Posted on 12/18/2002 6:43:53 AM PST by BigWaveBetty
Hey, Santa! The elf's behind you! LOL!!
Hope y'all didn't miss this yesterday....
President George W. Bush (news - web sites) listens as first lady Laura Bush reads 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' to Washington area schoolchildren at the White House December 17, 2002. The President began reading but passed the book to the first lady saying he could not read without his glasses. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) holds onto his dog Barney after the White House pet walked in unexpectedly and startled some Washington area schoolchildren during a reading of a Christmas story in the Roosevelt Room of the White House December 17, 2002. The President quickly took Barney into his arms and tried to assure the children that Barney meant no harm. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
President Bush (news - web sites) grabs his dog Barney after it came into the room and frightened area children as Bush participated in the White House children's story hour, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
BILL Clinton took pity on his former vice president Monday night. At a private Christmas party at Man Ray for his White House staffers, Clinton urged the faithful to "keep in touch with Al Gore" in the wake of his decision not to run in 2004. While Clinton claimed to be disappointed with Gore's choice, he said he "respected" his decision, putting him in the company of relieved Democrats who feared Gore would not survive a rematch with President Bush. Sen. Hillary Clinton introduced her hubby before his speech at Man Ray, where Bill's assistant Doug Band celebrated his birthday in October.Page Six
OUR troops in Afghanistan are in for a treat. Flame-haired comedienne Kathy Griffin is arriving just in time for Christmas to spread some red, white and blue cheer. "I plan to take over the Taliban while I'm there," Griffin told PAGE SIX. "I'll have the men wear burqas and the women all in Prada!" Griffin arrives in Kabul via cargo plane today and stays until Dec. 24. Page Six
[snip] Meanwhile, in the upcoming issue of GQ, the Hollywood heartthrob takes on President Bush.
"The problem is we elected a manager, and we need a leader," Clooney tells the magazine. "Let's face it: Bush is just dim."
GQ describes the star as "a liberal's liberal who believes Mario Cuomo should be our president, and he keeps a photo of Jimmy Carter's 'ER' set visit on display in his bathroom." Clooney also likens Newt Gingrich to a "dinosaur," laughing, "The man has no arms." (Hoo boy, this jerk thinks he's funny? No wonder he picks all the right movies) [snip] Page Six
'MERRY CHRISTMAS from your lawyer. Please accept without obligation, express or implied, these best wishes for an environmentally safe, socially responsible, low-stress, non-addictive, and gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday as practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of the religious persuasion of your choice [but with respect for the religious or secular persuasions and/or traditions of others, or for their choice not to practice religious or secular traditions at all] and further for a fiscally successful, personally fulfilling and medically uncomplicated onset of the generally accepted calendar year [including but not limited to, the Christian calendar, but not without due respect for the calendars of choice of other cultures]. The preceding wishes are extended without regard to the race, creed, color, age, physical ability, religious faith, choice of computer platform, or sexual preference of the wishee."
I have no idea who wrote this but it's from the Internet, of course. Liz Smith
"The man's a card-carrying member of the Klan," the director told us at Tuesday night's premiere of his new movie, "25th Hour."
Ignoring the pleas of a spokeswoman ("We don't need that in the paper, Spike!")[Is this a slap at Good Morning America? Implying that nobody saw him spew the same on that mornings show?] Lee went on, "He's got to go. The Klan's got to go. There's no place for the Klan in the Senate. Tell him to throw the hood and robe away." NYDailyNews
Sean Penn, just back from his three-day "fact finding" trip to Iraq, turned on his new pals in Saddam Hussein's government - claiming they've transformed him into a weapon of mass propaganda.
Penn and various Iraqi bigwigs seemed to be fast friends on Sunday when the star issued a statement saying, "If there is a war or continued sanctions against Iraq, the blood of Americans and Iraqis alike will be on our hands."
But then Baghdad's online news service came up with a considerably more juicy story about the Hollywood actor.
"The American movie star Sean Penn has condemned the U.S.-British threats to wage war against Iraq," it said.
Not only that, but "he [Penn] confirmed that Iraq is completely clear of weapons of mass destruction and the United Nations must adopt a positive stance towards Iraq."
The story also said that Penn "condemned the U.S.'s misleading claims, arguing that it is the U.S., not Iraq, who is practicing such illegal behavior."
Penn's flack howled in protest, claiming her boss was the victim of terrorist misquotes.
"Oh, please! I don't know where those statements are being fabricated from," said spokeswoman Mara Buxbaum.
"This is specifically propaganda. It's a twisted interpretation of what he said. They are twisting his words."
According to Buxbaum, Penn never even spoke with the Iraq Daily. [snip] Link
My question for Buxham is, are you ready to admit your boss is a dolt?
Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Calls for Senate Censure of Robert Byrd-Likens Comments to Lott's
Presidential hopeful and Vermont Gov. Howard Dean said Tuesday that Democrats have to stick to their ideals and not just offer themselves as a more moderate version of President Bush.
Dean, a doctor-turned-politician, spoke to supporters during a trip to Iowa, where precinct caucuses launch the presidential nominating season. "Democrats have to stop pretending they're like Republicans if they're going to change things," he said. "My problem with the Democratic Party is that folks in the Beltway have concluded that the way to win the presidency is to be 'Bush light."'
The only announced candidate for the Democratic nomination, Dean said his focus is on social justice, including education and health care reform.
"We have to focus on building the community and stressing the fact that we have a responsibility to each other ... and not focusing on rugged individualism as the president seems to," he said.
He has criticized Bush's tax cuts and urged that they be rolled back to help pay for expanded health care. [Welcome to Canada, folks]
The governor, who steps down next month after 11 years, said lack of a national fund-raising network and national name recognition are disadvantages. But he said he isn't worried, comparing his campaign to those of Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. [Thus, my comment about the dark horse. This guy must not be the next Carter or Clinton!]
"I'm about where Bill Clinton was at this time in the '92 election," Dean said. "I'm starting to raise some more serious money." AP
AFTER some final mudslinging at his political colleagues, US fugitive, former Joseph Estrada crony and sitting Philippines congressman Mark Jiminez yesterday gave himself up in Manila to authorities of the US, where he has been wanted for four years. The controversial politician has fought for three years against his extradition to the US, where he faces 47 charges including making illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion and fraud. Each charge carries a potential five-year prison term.
.... The US charges against Mr Jiminez include that he organised, made and concealed illegal donations in 1995 to former president Bill Clinton's election campaign.
It was at the end of Brit Hume's show. Were Barney came in and introduced himself.
He was sooooooo cute!
Well, Spike, you might have some opposition from the Democrats in the Senate. They certainly don't want to get rid of Robert Byrd!
He accomplished exactly what he WANTED to accomplish. He got his face in the news, didn't he? As they say, even bad publicity is better than no publicity at all!
OMG! NOT the horrors of rugged individualism!! *whispering* Let's not notice all the work GWB's done with faith based organizations, education, etc...
Btw, you and Mr. M were right about Penn doing the hillary! avoid contact with the unwashed dance. I noticed it too. Very revealing of Penn's true nature.
Media has ignored it. Can't say anything about the toon when your blathering on about Lott.
You jogged my memory with this, so I went looking. They're busy reporting it in the Phillippines, which is where I saw it a few weeks ago. Google News
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