Katie Couric's Notebook: Endless Announcements

CBS News ^ | Feb.14, 2007 | Katie Couric

[COUNTrecount]

Hi, everyone.

Yesterday, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney declared his candidacy for president. Last Saturday, Illinois Senator Barack Obama did the same.

Why was neither announcement a surprise? Maybe because everybody knows that both these candidates--along with all the others--have been running for months.

And yet, we --the media -- and they -- the candidates -- conspire with each other, and pretend that these announcements are actually news.

The game has been played every election since 1988 and it goes like this:

Candidates announce they're thinking of exploring--we cover that. Candidates announce they're officially exploring--we cover that. Candidates announce they're--quote--"pretty sure" they're going to run--we cover that. And finally, candidates announce that they're actually running--and as you'll see this week, we cover that.

It's a win-win for the press and the politicians...we both get the stories we want. But the public just gets information overload.

That's a page from my notebook.

[NCC-1701]

I know they had "a thing" for each other. Didn't know their characters were once married. Never the less, he'd still hit. :-)

[afnamvet]

Botox trauma.

[rawhide]

I cannot find it online, do you have a link?

[rawhide]

[BamaDi]

are you kidding me - i am so computer illiterate it's unbelievable.....(it's a wonder I know what "do you have a link" means) i've just seen it many times and absolutely love it....course - I cried when the Bear died....but we've got Saban now....Roll Tide!

[BamaDi]

and that's not even a Bearskin rug....i'm laughing my ass off right now.....

[Conservative4Ever]

Thanks for the pics I have always thought Sela Ward is just gorgeous. And she seems nice too.

[AFreeBird]

Sela's aged quite well. Katie has not. While I don't know Sela's politics, I figure a southern "Bama" gal isn't infected with the visceral liberal hatred gene that Katie has.

A gene that makes a person not only ugly, but downright mean.

[rabidralph]

Her eyebrows don't seem to follow her natural brow bone. Is that due to a facelift? Or does she paint on her eyebrows?

[AFreeBird]

They don't really seem any different from those in her college pictures.

[rabidralph]

I now see that after the posting of older pics. My eyebrows grow right over my brow bone, so I was just wondering.

[AFreeBird]

[AFreeBird]

Well, so do mine, but I'm a guy and Sela's all woman, and I've heard it said that; girls are different.

Viva la Difference

[rawhide]

You can buy a used copy of Sela Ward's book, which has a picture of her and Bear Bryant in it, on Amazon.com for just 1 cents plus shipping (or a new copy for $1.90). Fyi. amazon link

From a customer review of the book: "One photo that will especially hit home with Southern readers is a humorous one of Sela posing with Paul "Bear" Bryant during the time she was a cheerleader at the University of Alabama."

[rabidralph]

Hmm, I'm a woman, too. I suppose if I plucked my eyebrows, I could achieve that special arch that Sela has. I'll be right back.

[BamaDi]

thanks....my dad has the book The Coach (I gave it to him for Christmas....) wonder if that pix is in it....will need to check.....di

[Wally_Kalbacken]

It's not so much what she gets per year - its a question of what she gets as a golden parachute once the CBS execs realize it's not going to get better. Then let's roll the tape on here sneering remarks about Nardelli and executive compensation.

[SevenofNine]

Better YET NCC how about Romulan commander who try seduce Spock in that one episode of classic Star Trek that what Katie remind me of

BUT uglier version of her

[NCC-1701]

You wish is my command.

[SevenofNine]

Yeah but Romulan Commander was prettier than Katie HELLOOO she is on now Guiding Light as minor character I saw her DAMN it her Romunaln commander she is playing b***h on that show