Posted on 01/20/2005 5:35:25 PM PST by Timeout
CONGRATULATIONS PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH!!!!
Continuous coverage on C-SPAN. Spotty everywhere else.
Just tuned in. ....Did Don King make his appearance yet?
Don't ya know this thread requires PICTURES?!
We want pictures!!!
I think Laura is lovely, but does anyone else wonder if she had a facelift? She looks so much better than 4 yrs. ago
Oh, OK. LOL :)
"And then we have Sally Quinn, the self-appointed arbiter of Washington's social scene. Since the White House scandal story broke in mid-January, Quinn has gabbed on the networks and cable channels, passing judgment on the president and hissing at first lady Hillary Rodman Clinton.
"If you consider the life of Bill Clinton," she said on "60 Minutes," "whenever he leaves the White House, he's going to get on a plane, and where is he going to go?"
"What do you mean?" a baffled Mike Wallace asked.
"Well, he -- he doesn't even have a home," she sniffed. "I mean, when you think about it, he's homeless. I mean, they've lived in sort of government properties all their lives."
What Quinn really means is that from her elitist perch, President Clinton is poor white trash -- a homeless, rootless Bubba. No doubt this helps explains why he goes for women with big hair, and it allows Quinn to convince herself that he and Monica did unspeakable things in the Oval Office, even though there is as yet no proof.
But Quinn reveals her truly witchy ways when she talks about the first lady. She paints Hillary Clinton as a sad case, trapped in a lousy marriage, "floundering around in the last couple of years to try to find some project for herself."
Actually, it could be said that Sally Quinn has been floundering around for the last couple of decades, when she failed first as a journalist, then as a novelist, before emerging as a hostess in a Washington society that even she admits is in its death throes.
Which brings us to a central question: Who appointed Quinn as the mouthpiece for the permanent Washington establishment, if there is such an animal?
A peek into Quinn's motives reveals a hidden political agenda and the venom of a hostess scorned, and ultimately, an aging semi-journalist propped up by a cadre of media buddies, carping at the Clintons because they wouldn't kiss her ring.
Quinn, the daughter of a general, was raised in high military society. As she describes in her book "The Party: A Guide to Adventurous Entertaining," she was first patted on the bottom at a Washington cocktail party by a randy Sen. Strom Thurmond when she was 17. From young socialite she moved on to dabbling in journalism, writing party stories for the Washington Post in the 1960s.
She was a disaster at television and wrote a book about the debacle. But, failing upwards, she was about to be hired by the New York Times when Ben Bradlee, the storied executive editor of the Washington Post, lured her to his new Style section.
At the time Bradlee was married but separated; Quinn was living with journalist Warren Hoge, who would later work for the Times. Quinn and Bradlee became an item, Bradlee's marriage failed, the two were married in 1978 -- and Sally Quinn's career took off.
............"'There's a very incestuous relationship between the New York-Washington journalistic elite," says Washington columnist Chuck Conconi, who edited Quinn at the Post. "They take care of each other. It shows."
There's also a reason why Sally Quinn is an apologist for independent counsel Kenneth Starr. "In some way," she said on "Meet the Press," "Ken Starr has become to Clinton what the evil empire, what the Soviet Union was to Ronald Reagan." What she doesn't say is that Ben Bradlee is indebted to Starr, then a judge, for ruling that the Post was not guilty of libel in a celebrated case in the 1980s.
In her self-appointed role as the voice of the capital city's permanent establishment, Quinn is already celebrating the passing of the poor white trash president and his ingrate wife.
Presidents come and go, Quinn believes, but the Washington elite lives on. And on and on and on.'"
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Hmmmmmmm .......... things are not always what they seem, but then again .. sometimes they are.... She's truly a mean-spirited, malevolent person.
I just know it's not my night to be the curmudgeon.
I am having a great time even without being at a party.
Better dresses tonight.
U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) reacts during the inaugural parade in Washington, January 20, 2005. Bush was sworn into his second term of office earlier in the day. First lady Laura Bush and her mother Jenna are at left.
Frankly I couldn't hear what she said as Alan Colmes or Sean interrupted. It didn't appear that she was too pleased earlier today when she told Brit she couldn't really comment until she studied it. Forgive if I'm getting my pundits confused (as I've been switching channels all evening) but I believe she told Sean that all hinges on his success in Iraq. If he fails, all he's promised in his speech will be for naught. If he succeeds, he will be remembered as one of the greatest Presidents of our time.
Is she back at the WSJ? DId she come back right after the election?
I'm having a good time too. Although, I am pretty jealous of people that are at one of the balls. he he I just keep saying "lucky ducks"!
"I think Laura is lovely, but does anyone else wonder if she had a facelift? She looks so much better than 4 yrs. ago"
I don't think she has - she has some 'lines' here and there (you can see them on the closer shots). Please understand I'm only answering your question. Her 'lines' are minimal and I've only noticed them on close-up shots. I think she looks FABULOUS!!
Drink a toast for us please!
I completely agree. I think Barbara's is more elegant.
Yes, lol that caught my eye.
President Bush and first Lady Laura Bush prepare to dance with Army Spec. Jazmin Azcona, left, and U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Richard Devon, Hansen, right, at the Commander and Chief Inaugural Ball at the Building Museum, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) 
U.S. President George W. Bush reaches to dance with first lady Laura Bush at the Independence Ball in Washington January 20, 2005. Bush was sworn in for his second term in office earlier in the day. REUTERS/Jason Reed
Chief's Ball honoring the inauguration of the president in Washington D.C. January 20, 2005. The ball is being held for all members of the United States armed forces and is the last of many stops the President and his wife will make throughout the night. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
President and first lady Laura Bush dance at the Commander-In-Chief Ball in Washington Thursday, January 20, 2005. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
U.S. President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush dance on the Presidential Seal at the Commander-in-Chief Inauguration Ball at the National Building Museum in Washington, January 20, 2005. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Yes. I think she came back the a couple of days after the elction. Her column appears (almost) every week...Thursday I believe. I bet she has one tomorrow.
"Laura" was a fabulous movie and I believe the song won the Academy award. As for "Swing Low", I believe it was from "One Touch of Venus" with Ava Gardner and I can't remember her co-star's name but can see him clearly.
Greta interviewing one of our troops, asked him if he supports President Bush. He responded that ever since the surprise Thanksgiving visit, "This president has had my heart."
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