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President Bush may have skipped U2’s DC concerts this week, but his work wife (one of them, anyway) didn’t, at least according to an operative who writes:

There I stood, squished up against the rail on the floor of the U2 concert on the 20th (also was there on the 19th - both shows rocked) when in swirled the Condi and her posse of Secret Service on my left. She conveniently missed Damien Marley’s opening act. Anti-Jamaica but pro-Ireland? I would have loved to see her reaction when Bono went on one of his many not so subtle politically charged rants and 23,000 people seemed to be agreeing with him.

Well, maybe, oh, 22,398 or so. Remember, along with Hillary Clinton, John Thune, Mary Bono, Darrell Issa, Eric Cantor, and a few more Republican politicians were using the shows for fund-raising purposes too. — GREG BEATO MORE »

I may be the only one haphazardly nudging Bono into the ranks of the vast right-wing conspiracy, but the unimprovably named J. Freedom du Lac of the Washington Post has got him groking with A.Q. Khan: MORE »

My Irish half has been aching all week to end my troubles with Bono. I fucked up my first day on the job by assuming rumors of his Good Friday Agreement with Rick Santorum were true. (They were not. Also, that whole “intelligent design theory” as scooped by Newsmax? Less than reliable. You heard it here first.) MORE »

• Washington Whispers: Dee Dee Myers‘ new book is titled “Why Women Should Rule the World”. . . Union Pacific designs a special locomotive for George H.W. Bush. . . Women represent 14% of Sunday talk guests. . . Ex-CIA operative turned author threatens to sue agency for holding up his tell-all book. [USN&WR]
• Inside the Beltway: Tomorrow night lawmakers will be treated to a special screening of “Good Night, and Good Luck” in the Gold Room of the Rayburn House Office Building. [WT]
• Cindy Adams: Bush has reportedly been watching reruns of “The West Wing.” [NYP]
• Page Six: Buchanan’s American Conservative magazine puts New Orleans drag queen on its cover. [NYP]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: U2’s The Edge pays $11,000 for a Bill Clinton lunchbox. [NYDN]

• Page Six: Ted Koppel may ink multi-million dollar deal with HBO when he leaves “Nightline”. . . Rush Limbaugh defines himself as an ubersexual. [NYP, NYP]
• Lloyd Grove’s Lowdown: Chuck Todd apologizes to Richard Bradley after The Hotline repeatedly referenced him as “Ex-Dick Blow.”. . . Juanita Broaddrick, Kathleen Willey will visit the Clinton Library for publicity. [NYDN]
• Inside Politics: Spike Lee says the government may have destroyed the levee in New Orleans to “displace al the black people.”. . . Rick Santorum, Hillary Clinton use U2 concerts to raise money; the band complains. [WT]

There goes the sub-Saharan neighborhood. Bono is teaming up with Rick Santorum. Yes, that Rick Santorum. NewsMax tells all: MORE »