George McGovern

Funny - a couple of years ago I had a number of friends who made their first babies. It is something that happens as time goes on... This year - in what might be a right of passage that happens only for people in the trenches of the not so glamorous end of Hollywood - I have 3 friends who have made their first movies. My dear friend Jay Floyd made a brilliant feature called Forgiving the Franklins - a breathtaking and hilarious take on sexuality, shame, and Southern culture. The oh so smart Tani Cohen is producing a documentary on Barry Goldwater for HBO called Mr. Conservative. I have seen a rough cut - if you are even nominally interested in American politics in the last 40 years do not cancel your HBO.
And finally the kick ass Reverend Frank Fischer has produced a film on Senator McGovern's 1972 Campaign. It is called One Brief Shining Moment. Check it out. It is coming to a city near you. Get in your Volvos and go. Democracy Now's Amy Fischer is the narrator and a who's who of liberals are in it - Gore Vidal, Gary Hart, future Governor Beatty.
Smugness be damned - I am blessed with the people I know...