Posted
3/02/2006 05:21:00 PM
by Douglas
One question: why?Condoleezza Rice, the nation's top diplomat, is appearing in a three-part TV interview in which she rides a bike, works on her abs, pumps iron and talks about her weight.
Public figures usually do not go public when they work on their figures, though when they do, it can help humanize their images. President Bush is sometimes photographed trying to stay fit on his bike, and President Clinton took some high-profile jogs.
But secretaries of state, a job most people associate with the stiff, inscrutable language of diplomacy? Three days on TV in the gym?
Bush or Clinton biking or jogging is hardly the same as a three part interview about how Condi "feels the burn." Would a man do this? Would a man be asked to do this? I sure hope she's not being played like a two-bit piccolo like Colin was, but this isn't looking good.