Proof that the quota-obsessed never let their guard down: Hillary Rodham Clinton was upset at the Renaissance Weekend in Hilton Head, S.C., because one of the panel discussions there suffered a gender imbalance.
As the New York Post's Page Six reported, the first lady "scowled" when she walked into the ballroom where her husband's legacy was being discussed. The panel's "17 members included only one woman -- White House communications director Ann Lewis, a tireless defender of the administration."
Now, a participant assures THE SCRAPBOOK that the hundreds of Renaissance Weekend panels -- as befits a wonkfest made famous by the Clintons and their friends -- are almost laughably diverse, replete with female rabbis, male nurses, and even several token conservatives. But almost isn't good enough for rigorous diversifters like the first lady. "She publicly addressed the issue during the New Year's Eve festivities," according to Page Six. And the president, "who hadn't attended the panel discussion, took up Hillary's refrain, noting that the omission was especially glaring because women were so important to his victory." The organizers were suitably contrite and in best Maoist fashion confessed immediately and abjectly. A spokesman said, "We screwed up. We made a terrible mistake."
Nothing like a nice weekend at the resort to relax and get away from it all.