President Bush has given female nominees such as Condoleezza Rice, above, and Margaret Spellings congratulatory kisses, but has given male nominees such as Alberto Gonzales a handshake and a pat on the back.
Posted on 11/19/2004 12:47:30 AM PST by Gondring
The nominations of Condoleezza Rice for secretary of state and of Margaret Spellings as secretary of education were visually intriguing events, most notably because President Bush puckered up and gave both of them a congratulatory kiss. The president did not kiss Alberto Gonzales, his nominee for attorney general. He was congratulated with a strong handshake and the sort of torso tackle that men give each other in lieu of an actual hug.
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As much as could be determined from the photo record, the president has never publicly kissed Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld or Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson. President Bush seems to reserve his pecks on the cheek for the ladies. Perhaps he will be kissing outgoing Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman goodbye?
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Bush did not try to pretend that these were simply two more nominations. After all, he talked up Rice's childhood in racially torn Alabama. He made his point that her nomination was historic. He made his point that this was another step in women's progress. But with two single kisses, he also made it clear that for him, equal doesn't mean the same.
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President Bush has given female nominees such as Condoleezza Rice, above, and Margaret Spellings congratulatory kisses, but has given male nominees such as Alberto Gonzales a handshake and a pat on the back. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais -- AP)
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Second, did Clinton have sex with his male interns? Did The Washington Post do an article on him with the same last line?
Am I being too sensitive?
President Bush seems to reserve his pecks on the cheek for the ladies...well DUH. I am sure it would have been different with John-John running things
Good point... John-John was all over Johnny E. during the campaign. They'd be having a love fest now!
President Bush has given female nominees such as Condoleezza Rice, above, and Margaret Spellings congratulatory kisses, but has given male nominees such as Alberto Gonzales a handshake and a pat on the back.
Is the Washington ComPost saying that Bush should NOT have (chastely) kissed the ladies, or that he SHOULD have kissed the men?
Not that I care what the ComPost thinks or wants.
If he had kissed Collin Powell he would have carried Massachussets.
Can someone inform me what the point of this article was?
Visuals, in case no one saw them before.
Are we getting so anti-social that a peck is wierd?
Eghads no wonder so many take Prozac.
This writer was WAY behind on the deadline
This is Silly!! This author is really into the PORN -- really bad!!
OH, OH, I know the reason for that, he is a HETEROSEXUAL!!
Well, it's listed under "Politics" but the subheading is "Fashion"... sheesh.
exactly. sheesh
What an informative article. The article is earthshaking...I still can't believe Bush doesn't kiss men.
It really doesn't matter what GWB does or doesn't do. Leftist rags and media elites will something to criticize him for. It really could be anything.
Bush Breathed In!! Horror of horrors! Then - He Breathed OUT!!!
This is funny because I noticed this too, I was a little uncomfortable with the mouth kiss he gave Spellings, at first. Then I thought about how long they had known each other and were good friends... I also thought about how he doesn't kiss his male appointees, but I'm glad that Bush doesn't treat his female appointees as men, Bush has not bought into he feminist lies on that one.
I'll give it a shot. . .
It's a time killer until they can think of something else to bash Bush with beyond the fact that he's appointing people to Cabinet positions who agree with him.
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