Blonde Ambition

The Sin of Ommission
Candidate for State Senate from the Cape & Islands district, Gail Lese is fond of telling people that she was a finalist for a White House Fellowship in 2003, six months before she moved to the Cape and began her campaign for the Legislature.
Interesting then, that she would neglect to mention that she was also a finalist for the same honour in 1998.The difference being that the 2003 application was serving George W. Bush, quite nice if you're a Repubican running for political office. The 1998 application however was under William J. Clinton, not so circumspect if you are a (R).
Not to worry though, Ms. Lese was a registered Democrat in 1998, according to her campaign manager, a fact also conveniently omitted from her curriculum vitea. At the time she applied for the Clinton White House Fellowship, sometime between the being a pediatrician and a mutual fund manager, she was a filmmaker living in Cambridge, according to a White House press release.
Ms. Lese could be forgiven her mistake as a first time candidate, if it weren't for the fact that she has a Republican campaign consutant on retainer for $8,000 a month, so if not guilty of the sin of ommission, then chalk it up simply to Blonde Ambition.

Editorial Note: At post time, Lou Gonzaga, Independent candidate for the same Senate seat, had yet to apply for a White House Fellowship.