Half-baked Barbara (Hillary Clinton & Mary Landrieu no-shows @ spina bifida fundraiser)

Washington Times ^ | 10/07/05 | John McCaslin

[Libloather]

Half-baked Barbara
By John McCaslin
October 7, 2005

It's not easy being the master of ceremonies for a roast when half of the roasters don't show up.

Ask political commentator Mark Shields, who found himself in that uncomfortable position Wednesday evening as the Spina Bifida Association attempted to put TV personality Barbara Walters in the "hot seat" at the Hyatt Regency Washington.

"This is more like a bake-off," a visibly embarrassed Mrs. Walters said after the roasting, expressing disappointment that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and fellow roaster Sen. Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana were no-shows.

As it was, the two remaining roasters — Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes and ABC newsman Sam Donaldson — went easy on Mrs. Walters, while last-second stand-in Mary Matalin, who was in the audience as Mrs. Hughes' guest, tried to read from Mrs. Landrieu's prepared remarks.

It got even worse at the close of the evening when organizers quickly dragged wires and cords on stage, hoping to patch through Mrs. Clinton by telephone, but to no avail. (Mrs. Clinton and Mrs. Landrieu were said to be "detained" by official Senate duties.)

Nevertheless, the annual fundraising event — which had in the audience Washington power couples Ben Bradlee and Sally Quinn and Alan Greenspan and Andrea Mitchell — accomplished its goal of raising awareness of the most common permanently disabling birth defect in this country.

[Howlin]

It's not a stupid question either.

[misharu]

She is just plain dangerous, as has been shown from 50 some odd deaths that surround her and Bill.

And you said in an earlier post, you know the woman inside and out. Well I don't know her from Adam but I do know this. My gut instinct, woman's intuition or just plain knowing how to read people, tells me to beware. I don't like her. I don't trust her. And I think she is one incredibly cold hearted woman that would do ANYTHING to further her quest for power.

[STARWISE]

Another report of the swish event

This event sounds so kiss-uppy air kisses and self-promotion .. the elites really love worshipping themselves. One point, however: to look like this at 76 shows how well they can afford to live ... wow, that's incredible .. she's glowing and looks spectacular.

[Enchante]

"I will end the war in Iraq, I will bring peace, I will solve the Palestinian problem"

Baba WaWa on what she would do if she married King Abdummah.... that is a fascinating quote! Might just be a throwaway line, or might reveal a lot more than she means to. Does she really understand that King Abdummah could end the war in Iraq tomorrow (stop funding and terrorist migration for Sunni terrorism there!!) and solve the Palestinian problem (force the Palestinians and all Arabs to accept Israel and truly seek peace)???? She's probably right that King Abdummah could do it, and that reveals a lot about the nature of the problem of terrorism in the Middle East. She revealed more than she meant to.