There’s A Fine Klein Between Fact And Fiction
Joe Klein, author of the political novel “Primary Colors,” is being sued for $100 million by a Harlem librarian who claims the book implies she had an affair with President Clinton.
Daria Carter-Clark said the first chapter of “Primary Colors” - in which a married Southern governor running for president sleeps with a Harlem librarian - echoes a 1991 visit that then-candidate Clinton made to her library, during which they had “a very private conversation” away from reporters, including former Newsweek columnist Klein.
“My acquaintances do think I had an affair,” Carter-Clark told The New York Times. “It’s ridiculous. It’s indecent. It’s ludicrous.”
Klein’s lawyer said any resemblance to Carter-Clark was unintentional.
Loose talk
Al Franken, on “Al Franken Is a Bucktoothed Moron,” the reply to his best-selling “Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot” (in Mother Jones): “My official response to the book is that my orthodontist is suing.”
While growing up, he really used to annoy Jane
Peter Fonda turns 58 today. Sounds to us like a sick campaign floundering
UCLA students were less than impressed when Jane Fonda’s former husband, Los Angeles mayoral candidate Tom Hayden, showed up for a campus campaign appearance last week with “Dead Man Walking” star Sean Penn in tow. Said one: “I don’t think Sean Penn stands for serious political thought.”
Our advice: If you can’t keep them apart, hide
South African President Nelson Mandela managed to keep his cool when his ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, showed up at a ceremony attended by Mandela and his new girlfriend, Graca Machel, the widow of former Mozambique leader Samora Machel. Madikizela-Mandela sat three seats away on the podium, but avoided eye contact.
Especially the times when he falls on his can
Monaco’s Prince Albert, a member of his nation’s bobsled team in the 1988 Winter Olympics, tested out the new run that recently opened at Utah’s Winter Sports Park. “Bobsledding has been an incredible adventure for me,” he said. “I’ve learned so much in terms of my personal development.”
Which would have been particularly unfortunate
George Washington was our richest president, relatively speaking, according to a new book, “The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates- A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present.” Washington, whose $530,000 net worth was 1/177th of the national economy at the time, ranks 59th. As for other presidential possibilities, co-author Michael Klepper said, “Ross Perot was not even close to being on our list. In fact, he came closer to becoming president of the United States.”
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