The Washington Post

Rice boldly eschewed the typical fare chosen by powerful American women on the world stage. She was not wearing a bland suit with a loose-fitting skirt and short boxy jacket with a pair of sensible pumps. She did not cloak her power in photogenic hues, a feminine brooch and a non-threatening aesthetic. Rice looked as though she was prepared to talk tough, knock heads and do a freeze-frame “Matrix” jump kick if necessary. Who wouldn’t give her ensemble a double take — all the while hoping not to rub her the wrong way?

Rice’s coat and boots speak of sex and power — such a volatile combination, and one that in political circles rarely leads to anything but scandal. When looking at the image of Rice in Wiesbaden, the mind searches for ways to put it all into context. It turns to fiction, to caricature. To shadowy daydreams. Dominatrix! It is as though sex and power can only co-exist in a fantasy. When a woman combines them in the real world, stubborn stereotypes have her power devolving into a form that is purely sexual.

sheesh. Just because Dr. Rice is a smart, fashionable girl, this has become all about sex instead of the job she’s doing? It’s almost as bad as this. Funny how the “liberals” are revealing themselves to be anything but “free from bigotry” and “tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others”. Leave it to a liberal to turn an article about Condi into a heavy breathing session. Hell, I thought they were the ones who thought Condi always looks “mean”.