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...Democrats, in an equally valiant manner, have struck back with domestic issues. Oh good! Gloom and doom. The problem is that even if the Democrats were to win, I doubt any solutions would be forthcoming. The recession might end, but the economy will still be in relative decline, the inner cities will still be collapsing, the homeless won't be finding homes, education will only get worse, and health care will still be inaccessible. Pessimistic? Apathetic? Cynical? Oh, a little, but isn't everyone? After all these years of hearing about the country going to hell, no one cares anymore...
BILLY BATHGATE. Over budget and over schedule, with rumors of rancor soiling its production, Robert Benton's movie of the E.L. Doctorow novel arrives in a shroud of doom. Well, surprise! There's rare grace and gravity in the tale of a Bronx kid (Loren Dean, a find) who hitches his hopes to the falling star of gangster Dutch Schultz (Dustin Hoffman, again splendid). Forget the Cassandras. Go see a good movie...
...Bush could provide the difference: Louisiana, where a third-party presidential race by David Duke could deflect enough Bush support to tip 10 ; electoral votes to Cuomo, and Michigan (20 votes), where the automobile-based economy is so depressed that a coalition between labor and minorities could doom Bush's prospects...
Saturday: Bad Manners with Bop Harvey and Monks of Doom...
Some may ask themselves, "Why have I paid $23,000 for the cockroach scene from 'Temple of Doom?'" I, however, look at the situation as an opportunity to put what I've been taught these past few weeks into practice...