I'm too much of a numbers nerd, so I'll end up on Wednesday morning (MLA time) mesmerized by CNN's Amazing Technicolor Wall. But if you have any wit or soul, please please tune in instead to BBC's coverage of the U.S. election results. Their slated lineup of commentators is simply stunning. From the official BBC press release:
Among those appearing on the program will be Ricky Gervais, Christopher Hitchens, Larry Sabato, Karen Hughes, Terry Nelson, Jay McInerney, Richard Schiff, Bill Bradley, John Bolton and Gore Vidal.
It's too bad that William F. Buckley is recently deceased, though Gore Vidal can easily reprise his infamous 1968 outburst by calling ex-U.N. Ambassador John Bolton a "crypto-Nazi". Anyway, any excuse is worth dragging out to bring this clip of the Vidal/Buckley brouhaha, one of the all-time great moments in American live television.
Staunch Iraq war defender (and reluctant Obama supporter) Christopher Hitchens can match up against the rather sanctimonious liberal Democrat Senator Bill Bradley (a former member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes). Expect Hitch to be his usual witty self, but no doubt the comedy honors belong to the great Mr. Gervais who, rumor has it, might host the Oscars next year.
I'm not sure what Jay McInerney will bring into the mix, though expect questions thrown his way about America's first openly formerly cocaine-snorting president. (Mr. Bush never admitted in public to his cokehead days) Earlier tonight, Toni Morrison was on BBC, and she had some interesting things to say about an Obama presidency.
And there's Richard Schiff, aka disgraced White House Press Secretary Toby Ziegler of the Bartlett administration. We'll have his thoughts on the eerie prescience of The West Wing's final season, and how smug Jimmy Smits must feel right now. Joe Biden better watch his heart the next 48 hours.
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