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Author Fran Lebowitz on the stuff she hates, 1978: CBC Archives (Original Post) tecelote Feb 2020 OP
Heh. Fran fan here, too. Here's most recent interview ... blm Feb 2020 #1
For days I haven't been able to get her Buttigieg take out of my head,@about 16 min here stuffmatters Feb 2020 #2
It got to me, too. blm Feb 2020 #3
100%! stuffmatters Feb 2020 #5
This brings back memories. I miss those days. nt hellno45 Feb 2020 #4

blm

(113,071 posts)
1. Heh. Fran fan here, too. Here's most recent interview ...
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 06:59 PM
Feb 2020
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/nyc-legend-fran-lebowitz-gives-her-take-on-2020-politics/

From the transcript:

.........I spent the year going around the country telling literally thousands of people, zero chance. I was serene. I can’t tell you how serene I was. I never saw the television show that he had. I heard of it, but I never saw it. But even if I had seen it, I don’t think it would have ever occurred to me that people thought it was real. A friend of mine said to me before the election, you know, Trump could win. I said, don’t be ridiculous. She said, well, you don’t understand the country because you don’t watch reality television. I thought, that’s ridiculous. People in New York didn’t even think he was a real estate developer. He was literally beneath contempt. No one paid any attention to him at all. ......

stuffmatters

(2,574 posts)
2. For days I haven't been able to get her Buttigieg take out of my head,@about 16 min here
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 08:34 PM
Feb 2020

So glad you shared this video of her expanded opinions on Annanpour of the Democratic contenders.
(She's always been the person I'd most like to get stuck in an elevator with)

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