Why do you think the Media loves him so much???
In DC, careers get MADE at these parties. Social status for the fat and wealthy is determined by the number of invites you get to these. One of the major reasons the press hated Bush is because he held only one or two of these big parties a year.
It’s like an Ancient King’s Court.
Bush knew what these parties were, and refused to play the game. GOD, how they hated him for it.
A State dinner is hardly a party.