“Do you remember at the presidential convention where they nominated Bush? Did you know what song they played to bring Bush on stage? No. “The Best of Times” from La Cage aux Folles. I said some fag pulled a fast one on them!”

— Harvey Fierstein

This Is Not Going to Be Pretty, Live at the Bottom Line (1995)

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