Gossip Roundup: Nasty Synonym Edition
·What doMatt DrudgeandAl Frankenhave in common? "He threw a complete drama queen snit," says one witness toFranken'sIowa airport freakout last week, where the proudly progressive pundit tried to cut in line to catch a plane out. (Who can blame him?) [ NY Post ]
·Hey, you said it, lady, not us: "Have you looked at him? . . . He looks like a 60-year-old man who has been working too hard running for President, with little time for sleep and no time to worry about what he looks like."Kerry'scampaign denies Botox rumors. [ NYDN ]
· Robert Redfordmeets withFidel Castro,gets sunscreen recommendations. [ NYDN ]
·Heard on the Hill serves up the Washingtonian'sLottinterview (already buzzy) with a great teaser: "DoesSen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.)privately use a nasty synonym for “opportunist” to describe his successor, Majority LeaderBill Frist (R-Tenn.)?" But disappoints with the answer: According toLott, “There is a word for a man likeBill Frist. . . Ingrate.” [Roll Call]
·Says formerHillarysenatorial opponentRick Lazio: "There is a great need today for people who can make complex economic and political forces accessible to a mass audience." Too true. Unfortunately,Laziothinks he's one of those people. [ NY Newsday ]
·Unclear on the concept: The Hill's "gossip" column has a lot of depressing items about death. [ The Hill ]