“Citizen Kane” is younger than John McCain.
I never saw this movie and, barring the blurb I read on IMDB, I have no idea what it’s about. I do know – thanks to an episode of “Family Guy” – that “Rosebud” was a sled from when the main character was a kid. (And people say that show isn’t educational…). I also know that it’s really, really, old.
I think it’s funny that John McCain – the same guy who’s whining about the celebrity status being bestowed upon Barack Obama – has a biography done where he’s compared to the lead of THE #1 MOVIE OF ALL TIME (as reported by the American Film Institute in 2007).
You know what else is funny? This little chestnut describing the book:
“Given unprecedented access to Senator John McCain for a full year, journalist Elizabeth Drew offers a fascinating peek at the man certain to be the 2008 Republican candidate. The year was 2001, and we follow the Senator from his battle for campaign reform to the hours in the aftermath of 9/11 when McCain calmed the nation as Bush dodged around the country on Air Force One.”
Um, excuse me? McCain “calmed the nation”?
I don’t know – I lived about 5 blocks from the WTC on 9/11 and I don’t recall hearing McCain’s name mentioned once. I do recall some cowboy getting a rise out of all the firefighters and construction workers by saying “We’re a-gonna git ‘em!” (which, for the record, he never a-did) but I reckon to guess that McCain was napping in a bunker somewhere in Arizona at the time.
(Thanks to Steve for the tip!)
Original article: “Citizen Kane”.
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