Did Rice Actually Refer to Bush as Her Husband?

February 9, 2005 11:59 PM

I have been told by a few people something that I don't really believe and I would appreciate confirmation of its untruth, They have said that Condoleeza Rice referred to GW Bush as her husband - in some interview or in answer to some question. Could this be true?
posted by donfactor to law & government (13 comments total)

At a recent dinner party hosted by New York Times D.C. bureau chief Philip Taubman and his wife, Times reporter Felicity Barringer, and attended by Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Maureen Dowd, Steven Weisman, and Elisabeth Bumiller, Rice was reportedly overheard saying, “As I was telling my husb—” and then stopping herself abruptly, before saying, “As I was telling President Bush.” Jaws dropped, but a guest says the slip by the unmarried politician, who spends weekends with the president and his wife, seemed more psychologically telling than incriminating. Nobody thinks Bush and Rice are actually an item. A National Security Council spokesman laughed and said, “No comment.”
posted by luriete at 12:05 AM on February 10, 2005

Just a slip of the tongue, and it wasn't recorded, I don't think.
posted by luriete at 12:05 AM on February 10, 2005

People who talk for a living occasionally slip, as Bush himself frequently demonstrates. Doesn't sound much more harmful than the sort of slip elementary school children often make, calling their female teachers 'mother' or 'mom' without realizing it.
posted by onshi at 12:28 AM on February 10, 2005

well, they're used to saying "mom". it seems odd for an unmarried person to be in the habit of saying "my husband".
posted by andrew cooke at 12:30 AM on February 10, 2005

Also, I'm wondering what just preceded that. If somebody else said "my husband", for example, it would make a little more sense... Sometimes people absentmindedly parrot a phrase that has just been used. I've even done it in comments here.
posted by taz at 12:42 AM on February 10, 2005

The only thing that I've ever heard that even relates to this is a recent MeFi post about Condi's cousin Vaginal Davis, where she claimed Condi and Bush were getting down and dirty.

Hardly any solid facts, but I could see some people suspecting she has a thing for Bush.
posted by Saydur at 12:58 AM on February 10, 2005

Vaginal Davis is a drag queen. She claims to be Condi Rice's first cousin. Here's her blog making the accusation.
posted by zsazsa at 6:00 AM on February 10, 2005

There is also this: Instead, Bush slipped away from his home without notice Wednesday evening with national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, both of them disguised with baseball caps. Bush told reporters that they looked like a "normal couple."
posted by MLIS at 6:35 AM on February 10, 2005

First result when googling "rice bush husband".
posted by jpoulos at 8:35 AM on February 10, 2005

Hi Guys,

Thanks for the linkup. May I also direct you to Rice's alleged cousin, Vaginal Jones:

Vaginal Davis Blog

So here it is, la familia "T" for all the world to know: Condolezi Rice is my cousin, and actually she’s my first cousin. Until she got involved with the president she was basically a non sexual dyke. Wound too tight and way too brittle, more so than any brittle blonde i know. Thats why she's remained a lesbian virgen, but she is definitely bumping bush with Mr. Dub. Who I’ve heard from reliable sources doesn’t have a very large penis but does have a giant mushroom headed knob. Both Diane "I Am a Man" Feinstein and Barbara Boxer were too lenient with Condi during the senate hearings, at least Babs challenged her, but not enough for it to count.

posted by culturekitchen_blogdiva at 9:17 AM on February 10, 2005

Just a slip of the tongue, and it wasn't recorded, I don't think.

Wasn't it? I thought I saw it on The Daily Show.
posted by mudpuppie at 12:14 PM on February 10, 2005

One one hand, I say dumb things like this all the time.

On the other hand, a George-Laura-Condoleeza 3-way is intriguing on so many levels.
posted by muddgirl at 1:17 PM on February 10, 2005

They're totaly doing it.

totaly
posted by delmoi at 12:05 AM on February 11, 2005