[Howlin]

I am dead serious when I say this: this very well could cost Hillary any hope she has of the presidency; this is THE event of the year EVERY year in D.C.

And it is sponsored by Al Hunt and Judy Woodruff; their child has spina bidifa. NOBODY says no to them. Nobody.

This is HUGE.

[ladyinred]

I wasn't aware of this Howlin, but don't you think they will forgive Hillary? I can't imagine Judy not fawning all over her. But I like what you said better! :-)

[Txsleuth]

You ARE serious aren't you???

I can tell you this much...I was watching C-span Wednesday night...there wasn't anything that Clinton and Landrieu HAD to be there for...

Landrieu spent most of Thursday and Thursday night standing on the Senate floor, making a fool of herself, begging for money...

I think she also did that on Wednesday night...but this was long after any votes were being taken...and she could have gone...

When do you ever hear of these politicians turning down a chance to speak at glitzy fundraisers with celebrities???

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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'Rule-making for others,
...Rule-breaking for herself' =

...HILLARY's Lifetime M.O.


...per Political Columnist extraordinaire MICHAEL BARONE in U.S. News & World Report-1999

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[Txsleuth]

I just went back and looked at the Senate thread from Wednesday....the Senate was voting on McCain's stupid amendment giving the terrorists more rights than our military...at about 8:30 or so MY time...so that would have been 9:30 Eastern time...

So...I guess they were doing Senate business...but, Landrieu then stood up on the floor until about midnight, by herself bemoaning the money being spent on the defense bill, instead of spending more money in LA.

[stylin19a]

This is 2005....if they have it every year, Chillary has time to make amends....

[Rummyfan]

And it is sponsored by Al Hunt and Judy Woodruff; their child has spina bidifa. NOBODY says no to them. Nobody.

I know but Judy is off the air and Al? Does he still have a column in the WSJ? Or is CAPITAL GANG still on? Hillary must figure there aren't any votes from the audience of THE VIEW. That in and of itself is amazing though.....

[rockrr]

I think it can safely be said that they could have been there if they wanted to, so I wonder (beyond the deception of being "detained" by official Senate duties) why they chose to rebuff the hosts of this high profile event?

(Doncha just love it when the left eats its own?!!)

[Rummyfan]

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.

Mary Matalin reading Landrieu's remarks? More eveidence that the MSM andf pols in think of themselevs as the Ruling Class! Jeez, where was Snake Man?

[potlatch]

I'm thinking there were a couple of late running bills they voted on today before they left for the weekend. One was the Oil Refineries, and another was concerning torture of prisoners??

[RinaseaofDs]

Your name precedes you, no doubt about it, but I have to ask: If she's been able to dodge all that she has until now so deftly, why would missing a fundraiser like this do her in?

It seems counterintuitive to me; all the rape, the theft, the treason, the arkancide, the missing law firm records, Foster, the FBI files, the guy her motorcade ran over, the three (3) clear FEC violations that haven't really been able to raise so much as an eyebrow at any media outlet.

Why would something like this do her in?

Believe me, I am hoping you have a very good answer to this, because I think she has caused more damage than any other person ever. Even the Rosenbergs or John Walker did less damage to the country than she has.

[Enchante]

What would we give to have a tape recording of Hillary's remark when she told a staffer at the last moment that she couldn't be bothered to attend this event....

HILLARY: "Spina what, do you think I give a #### about this, who signed me up for this event??" Someone one Hillary's staff really needs to defect and write a "tell-all" book.....

[CROSSHIGHWAYMAN]

Hillary and Mary were having their own roast..........

[Southack]

"I am dead serious when I say this: this very well could cost Hillary any hope she has of the presidency; this is THE event of the year EVERY year in D.C. And it is sponsored by Al Hunt and Judy Woodruff; their child has spina bidifa. NOBODY says no to them. Nobody. This is HUGE."

The "inside the Beltway" crowd is no longer Kingmaker.

Still, someone low on the ladder like Senator Landrieu missing a Woodruff affair will raise eyebrows.

...but I'm not convinced that we should be worried about it one way or the other. I'd hate to think that missing a D.C. party or fundraiser would alter American political power.

[Jimmy Valentine]

It is HUGE indeed. Barbara Walters and DemocRAT apparatchiks Judy Woodruff and Al -unt are very very big in the lefty politics side of the city.

They also have huge egos and will find a way to get even, using the news networks they work for.

The witch of Whitehaven Street made a mistake on this one.

Regards,