Pol doesn’t toe line abroad
Georgette Mosbacher — red hair, bought eyelashes, designer clothes, spike heels — usually parked on Park Avenue — is back from being our ambassador to Poland.
“I did not change my style there. I like jewelry, red nail polish, grooming to the hilt so it’s different from other female ambassadors. Took Poland a while to get used to my glamour but I was effective. Always prepared.
“Open-toed shoes were a problem. I was criticized. People finally got used to it. Other women maybe found my style difficult but I did get the job done.
“There were goofs. Like misspelling the prime minister’s name. I was horrified. It was in the newspapers and everywhere. Like, look who America sent. She can’t even spell. Eight embassy people read my note beforehand and none corrected it? Tells you the bureaucracy in our State Department. Nobody had spell check?”
Jersey boy wants back in
MY friend Jim McGreevey, who came out as a gay American and resigned as New Jersey governor 20 years ago, told me about running for mayor of Jersey City.
“I’ll officially announce Nov. 21, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Election’s 2025. Look, my daughter Jacqueline’s now a Barnard senior. My two gorgeous police dogs are gone. Working-class environment is what I know. Even my grandparents’ roots were here where I grew up. Mom a nurse, Dad a Marine. Me a Democratic mayor, governor, in the assembly, legislative assistant, worker with prisoners, Jersey politics is like coming back home.
“I’m now back hitting street festivals, church socials, campaigning the old way, eating all those tuna fish sandwiches. I’ve already gained 10 pounds.”
Great. Let him enroll Biden’s German shepherd Commander in finishing school.
Burst her baubles
Melania’s Christmas ornament and decor collection for sale is all red white and blue patriotic: brass enamel train, star-shaped ornament, USA flag charm, Love/Peace/Faith Christmas tree ball, “Family Portrait” frame. 35ish to 45 dollars.
Kvetch of the day
I NOW report kvetches: Rep. Tom Cole, full-blooded Chickasaw from Oklahoma, Trump loyalist, budget expert — for interim speaker. Just repeating what I’m told.
Kvetch No. 2: Gun crimes factors — criminals in narcotics, our general mayhem, the mentally disturbed who buy them easily. Each state has different firearms procedures. Our zero VP Kamala got appointed to handle gun violence. Great idea considering she stiffed the border. Sylvester Stallone wasn’t available?
Kvetch No. 3: Bad articles lately about Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild. One of Europe’s richest. Widow of banking billionaire Sir Evelyn de Rothschild. But know where there’s a will there are relatives. For our friend Jonathan Farkas’ 50th birthday Lynn offered her townhouse plus all the arrangements. Nice of her.
WE shouldn’t knock the rich. When’s the last time you got hired by someone poor?
Mumbled — definitely — only in New York, kids, only in New York.
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