Hollywood Bigs Star in Kerry's Hate Fest

Some of Tinseltown's biggest armchair radicals helped John Kerry rake in more than $3 million yesterday in a Bush-bashing extravaganza of venom.

Old folkie James Taylor and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Larry David entertained such limousine leftists as Barbra Streisand, Jennifer Aniston, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kevin Costner, Danny DeVito, Meg Ryan, Jason Alexander, Lucy Liu, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Christina Applegate, Oliver Stone, Dustin Hoffman, Anjelica Huston, Sharon Stone and Paramount studio boss Sherry Lansing.

David said Kerry should consider him for vice president because he deemed himself "a nincompoop, a chicken and a liar" who could offset President Bush and balance the ticket. The cable star said the only problem was that if something were to happen to Kerry, those qualities "would obviously be disastrous for anyone who was actually the president."

The crowd in Beverly Hills tittered as Kerry responded, "You are qualified to be a Republican."

Funniest comment of the night: Kerry told his fellow millionaires that "we are coming together from all walks of life."

Zillionaire investment banker and former Ralphs supermarket tycoon Ron Burkle was host of the ralph-inducing event.

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