Gotta Go, Joe.

Good morning from Glendale California! I got back last night and boy am I happy to be home! I left for New York on May13th! Too long!

We wrapped the movie on Thursday night just as the debate was kicking off... we were busy popping champagne and giving warm hugs and speeches of gratitude to tune in, but about 20 minutes into it, I started getting texts from Vic and Doug... oh no... then my mom wrote me "this is so sad..." A few more friends chimed in and I knew a disaster was unfolding... But i had to tune it out and just enjoy the feeling of completing this movie - The stage we were shooting at was right across from a fine corner bar with outdoor seating and we set up camp there to whoop it up and decompress from a wild and hard but ultimately fun experience.

I'll have much for to say about it when (if?) the movie comes out... but the last 3 days were spent acting with one of my absolute heroes, Kevin Kline. Kevin knew my work and I'd gotten to know him prior to shooting, so I wasn't intimidated or nervous. We got along so well, goofing it up on set and off, he joined in a bit of ole Rock and Roll Gary talk as the MHU Dept laughed disapprovingly. It was joyous. I think he'd be game for an Office Hours hang... Will work on that for the fall.

The next morning, I started to absorb the debate from the night before and it was really depressing. I checked out Majority Report's live stream and really felt the enormity of the moment. I even checked out some Morning Joe, because Seder was making the point that Biden only pays attention to those dopes on Morning Joe and a good barometer of how bad it was would be gauged by their reaction. And they were apoplectic - What a momentous event! Overnight you had Democrat establishment voices calling for their President to step down! Holy Shit! I of course have been ad advocate for an Open Convention...

There's a podcast Ezra Klein did earlier this year that made a very compelling case for it. Of course it would be risky, but would it be more risky than continuing to prop up a clearly debilitated man who you cannot make the case is "up for the job?" of winning the election? He may be up for the job of being president... but that's different than winning an election. I understand the argument that a president more than one person... It's an administration of people enacting policies or preventing policies and I'd say I align with the policies of Democratic administrations more-so than Republican administrations. And another 4 years of Joe Biden would just mean an administration that are aligned more with my values and therefore I'd have to cast my vote for him... (Of course Biden's Israel/Palestine policies have been ghastly, but Trump's will be worse... )

An Open Convention would be chaotic and risky but man would it be good TV. On one side you'd have Donald Trump rolling around the country with the same 5 stories about electric boats and transgender weightlifters, with no one specific to attack... on the other side you have a small pool of potential candidates (almost surely younger, more diverse people) making their case for their vision for the future of this country. I think it would be exciting (about as exciting as politics can get) and of course it's not unprecedented as this is how it used to be done! It may break our fever of the eternal campaign, compressing election season into a few months like they do in other civilized democracies.

The open calls from very serious legitimate voices for Joe Biden to consider this should be taken seriously and I think that if Biden and his handlers ignore it, it's hard not to see him as a threat to democracy: a vain, possibly delusional and demented mad king, no longer able to separate the good of the people from his own lust for power. Or he could bow out gracefully with good will and respect.... what will it be Joe?

Anyway.... I wanted to talk about Tim an Toni's Couple's Massage on the Hei Network! Maybe next week!

See you on Tuesday! We've got a really good one planned for the official 300! I'm nervous to take the reigns again after Bobcat and Phil Braun's killer hosting spots...

Please Lord let me rise to the occasion as the brave Trojan men did in the film 300, a film which shall be an inspiration to me and which I will watch many times in preparation.

Peace and Love, T