It’s not too unusual to see famous people in DC. A few months ago, I walked by Stephen Baldwin in the lobby of the Omni Shoreham. If he hadn’t been on his cell phone, I would have been happy to tell him that he’s aged much better than big brother Alec, and I feel for him at family gatherings.

DC still gets excited by big names. Whenever a celebrity testifies on the Hill or a movie is filmed here, Washingtonians lose some of their aloofness and get star-struck. My mom was visiting when National Treasure 2 was filming around the corner from my old job. We walked over,  hoping to catch a glimpse of Nicolas Cage. When he appeared on set, all the women gathered around, most jaded and dressed in expensive suits, and gasped. Then a production person laughed and told us that it was Cage’s double.

A very liberal friend also got excited when Richard Ashcroft was in town and attended my church, which was ironic and funny. I’ve met some famous liberal politicians, and once saw Ted Kennedy up close, but I never got excited. Actually, I was disgusted at being in the same room with someone who had wreaked so much damage on this country.

This is to say that DC welcomes celebrities, politicos and even some pseudo-celebrities. However, I’m dismayed to see that Jon Gosselin, is now dating a girl in the area.

This just doesn’t make sense.

1. People in DC are supposed to be a lot smarter than in other places. After all, 25% of Washingtonians have a graduate degree. How can you be this dumb?

2. Why on earth would you knowingly date someone who has been on the cover of every tabloid for a year?

3. How could anyone desire to date the king of all douchebags?

4. What could anyone find attractive or desirable about Jon Gosselin? Depending on his upcoming lawsuit, he might not even have money much longer.

5. He actually brags about being unemployed.

6. He wears Ed Hardy.  All. The. Time.

7. He has a terrible case of Peter Pan syndrome.

8. He has eight kids. All adorable but still — eight kids.

9. Have I mentioned that he’s a douchebag?

10.  Fake red hair just looks bad. It’s a mistake that many of us make, including me. However, that’s a lot of bad red hair.

Tags: Alec Baldwin, DC, douchebag, Jon Gosselin, National Treasure 2, Nicolas Cage, Omni Shoreham, Richard Ashcroft, Stephen Baldwin, Ted Kennedy

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