http://www.liberadio.com/2006/12/16/dont-be-wed-to-awkward-holiday-moments/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:53:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://www.liberadio.com/2006/12/16/dont-be-wed-to-awkward-holiday-moments/#comment-11056 Nicky Grist Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:27:48 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/2006/12/16/dont-be-wed-to-awkward-holiday-moments/#comment-11056 Every household needs a little etiquette assistance sometimes, even the White House: President and Mrs. Bush enjoy a close friendship with Condoleezza Rice. Yet in an interview with People Magazine (1), Mrs. Bush states that Dr. Rice “would be a really good candidate [for President but] is not interested. Probably because she is single, her parents are no longer living, she's an only child. You need a very supportive family and supportive friends to have this job.” We would have preferred to hear the Bushes affirm that they would continue to be very supportive friends to Dr. Rice if she should choose to run for a job that might be more challenging than her current position as Secretary of State. Bella DePaulo's book "Singled Out" really demonstrates how political analysis gets warped by singlism. She virtually predicted this comment about Dr. Rice, and quotes a heartbreaking example of how Ralph Nader was similarly dissed. Every household needs a little etiquette assistance sometimes, even the White House:
President and Mrs. Bush enjoy a close friendship with Condoleezza Rice. Yet in an interview with People Magazine (1), Mrs. Bush states that Dr. Rice “would be a really good candidate [for President but] is not interested. Probably because she is single, her parents are no longer living, she’s an only child. You need a very supportive family and supportive friends to have this job.” We would have preferred to hear the Bushes affirm that they would continue to be very supportive friends to Dr. Rice if she should choose to run for a job that might be more challenging than her current position as Secretary of State.
Bella DePaulo’s book “Singled Out” really demonstrates how political analysis gets warped by singlism. She virtually predicted this comment about Dr. Rice, and quotes a heartbreaking example of how Ralph Nader was similarly dissed.

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