What Are the Meanings of the Charities of the Jeopardy Power Players?
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With all the glamour and excitement that is the D.C. Power Players "Jeopardy," people forget what it's all really about. It's not about winning or losing or humiliating a political adversary or tasting for a brief instant what it might be like to be actually famous. . . It's about using charitable donations as a vehicle for self-promotion. A guide to the Power Players and what their charities say about them:
Tucker Carlson: American Camping Association; Wawenock Scholarships
"I am not as effeminate as the bow tie would suggest."
Ari Fleischer: March of Dimes
"I'm not as evil as you think. Not evil at all. The message here: A lack of evilness. No more questions."
Bob Woodward: Sidwell Friends School
"Every moment of my waking life is devoted to sucking up to people."
Maria Bartiromo: National Italian American Foundation; Columbus Citizen’s Foundation
"I am Italian."
Gretchen Carlson: MacPhail Center for the Arts; American Cancer Society’s Taking A Step
"Who am I?"
Aaron Brown: Make-A-Wish Foundation
"Help."
Anderson Cooper: American Heart Association
"I am really fucking hot."
Al Franken: Congressional Hunger Center
"I will be running for office."
Keith Olbermann: Ed Randall’s Bat for a Cure
"I was more popular as a sportscaster."
Tim Russert: Boys & Girls Club of Greater Washington, D.C.
"I'm a regular guy."
Tavis Smiley: Tavis Smiley Foundation
"I am the most important person in the world."
Ashleigh Banfield: The Child Abuse Prevention Center of Dallas
"Don't hurt me."
Peggy Noonan: The Sisters of Life
"I can politicize anything."
Kweisi Mfume: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Maryland
"It just sounds like I'm foreign."
Jeopardy Power Players [Jeopardy.com]