More Newspaper Newlyweds?

I know I'm stepping on the Fraters' turf here, but I wondered if this bit in Coleman's column today might be an oblique reference?:

But tonight, Minnesota's TV clickers will be smoking and we will be multitasking like a woman on a cell phone painting her nails and balancing a latte on her lap while hurtling down Interstate Hwy. 394.

Now it's Laura Billings' driving.

Nag, nag, nag.

Natch, Coleman squeezes in the simplistic political jibe:

Democrats do even better if the National League wins in an election year, batting .714. ...The most recent harmonic convergence between the American League and the Republicans was in 2000, when the Yankees beat the Mets in the "Subway Series" and the younger Bush beat Al Gore. Well, Bush didn't actually beat Gore, not in the popular vote, anyway. But let's not get into that now.

The umps gave it to him.

...and...

Not to mention that Rudy Giuliani is the Yankees' biggest booster and that Alex Rodriguez, the Yankees' $22-million-per-year third baseman, is a Bush campaign contributor.

Of course, it would be hard to argue that the Twins, with a $52 million payroll, compared to the Yankees' $188 million, should be considered blue-collar Democrats. But as the election draws near, everything smacks of politics these days. Even apple pie.

And again with the Newspaper Newlyweds? "Apple pie is political?" What domestic turmoil does this portend in the Coleman/Billings house?

Stay tuned to Fraters...

Posted by Mitch at October 8, 2004 02:20 AM | TrackBack