All the cards are in place for Hollywood producer and Democratic Party booster Harvey Weinstein to deliver a cinematic October surprise for President Obama's re-election campaign.
Bret Easton Ellis hasn't forgotten witnessing a near-threesome with John Edwards mistress Rielle Hunter in the 1980s, Jennifer Aniston would just as soon not talk about Brad Pitt, and Calvin Klein's boyfriend does not attract a media circus en route to rehab.
Filmmaker Michael Moore, the favorite target of many right-leaning bloggers, has a really nice summer house, and Andrew Breitbart does not want to let him live that down.
Everybody from Susan Sarandon to Roseanne Barr has made an appearance in solidarity
Plus: Michael Moore wants his book removed from Georgia bookstores
Plus: bizarre 9/11 comments from a former Tiger Woods mistress
Plus: What happens to Anthony Weiner's staff after their boss quits?
That said, he still thinks the Weinsteins are good guys
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