"Our fascination with ‘real’ housewife of D.C." by Joanna Weiss, Globe Columnist | August 10, 2010
YES, I know, I’m not supposed to be interested in Michaele Salahi. I’m supposed to just ignore her until she goes away. But I’ve tried that with reality stars before, and sometimes they just get more famous while I’m trying not to look. And the truth is, I find Michaele Salahi fascinating.
The woman who became a household name by crashing a White House state dinner is now getting more of the fame she craves in Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of D.C.’’ The show premiered last week to surprisingly good reviews....
The Goldman Sachs folks at least had the good grace to look uncomfortable during their drubbing before Congress. The amazing thing about Michaele Salahi, the trait that makes her so watchable, is the way she seems impervious to scorn. No matter the venue, she wears the same look she had in that photo from the White House state dinner, sheathed in a designer sari, her arm draped around Joe Biden. Simply by being happy, she gets her way. For now.
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Yes, she’s infuriating, and anger can get the best of us. Backstage last week at “The View,’’ Whoopi Goldberg came at Salahi with a four-letter word, which launched another flurry of publicity.
Really? I didn't hear or see a word.
But anger isn’t the right response.
Says the agenda-pushing paper!
We just need to sit back and wait.
What a surprise that they would counsel such a thing, huh?
The bills will come due, one after another, and we’ll all get to watch that, too. It’ll be good practice.
For what?
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Yeah, one wrong step by your president and Israel will kill him.
