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Friday, March 26, 2004 3:45:43 AM
Does Bill Cosby believe that Condoleezza Rice has cooties?
At yesterday's Capitol Hill ceremony honoring civil rights icon Dorothy Height, the comedian was supposed to be seated next to President Bush's national security adviser - whose role in the run-up to 9/11 and its aftermath has come under intense scrutiny and heavy fire.
But according to Republican sources, shortly before the proceedings commenced in the Capitol Rotunda - where Bush presented the 92-year-old Height with the Congressional Gold Medal - Cosby's assistant informed an event organizer that Cosby would prefer to sit elsewhere.
The request was accommodated, I'm told.
Yesterday, Cosby spokesman David Brokaw said: "I just got a hold of him 20 minutes ago and I put the question to him: Did he ask not to sit next to Dr. Rice? And his answer was: 'That's not true.' "
Brokaw, however, was unable to explain why the seating arrangement was changed.
"One of Mr. Cosby's people went up to an organizer and said Mr. Cosby does not want to sit next to Miss Rice," a top GOP staffer told me. "I think people were kind of shocked by his show of partisanship at a bipartisan ceremony."
As for Cosby's denial, the staffer insisted: "Mr. Cosby didn't ask. It was an assistant."
Rice's spokesman told me: "Dr. Rice has the highest respect for Dr. Cosby and his work." (Cosby has a doctorate in education.)
Brokaw said: "I'm in my 31st year of working for Bill Cosby, and I've known him to tell the truth. He has spent a lifetime communicating with clarity. ... It's unfortunate because what's really important here is that a very special woman, Dr. Height, was being honored. And now, all of a sudden, the seating chart is the focus."
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/177039p-153990c.html
At yesterday's Capitol Hill ceremony honoring civil rights icon Dorothy Height, the comedian was supposed to be seated next to President Bush's national security adviser - whose role in the run-up to 9/11 and its aftermath has come under intense scrutiny and heavy fire.
But according to Republican sources, shortly before the proceedings commenced in the Capitol Rotunda - where Bush presented the 92-year-old Height with the Congressional Gold Medal - Cosby's assistant informed an event organizer that Cosby would prefer to sit elsewhere.
The request was accommodated, I'm told.
Yesterday, Cosby spokesman David Brokaw said: "I just got a hold of him 20 minutes ago and I put the question to him: Did he ask not to sit next to Dr. Rice? And his answer was: 'That's not true.' "
Brokaw, however, was unable to explain why the seating arrangement was changed.
"One of Mr. Cosby's people went up to an organizer and said Mr. Cosby does not want to sit next to Miss Rice," a top GOP staffer told me. "I think people were kind of shocked by his show of partisanship at a bipartisan ceremony."
As for Cosby's denial, the staffer insisted: "Mr. Cosby didn't ask. It was an assistant."
Rice's spokesman told me: "Dr. Rice has the highest respect for Dr. Cosby and his work." (Cosby has a doctorate in education.)
Brokaw said: "I'm in my 31st year of working for Bill Cosby, and I've known him to tell the truth. He has spent a lifetime communicating with clarity. ... It's unfortunate because what's really important here is that a very special woman, Dr. Height, was being honored. And now, all of a sudden, the seating chart is the focus."
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/177039p-153990c.html
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