There's a lot going on, but I don't feel like I have a lot to say about much of it at the moment. I'm suffering from a bout of feeling like we're now at the point of playing out a farce until November. Although, someone said to me yesterday that things look much different in the swing states than what the national media would suggest. Since I don't watch much television (and Tivo away the ads even when I do) and since the papers I read are "national" papers, I guess I wouldn't know. Anyway, the upshot is that I haven't had much VJ-bloggy energy lately. Some quick items that caught my eye, though:

Michael Moore's new movie, Fahrenheit 9/11, is getting loads and loads of attention. Its opening weekend per-theatre average was better than that of Return of the King and Harry Potter/Azkaban. I have not yet seen a Michael Moore movie or read any of his books. I am planning to see this film. The most eloquent review I've read so far was this diary at Kos.

This movie affected me far more than I thought it would. Quite simply put, it echoed my transition from apathetic American to angry Democrat to numbly enraged partisan political junkie during the last 3 years. Michael Moore has captured a truly transformative period of my life. In doing so, he's brought back a tremendous amount of anger, despair, and pain. But he also makes me glad I felt those emotions. That I was not able to sit by in numb self-delusion.

Some of the commentary that Moore has been receiving from around the country is also fascinating reading.

The Bush campaign is comparing Kerry, Gore, and Dean to Hitler in order to.. uhh... hit back at Kerry for hiring someone who worked for an organization that once ran a contest in which they deleted a submission from someone who created an ad that invoked Hitler. Yah. How idiotic. Ken Mehlman's mail about it was particularly creepy.

Supposedly we handed over "sovereignty" to Iraq in the middle of the American night last night. I'm sure that'll work out just peachily. Bremer's out. Negroponte is in.

Rumor has it that Kerry will announce a VP pick after the 4th. My money's currently on Edwards.

Bill Clinton's book is out. I will probably read it within the next few weeks. Since the wingnuts are going so bonkers over it, I'm tempted to buy extra copies and give them away as gifts.