Predictably, MSNBC is going way overboard with its coverage of the death of Edward Kennedy.Indeed, my favorite so-called “cable news network” is taking a break from reporting news today. It’s all about the Fallen Lion of Liberalism.
I swear... they didn’t give Reagan this much dap. And he was president.
Chris Matthews teased this evening’s memorial service (or “Irish wake,” as he kept calling it) by revealing that Broadway star Brian Stokes Mitchell will sing Sen. Kennedy’s favorite song – “The Impossible Dream.” Matthews promises that Mitchell will “bring the house down.”
I’ve got a sneak preview streaming on my Vox blog. Brian Stokes Mitchell starred in a Broadway revival of “Man of La Mancha” a few years ago. Click here to hear his version of “The Impossible Dream” from the cast album.
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Saw it on You Tube. Yup, he tore it up.
Looking at him I started thinking: He's long and lean - just slap a wig on him and he could play Obama in a bio pic. They don't look too much alike, but it could work.
I'm not watching any of Teddy's funeral only because tomorrow's media spin will be "Is liberalism dead?" I'll catch the highlights. Biden said it all for me. I may watch the motorcade as it passes by the Senate side of the US Capitol if there's room on the lawn.
Those Kennedys love a good show tune.
okay, I caved. My mom's here and we're watching the CBS feed. Strategizing getting to the Capitol.
^ The memorial service yesterday was strangely compelling, Michon. I'm not caught up in the rapture of Camelot, but to see Republicans and Democrats sharing their memories of Ted on such human terms... it seemed like a unique American moment.
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