Michael, more on those rock stars later (although I have to say that their behavior doesn’t surprise me too much: imbecilic politics, like smashed-up hotel rooms, spectacularly entertaining sexual excess, chronic drug problems and dead drummers, are par for the course, and merely add to the merriment), but let’s not be too rude about Britney, a political analyst, you may recall, of some shrewdness:

“CARLSON: A lot of entertainers have come out against the war in Iraq. Have you?

“SPEARS: Honestly, I think we should just trust our president in every decision that he makes and we should just support that, you know, and be faithful in what happens.

“CARLSON: Do you trust this president?

“SPEARS: Yes, I do.”