"And so we dished"

Pamela of Atlas Shrugs (above left) embodies (hubba hubba) for the right blogosphere what Wonkette was meant to embody for the left. Ana Marie Cox is long gone from these parts now, so you'll have to go to Atlas Shrugs to chercher la femme. Her you-are-there report of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's speech before a joint session yesterday is a great ride.

"She was as surprised by my politics as I hers. And so we dished," writes the weight-of-the-world-bearing Pamela of Atlas Shrugs -- on her the weight looks good -- re Dina, an Israeli TV reporter she happened to sit next to yesterday as both bore witness to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's historic speech to a joint session of Congress. We had caught most of the speech in C-Span reruns and were duly impressed, but Pamela/Atlas was there and by sheer force of personality -- not to mention her writer's eye for telling detail -- breathes life into the whole barmy scene:

What a day. I was honored to have been invited. The experience more than exceeded my expectations. DC, itself, was glorious. Just beautiful. Crisp, sharp and regal. Such a great town, wonderful people. My favorites are the cab drivers, they are from all over the world and so happy to be here. Free, working, you know -- the American thang.

I arrived at the south door, opposite the Longworth building where a small press contingency had congregated. I started chatting with an elegant gentleman, and coincidentally the only other blogger invited to cover the historic speech, Paul Mirengoff of Powerline. I liked him, he gave good conversation and was equally surprised and pleased to be in attendance.

He GAVE good conversation? This woman's prose crackles with sexual tension. "It was most interesting to see the play, the dance, of the power players," writes P/A. You'll want to read the whole thing, but here are a few bits to tempt your taste buds:

Entering chambers was the great satisfaction. I looooved it. It was thrilling. Watching the Senators and Representatives mill about was wildly interesting. The wannabees working the higher ups on the food chain, the higher ups deigning who they would reward with their attention and conversation.

Kerry came in looking haggard (think Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend), spent and depleted (think Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas without the bravado.) Watching that man gave me great pause. That someone as incompetent and worthless as he might have been President, made me shudder. Slumbering, slobbering Ted Kennedy came in late and scribbled notes and nodded off during the speech. What a yutz.

Hillary Clinton dashed (not quite but it was what she attempted to project -- she can't really do dash) in at the last moment -- very red carpet, very I am the star, a real diva moment. She thinks she’s President, or at least soon to be. Watching her watch the speech, she too was lackluster in her response, and when she would bring herself to applaud it was almost in slow motion. As if her hands were weighted down with iron shackles. She has her agenda. And it ain’t pretty although her pink overcoat was rather stylish.

Hot, hot, hot.

Comments

[Goomp]

Kate Smith sang "God Bless America." I hope "God will save America" from the hubris and stupidity of the majority of the members of both parties of our political system. The fanatical religious barbarians are at the gates, and a huge number of our countryfolk don't have a clue.

[Laura Lee Donoho]

My sister-in-law's best friend was a personal buyer for Neiman Marcus for several years and met many wealthy people through her work helping them select proper clothing.

I don't know if it was through that job or not but she married very well. She was already from a wealthy family however.

I've often wondered why Hillary doesn't have a personal buyer to help her dress. If she does they aren't doing a very good job.

We were recently at the old Arkansas State House Museum and saw the exhibit of the wives of the governors of Arkansas'inaugural dresses.

Hillary's clothing is the most ridiculous of all the former spouses of Arkansas governors, Students actually laughed when they saw some of the dresses.

I don't understand why Robin Givhan gives Hillary such an obvious pass.

[Teresa]

Laura - what a good point! I never thought about Hillary and a personal shopper. This is probably because I'm fashion impaired myself. I try not to judge others too much by what they wear as long as they aren't falling out of it or don't look like a giant sausage roll in spandex. *grin*.

What a great account of the event. I would comment over at Pamela's but I'm not registered and it's too much trouble to do it right now. I need to get over to Power Line and see how Paul wrote up the event. It's cool to have two different styles of blog coverage.

[HNAV]

OT:

thought you might enjoy this...
http://mfrost.typepad.com/cute_overload/2006/05/cat_box.html

[Laura Lee Donoho]

HNAV, that is definitely cute. I love it. And Teresa, I shouldn't be so judgmental myself because I prefer jeans but if I were being photographed everyday I know I would have to make it an aesthetic experience.

[Teresa]

Laura - I think you're right. She's been in the public eye for years and yet never seems to improve her style at all. I mean it's always possible to admit that your weakness is in fashion - and with Hillary everyone already knows.

Just think if Bill turned up at a function wearing a polyester suit! Yet that seems to be almost the sort of poor taste Hillary displays in dressing. I'm glad she's not wearing Hollywood clothes that are nearly falling off the body, and I'm REALLY glad she doesn't do spandex, but with some help she could wear nicer things and look much better. Although I've always thought she was going for the Russian Socialist look myself.

[Laura Lee Donoho]

Russian Socialist look! Yeah! Exactly! Especially after she became Senator from New York.

The thing is, she used to change her hairstyles all the time too and some people wrote that she did that to try to fill a role that she wasn't comfortable with her own style.

So maybe she's finally found it, I am just not comfortable with it.