Jackie Danicki

This made me laugh; it’s nice to see one’s enemies ripping each other to shreds while my nail polish dries. Keep it up, guys.

Speaking of David Geffen’s ties to Obama, this story reminded me of 2005, when Arianna Huffington crashed the party I threw in LA (okay, Mickey Kaus actually invited her, but I didn’t). She rushed in, breathless, and said to me, “I’ve just been at David Geffen’s house with Barack Obama, and then I had to pick up my daughter from California Pizza Kitchen!” - as if we knew each other or something. But that’s Arianna. Anyway, I said to her, “Well, from Geffen and Obama to me - talk about a nosebleed-inducing descent from the A-list.” She laughed, because Arianna laughs at all your jokes, because she is very good at making you feel liked.

So, here’s a funny story about the famously vindictive David Geffen which a friend of mine told me. He was having dinner with Geffen, Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Nora Ephron, and one other household name I won’t name. They were all taking themselves VERY seriously, with Meg staring into space and saying, “Peace. Yes, peace can be my new issue” and, of course, everyone laying into Bush, because it’s really hard to come up with snarky, self-righteous comments about THAT guy. Geffen in particular was very humourless, whereas Cusack was just an obvious dumb-dumb. So my friend decided to mess with Geffen.

When Geffen started raging against Wal-Mart (seriously, I’m not just parodying this crowd), my friend said, “Yeah, I love Wal-Mart.” Outrage. He continued cheerfully, “Well, have you been to [Nowheresville, USA]? I used to live there, and Wal-Mart was the best damned thing that ever happened to that town.” I mean, my friend may even hate Wal-Mart, but he wasn’t going to take Geffen’s side in anything. Then, when Geffen started ranting about bird flu and how Bush caused it, my friend said, “You know, I’m not worried about bird flu. I mean, I’m sure those birds’ wings would get really tired before they got all the way to America from Asia.” Geffen, not getting the joke, snarled, “That’s NOT how it’s spread!”

But, you know, he has ‘compassionate’ politics, so I guess it’s okay for him to be a po-faced asshole.

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