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The way Jerry Seinfeld sees it, the choice between Al Gore and George W. Bush is a no-brainer.
"Anyone who has ever hired someone knows the only thing you go by is brains," the comic tells us.
Jerry's hire: Gore.
Seinfeld has never spoken out for a candidate before. But this year, the comedian insists that he is so concerned about the possibility of Bush's winning that he's making his feelings known.
The Bush people "are trying to cover up the fact that they're trying to eliminate a woman's right to choose," he says. "There's a lot at stake."
Seinfeld called us yesterday after meeting with President Clinton in Washington.
"He did say, 'Yada, yada, yada,' at a certain point in the conversation," Seinfeld recalls.
The funnyman went down to D.C. to pay tribute to Carl Reiner at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
"I think Carl Reiner is funnier than Mark Twain," Seinfeld declared. Twain's "funny, don't get me wrong. But what was his best bit?"
With Seinfeld was his wife, Jessica, who's due to deliver their first child at any minute.
"She was so wonderful, because she knew it was so important for me to be at this tribute to one of my heroes that she agreed to get dressed up and put on heels and get on a plane," says Seinfeld. "The baby could have come any moment at the theater. She never complained for one second."
If that isn't a dream wife, get this: Jessica promised yesterday to accompany her diehard Met-fan husband to last night's World Series game.
"She doesn't want me to miss it," gushed Jerry. "She's just remarkable. But if I have to get up in the middle of the third inning, you'll know why."
Last thing: What did he think about Roger Clemens' bat-toss at Mike Piazza?
"I love the idea that because, as Clemens said, there was no intent, there's no need for an apology. In other words, if you bump into someone on the street, as long as there was no intent to bump into them, there's no need to say, 'I'm sorry.' I guess that's the way he lives."