Mollyn Ivins (Intellivu)

" Speaking of reality not being like television, I had the surreal experience of watching the release of the Aug. 6 "historical memo" on Fox News. I sat there listening to a bunch of juvenile clowns react like paid political operatives, as though this had nothing to do with anything but Bush's re-election.

Ho, ho, this is so nothing, they chortled. They were so busy pooh-poohing it, you could barely figure out what it said. My favorite moment was when Geraldo Rivera, who apparently passes for a deep thinker at Fox, solemnly announced: "I have a dream. A dream that someday George Bush and John Kerry will stand together holding hands and say that the most important thing is to fight terrorism."

We live in an amazing country."