French President Francois Hollande visited les Etats-Unis flying solo, but the White House solved its State Dinner protocol problem : with no presidential spouse to seat next to Michelle Obama, they gave the spot to Stephen Colbert, who gracefully proclaimed himself First Lady of France. Hope some White House staffer gets a promotion for that. On Wednesday's show, Colbert had entirely too much fun showing off his invitation, his souvenir menu, and photos of himself at the event.
Two heads of state eating fancy food? What would Thomas Jefferson think?
Sounds like Ol' Shep wishes he had been sitting at Colbert's feet being fed table scraps.
Shep Smith: speed skater or figure skater? Discuss.
And two hard-boiled eggs asked Harpo.
I think most of us already do.
Post it over on the Daily Blather . . . it'll be a wingnut fact by Monday.
Costume manager.