With a change in power and a presidency entering lame duck status, we saw all types of oddities in the corridors of power.
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1. New Speaker Nancy Pelosi found she suddenly has friends in high places, chief among them Bono. The Irish rocker disclosed that Pelosi is one of the only people he’ll put on a tie for. He also brought her flowers during a visit to the Capitol.
Hand of God?
2. In Congress, Reps. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., and Paul Broun, R-Ga., found time to debate whether Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue should be praying for rain, and nine Democrats voted against a resolution honoring Christmas, after similar resolutions honoring Ramadan and Diwali garnered unanimous support.
Who let the dog out?
3. White House press secretary Dana Perino’s husband, Peter McMahon, got arrested after he was ticketed for having their dog off a leash, and found the bureaucrats at the U.S. Park Police unable to tell him how to pay it
Welcome to the family
4. President Bush told us that Henry Hager, his son-in-law to be, would be getting a long, punishing mountain bike ride for Christmas.
Clubbed to death
5. Donald Rumsfeld found he had fewer friends, as his application to join the exclusive Metropolitan Club went nowhere. Not to worry, however: He did get admitted to the University Club, as well as a snazzy yacht club on the Eastern Shore.
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6. Newt Gingrich disclosed that when he took his grandkids to Disney World, he was called up on stage to play the “Swine of the Day” during the “Lion King Showcase.”
Is it framed?
7. And an aide to Ben Affleck asked former Majority Leader Tom DeLay to autograph his book for the liberal actor.
