The guest list combined Beatty's interest in movies and liberal politics, starting with the continual playing of the Communist Party anthem, "The International," which was featured in Beatty's Oscar-winning movie "Reds."
If there's anything more endearing to men like me than rich and famous Bolsheviks gathering at a banquet to bestow awards on each other, I don't know what it could be.
So why am I flashing back to an old Firesign Theater quote?
The most heartwarming tribute of the evening?
Among the many video tributes that were interspersed (rather skillfully, I might add) with the live speeches was one from Sen. John McCain. He and Beatty are actually quite good friends as it turns out, even though their politics — as each has pointed out — are very different.Right, "very different."
You'd agree with that, wouldn't you, Professor Quigley?
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Tim Russert died yesterday. Former aide to Mario Cuomo and Daniel Patrick Moynihan (who suggested a 1,000 percent federal tax on ammunition). The NBC Nightly News was totally devoted to Russert. The entire half hour. They worship their own.
Warren Beatty spent his first few years living in Petersburg, Virginia, where the last decisive battle of the Civil War was fought and where states' rights were laid to rest. Half an hour from Richmond, where Patrick Henry thundered "Give me Liberty, or give me death!"
Moved to California when he was five. I guess that's the excuse.
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