(Brown also had Clinton on the cover of her first issue of Talk).
"The whole issue of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow," said Obama.
To some careful readers, the photographs in an article in the May 2000 issue of Talk magazine looked awfully familiar.
There was that scoop in the first issue of Talk, in which Hillary Rodham Clinton revealed Bill's childhood abuse.
In the April issue of Talk magazine, a story about Ted Leonsis told how the new owner of the Washington Capitals chatted during an intermission with fans who "urge the boss to lower the earsplitting volume of the P.A. system".
Wandering Chelsea Only GWYNETH PALTROW'S first name is on the cover of the December-January issue of Talk magazine, although she rates a picture, with both hands carefully placed.
The article, in the August issue of Talk magazine, is excerpted from Mr. Brock's new book, "Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex Conservative" (Crown Publishers), which is scheduled to be published in September.
(The incidence of female artists in evening wear may be on the rise. An article previewing the Whitney Biennial in the March issue of Talk magazine included the artist Vanessa Beecroft in satiny palazzo pants and halter, and E. V. Day in lame).
"The whole issue of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow," Obama argued.
Ironically the Obama campaign has avoided to apply their own concept to the issue of talking to the Islamic Hamas movement in Palestine.
