We cats couldn't open our print copy of The Washington Post this morning without being further bombarded with White House Correspondents' Dinner coverage. The after-parties! The stars! The jokes! The gowns!
The ridiculousness of it all. Goodness gracious, we thought we were done with this.
We'd be tempted to agree with the famous quitter from Alaska — did we just write that? — who railed that WHDC was "pathetic," which it is. But gosh, her rant went on so long, she became the mad, hurt girl who wasn't invited instead. (Or just the FOX "News" firee who's desperately trying to re-insert herself into the national conversation.)
Actually, FOX is partially to blame for WHDC's current idiocy. Tom Brokaw hit the nail on the head when he said, "The breaking point for me was Lindsay Lohan." Who was invited by none other than FOX's Greta van Susteren, by the way.
You know, we can halfway understand it when, in the interest of creating buzz, networks and news organizations invite actors who have played politicians or journalists in the movies or on TV. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Kevin Spacey, fine. Michael Douglas and George Clooney, sure. Morgan Freeman, Joan Allen, Julianne Moore, Warren Beatty, Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman also come to mind.
But Lindsay Lohan? Why would a drug- and alcohol-addicted young woman who will be hounded to death by the media for the rest of her days care anything about journalistic scholarships?
The WHCD needs to get over itself and figure out a new way to raise money for this worthy cause. And free up the President and First Lady for an extra night per year. We're sure they could use the time.
(IMAGE: Rachel Maddow's perfect solution: tending bar.)
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