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Unlikely Table-Mates for Official Luncheon (The Clintons,The Kennedys and....)
TheStarLeger ^ | Friday, January 21, 2005 | From Reporters' Notebook

Posted on 01/21/2005 8:36:48 AM PST by fight_truth_decay

Like the pairing of lobster and quail on the menu, the inaugural luncheon in the Capitol after President Bush's swearing-in brought together people who typically wouldn't sit together.

Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), joined by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, shared a table with Karl Rove, the president's chief political adviser.

Former President Jimmy Carter, an outspoken critic of Bush's Iraq policy, was seated with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, while the president's 23-year-old daughter Jenna was able to chat with 70-year-old Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and 84-year-old Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens. Her twin, Barbara, got a chance to discuss her father's speech with House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas). At the same table were three women of influence: State Department Secretary-nominee Condoleezza Rice, Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and the president's mother, Barbara Bush.

(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: inaugural; jennabush; richardweaver
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On the lighter side FYI..
1 posted on 01/21/2005 8:36:50 AM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

Would have loved to hear the conversations:)
"Now Jimmah - You know you are a dumb@ss, now pass the potatoes".


2 posted on 01/21/2005 8:38:01 AM PST by msp2004
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To: fight_truth_decay
Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), joined by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and his wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, shared a table with Karl Rove, the president's chief political adviser.

I'll bet Rove had a difficult time eating with that grin on his face...

3 posted on 01/21/2005 8:38:21 AM PST by Snardius
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To: fight_truth_decay
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Kennedy: (as he bobbles his fifth glass of wine) "So Karly Boy you beat us pretty good..."

Rove: "Yes, sir Senator - we drove the car right off the bridge..."
4 posted on 01/21/2005 8:39:30 AM PST by KMC1
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To: fight_truth_decay

So the question is did Rove PO somebody who made the seating arrangements or did he just want to give the Clitons and Jabba-the-Kennedy indigestion?


5 posted on 01/21/2005 8:39:49 AM PST by pikachu (BE alert -- we need more lerts!)
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To: fight_truth_decay

DU is in high dudgeon about this, I'm sure.


6 posted on 01/21/2005 8:40:18 AM PST by MisterRepublican ("I must go. I must be elusive.")
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To: fight_truth_decay

Jenna to Sandra Day O'Connor: "Loosen up Sandy baby!"
(actually, Jenna's probably a Cowboy fan not a 'Skins fan)


7 posted on 01/21/2005 8:42:23 AM PST by mrsmith
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To: Slip18

ping


8 posted on 01/21/2005 8:44:05 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (© 2004, Ravin' Lunatic since 4/98)
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To: fight_truth_decay

That is hilarious -- that is exactly how you do it and your detractors are the ones that end up with heartburn!


9 posted on 01/21/2005 8:49:13 AM PST by PhiKapMom (AOII Mom -- Increase Republicans in Congress in 2006!)
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To: fight_truth_decay
Former President Bill Clinton and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.),

I caught a glimpse of their table yesterday, before the cameras shut down.

Tommy Thompson was sitting right next to Hilliary, and the look on his face seemed to say: "What did I do to deserve this?"

10 posted on 01/21/2005 8:50:00 AM PST by texasbluebell
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To: fight_truth_decay

I don't know how Karl could eat with that bunch! YUCK!!


11 posted on 01/21/2005 8:54:32 AM PST by Polyxene (For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel - Martin Luther)
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To: Snardius
I'll bet Rove had a difficult time eating with that grin on his face...

I doubt if there was anything left to eat with Jobba the Swimmer at the table...

12 posted on 01/21/2005 8:55:01 AM PST by River_Wrangler (You can't be lost if you don't care where you are!)
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To: texasbluebell

Thompson got stuck at the Clintons' because Bill Clinton tried to sit with the Bush twins, but the twin's Secret Service Agents wouldn't let him, citing their personal security needs --- Clinton being a date rapist and all.


13 posted on 01/21/2005 8:56:49 AM PST by MeanWestTexan
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To: MeanWestTexan

Good one!

Actually, the old horndog was ogling those twins yesterday, I caught him doing so at the Inaugural.


14 posted on 01/21/2005 8:59:55 AM PST by texasbluebell
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To: texasbluebell

I hope someone caught that on tape --- be a great freeze to show what a slimeball he is.


15 posted on 01/21/2005 9:02:30 AM PST by MeanWestTexan
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To: MeanWestTexan

I was taping, so I've got it. Don't know how to freeze it though.

It was a funny moment.

The girls were standing there getting themselves seated after they had walked in, and you get a view of the toon in the background, unashamedly staring with just a little smile on his face.


16 posted on 01/21/2005 9:06:20 AM PST by texasbluebell
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To: pikachu

"...or did he just want to give the Clitons and Jabba-the-Kennedy indigestion?"

I think so. Rove's been enjoying himself thoroughly lately.


17 posted on 01/21/2005 9:08:14 AM PST by cloud8
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To: fight_truth_decay

Most shocking pairing was that the Clintons sat together...probably the first meal they've had together since the last official event in the White House before they left four years ago...


18 posted on 01/21/2005 9:08:20 AM PST by hardworking (-O-U)
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To: MeanWestTexan
Well, we all know what a slimeball he is already.

He was looking at them the way he's looking at this African dancer, during one of his boondoggles.


19 posted on 01/21/2005 9:09:36 AM PST by texasbluebell
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To: texasbluebell
Tommy Thompson was sitting right next to Hilliary, and the look on his face seemed to say: "What did I do to deserve this?"

LOL - could you blame him? ;-)

20 posted on 01/21/2005 9:15:32 AM PST by NotJustAnotherPrettyFace (Michael <a href ="http://www.michaelmoore.com/"title="Miserable Failure">"Miserable Failure"</a>)
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