The WORDster sez: I’m baaaa-aaaack! Survived the
first five days of 2020 with the same muddy clarity as 2019. All I know is that
Australia is on fire and the Occupant-in-Chief just watched “Wag the Dog” with
KellyAnne and Hannity, and got an idea. “That’ll fix that
Pelosi b***h,” he tweeted.
Motss: What do you think about lining the President up for the
Peace Prize?
Brean: Our job’s over come election day.
Motss: Yeah, but c’mon . . .
Brean: What, just for the symmetry of the thing? [Motss nods]
Well, if Kissinger can win the Peace Prize, I wouldn’t be surprised if I woke
up and found I’d won the Preakness.
Motss: Yeah, but our guy did bring peace.
Brean: There was never a war.
Motss: All the greater accomplishment.
—Dustin Hoffman and Robert DeNiro in “Wag the Dog.” Barry Levinson,
director; screenplay by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet, 1997.
• Editorial Comment: Not so funny now.
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