September 13, 2006--Peter and Condi
At a time when US diplomacy is at an all time low, when even the Tories in England, who should be great allies of our conservative administration are saying that the British should not be so much in thrall to the US, what State Department news is the NY Times covering? Gossip about Condoleeza Rica’s alleged love life.
At a time when profits at Times Corp, the Times’ parent company, are also heading toward all time lows and they are not just cutting staff but even the literal size of the paper itself (it will soon be an inch and a half narrower to save on newsprint), perhaps in a desperate effort to increase readership, especially among those who are more interested in Suri Cruise than Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq, we are hearing about Condi’s stepping out with Peter MacKay, Canada’s Foreign Secretary. (Story linked below.)
This is not the first time that Condi has been spotted out on the town, including by the NY Times. There were her “dates” with Italy’s staid Foreign minister, Massimo D’Alema (forget for the moment how she would have managed to locate a “staid” Italian) and of course with Jack Straw, Britain’s former foreign minister. The Time’s sister paper, the Boston Globe took delight in headlining how she gave him the pullout bed on her plane (get it—her bed?) as they flew to Baghdad from Blackpool, his hometown.
The Paper of Record reports that Foreign Minister MacKay “has a tan and the build of someone who spends his time on the rugby field,” which is good, considering how much time Condi spends working out with our president on the Stair Master.
And the Times informs us, he is available, because he was “recently dumped by his girlfriend,” who is also a Member of Parliament. But is it just a rebound thing? Or is it the fact that Condi’s plane is so much better than his? I ask because we also learn from the Gray Lady that this whole affair, sorry, budding relationship got started after the July diplomatic meeting in Rome when Ms Rice gave Mr. MacKay a ride aboard her plane to their next meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
Even though that’s quiet a long flight, the Times, ever discrete, said not a word about any beds or sleeping arrangements. Though, they did report, after she visited Nova Scotia recently, that the foreign minister said that she “left the window open last night” to enjoy the cool Atlantic breezes. How would he know??
All-the-news-fit-to-print indeed!
At a time when profits at Times Corp, the Times’ parent company, are also heading toward all time lows and they are not just cutting staff but even the literal size of the paper itself (it will soon be an inch and a half narrower to save on newsprint), perhaps in a desperate effort to increase readership, especially among those who are more interested in Suri Cruise than Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki of Iraq, we are hearing about Condi’s stepping out with Peter MacKay, Canada’s Foreign Secretary. (Story linked below.)
This is not the first time that Condi has been spotted out on the town, including by the NY Times. There were her “dates” with Italy’s staid Foreign minister, Massimo D’Alema (forget for the moment how she would have managed to locate a “staid” Italian) and of course with Jack Straw, Britain’s former foreign minister. The Time’s sister paper, the Boston Globe took delight in headlining how she gave him the pullout bed on her plane (get it—her bed?) as they flew to Baghdad from Blackpool, his hometown.
The Paper of Record reports that Foreign Minister MacKay “has a tan and the build of someone who spends his time on the rugby field,” which is good, considering how much time Condi spends working out with our president on the Stair Master.
And the Times informs us, he is available, because he was “recently dumped by his girlfriend,” who is also a Member of Parliament. But is it just a rebound thing? Or is it the fact that Condi’s plane is so much better than his? I ask because we also learn from the Gray Lady that this whole affair, sorry, budding relationship got started after the July diplomatic meeting in Rome when Ms Rice gave Mr. MacKay a ride aboard her plane to their next meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
Even though that’s quiet a long flight, the Times, ever discrete, said not a word about any beds or sleeping arrangements. Though, they did report, after she visited Nova Scotia recently, that the foreign minister said that she “left the window open last night” to enjoy the cool Atlantic breezes. How would he know??
All-the-news-fit-to-print indeed!
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11:10 AM
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