Checked out the "Fancy Ford" website today --
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and followed some links. Here's a good one:

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The fine folks at Fancy Ford are all over this one, clutching at their pearls while touting it at the top of the website:

NRSC Updates (link...) As Harold Ford, Jr. Makes Washington Life's "100 Most Invited" List
Wednesday, October 04, 2006

WASHINGTON--The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) today updated (link...) after Washington Life Magazine placed Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. on its second annual list of the "100 Most Invited; A Spotter's Guide To The Washington Social Scene":

"As one of Washington's A-List celebrity party scene goers, it's a wonder Harold Ford has the time or energy left to represent the people of his congressional district," said Dan Ronayne, NRSC Spokesman. "Maybe his full dance card explains all the votes he's missed. It's never good when your social calendar is more impressive than your voting record."

They quote a chunk of the magazine article's copy:

"Washington Life Magazine Released Its Second Annual List Of The "100 Most Invited; A Spotter's Guide To The Washington Social Scene." "So, raise a Baccarat flute of Veuve Clicquot to the ever spinning, dizzying turnstile and welcome Washington Life's second annual roster of the 100 Most Invited, here in alphabetical order (after the Bushes and Cheneys) in case you think we're actually daring to rank them." ("100 Most Invited; A Spotter's Guide To The Washington Social Scene," Washington Life Magazine, (link...), September 2006)

"And #34 In Washington Life Magazine's List Of The DC Social "Bright Lights" And "Pretty Young Things" Is Harold Ford, Jr., The "Democrat With Movie Star Looks" That Add "Star Power To Any Scene, Public Or Private" - "The Sky's The Limit If He Wins The November U.S. Senate Race In Tennessee" Washington Life Raves. ("100 Most Invited; A Spotter's Guide To The Washington Social Scene," Washington Life Magazine, (link...), September 2006)"

But wait! Turns out the GOPers are very selective editors. Look who's listed right behind Ford on the alphabetized "Most invited" list--

"35 BILL and KARYN FRIST SENATE MAJORITY LEADER & WIFE If the surgeon/senator has to duck out of a party to make a vote he can count on Karyn to pinch hit. And if someone chokes on the cornish hen, the doc's got the Heimlich maneuver down pat."

Good to see they're bringing up such real, substantive issues.