Posted on 12/08/2004 6:18:16 AM PST by gab1279
After a relationship of more than 30 years, Washingtonian magazine and writer Kitty Kelley are divorcing, and the terms are not amicable. Kelley is in a snit because the mag unceremoniously booted her from the masthead of its current issue, citing her controversial book "The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty." In an e-mail last week, Editor Jack Limpert lashed Kelley for what he called the book's partisan timing and its irresponsible reporting about President Bush:
"We are always willing to attack the policies, and the behavior, of the President," Limpert wrote to Kelley. "But it seems to us that the office deserves respect. We don't think we should attack a President personally -- his relations with his wife and family, his use of alcohol or other drugs, things like that -- without a very solid basis for doing so. . . . We felt strongly enough that we didn't want readers to feel that your appearance on the masthead meant we endorsed the book." [snip]
Kelley last wrote for Washingtonian in 2001 but told us yesterday she contributed ideas to Limpert as recently as August. "What Jack did was very hurtful," she said. "Thirty-two years . . . I've stood by them."
Why didn't Limpert pick up the phone to deliver the bad news? "I would have had to call her and say, 'Kitty, I think you've written a sleazy, irresponsible book and we don't want to be associated with it,' " he told us.
Right. Knowing the author's reputation for sharp claws, maybe we would have been scared, too.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Why anyone would ever publish a word of her drivel is beyond me.
She's a rumor monger. It's her job. Remember, it's not the weight of evidence that is important. It's the seriousness of the charges.
Bump!
You may remember him as Drew Carey's boss, Nigel Wick, on "The Drew Carey Show." Now comedian Craig Ferguson has been named the replacement for Craig Kilborn as the host of CBS's "The Late Late Show," the network announced yesterday.
Anyone know if that British accent was real?
Too bad they didn't put the old cow out to pasture last summer during the elections. I guess her lies meant more at that time then they do now!
Another 2004 casualty!
Dan Rather
Tom Daschle
Koffi Annan
All victims of the VRWC. It's been a great year. Whoo hoo! Keep 'em coming!
Looks like she's headed for the sleaze
papers sold at the checkout counter.
Just where her "talent" belongs!
Molly Ivins - Next!
Maybe a few of the mindless slashers on the left are finally starting to get it.
And she's lucky Frank Sinatra is dead. Bada-bing.
Congratualtions, Editor Jack Limpert, you just made top billing in Kitty's next book.
[Watch your back and nail the door to the closet with your skeletons.]
lol.
About time the Washingtonian threw out the old Kitty Litter.
No, he's a Scot.
Now that the pendulum is definitely swinging Right, the publisher is being smart--boosting ratings by dumping a Lib. Good for short term publicity, good for longer term ad rates. Smart biz move. Not necessarily based on publishing ethical considerations--in light of her 30 years of employment there....
Hey, don't bad mouth Frank Sinatra... Frank Sinatra saved my life once... < /deanmartin>
I wish Jack would have asked me to call her. It would have been so much fun to say, "Kitty, you ignorant slut."
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