SECRET LIFE OF AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL WOMAN

New York Post ^ | 11/17/04 | Marsha Kranes

[kattracks]

The world knows Condoleezza Rice as President Bush's smart, soft-spoken, high-energy, no-nonsense national security adviser — a workaholic who is always at his side in the White House or on vacations at his Texas ranch.

But there's a lesser-known side to the only child born to black educators in segregated Birmingham, Ala. — the A student whose parents told her that "even though I couldn't have a hamburger at Woolworth's, I could be president of the United States."

For one thing, she's almost as compulsive about shopping and her appearance as she is about her work.

"I love to shop," the nation's most powerful woman, and the only size 6 national security adviser in U.S. history, once told an interviewer.

She noted that on Sundays, after dutifully appearing on the morning talk-show circuit, "don't be surprised if you see me at the mall."

Rice, who just turned 50, enjoys showing off her slim figure in classic bold-colored suits — generally cut slightly above the knee. She rarely wears prints.

[snip]

"Exercise is a very high priority for me, especially if you don't have children who are a break on working all the time . . . I do some of my best thinking on a treadmill," Rice once said.

[snip]

"Sports is a big element in my life. Football, hockey, basketball, sumo wrestling — anything with a score. I love the competition," she once said.

Her favorite sport is pro football; her favorite team, the Cleveland Browns.

Very private about her personal life, the only eligible man she's been seen with in public is former San Francisco 49er wide receiver Gene Washington, now the NFL's director of operations.

[NationSoConceived]

Dr. Rice gave my commencement address. She is an excellent and interesting speaker, and she's a Browns fan. That makes her ok in my book.

[freebilly]

SECRET LIFE OF AMERICA'S MOST POWERFUL WOMAN

Gasp! And I thought it was Queen Hillary! Her Magic Mirror (Mainstream Media) has been telling her heinousness that she was the most powerful woman in America for sometime now....

[ChristianDefender]

Im surprised she likes SUMO-Wrestling...

I hope and pray that she will use all her God-given convictions in a proper way acceptable in the eyes of God and in the eyes of men...

Good Luck Maam...

[kb2614]

She's a Browns fan?? Oh well, nobody is perfect. ;-)

[ReadyNow]

Well, she may be a great Secretary of State, but a Cleveland Browns fan? WHAT can this woman be thinking???

Go Steelers.

[kattracks]

What hillary!, and the MSM thinks is far removed from reality.

[speed_addiction]

I think her intelligence, wit and charm will shine through for her in her new position.

She is probably the most loyal member of the President's staff.

[wildcatf4f3]

I'm glad she has a discreet boyfriend. We're all human yakno

[endthematrix]

A doctorate and a pianist.

[Boomer Geezer]

And I thought it was Queen Hillary!

No, no, no ... sHrillery is supposed to be the world's smartest woman. The only thing powerful about H! is the odor given off by ol' crusty. (she is powerful for her kool aid drinkers and sycophants -- but she and Bill didn't have much leverage for this election, did they?)

I wouldn't turn my back on H! as I feel she's very dangerous. But Dr. Rice is attractive, beautiful, even -- H! is a shrew and she's going to be a weathered old bag by '08. She'll try the run for the roses, I'll bet, but I think it was a shrewd move by W to move Dr. Rice into the SoS position -- she's getting experience that H! never had -- plus she can talk sports -- a definite campaign plus :)

[ChristianDefender]

Bravo, bravo... i love this pic...im a musician... Does Hillary know how to play a piano?

[Caipirabob]

Browns fan? I may have to rethink my support for this adminstration. Oh, wait a minute, I'm a "Fins" fan. I haven't got room for complaint.

Go Condi!

[Rastus]

Okay, bad joke time:

Q: What will John Edwards do after he sues Wrestling?

A: Sumo Wrestling!

[paudio]

I wish she can be the governor of Alabama or at least a US Senator... So it will be easier for her to be in the #1 or #2 ticket one day...

[montag813]

Her favorite sport is pro football; her favorite team, the Cleveland Browns.

Good, that will get her swing state votes in 2008

[ProudVet77]

... a Cleveland Browns fan? ..... Go Steelers.

It's a red state vs blue state thing.

[DooDahhhh]

Can Hillary play the piano>>>> NO But she is about to become a born again Christian

[Robespierre]

H! is a shrew and she's going to be a weathered old bag by '08.

We need to start an 'extreme makeover' watch for her Heinousness.

[reg45]

Does Hillary know how to play a piano?

Her friends in the PRC taught her "Chopsticks".

[Just mythoughts]

"Gasp! And I thought it was Queen Hillary! Her Magic Mirror (Mainstream Media) has been telling her heinousness that she was the most powerful woman in America for sometime now...."


lol, I imagine 'Hillry' thought the headline was about herself as well... imagine the fit she is still throwing when she found out it was about another woman.

[Just mythoughts]

"We need to start an 'extreme makeover' watch for her Heinousness."


The 'transformation' has begun! Last I heard she is now going to look out for the 'poor' that Jesus talked about.

