Scandal File: Beltway Patriotism

‘THIS must seem like old hat to you,” a Recognizable Pundit said tomeaswe piloted our way into the ballroom of the Washington Hilton. What he meant, I guess, is that the White House Correspondents’ Dinner seems so “Hollywood”—everyone all dressed up, with polished faces and shiny shoes, the hum of Important People being important to one another.

And, of course, the celebrities: Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone and Warren Beatty and Annette Bening and Jon Bon Jovi (okay, okay—we’re moving down the list pretty fast) breaking bread—and I mean that literally; the bread at these things is awfully stale— with your Jonathan Alters and your Howard Finemans.

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‘THIS must seem like old hat to you,” a Recognizable Pundit said tomeaswe piloted our way into the ballroom of the Washington Hilton. What he meant, I guess, is that the White House Correspondents’ Dinner seems so “Hollywood”—everyone all dressed up, with polished faces and shiny shoes, the hum of Important People being important to one another.

And, of course, the celebrities: Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone and Warren Beatty and Annette Bening and Jon Bon Jovi (okay, okay—we’re moving down the list pretty fast) breaking bread—and I mean that literally; the bread at these things is awfully stale— with your Jonathan Alters and your Howard Finemans.