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Chris Matthews to Be 'Miss America' Judge James Hirsen
THE LEFT COAST
REPORT Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories): 1. Chris Matthews to Be 'Miss America' Judge Cable hosts are displaying their versatility. CNN's "360" host Anderson Cooper previously starred on "The Mole." MSNBC's "Tucker" host Tucker Carlson recently boogied down on "Dancing with the Stars."
Now MSNBC's hyperventilating "Hardball" host Chris Matthews will reportedly have a judging role in one of the nation's most renowned beauty pageants.
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Matthews will have to ask the really tough questions in the assignment he's reportedly accepted. In January 2007 he will scrutinize contestants as they vie to become Miss America. Matthews, who also recently appeared in Robin Williams' film "Man of the Year," is one of six judges who have been hired by the Miss America Organization to help decide which woman will wear the crown. Matthews will be seated alongside choreographer Debbie Allen, actress Delta Burke, and Miss America 1981, Susan Powell. 2. Andy Garcia Hopes for a Free Cuba After Fidel Castro's Death Andy Garcia has weighed in on Fidel Castro's fragile health. He sees the Cuban dictator's eventual demise as possibly bringing an opportunity for democracy in Cuba. Garcia tells the Dominican Republic newspaper, Dominican Today, that he hopes if, and when, Castro passes away, his death "brings about finally, the promises he made when he started the Revolution: democracy and plurality." Garcia produced, directed, starred in and scored his latest film, "The Lost City." He even included three of his four children as cast members in the movie.
Through Garcia's cinematic rendering, the audience is able to understand the thousands of little demeaning abuses of dignity that descended on Cuba as the revolutionary government took over every aspect of people's lives. The movie illustrates a point that we all need to be reminded of: Power has the potential to corrupt even those who claim to abhor it. Garcia delivers a poignant, personal, and organic work that demonstrates why people will risk shark-infested waters to escape Castro's "paradise." Garcia describes himself as "a product of that story" and does not relay it for "political purposes, but because the story needs to be told." "This is my history. I do not want to be exiled, but I am in political exile; and in the film I try to show my love and nostalgia for Cuba. An impossible love, for that reason, I always take it with me everywhere I go," the actor shares. 3. 'The Simpsons' Joins the Anti-War Movement It looks like this year's annual Halloween special of "The Simpsons" will take the form of political commentary. The politically tinged Nov. 5 episode is slated to air just prior to the Nov. 7 elections. The animated show will reportedly feature space aliens who invade Springfield in order to prevent mankind from obtaining "weapons of mass disintegration." The alien mission is dubbed "Operation Enduring Occupation." When the mission turns sour, an alien remarks, "You said we would be greeted as liberators!" "The Simpsons" series has been lauded by many for its groundbreaking humor. The Left Coast Report wonders if bankrupt Air America's Al Franken's fingerprints are on the cartoon script. 4. O.J. Simpson's 'If I Did It' Book O.J. Simpson has purportedly been given a $3.5 million advance to write a book describing how he would have murdered his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman, if he had committed the crime. The National Enquirer is reporting that the deal with O.J. is for the delivery of a "hypothetical book" with a working title of "If I Did It." The hypothetical murder scenes are, according to the Enquirer, "detailed" and "chillingly realistic." Thanks to the heads-up from the National Enquirer, since O.J has more than $30 million in unpaid damages, Fred Goldman and his family will likely take steps to intercept the book advance and royalties. Simpson is protected by double jeopardy and can never again be tried for the murders of Nicole and Ron, regardless of what he "hypothetically" admits to in print. 5. Jurassic Journalists Put Heads Together With Soros and Dean ABC's Web site, the Note, recently confirmed what many Americans have long suspected: The mainstream media coordinate their coverage with leaders from the left. In a revealing report, the Note detailed a series of startling admissions, the first being that "the Old Media" are "giddy with excitement over the prospect of the Bush-Cheney-Rove-Mehlman machine losing" but also "filled with guilt over complicity in an Iraq war it wants ended." With broad grins and breathless patter, the mainstreamers telegraph their glee despite the fact that the Old Media find themselves on life support as exemplified by NBC's recent maneuvers to consolidate its cable and broadcast news divisions and slash its staff. Still, the Old Media remain mesmerized as they gaze at their own images. The Note described them as "flush with anticipation over two years of anti-Bush leaks from a gavel-wielding Henry Waxman, and substantially more interested in revelations about congressional pages than in trying to tell voters the truth about whether or not the economy is strong and getting stronger." While they artificially stretched the Foley case from days to weeks of coverage, they gave short shrift to the remarkable stories of moderate inflation, robust growth, shrinking deficit, strong productivity, low unemployment, tame inflation, manageable interest rates, and record-breaking stock markets. Largely ignored as well was Sen. Harry Reid's concealment of a $1.1 million land deal, which yielded the Democrat minority leader some tidy profits. More importantly, ABC's site exposed exactly whom the Jurassic journalists have been seeking approval from, and it is not just their editors. The Note explained that the Old Media "can barely contain itself on its secret morning conference calls with Howard Dean and George Soros." Conference calls? It appears as though a morning check-in with Soros and Dean has been a routine occurrence. On the particular occasion in question, the accord apparently spread even further. "It was agreed just this morning that, yes, we can keep the meta-narrative ('The Democrats are going to beat Bush and run Congress!') going for another 19 days, without interruption," the Note reported.
This means that from now until Election Day, the public is likely to see more segments from the Old Media designed to divide conservative Christians (like the numerous book-hawking appearances by David Kuo sharing his tale of woe), additional polls that over-sample Democrats (like the recent NBC-WSJ poll that surveyed Democrats at 43 percent and Republicans at 37 percent) and, of course, more treacherous leaks. The Notes' "it was agreed" description of the cunning conference call suggested that a bargain between participating parties had been struck. The Left Coast Report guesses that the Faustian Old Media hate the Grand Old Party so much they are willing to sell their journalistic souls to regain power. Editor's Notes:
The Left Coast Report is put together by James L. Hirsen and the staff of NewsMax — The Left Coast Report Archives Get your FREE copy of James Hirsen's new book 'Hollywood Nation' — Click Here Now.
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