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Posted on 10/03/2009 6:19:52 PM PDT by Saije
As America’s first female secretary of state, she was known as a tough bargainer who brooked no nonsense as she travelled the world, facing down despots such as Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong-il. But Madeleine Albright has revealed that she had an unexpected diplomatic tool — costume jewellery.
She began using brooches in 1994 after the Gulf war when the Iraqi press referred to her as “an unparalleled serpent”. Then US ambassador to the United Nations, she responded by wearing a golden brooch depicting a coiled snake to her next meeting with the Iraqis.
“I didn’t consider the gesture a big deal,” she writes in a new book, Read My Pins, adding: “I doubted that the Iraqis even made the connection ... As the television cameras zoomed in on the brooch, I smiled and said that it was just my way of sending a message . . .
“I thought, well, this is fun. So then I went out and I bought a bunch of costume jewellery to signal what my mood of the day was.”
When she became President Bill Clinton’s secretary of state in 1997 she acquired more and more, giving new meaning to the term “statement jewellery”.
There were crabs and turtles to indicate her frustrations at the slow pace of talks in the Middle East. In preparation for one meeting with Yasser Arafat, she placed a large wasp in a prominent position on her jacket. The Palestinian leader was visibly perturbed.
“I wore wasps on days that I wanted to do a little stinging and deliver a tough message,” she explained...
The signals were soon being recognised by foreign leaders such as Vladimir Putin, who told Clinton he could tell what the mood of a meeting would be by glancing at Albright’s left lapel.
(Excerpt) Read more at women.timesonline.co.uk ...
Huh?
As much as I dislike the woman, I have to admire the message she sent with jewelry.
Don’t be sorry. You are right. She’s not an attractive woman. She looks like Soros (with lipstick).
“The 72-year-old Albright, who is often mistaken for Margaret Thatcher....”
No, THE MAID!
On the flipside, the current holder of the Secretariat, Hillary, has gotta be somewhat pissed that she's getting no ink......I kinda love this stuff - a mix of revisionist history and bitchitude going on under the radar.
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Albright??? How about Halfbright? Much better description.
Oh, these pictures are tough on the eyes.
An "action shot" of Madeleine Halfbright dramatically "facing down" Kim Jong-il:
I always thought of Aunt Bea
Yes that was the meeting that he counted as a coup because it helped him consolidate power at home.
That WAS hilarious! Maybe she was wearing a brooch that resembled the Holiday Inn logo. LOL!
Oh for cripes sake, that’s what passed for substance???
Really—my first thought was that she was delusional. I can’t imagine a despot who wouldn’t hesitate to kill thousands of his people would give a rats a$$ about what jewlery she was wearing.
Her middle name is actually “NotAt”
Okay okay, I gave some credit to the despots. Maybe I was wrong especially so after looking at the pics. Just like that jerk Jimmy Carter and Janet Reno maybe she should just go home and shut up. ( I do like pins.........)
How much longer will the MSM give Halfbright’s total incompetance cover simply because she is a woman?
As a student of a Catholic high school, the Sisters of Loretta taught me, I am pleased to be at an institution of higher education with such strong and celebrated Catholic and Jesuit traditions . . . You see, I got my Master's Degree at Notre Dame. (Boos.) I acquired a passion for the fighting Irish . . . and my family has been college educated and Presbyterian ever since. (Laughter and applause.) . . . I wandered into a course on international politics taught by a Czech refugee who specialized in Soviet studies, a man who had a daughter by the name of Madeleine Albright. With that one class, I was hooked. I discovered that my passion was Russia and all things Russian.
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