FLASH FROM THE WHITE HOUSE

By now, I'm sure everyone has heard that Cristeta Comerford has been named executive chef of the White House. Laura Bush made the annoucement Sunday, so everyone would be reading it on page two Monday morning.

The White House released the following information about Comerford:

She's:

1) the first woman to be White House Chef
2) the first minority to be White House Chef.

Hey - the president's popularity is at an all time low, the Iraq War causalties are raising everyday, the President's senior advisor is under investigation for leaking the name of a covert CIA operative, and the White House appointed Anti-UN freak John Bolton ambassador to the UN in a recess appointment. (That means uncontested, by the way - even Republican Sentator George V. Voinovich had problems with this guy)

But, who the hell cares, there's a woman cooking for the president! She's the first one ever! Still no comment from the White House about Valerie Plame or Karl Rove (they don't talk about ongoing investigations unless they're delicious.)

Did anyone hear ONE news story about those things in the popular media this week? No? Did you hear about the Chef? Yes?