Gossip Roundup: Ahoy, Matey!
·Didn't we have a revolution to stop this?KerryandBushare both royal descendants. OK, we definitely tried to put a stop to this: Three freshmen GOP reps have raised more than $1 million a piece. Amish Labor bill allows children work, called victory for "liberty." On the Health and Human Services Web site [www.hhs.gov], the only things under "abstinence education" are "many links to several multimillion-dollar organizations that actively lobby against abstinence education." Tricky. [ WT ]
·Rep.Jesse Jackson Jr.distributed copies of the Village Voice story detailingSharpton'sGOP ties to fellow members of the Black Caucus. NYC celebs who endorsed Dean (the Betamax of political contenders): "Kathy Sloan, Paul Bierne, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Roy Furman, George Soros,Bill ZeckendorfandKarenna Gore Schiff." [ NYP and NYP ]
·Slow gossip day: Zachary Taylordied from an overdose of bad cherries. Oh, this is better: Gerald Fordallegedly had a flatulence problem, "often blaming the Secret Service men surrounding him."Kerry'sband's record not doing well on eBay. Good news: Arnold Schwarzenneger"wants to become the anti-piracy czar." (Bad news: He thinks it involves gold doubloons and parrots.) [ NYDN ]