KKKarl Dines with Brit HUME, O'Beirne, KRAUTHAMMER, & Geo.WILL

[UTUSN]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10245-2004Oct5.html

A W Magazine Scoop: Civility Is Dead!


By Richard Leiby
Wednesday, October 6, 2004; Page C03


We're all doomed: Shrill, partisan politicking is laying waste to the Washington social scene, argues a piece in the upcoming W magazine, which surveys longtime socialites and "smart set" members on just how bad it has become as the election nears. "Whoever wins, the bitterness is such that Mayor Tony Williams might want to think about putting Paxil in the water," Dick Carlson, a political appointee in the Reagan and Bush I administrations (and father of CNN's Tucker Carlson), tells the mag. "Otherwise, the living rooms of Georgetown could turn into mosh pits. With all this campaign hyperbole and the name-calling I'm afraid it's going to make life difficult."

Nonpartisan social doyenne Oatsie Charles informs W scribe Susan Watters: "As far as I'm concerned, the Washington I knew is over." (Then again, maybe it was just a shimmering Georgetown chimera to begin with: Camelot, we hardly knew ye.)

Denizens of the Bush White House, including Chief of Staff Andy Card, are faulted for not getting out much. But just yesterday political adviser Karl Rove left his lair and was spotted at lunch at the Oval Room, feeding his media base: He dined with Fox News's Brit Hume, National Review's Washington editor, Kate O'Beirne, and columnists Charles Krauthammer and George Will. Our witness noticed no Democrats at the table, but who needs indigestion?

In the W article, Christopher Hitchens -- ever the contrarian -- expresses no concern about the partisan climate. He admits to unleashing a pungent Cheneyism in a confrontation with Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) backstage at CNN. "Frankly," Hitch tells the magazine, "I think much too high a value is placed upon civility."

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[West Coast Democrat]

1. Is there something unusual about this?

I assume Karl often dines with his "journalist" pals.

[UTUSN]

3. Dan Not Being One of Them n/t

[Swede]

2. Maybe they're gonna gang splash Kate.

Ewww,now there's a picture.

[shadu]

4. krauthammer is the human doodle

there is no more despicable piece of shit then mr k

[wtmusic]

5. And as always, the drunken Hitch is tagging along,

wondering how a "terrible movie" can make $200M.