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of course they were in the box for the kennedy honors where she performed for carole king and others. tell me about the obama relationship that was reflected in that very warm and loving letter that was read by the reverend al. well, i think a lot of what comes through, and so much of what the obamas have said since the passing of aretha franklin, has been this sense of what she meant not just personally but being able to connect that personal relationship to something much broader to history, to the broader culture, and to the way in which so many diverse voices shaped the culture. and also, i think it connects her to sort of spirituality, not a specific religion, but this idea of song and just your personal presence can be a
i thought that was effective. but michael, what some critics are suggesting today, if his persona is mr. fix-it, i can make the trains run on time, what happened last night? how does he defend, explain just the disorganization of apparently according to some new reporting, the campaign did not know besides giving talking points to clint eastwood what he was going to say. it was not scripted. they didn t do their research because people in washington know that when he was here in 2000 doing a tribute to morgan freeman at the kennedy honors, he was also rambling and unscripted. this is an 82-year-old superb director and actor who was put in a different context. well, first, i think that all is true about the romney speech. you could also say that it was not ideological. also not very substantive. there was not a lot of arguments about policy in it. on eastwood, it is, you know, you have a convention, it s the
unique character and take on everything. just think about you ve got mail. how many of us understood the culture of e-mail at that point when she wrote that screenplay. and, you know, all the other sleepless in seattle, the merging of music and character and nostalgia. sweetness. you know, it was always about love. it was always a yearning and kindness. most recently, memorably she was at the state department, hillary clinton flew back for 36 hours for the kennedy honors and she did the tribute and people were still talking about it and amazed at just how funny and wonderful she was. the toast to meryl streep, her friend, one of the honorees this year. she was hilarious in teasing hillary and, of course, paying tribute to meryl streep. just the kindness of this woman, generous spirit. willie geist, we absolutely