Barack Obama looks out over a sea of perhaps 70,000 people in Oregon. The press reports it as: “Obama’s WOW moment!”

And we here at wowOwow didn’t even know he cared! Well, he should. He has many fans here.

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I loved getting a letter from the king of the first amendment lawyers — New York’s own Floyd Abrams of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel. I had told him to look on wOw for actor James Spader as he appeared in a “Boston Legal” moment, addressing the Supreme Court.

Floyd did come on this website to see this and now writes: “It’s not realistic at all but it is absolutely wonderful. I wish I could ‘let go’ in that way now and then in the Court and still be allowed to appear there again!”

This magical acting performance with look-alike Supremes can be seen here or on YouTube identified as “Boston Legal Supreme Court.” It is worth your legalistic minds to look this up in our archives.

The mighty Abrams (yes, he is the father of the saucy Dan Abrams on MSNBC) tells me that there is a fascinating other look at the Supreme Court coming in a movie next October. That one will be called “Nothing but the Truth” and stars Kate Beckinsale, Alan Alda, Matt Dillon, Vera Farmiga, Angela Bassett, Noah Wyle and David Schwimmer.

Floyd — his very own self — plays a more-than-cameo role as a judge presiding over Ms. Beckinsale’s refusal to reveal her source. And the great actor Alan Alda is the attorney arguing before the nation’s highest court.

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As long as we’re thinking Supreme Court-wise, I want to say something — in case you are not happy voting with either the Democratic or the Republican nominee. Please don’t be one of those people then who just refuses to vote. Because you should always vote with the Supreme Court in mind, whether you want it to go right, left or center. The Supreme Court and its makeup is a more important issue than how you feel about either candidate running for president.

Because the president you help elect will be the one selecting the new Supremes.

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Oh, you want a little gossip I didn’t include in my syndicated column? Here’s something: English people seem to despise the people they put into high offices just as much as Americans sometimes do.

Take the wife of the former Prime Minister Tony Blair, one Cherie Blair, a woman who refused to curtsy to the Queen and made herself generally unpopular otherwise. Well, now Mrs. Blair has written her memoir and the Brits just hate it. One critic wrote: “No thanks for the memories!” (Entitled Speaking for Myself, it will be published in the United States this fall by Little, Brown and Company.)

Cherie offended by writing in her memoir about how she got pregnant when she and Tony visited Balmoral Castle, because, says she: “I had not packed my contraceptive equipment.”

This caused one of her detractors to comment that most contraceptives fit nicely inside a purse. He asked: “So what could it be? A cumbersome antique chastity belt perhaps. A full wetsuit and flippers to keep frisky Tony Blair at bay.

“The nation awaits clarification with bated breath.”

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