Where Condi gossip meets Clinton gossip
One can’t help but feel sorry for Condi Rice sometimes. The way the press hyperventilate every time she spends time with one of her male colleagues is as sophomoric as it is titillating. But to be fair, it’s hard for hacks to be high-minded when her male counterparts say things like: “Something else I’ve learned about Secretary ...
One can't help but feel sorry for Condi Rice sometimes. The way the press hyperventilate every time she spends time with one of her male colleagues is as sophomoric as it is titillating. But to be fair, it's hard for hacks to be high-minded when her male counterparts say things like:
“Something else I’ve learned about Secretary Rice is she loves the cool Atlantic breezes here in Nova Scotia, and she left the window open last night.”
The latest subject of chatter, Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay, seems more eligible than most. The New York Times describes MacKay as “the closest thing to eye candy on the diplomatic circuit.” But what really struck me about him was that, until
Who is she, I hear you ask? More than a good friend of former President Clinton, if you read between the lines of a David Broder column from May. Following The New York Times‘ front-page treatment of the Clinton marriage, Broder wrote:
The article, by Patrick Healy, was anything but unsympathetic. It touched only lightly on the former president’s friendship with Canadian politician Belinda Stronach.”
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