How King of New York took battle to the Great Polariser (Vanity Fair vs *)

[kskiska]

Graydon Carter is one of the biggest names in US magazines. Now Vanity Fair's editor is gunning for George Bush

He has been hailed as the King Of New York. With his charming manners and ability to make or break celebrities, Graydon Carter is to the magazine world what Jay Leno is to the American talk show - powerbroker to the formerly, currently and would-be famous.

Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair, was portrayed by some as a lightweight when he took over from Tina Brown almost a decade ago. He once worked as a telegraph man in Saskatchewan before powering his way through American journalism and going on to become a celebrity in his own right. Now, however, he is no longer content with damning the reputation of Hollywood's finest: Carter has emerged as the cheerleader of a movement to change the face of America by having George Bush thrown out as president.

His January 2004 letter will blast Bush's 'wrongheaded' state visit to Britain, ridicule Tony Blair as having a schoolboy's crush on the President and slam 'deceptions' in the run-up to a war in Iraq that is 'out of control'.


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http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1101856,00.html

[JailBush]

1. Hmmm... I just posted that.

What caught my attention was the news that advertisers are paying top dollar for space opposite the column where Graydon bashes Bush. This shoots an enormous hole in the theory that it isn't acceptable to criticize that bastard.

I lost all my advertising shortly after September 11 - I think because I publicly criticized Bush. Yet my traffic continued to grow. (I'm referring to my general audience websites; I hadn't launched Jail4Bush yet.)

Ever since, I've been learning new web design skills and revising my websites, hoping to get my advertising back. Though it sounds shallow, activists have to eat, too, and I think it would beyond cool of we could beat Bush at his own game - effectively making corporations PAY us to blast Bush!

[Eric J in MN]

2. Please start a Draft Ross Perot 2004 website.

Please start a Draft Ross Perot 2004 website for him to run as an Indepence Party candidate.

We need to split the conservative vote.

[JailBush]

3. Ha!

We could also start yet another party and list God as a candidate. That would leave Bush stranded high and dry.

[seasat]

4. Perot is so 90's.

How about a draft Jesse Ventura Drive instead? :evilgrin: