March 2, 2005
Where would we be without Michiko?
Nobody can slap 'em down like good 'ol Kakutani. This week, we get some snaps in a review of Ari Fleischer's new book, No Really, I Wasn't Lying At All, Really:
"Full of excerpts from Mr. Fleischer's often contentious exchanges with members of the press, it is essentially a collection of talking points hastily pasted together with large slatherings of the vitriol and exasperation the author seems to have accumulated during his years as a "piņata," his word for how he sometimes felt in the White House briefing room. In short, it's an extended exercise in Mr. Fleischer's spinning his own earlier spin."
Don't let him her get started on Ari's mama.
Useless Fleischer fact: I know someone who used to date someone who used to live in the English Basement of his house. Nice place.
Posted by rj3 at March 2, 2005 2:27 PM
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> Don't let him get started on Ari's mama.
Dude. Michiko Kakutani's not a dude.
Posted by: get outta here at March 2, 2005 5:54 PM
Actually, I've heard that Michiko is a dude. But I dunno.
Posted by: rj at March 2, 2005 10:13 PM
Definitely not a dude.
http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1998/criticism/bio/
Posted by: rk at March 3, 2005 1:18 AM
Michiko: Not a dude. BUT, definitely a possibility... http://www.mcsweeneys.net/1999/01/23michiko.html
Also, she didn't say "limn" once in this review! That's amazing.
Posted by: h at March 9, 2005 8:34 AM