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If you thought you saw smoke wafting up from Washington, D.C., Monday night, it wasn’t just steam billowing out of Dick Cheney’s ears at the thought of surrendering his throne.
Instead, it was hundreds of queers and our straight brothers and sisters joining comedian Kate Clinton in the gay hub of Dupont Circle at her unofficial-yet-sacred inaugural ceremony: the Saging of the White House. That’s right, Clinton and her followers burned sage in order to rid the first family’s residence-in-waiting of any evil spirits that may be left lurking in the shadows of George W. Bush’s presidency.
If it sounds “deep lez,” as they say, it was -- equal parts Wicca and woo-woo, complete with spontaneous renditions of “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine,” the famous antiwar refrain, “Ain’t gonna study war no more,” and a ritualistic cleansing administered by Brooklynite shaman Mama Donna.
Clinton explained to the crowd that she had come up with the idea after reading that following President Bush’s visit to Machu Picchu, shamans and priests were called in to sage the area and exorcise it of bad spirits. “And I made a joke,” recounted Clinton, “I said, 'We should sage the White House.’”
In honor of Obama’s National Day of Service, Clinton enlisted the crowd to help move the nation forward. “The basic legacy of the Bush regime is cleanup on aisle 5 and 7 and 9 and everywhere. We have a lot of work to do and that’s what we’re starting here tonight,” she said.
“Signs are good everywhere,” Clinton told the throng. “In New York City a plane landed on the water,” she said to cheers, “and there was a competent pilot, there were helpful flight attendants, and people helped each other get off that plane safely. It’s a miracle on the Hudson; it’s a good sign for tomorrow.”
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