The First Dude and Greta Van Handler
The First Dude got screwed again at the key party.
I wasn’t going to write about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner because, like Thers (really, do not click the link in his post), I’m not a huge fan of it, but this was too gross not to highlight:
With his wife back in Alaska dealing with a natural disaster, Todd Palin was being led around the brunch by Fox’s Greta Van Susteren, who is apparently his host AND handler.
POLITICO started to chat with Alaska’s “first dude” when Van Susteren intervened. The host of On The Record told us this brunch was “off the record” - no talking with the husband of former Republican vice presidential nominee, Gov. Sarah Palin.
Asked why, Van Susteren told us - as we held pen, pad, recorder and camera in hand - well, you know, at these things you can’t always figure out who’s on the record or off the record when you chit chat. And, she added, with all the background noise Palin could easily be misquoted.
Say what you want about Chris Matthews’ “leg tingle,” but could you ever imagine him doing something like this with, say, Michelle Obama? On three ... one ... two ... three ... *urp*!
[photo via HuffPo]
MORE: This gives me an excuse to repost what I think may have been the funniest video to surface during the general election. It still cracks me up every time I watch it.
Posted by Kevin K. on 05/10/09 at 11:15 AM • Permalink
Categories: Politics • Election '08 • St. McSame • Nutters • Sarah Palin • Our Stupid Media • Television • YouTubidity •
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