Gossip Roundup: Celebrating Lesbian Love Edition (Got Your Attention, Eh, Tucker?)
•The Reliable Source: Ed Gillespieinsists on being on TV withTerry McAuliffe"like a conjoined twin.". . .Neil Bushmarries former mistress andBarbara Bushvolunteer. . .Grover Norquist, Leon Harris, James Rosenof Fox News, and others vie to be named funniest D.C. (non) celebrity. [ WP ]
•Washington Whispers: When Marine One lands on the South Lawn, the press has been known to call overBarney,forcingBushto retrieve him and field questions. "We just hope they don't start using treats.". . .George Pataki, Rudy Giulianiprep for '08. . .McAuliffe'sson and his friends temporarily seized the Fox News greenroom. [ USN ]
•Under the Dome: Kerryheadquarters moves two blocks from 1600. . .Michael Moorespotted with camera in Longworth House Office Building pressing lawmakers who supported the war. . . $1,703 fromRep. Buck McKeon's (R-Calif.)PAC given toRonald Reagan Presidential Libraryfor "facility use/purchase jelly beans." [ The Hill ]
•Heard on the Hill: Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.)wants to bringHoward Sternto Capitol Hill. . .Hillary Clintonflak onTucker Carlson'scomments about her seeming tense: "First it was his shoe, now it's his foot.". . .McAuliffereceived a fundraising letter fromGeorge and Lauraat his home. [ Roll Call ]
•The Scoop: Barbra Streisandon theReaganminiseries uproar: "The right wing is very well-organized. They fight dirty.". . .Jenna BushmetBritney Spearsbefore a concert in Las Vegas. [ MSNBC ]
•Rush and Molloy: Jennifer Garnerstars in new PSA for the CIA. "She could be a spy. She's got what it takes," says a CIAer. . .Arianna Huffington: "SinceGeorge W. Bushran as a compassionate conservative, Bush Republicans have become the transvestites of the political world. They can put a dress and makeup on, make themselves all pretty, and promise to care about the poor and schoolteachers, and quality health care, but behind the mascara, cheap perfume, and come-hither looks, they're still the same guys who march us into war, plunge us into huge deficits, and rail against gay marriage and taxes." [ NYDN ]
•Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Laura FlandersonLynne Cheney's1981 lesbian romance novel: "It's celebrating lesbian love and promotes the value of preventative devices, condoms, to women who want to remain free. It features a woman who has unmarried sex with the widow of her sister - all this byLynne Cheney,the culture warrior of the right." [ NYDN ]