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Gossip Roundup: Nowhere Near Man Enough for This Edition

July 09, 2004 09:47 AM

• Names & Faces: CNBC's Alan Murray on Kerry-Edwards: "It's follicle chauvinism." [WP]

• Page Six: Gephardt lunches with agents at Michael's. . . Affleck at Kerry fundraiser: "Because of Bush's tax cuts, I saved a million and a half in taxes last year. Does anyone think that's fair?" [NYP, NYP]

• Cindy Adams: Vetting of Kitty Kelley's book on the Bush dynasty has cost $1 million; drugs, mistresses, and Sharon Bush included. . . Ron Reagan writes foreward for If You Had Five Minutes With the President. [NYP]

• Liz Smith: Alex Kerry has never met Simon Monjack. . . Kerry to give keynote at Redbook's Mother's & Shakers Awards. . . Robert Greenwald, director: "We've underestimated the audience's desire to see political material. I don't think it's about hating the president. It's that politics has been brought home to the deepest part of ourselves. People now feel 'politics is me.'" [NYP]

• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Elizabeth Edwards' brother, a NYU professor, speaks out: "But I imagine now I'll be doubling up what I normally do to work on the campaign. I'm nowhere near man enough for this. But I'll do whatever it takes - even injections of Swiss sheep placenta." [NYDN]

• Rush & Molloy: Sharpton seen frequently with other woman. [NYDN]

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Your Father's Day Nice Things Is Just Ugly Ties All The Way Down

Caution: There WILL be dad jokes.

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'Miga and Carlos' by Wonkette Operative 'Chica'

It's Father's Day, which means it's time for Yr Dok Zoom and his son to go to brunch and check out the downtown Boise Father's Day Car Show so we can ooh and ah over the very same Corvettes 'n' Mustangs 'n' lovingly-restored classic cars that are there every year, and I will probably once again point at the '68 Beetle converted to run on electricity and say, "Oh look, a Voltswagen!" Traditions matter. (Kid Zoom is 22, so I may also/instead meet him for cocktails later like grown up human people.)

Don't worry about any deep thoughts on the Meaning of Fatherhood here -- we're just going to enjoy the goofy side of dadding, which as far as I'm concerned is the best thing I've done with my time. Especially since my role model for parenting was the unnamed Dad from "Calvin and Hobbes."

As any fool knows, ice rises to the top of liquids because it's cold, and just wants to be closer to the sun so it can warm up. It's all in the book you get when you become a father.

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