Gag alert:
Democratic presidential candidate Dick Gephardt is picking up some Republican support--and a new son-in-law.
Construction company co-owner Neil Greenberg, a 35-year-old divorced father of two, is engaged to the Missouri congressman's 25-year-old daughter, Kate Gephardt. She's a pre-school teacher at the Manor Montessori School in Bethesda, where Greenberg's 9-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter have been students.
"I'm thrilled to be marrying Kate Gephardt," said GOP loyalist Greenberg, who in recent years has written $1,000 checks to the campaigns of Republicans George W. Bush, Connie Morella, Rick Lazio and Robert Ehrlich. "I'm still a Republican, but I believe Dick Gephardt is the best man for the job" of president."
A spokeswoman for thg candidate told us: "The Gephardts are extremely excited and are very, very happy for Kate and Neil."
Kate Gephardt confided that Neil proposed in early May after a whirlwind, two-month romance. "It's a beautiful ring," she told us. "We're planning a wedding next summer. We have no affirmative plans set yet, but it will be a small wedding." She added that they're living together in Bethesda.
"We talk politics a lot," she said. "We're actually very similar. But I'm not very political. He still thinks Bush is a good candidate, it's just now he's in support of my father." She added Greenberg will roll up his sleeves and help her dad raise money.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61048-2003May15.html