One of the side effects of the “Who is Liz?” capers — the nasty e-mails from the executive assistant to Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) to a lobbyist trying to set up a meeting for a client — was to establish Legistorm as the Washington power player of last week. Did you know that the...
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The e-mail chain between Elizabeth (Don’t call me Liz!) Becton, a staffer for Rep. Jim McDermott, (D-Wash.), and a Democratic lobbyist who is a friend of a friend of mine has been forwarded around Washington all week because it perfectly encapsulates the frustration of lobbyists in both parties in dealing with some of the...
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Nothing gets Washington atwitter (old-school atwitter, not Twitter) like a good sex scandal. In the real world, people remember where they were when Kennedy was shot or the space shuttle exploded. In D.C., we remember where we were when we watched the Gov. Jim McGreevey train-wreck of an “I am a gay American” press...
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Frank Sinatra sang it best: “Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage. This I tell you brother, you can’t have one without the other….Try, try, try to separate them. It’s an illusion.” Love and marriage. Weddings and white dresses. Flower girls and first dances. Church bells and pronouned...
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Every Friday, my reward for the week is US Weekly magazine in my mailbox. I immediately read it cover to cover, which, admittedly, with the limited text, takes about an hour. Today I skipped down to my mailbox, unfurled US Weekly and reeled back in HORROR. The cover story is once again that horrible...
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Mr. Clean-Up-Washington, President Obama, once again has shown that his ethics rules are merely a disingenuous effort to pander to the public. As the Washington Post reported today, Obama has named big-dollar, unqualified political donors to key embassies. For Britain, he appointed Louis Susman, a businessman and lawyer who raised $730,000. For France, it’s...
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Cocktail party chatter in Washington this weekend was all about Supreme Court nominee Sonya Sotamay… KIDDING! Cocktail party chatter in DC this weekend was really all about who will be and who should be cast in the newest franchise of the Bravo reality show, “Real Housewives.” The Washington Post did a piece on some...
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Bravo announced last week that it will bring its “Real Housewives” program to Washington, DC and is working “to identify the city’s alluring and discriminating residents … women who have their pulse on the most important cultural events, political galas, gallery openings and fundraisers in Washington society.” Unsurprisingly, the DC cocktail scene has been...
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General Colin Powell finally broke his silence Sunday on national TV, telling Dick Cheney: “I am still a Republican.” In an interview on CBS Face the Nation, Powell also pushed aside the insular crowd who claim the Republican Party as their own, saying that Cheney or Rush Limbaugh are not “members of the membership...
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“I can’t tell you the number of women, including Michelle, who say choose the person you think is going to be best,” President Obama said in an interview airing today on C-SPAN. Michelle Obama understands the nomination of a woman to the Supreme Court in a way her husband cannot. Through hard work and...
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The liberal media has its knickers in a knot over a kinda funny political joke aimed at Speaker Pelosi. The Republican National Committee made an a video and posted on YouTube that compared Pelosi to Bond Girl Pussy Galore. Frankly, I cannot defend the attempt at humor in the video, as Republicans are generally...
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Go get ‘em, General Powell. After months of ignoring Rush Limbaugh’s attacks stating that he should leave the Republican party, Powell finally responded yesterday in a speech in Boston: Follow us: Twitter Facebook”Rush Limbaugh says ‘get him out of the Republican Party’ and Dick Cheney says ‘he’s already out,’ ” Powell said, according to...
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