Blunt Continues To Hold His Own In DC Society Pages

Today's entry: A Politico profile of a "PR maven" Gloria Dittus' 10,000-square foot mansion in Northwest DC.  Roy Blunt is mentioned by name as a guest at a "salon dinner" hosted by Dittus, who has a reputation for throwing some of "swankier" private parties in Washington for "Hill staff and K Street powerbrokers."

The staff at Dittus' "new game-changing public affairs firm" firm, Story Partners, includes Blunt's former spokesman, Amos Snead.

Blunt doesn't seem to miss many of these kinds of events.  He and his wife, Abigail Perlman Blunt, are "part of the old-school Georgetown social establishment, which keeps them in the pages of Washington’s glossy society magazines."

Washington Life magazine named "Representative and Mrs. Roy Blunt (Abigail)" to their 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007 "Social Lists" for being "notably social individuals" inside the Beltway. And not everyone makes said lists, mind you.  "We include only a select few of the more sociable...members of the Congress," the magazine explains.

Abigail was named one of DC's "Top 50 Party Animals" by Politico last year.

A top lobbyist for the Kraft Food Co., Abigail Blunt is a longtime fixture on the society and charity circuit. The 47-year-old is also the wife of former House Majority Whip Roy Blunt, who is running for the U.S. Senate in 2010. Together, they are part of the old-school Georgetown social establishment, which keeps them in the pages of Washington’s glossy society magazines. (They even lived in one of JFK’s first homes.)...

The Washington Times even made fun of Blunt last May when he tried to downplay his politically embarrassing habits. "We see you at so many parties," they wrote.

Overhearing our conversation with the Stevenses, Rep. Roy Blunt, Missouri Republican, noted that he must be "the only public official here who does not have a private art collection."

Don't feel too bad, congressman. We see you at so many parties. You're invited to everything, despite your art deficiencies.

"You don't need to say that," he retorted with journalist Margaret Carlson standing nearby.

Another classic Times article published last May, headlined "Power elite to tone down glitz," noted how Blunt and other members of the "power elite" in Washington were "leery of flaunting the bling and designer fashions synonymous with privilege" while the regular were struggling to make ends meet.

That might be an article worth revisiting. 

Image credit: Washington Life