Another AWOL: Your Secretary of State

It was good to see that AWOL Bush came rushing home three days early from his five week vacation to head up the NOLA disaster relief situation. And, of course, his cabinet members were all busily scurrying around lending what help they could. Just look at them all, burning the midnight oil, finding new avenues of relief and charitable contributions, emergency manpower assistance, and ..... hey... wait a minute. Anybody seen Condi? Oh, actually it looks like a number of people have seen her.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has recently enjoyed a little Broadway entertainment. And Page Six reports that she’s also working on her backhand with Monica Seles. So the Gulf Coast has gone all Mad Max, women are being raped in the Superdome, and Rice is enjoying a brief vacation in New York. We wish we were surprised.

What does surprise us: Just moments ago at the Ferragamo on 5th Avenue, Condoleeza Rice was seen spending several thousands of dollars on some nice, new shoes (we’ve confirmed this, so her new heels will surely get coverage from the WaPo’s Robin Givhan). A fellow shopper, unable to fathom the absurdity of Rice’s timing, went up to the Secretary and reportedly shouted, “How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless!” Never one to have her fashion choices questioned, Rice had security PHYSICALLY REMOVE the woman.

I swear, she's going to start screaming "Let them eat cake" in the streets of Manhattan at any moment. Over at TalkLeft, Jeralyn Merrit has the rundown.

Condi Rice should expect some heat over this.

What is it that that one infamous right wing blogger always says? Oh, yes.... "indeed." More from Liquid List and Americablog. I'd like to go on, but what is there really to say about this? When you work for a guy who sat reading "My Pet Goat" for nearly ten minutes after being told that the nation was under attack, this may very well be part of the West Wing training manuel guidelines.