Look who came to McCain's birthday party......

[MsUSA]

MEDIA ELITE TOAST MCCAIN AT ELITE EAST SIDE BOITE

Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain hosted a hyper-exclusive birthday party for himself at La Goulue on Mad Avenue on the eve of the convention, leaving no media icon behind, WASHINGTON POST reports Tuesday how guests included NBC's Tom Brokaw and Tim Russert, ABC's Peter Jennings, Barbara Walters, Ted Koppel and George Stephanopoulos, CBS's Mike Wallace, Dan Rather and Bob Schieffer, CBS News President Andrew Heyward, ABC News chief David Westin, Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons, CNN's Judy Woodruff and Jeff Greenfield, MSNBC's Chris Matthews, CNBC's Gloria Borger, PBS's Charlie Rose _ pause here to exhale _ and U.S. News & World Report publisher Mort Zuckerman, Washington Post Chairman Don Graham, New York Times columnists William Safire and David Brooks, author Michael Lewis and USA Today columnist Walter Shapiro.

They and others dined on lobster salad, loin of lamb, assorted wines, creme brulee, lemon souffle and French tarts.

and I'm sorry to even post this, but it's from XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX MON AUG 30, 2004 21:18:05 ET XXXXX http://www.drudgereport.com/rnc2.htm

[Cassandra]

1. What were the French tarts wearing?

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

[greekspeak]

2. AHEM...I think you mean FREEDOM tarts, don't you?

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[WillyT]

3. I'm Sure The rePukes Are Imbibing In Freedom Tarts All Week !!!

:evilgrin:

[Still_Loves_John]

4. This might be a different thing, but

I think Bob Novak was bitching about this on Capital Gang, and Margaret Carlson and Mark Shields were teasing Bob about how fun it was. I guess Bob was sad that he wasn't invited.