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Posts Tagged ‘vernon jordan’

CONGRESS

Gossip Roundup: Ricky Chicken, Sally Salad Announce Separation

Friday, September 22nd, 2006
  • Yeas and Nays: Vernon Jordan calls and demands that Nathan’s (G’town) bring chilidogs out to his car as he drives by… Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will preside over a mock trial involving Henrik Ibsen characters. Former theater students, law students equally appalled. [Examiner]
  • Reliable Source: Hill Staffers, Reps Bob Etheridge and James McGovern, eat school lunch — voluntarily — because it was free. Lunch options given goofy names, you really should just go read it for yourself. [WP]

PERSONALITIES

Gossip Roundup: Close Call for Blitzer

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

Reliable Source: Jenna Bush was spotted at a private party in Glover Park’s Town Hall on Saturday night; she wore a “satin turquoise camisole” and smoked Newports. [WP]
Under the Dome: Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-Fla.) compares politics to prostitution: “I have to go up to total strangers, ask them for money and get them to expect me to be there when they need me. What does that sound like to you?”. . . Lawmakers move to ban the BTK killer from being buried in Arlington National Cemetery. [The Hill]
Rush & Molloy: Spokespeople for Simon & Schuster and The New York Times deny Arianna Huffington’s claims of a $1.2m book deal for Judith Miller. [NYDN]
Page Six: With Carpal Tunnel in his right hand, Vernon Jordan now shakes with his left. . . Specter, Grassley support televised Supreme Court proceedings. [NYP, NYP]
Inside the Beltway: Wolf Blitzer was nearly killed by Israeli guards in 2002. [WT]


WHITE HOUSE

Gossip Roundup: Biking Off Road and Off the Record

Friday, August 19th, 2005

Names & Faces: Bush’s bike ride with Lance Armstrong tomorrow is an exclusive Discovery Channel event. . . Story by columnist John McCaslin is published in “Chicken Soup for the Grandma’s Soul.” [WP]
Inside the Beltway: DNC files FOIA request about Roberts. [WT]
Liz Smith: Clinton: “I think if there were a president in my party again, no matter who it was, and I was asked to do anything, I would do it. Anything!”. . . Vernon Jordan is certain Hillary could be president. [NYP]
Page Six: Giuliani is set to play softball in East Hampton with Carl Bernstein, Ken Auletta, and Alec Baldwin. [NYP]