Donald Rumsfeld made Condoleezza Rice cry in the White House

telegraph UK ^ | 09.20.08 | By Tim Shipman in Washington

[Perdogg]

Known as the Steel Magnolia in her youth, Miss Rice has guided the US through the war on terror, looked tyrants in the eye and faced down terrorist threats during her nation's darkest hours.

But a new book reveals that she was not so steadfast in facing down her own more personal enemies within the Bush administration.

Instead, Miss Rice was so fazed by former Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that she burst into tears at a meeting in the White House situation room.

The floodgates opened for the then national security adviser in February 2004, as the Bush administration was wrestling with growing instability in Iraq and the legal status of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.

[Perdogg]

ping

[Ezekiel]

Donald Rumsfeld made Condoleezza Rice cry in the White House

Good. Score one for Rumsfeld.

[BGHater]

[SevenofNine]

I don’t believe that for one moment Rummy made Condi cry come on UK Telegraph you are so boring me

[SkyPilot]

She has been a big disappointment.

She thinks Israel should bow down to Hamas.

See ya Condi.

[SMCC1]

Why was Cheney trying to delay the tribunals?

[radiohead]

I hear ya.

I’m a bit disappointed that she cried in public, as it were. Never cry in front of the guys, never!

[Perdogg]

I don’t think Bush should have shown Powell the door in favor of Rice.

[dinoparty]

I assume so that the detainees could be held longer prior to the hearings.

[bboop]

Well, so what? Women cry. Rumsfeld’s a fighter. The sun rises. The sun sets.

This is newsworthy?

[ClearCase_guy]

Humans cry. There's no shame in it. Now, some folks cry and then expect other people to do something -- You made me cry! Now you owe me! Make me happy! -- that is something for which I have no patience. But there is no indication that Rice went in that direction at all.

And I am not a Rice fan. I see her as a big disappointment. But her tears do not indicate any weakness on her part.

[TheWasteLand]

If true, yeesh, imagine what effect Putin would have on her...

[dinoparty]

Somebody should have made Rummy cry for his botching of the invasion of Iraq and aftermath.

[A.Hun]

This guy is a POS and I don’t believe him.

[OCC]

I respect and admire Ms. Rices accomplishments, but she was promoted beyond her capabilities.

[anniegetyourgun]

I’m sorry, but I’m not buying it. Veiled attempt to make Americans worry about the strength of a women in the VP slot.

[bboop]

I was sorry to see Rumsfeld go.

[SMCC1]

Yeah, like Hillary’s alligator tears to get people to vote for her.

[redstateconfidential]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Love that movie. Love it!

And Condi? Rummy could’ve made me cry, too.

[Publius6961]

The only thing I find fascinating about this article is that The Telegraph chose this small incident out of hundreds in Cheney's book to focus on.

*Yawn*

[Carley]

Awesome!

I have ordered Rumsfeld’s book from Amazon. It’s due out end of October and I can’t wait.

[Melinda]

As if this wasn’t singled out to print at a time when a woman is on the R ticket.

[keving]

She will soon fade away to some hob where her skin color will count for more than her intelligence. I guess she couldnt take the heat from Rummy. Crying in a meeting - WOW!!!!!!

[kbennkc]

He made her cry by not coming to a meeting ? Nonsense .

[Doctor Raoul]

I’m not feeling it. Sounds like BS.

[tioga]

have to agree (yawn)....Rummy is tough, Condi cried.......this is NEWS?

[Sub-Driver]

Baloney - the UK press.

[Norman Bates]

In retrospect I’d rather not have had either as SecState. I’ve always respected General Powell for his public service, and Condi for her grace. However, I have too much fundamental disagreement with them and their leadership style to have them in such a high place in the administration.

[fella]

When a woman crys it is best to get out of Dodge right then and there because when she stops the real fight is just getting started. They may be crying on the outside but they are thinking at supercomputer speed on the inside.

[GeeMoney]

I hope this is true. Not a big fan of Dr. Rice. She’s too friendly toward Hamas.

[Iron Munro]

I respect and admire Ms. Rices accomplishments

And what might those accomplishments be?

I mean accomplishments for our side.
So please do not include the Hezzbollah rearmament and overthrow of the Lenanese government.

[prisoner6]

I'm callimg 'rat shenanigans. It's a swipe at Sarah Palin...republican women are weak.

prisoenr6

[ConservativeMan55]

bump

[Irish Rose]

The title's misleading. It would be more accurate to say George Tenet made Condi Rice cry. As the article goes on to say:

On finding Mr Rumsfeld absent from a second meeting, CIA director George Tenet was so angry that he defied a direct order from Miss Rice to sit down and marched out of the meeting, declaring: "This is bullshit."

The book goes on: "Something happened to Rice's face, control melting away. Her eyes welled up and her next words caught in her throat. The men in the room did not know where to look.

'She started to cry,' said one of them. 'And she said - I can't remember the exact words because I was so shaken - something like: "We will talk about this again," and she turned and walked quickly out of the door.'"

In a biography about Condi Rice called Twice As Good, her stepmother said she had made Condi cry once - "And it shocked me... She went from furiousness to boo hoo." My guess: The crying in these instances comes from emotion overload. Anger, in the case above, may well have been the operative emotion.

[OCC]

I was thinking more of her academic accomplishments, not foreign policy.

[nutmeg]

I’m sorry, but I’m not buying it. Veiled attempt to make Americans worry about the strength of a women in the VP slot.

BINGO

[fkabuckeyesrule]

****I was sorry to see Rumsfeld go.****

Not me.

[Publius6961]

I’m sorry, but I’m not buying it. Veiled attempt to make Americans worry about the strength of a women in the VP slot.

That thought occured to me too, but why would a Brit newspaper be tasked to "plant" the seed of the idea on weak minds? Perhaps I am too naive and simply don't give our domestic "progressives", or Obama's hit squads enough credit to find devious ways.

On the other hand, I'm cynical in not believing in "coincidences."

[NordP]

Your post was spot on, 7of9!

So, I'm re-posting it:

I don’t believe that for one moment Rummy made Condi cry come on UK Telegraph you are so boring me

[tapatio]

When a woman crys it is best to get out of Dodge right then and there because when she stops the real fight is just getting started. They may be crying on the outside but they are thinking at supercomputer speed on the inside.

Now that made me laugh,and it is so true!

[anniegetyourgun]

Our media will pick this up and think it’s more credible because it was first reported in European media.

[BibChr]

Not as good a headline as “World’s Scariest Goat, etc.” - but up there.

[kcvl]

Good. Score one for Rumsfeld.

Too bad he didn't do it more often. What a disappointment she has been.

[SevenofNine]

Hey NORD you could swipe as sig line if you wish you have my permission I think about change my sig line to quote by Warner Bros movie mogul Harry Warner talking about actors

Sometime UK Wires bring out my inner Bette Davis

This is the quote

Who the hell want’s to hear actors talk?” ~ Harry Warner, Warner Brothers

[wideminded]

I don’t believe that for one moment Rummy made Condi cry

If you read the article it was actually George Tenet. Rumsfeld wasn't even there.

[Stentor]

That’s hilarious.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

But her tears do not indicate any weakness on her part.

Yes, they do. Crying in front of senior administration staff of the friggin' U.S. government is a HUGE sign of weakness and confirms my initial suspicions (when Bush appointed her) that she was simply not up to the job and was in over her head.

[stuartcr]

What did he do?...ask her to go bird-hunting with him?