1. Charlie Rose asking Adam Nagourney of the NY Times and Mark Halperin of ABC News what John Kerry really believes about the Iraq war. They laugh. Eventually, they compose themselves enough to spout the party line about allies. This is followed by Bill Maher and Cornel West over on HBO lamenting how lame Kerry is.
2. Newt Gingrich and Bill O’Reilly congratulating themselves for not being those kind of right-wing crazies who think Dan Rather forged or knowingly used forged documents.
3. Walking in Manhattan, a guy on a bike runs a red light and almost runs me down – then turns around to yell at me for not watching where I’m going, as he bikes in front of a moving truck.
4. Long Island Railroad publishes new schedules every few months; the latest ones expired September 6. From what I could see at Penn Station, they didn’t even bother to do September schedules for Shea Stadium.
5. Swift Boat Veterans running their latest ad on early morning TV – here in Queens. Is this a swing state, or have the Swifties suddenly come into more money than they know what to do with? Probably neither – with a modest budget, they are probably targeting NY to try to hit opinion leaders who will give them free publicity.
6. Vignette – young man and woman, probably dating, on the train platform, and the man casually twirls her around, like they’re dancing. Older couple nearby, both looking – and you could see, watching them, they were just thinking – we don’t do things like that anymore.