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Obama Is Gold Standard of Manners, Says Post April 06, 2010 05:11 PM ET | Paul Bedard | Permanent Link | Print By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers President Obama might not be up to everybody's standards when it comes to his politics or policies, but you've got to agree, at least he conducts himself with style and grace. So says Anna Post, the great-great-granddaughter of the world's queen of etiquette, Emily Post. The younger Post, who is the spokesperson for the Emily Post Institute, says the president is not only a student of good manners, but should also be seen...

An old friend may prove a roadblock to Hillary Clinton's plans to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency in 2008 - Al Gore. Gore says he has no plans of running in 2008. But Gore's friends view his recent political and business moves as a sign that he's preparing for another run for the White House, U.S. News & World Report column Washington Whispers reports. In recent speeches Gore has been increasingly airing his views on domestic and international issues. "And in raising money for his Current TV network, which targets the critical youth market, Big Al has built...

Washington Whispers-The Daddy DefermentLook for Kerry campaign surrogates to step up attacks on Vice President Dick Cheney's five Vietnam War deferments, a strategy that began last week when Teresa Heinz Kerry called the veep 'unpatriotic.'Veterans for Kerry, a campaign support group, is using humor to hit Cheney in suggesting that he had a child to duck the war. 'I never knew that Cheney was the first hippie,' said one.'He made love so that he didn't have to make war.'

(Dan Burton, [R-Indiana] Investigating) Allegations that Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is tied to Islamic terrorists.McVeigh the story goes, met in an Oklahoma City motel with Iraqi agents before the 1995 explosion.Part Two: Unsubstantiated reports that two 9/11 hijackers holed up with the suspected 20th hijacker Zacarais Moussaoui in the same motel room last July.Coincedence?Sources say Burton sent investigators to Oklahoma City to sniff around, tasked three staffers to the probe, and asked David Schippers, who led a house panel on Bill Clinton's impeachment, to advise.But that's not all:Burton wants more staff.While there's a lot of circumstantial evidence to investigate,...