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the list of Americans suddenly contemplating the nightmare of biological
terror on our shores, must be added one of our own: National
Review's Washington Editor Kate O'Beirne, perhaps the first
pundit to be affected. (OK, she's no Tom Brokaw, but she's ours.)
Reached for
comment, O'Beirne said, "Oh, hell."
Following a
visit to the Hart Office Building the morning after the Daschle
discovery, O'Beirne has been advised that she may have been exposed
and should be tested. O'Beirne is in New York City this afternoon
for an NR-sponsored black-tie party with more than 100 unaffected
fellow journalists (at least if fears of contagion from O'Beirne
don't hold down attendance now she'll know who her real friends
are).
O'Beirne noted
that NR's latest
editorial advises a jittery public to go out and have a drink.
In keeping with this advice, she has already been prescribed an
antibiotic compatible with just this activity, and we are confident
her Capital Gang fans can tune in Saturday to see her the
picture of health.
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