Day: July 24, 2006

Quick, put your tin foil hat on.

The founder of Air America claims that Karl Rove is behind the Left’s Anti-Semitism.

I just love all these ‘unexpected, unannounced, surprising’ stops made by Bush (think Turkey in Iraq) and now Condi Rice.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced stop in Beirut Monday in an effort to shore up Lebanon’s fragile government, beleaguered by nearly two weeks of relentless bombing raids that have wrecked much of the country’s infrastructure and sent thousands of Lebanese citizens fleeing for their lives.

It’s fun to watch the media, who continue to react with utter shock when a president or members of his cabinet stray from the pre-published travel itinerary. Then there is the Left, who scoff at these secret trips, claiming what they see is nothing more than manufactured ‘wanna be seen as doing something important’ ploys for popularity.

These seemingly impromptu stop overs in unexpected places aren’t so much a photo-op tactic to gain a bump in the polls as they are a foreign policy reality in this post 9/11 world. Get used to it.

Since $6,000 can’t (necessarily) buy you a legislative record to stand on, Hillary instead focuses on the external.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign army has increased its ranks to 50 staffers and more than 20 consultants, specialists in everything from fund-raising to speech-writing to hairstyling and makeup.

Clinton, the likely 2008 Democratic White House front-runner, ponied up nearly $3,000 in campaign cash for her blond tresses to get some presidential pampering from acclaimed D.C. stylist Isabelle Goetz.

Recently released federal fund-raising records show Clinton shelled out $1,500 in April for Goetz to carefully craft her coiffure and another $1,000 for a camera-ready clip in May.

She passed off both styling sessions as “media production” expenses.

Clinton was so desperate for Goetz to style her gilded mane, she picked up the scissor siren’s $405 travel tab in April and a $38 expenses tab in May.

Goetz, a fixture at the swank Cristophe salon and the favored stylist of John Kerry, has been clipping the former first lady’s locks for years – she’s credited for updating Clinton’s coif from country to chic. To complement the touch-up of her tresses, Clinton invested another $3,000 for makeup maestro Barbara Lacy to brush on some blush.

Hmm, I dunno…she might consider throwing a few more dollars at that.