Gossip Roundup: Everybody Pretend to Be Irish Edition
•The Reliable Source: Ex-staffers angry at GirlsGoingOut.com founderFarrah Ashlinefor not making good on the promise of "a lot of money." What? A dotcom that has failed to make good on initial expectations? We're shocked, shocked. Two limericks in the spirit of Saint Patrick Day, one fromEd GillespieaboutKerry: "There once was a man from Nantucket, / Whose misstatements could fill up a bucket. / Oft the truth he has bent, / Like his Irish descent. / Of his record he says, 'I'll just duck it.'" Another from DNC flak aboutBush: "There also was a Yank from Connecticut, / Who utterly lacked any etiquette. / He claimed Texas blood, / Threw the truth in the mud. / Think his word is his bond? Don't bet on it." [WP ]
•Heard on the Hill: Cashier givesSenate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.)a hard time for not having proper identification with his credit card. "It was funny because a lot of people seemed to know who he was - they were all whispering, That'sSenator Daschle.I felt real silly. It kind of made my day really interesting," said the store manager. . .Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.)collides withRep. Harold Ford Jr. (D-Tenn.)on the basketball court: "We heard bones pop, and we weren't sure what it was." [ Roll Call ]
•The Scoop: Judith Leiberhandbags are on display at theGeorge Bush Presidential Library and Mueseumbecause they "are one of the few products still made by hand in the [U.S.]" Says one visitor, "Its not exactly the sort of thing I associate withGeorge H. W. Bush.Were at war with the terrorists and so I was expecting something a little more weighty and political." [ MSNBC ]
•Rush & Molloy: Jeff Schroeder on his Imaginary Foreign Leader Endorsement: "It is a parody... I didn't expect the fake bids to go that high." [NYDN ]
•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: New book claimsHillary Clintonsaid in 1970: "You sold out, you motherf-, you sold out!"[ NYDN ]
•Page Six: More lapses in taste --Janet MaslinofThe New York Timeswas a donatingDeaniac.[ NYP ]