Vanity Fair takes celeb war to Bush

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-922788,00.html

AMERICA’S best-known celebrity glossy, Vanity Fair, is becoming an organ of the Bush-bashing left under Graydon Carter, the editor, who is writing a book excoriating the American president.
Carter, a debonair figure in New York society, is at home with the Hollywood A-list, fashion designers, intellectuals and billionaires. His foppish style, luxuriant hair and insouciance towards the city’s no-smoking laws are much commented on in the gossip columns. Unexpectedly, he is also becoming known as “Graydon the Red”.

But the magazine has also acquired an angry and crusading edge. In the January 2004 issue Carter berates Bush for a death count in Iraq that is “out of control”, the absence of weapons of mass destruction and the presence of large numbers of Iraqi rocket-propelled grenades. He adds: “While Tony Blair may have a schoolboy’s crush on our current president, the English can’t stand him.”

In the December issue, Carter listed the “achievements” of the present White House in scorecard form. Among them: “0 — number of coffins of dead soldiers returning home that the Bush administration has allowed to be photographed; 1 — first American president to ignore the Geneva conventions on warfare.”

consumer base for articles and attitudes that are anti-bu$h. Most of the country did NOT vote for the cowardly little fuck, yet the vast majority of print and broadca$t media has been fervently supporting him since the summer of 2000.

There is substantial money to be made by appealing to people who hate bu$h. And the number of "haters" is growing by the minute!

Good on Graydon Carter.

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dbt

FRIENDS:

$11.5 million- Amount of hard money Bush raised from "Pioneers" for 2000 campaign.

212- Number of Pioneers identified by the Bush 2000 campaign.

524- The number of Pioneers later revealed through court documents.

61- The number of Pioneers subsequently named to government posts.

19- The number of Pioneers appointed as U.S. ambassadors.

2- Number of Pioneers appointed to the Cabinet.

$175 million- Approximate amount of 2004 BushCo. pre-convention budget.

SHYNESS:

9- Number of solo press conferences in last 3 years.

61- Number held by Poppy through the same period.

33- Number held by Clinton, same period.

CRUSADER:

2- Number of nations BushCo. has invaded and occupied since coming into office.

130- Approximate number of countries (out of 191 recognized by the U.N.) with a U.S. military presence.

10 million- Estimated number of people worldwide who took to the streets to protest the Iraq invasion, an all-time record for simultaneous protest.

$100 billion- The estimated cost to U.S. citizens for Iraq THIS YEAR alone.

$13 billion- Amount contributed by other countries, most of it as loans.

239- American combat deaths since Bush said "bring 'em on".

305- American combat deaths since "Mission Accomplished".

444- American combat deaths.

0- Number of American combat deaths in Germany after May, 1945.

0- Number of coffins of dead soldiers that Bush has allowed to be photographed.

53- Percentage of Americans who doubt the Iraq invasion was worth the cost.

FRUGAL CRUSADER:

$28 billion- Amount of proposed Republican cuts in veteran's benefits in fiscal 2004.

$6 billion- Amount actually cut.

$6000- Amount of proposed Death Benefit increase to families of soldiers killed in combat.

$0- Amount of Death Benefit increase passed by congress due to White House pressure.

2- Years that some veterans wait for a doctor's appointment.

7- The number of VA hospitals that BushCo. announced it was closing.


And there is SO much more in the December Vanity Fair. The what? Yep, Vanity Fair is on a mission to unseat BushCo. The Editor's Page, written by Graydon Carter is a gem. The articles are excellent too. This month's has one by Howard Dean about America's poor. Sorry, no links, maybe someday they'll be online...

I let it drop when Tina left.

Painless. We have to support these efforts.

I've subscribed to Vanity Fair for years - mainly for the crimes of the rich and famous articles. The * photo spread disgusted me so I'll anxiously await the December issue. Sounds like a winner!

subscriber.

The December issue has a great article about the battle for judges called "Bush's Court Advantage"

There's also an in depth report about the Air Force Academy rape scandal.

I can't stand Dominick Dunne though; I've read most of his novels but I've come to the conclusion that he's just a shallow gossipy old man.

Just like Peter Jennings and Jeffrey Kofman. Oooooh, scary.