Pop! Goes Washington

 

From New Republic (February 1, 1993)

by Douglas Coupland

THE WARHOL
FACTORY
THE CLINTON
WHITE HOUSE
Pittsburgh
Campbell's soup can
speed freaks
large silver wigs
parties
Edie Sedgwick
(goes to all the parties;
nobody's sure who
infuluences whom)
Fred Hughes
(confidante; kept business
going after the boss
went to Bloomingdale's)
Steve Rubell
(funmeister)
guest appearance on
"Love Boat"
Gerard Malanga
(studio assistant; did a
dance with a whip)
Vincent Fremont
(solid, dependable
financial guy)
celebrity portraits
Superstars
Montauk
8-hour movie of a guy sleeping
Archie and Amos
art
paint
Velvet Underground
Pat Hackett
(chronicler of the times;
quickly given a set of keys)
Little Rock
saxaphone
policy nerds
large silver hairdo
Democratic Party
Hillary
(goes to all the parties;
nobodies sure who
influences whom)
Al Gore
(confidante; will keep business
going should the boss
go to Bloomingdale's)
Tipper
(funmistress)
guest appearance on
"Arsenio"
Thomas F. McLarty III
(chief of staff;
cracks a whip)
Lloyd Bentsen
(solid, dependable
financial guy)
celebrity fund-raisers
the Cabinet
the Bloodworth Thomasons
the campaign
Socks
policy
money
Michael Bolton
Sidney Blumenthal
(chronicler of the times;
quickly given a set of keys)