Gossip Roundup: Frolicking in the Nude Edition
•Reliable Source: Bushshowcases a Taliban brick, World Trade Center steel, andBushbobble-heads that he flicks. . .Teresasaid being first lady was "worse than going to a Carmelite convent". . .Linda Trippgiving European tours, but no press coverage: "Gee, I need more ugly pictures of me." [ WP ]
•Heard on the Hill: Polier'sarticle worth "considerably more" than $10,000. . .McDermottsrival usesMcDermottsphoto to raise money. . .Wanda Baucusin court today. [ Roll Call ]
•Inside the Beltway: Dean, Jackson, Huffington, Brock, Soros, Spitzer, Podesta, Reich,and others gather to "Take Back America". . .Kerry's"most unprecedented" phrase called malapropism. . .Dick ClarkecontradictsMooreclaim. [ WT ]
•Inside Politics: Kerry,in front of children at Vietnam memorial, gives middle finger to shouting critic. . .Bradley Whitfordgives commencement,Bushgets applause. . . Was applause forRumsfeld'scommencement "polite," as reported byThe New York Times, or "sustained," as wrote the AP? [ WT ]
•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Vanity Fair'sJames WolcottdisparagesBarbaraandLaura Bushas well asHughes, Ricebut praisesBushtwins: "Jenna and Barbaramay be spoiled brats - tarty party girls - but at least they're not perpetuating false pretenses, being used as attractive props and tweeting noises they don't believe." [ NYDN ]
•Rush & Molloy: In DCCC cartoon,Cheney"frolics" in the nude,Ashcroftcovers breasts,Bushstabs himself. Says RNC flak, "Republicans will be the ultimate survivors in November." [ NYDN ]
•Cindy Adams: For VP,Richardsonout,GephardtorEdwardsin. . . Boston is short on hotel rooms and short on cash. [ NYP ]
•Page Six: Hillary, Schumer, Pataki, Bloomberg,and real celebrities honorHoward Rubenstein.[ NYP ]