewer than three fund-raisers during the New York senator's West Coast trip.
Events include a $500-per-person reception at the home of Rob Reiner and a $1,000-per-person brunch hosted by film producers Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks. Television producer Marta Kauffman will also welcome Clinton to her home for a fund-raiser.
Coin raised on this trip will go to Clinton's 2006 re-election campaign in New York. But speculation on a presidential bid is picking up momentum.
The invitation to the Reiner event made its way to my desk, so I thought I'd share (click to enlarge):
$500 bucks gets you a "Late Night dessert reception," which could be the priciest Jell-O® Pudding in a Cloud™ you ever enjoyed. I'm also confused about "Late Night." Seeing as it starts at nine, it doesn't seem really so late at night that it would require referring to it as such. The capitalization further confuses things: is it perhaps sanctioned by David Letterman's show? I'll leave you scratching your head to those Hillarimponderables, as I also point out the very, very fine print at the very, very bottom:
"Contributions to Friends of Hillary are not tax deductible for federal income tax Purposes."
Got that? And beneath, in even finer print:
"Anyone who refers to Mr. Reiner, either directly or indirectly, as 'Meathead' will be immediately asked to leave."



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