Today's Polichicks

It's fall already?!  Holy chic!

We'll miss the summer fun! But as the air chills and the leaves color, we look forward to adding leather, boots and cashmere our wardrobes - even if we have to be recessionistas about it.

Of course, no matter how the weather cools, a girl in the know is always smokin' hot.  So with that, here's Today's Polichicks:

* Hot on the Hill - a fashion panel! Join Congresswoman Diane Watson, fashion designer Nanette Lepore (her ultra feminine designs are to die for!), jewelry designer Evelyn Brooks and others from the fashion industry to discuss the economic conditions and general state of the fashion industry.  When?  Well today, of course!  If we weren't last minute, we just wouldn't be us!  Just rsvp to government@gwfcc.org and then mosey on over to 2103 Rayburn HOB on the Hill at 4:00 pm. 

* Keeping it real for American children - The newest American Girl doll is homeless. Gwen's daddy ran out on the family and she lives in a car with her mom who lost her job. [ParentDish] 

* If you love reality TV as much as we do, peep this must-see vid.  It's better than Real Housewives of DC and Real World DC combined!

 Jim Traficant (D-OH), a former congressman who polished off his nine terms in office with a seven year prison term (for bribery and other shady sh*#), recently transformed from jailbird to freebird.  So he stopped by to say 'sup to Chris Matthews on Hardball. The video is below, but note a few highlights:

- If you notice nothing else, note the hard-to-miss rug on his head.  Where are Jose Eber and Alexandre de Paris when needed?

- Trafficant says he is innocent (don't they all?) but complains, "I still have federales swarming all around me."

- Trafficant called congress "a big whore house" and once apologized "to all the hookers in America for having associated them with the U.S. House of Representatves."

- When Matthews respectfully addressed Trafficant as "Congressman,"  Trafficant quipped, "Don't call me names!"

And it's not over, folks! Traficant hinted that he will run for office again. So stay tuned for episode 2 - the campaign edition.  Bravo, MTV, somebody, pick up this series now!!

Boy do we love a good trainwreck! Traficant just made our top 10 list of people we'd like to have over for dinner.

We're so bad for making fun of this. We're going to hell in a  (hopefully Dior) handbag.

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