Make Me a Sandwich, Madeleine Albright (great piece from 2002)

front page mag ^ | 2002 | Julia Gorin

[doug from upland]

Indeed, her very appointment to the office shocked Albright’s former bosses and co-workers, who considered her a "process person" rather than a "substance person," according to Dobbs. A paper-pusher, in other words. Silly Bill appointed her the wrong kind of secretary; she was supposed to get Betty Curry’s job.

[melt]

"When they mistook her for the cleaning lady, she went into a foul-mouth tirade."

Yeah, I relate. Who wants to be a "cleaning lady", when you can be a "dirty commie slut"? I'd be insulted, too...

Notice the whoopie cushion on her lap is pressing down on her--- not the other way around.

[doug from upland]

There is great stuff in this article ---

Albright’s father was Josef Korbel, former Czech diplomat to Yugoslavia and later a revered professor of foreign affairs at Denver University, where he founded the Graduate School for International Studies. At first, Korbel was reluctant to allow female students into the graduate program, believing their prospects to be limited. But one female changed his mind definitively: Condoleezza Rice. The woman at the forefront of the foreign policy which his daughter today maligns.

Both women credit Korbel with shaping their world views. But while one may have inherited his genes, the other got the brains. Because the student, in an ironic twist of providence, is now charged with clearing a path through the international mire that the daughter helped create

[doug from upland]

Giving Albright her due, she is right to see herself as a trailblazer for future women leaders: The assumption from now on will be that they can’t possibly do any worse. If she cleared any path, it was by lowering the bar.

[perfect stranger]

bttt

[Rumple4]

A cleaning lady who can do 1200 lb leg presses and can crush beer cans with just the folds in her cankles.

[Rennes Templar]

We're still recovering.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

or...Make me an UGLY FAT Women!

[ClaudiusI]

The author has a page here:
http://www.juliagorin.com/

I'm going to have fun poking around in the archives over the next few days....

[Anti-Bubba182]

I know what would really set her off. Refer to Condi Rice as the first Female Secretary of State in Madeleine Albright's earshot.

[Brilliant]

The picture of her doing a group hug with Rabin and Arafat is also memorable.

[bcsco]

Bump for later

[7thson]

I remember reading about her being mistaken for the cleaning lady. I read it on FR. In that post and thread, someone posted a piece of satire from The Onion - I believe - where it stated while crossing a bridge, she accidently dropped her briefcase. In retrieving it, she was cursing at the same time kids were crossing overhead. They looked down and thought it was an ogre! Funny as hell. It was either that piece or someone else later did it, but I saw a photoshop picture of her face placed on one of those troll dolls! Nearly fell out of my chair laughing so hard! If you find that, please repost.

[onyx]

Tah dah!

Enjoy!

[sauropod]

review

[saveliberty]

:-) Thank you!

[jaycee]

'NEVER SHAVED HER LEGS?"

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww! For shame, for shame!

[Gaffer]

The line should have been "make me a sandwich, biatch"