Now accepting bids: Charity auctioning lunch with Valerie Plame

I’m confused… is this real? It almost seems like it’s mocking them, with all the “safehous” language, etc. But is it real?

Oh, I get it the “they don’t remember who told them” is supposed to be a joke mocking those that didn’t leak her name, because she wasn’t covert anyway, right? Of course the “leak scandal” language is stuck in there again, which is just perpetuating the lie… but then it gets weird. “Willowy blond”? Look, it’s okay for us to be talking about her looks, etc. But when she wants to pretend to have been this covert agent who’s cover was blown, and act like some serious crime was committed here, and then joke about her looks?

Even better than the blond comment is the full description – “willowy blond CIA operative“. Why doesn’t it say covert agent?

Includes lunch for two(2) with Valerie Plame Wilson and Joe Wilson and a signed book.

We don’t remember who told us, but you’ll have lunch with Ambassador Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame at a “safehouse”.

Lost in the din of the leak scandal that has consumed Washington is the very personal impact on the willowy blond CIA operative at its center. Plame, 42, wife of former U.S. Ambassador Joseph Wilson, has become the most famous spy in the world, but her career has been derailed. It appears likely she will leave the CIA, some acquaintances say, but she hasn’t publicly signaled her plans.

Having lunch with these two fascinating and compelling people will surely be a fantastic experience to remember forever.

Location to be determined, in either Santa Fe, NM or Washington, DC

Donated by: Valerie Plame Wilson and Ambassador Joe Wilson

Terms: Includes: Lunch for two (2) at “Safehouse” and signed book

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RightWinged on March 25, 2007 at 8:45 PM

Don’t do it folks. I have a feeling that Joe Wilson is the type of guy who would order lobster and Dom Perignon and stick you with the bill.

Slublog on March 25, 2007 at 9:06 PM

No, he would order it… but the server would say they were all out. When I came back here and told you guys that he had tried to order the lobster and Dom Perignon, he’d rush to the NY Times to write an editorial about how he did have the lobster and Dom Perignon, even though all I ever said was that he’d attempted to order it. It would then be determined that he’s a vegetarian and probably not the best person to be ordering lobster, and that it was his wife who actually told him to order it. Alright… I’m bored with this already, someone can finish it up for me if they feel like it.

RightWinged on March 25, 2007 at 9:29 PM