[Hardastarboard]

All you MSM and DU lurkers who keep calling the Red state voters racist, do you see a pattern here of near worship of this powerful BLACK woman? Does that sound racist to you idiots?

[Puddleglum]

Okay, bad joke time:

Q: What will John Edwards do after he sues Wrestling?

A: Sumo Wrestling!

Bwahahaha!

[rabidralph]

Who cares what men think? It's God we need to be concerned about. And who doesn't like sumo wrestling?

[OldEagle]

Somewhere I read that Dr. Rice thinks in paragraphs and when I saw her testifying I was really impressed because she does. She is brilliant.

[xp38]

I have never watched Sumo wrestling but I hear its a long amount of ritual (tossing rice to Shinto gods etc) followed by a few seconds of action. The matches are over very quick. Sounds similar to the way the NFL works in the standing around to action time ratio.

[Guenevere]

#26..One would expect this I guess, knowing she graduated from college at age 15!--She's a prodigy!

[squirt-gun]

Re 18

Can Hillary play the piano>>>> NO But she is about to become a born again Christian

Yes!...Hillary has been very moderate these days so there will be fewer negatives in 2008.

[Samwise]

"I love to shop," the nation's most powerful woman, and the only size 6 national security adviser in U.S. history, once told an interviewer.

Ouch! Madd Addy Not-So-Bright is going to feel that one.

[sinkspur]

One would expect this I guess, knowing she graduated from college at age 15!--She's a prodigy!

She was accepted into college at 15.

[Jim Noble]

Very private about her personal life

Why do I have the feeling that the MSM will now start going through her trash?

[Lawgvr1955]

And who doesn't like sumo wrestling?

Yes, a Secretary of State that knows the difference between Yokozuna and Ozeki. Can you imagine Kerry trying to fake that? Big Akebono fan here.

[ottograham]

She has spoken at Browns' training camp each of the last two years. Not too sure whether any of the Browns had foreign policy questions for her.

[Budge]

All you MSM and DU lurkers who keep calling the Red state voters racist, do you see a pattern here of near worship of this powerful BLACK woman? Does that sound racist to you idiots?

You just don't understand how the socialist mind works.

Just because she is BLACK means nothing, she is a hated Republican!

[rabidralph]

Unfortunately, I've never seen any of them wrestle except on news clips. I did see one of them at the Big Egg in Tokyo, walking outside the stadium as I entered for the Tyson/Douglas fight.

[rabidralph]

She entered college at 15. She's a regular Doogie Howser.

[Guenevere]

I stand corrected.

[nancetx]

if hillary is about to become a born again Christian; do you think the preacher could hold her under a bit longer for the baptism. Ahhh that was bad of me. I apologize Lord but I am going to post this.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

Only the pianola.

[Dick Vomer]

... a Cleveland Browns fan? ..... Go Steelers. It's a red state vs blue state thing.

[DooDahhhh]

Now, that is a good idea.

[Lawgvr1955]

I too only saw Okebono on television, but it was always a thrill. And you saw the Tyson-Douglas fight in person. Great fight. I was in bed with the flu, but got up on my feet between each round to cheer Buster on. Great memory.

[his sidekick]

She's recounted more than once how she told the clerk, "Let's get one thing straight. You're behind the counter because you have to work for $6 an hour. I'm on this side asking to see the good jewelry because I make considerably more."
Of her angry reaction, she's said, "It's something that has probably happened to every black person at some point in time. You're not treated as if you are actually a customer. My view is, you just don't let that sort of thing go by at all."
This is from part of the article. I hate to tell you, Condi, but it doesn't happen to just blacks. Trying going into any of these swanky department stores, and you come up against these pencil-thin shop girls who look down their noses at you. I have had to tell a couple that I am the one with the money, and they are the one's working for it.

[the invisib1e hand]

children who are a break on working all the time

hmm. surely she isn't presuming that motherhood isn't work. nahhh. context, boy, context.

[katana]

When you see them tossing something white and powdery in the air on to the ring surface it's salt. Purifies the ring.

For whatever reason, watching Sumo can be very addicting, even for westerners. During tournament time it's on TV for hours and days on end.

Lot's of prep for a few seconds of brutal action by very large men. In some ways it's a lot like football.

[rabidralph]

Yeah, I was stationed at Yokota AB and MWR had tickets for the military and my group got some. We saw Donald Trump walk by and Stevie Ray Vaughn's band. I got Evander Holyfield's autograph and a few pictures. It was a thrill.

[Do not dub me shapka broham]

...the only size 6 national security advisor in our nation's history-

Hold on a sec!

Are you telling me that svelte, wisp of a woman, Madeline Albright, couldn't cram herself into a size 6 dress?(!)

Frankly, I'm stuned.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

Does Hillary know how to play a piano?

I don't know, but she has piano stool legs.

[DollyCali]

As a frustrated Browns fan it is tough... bless her heart for supporting us.. Wonder what her san fran boyfriend coach thinking Cleveland is her fav team?