Rebels picking over Qaddafi’s abandoned Tripoli compound have uncovered the usual array of dictatorial baubles (you know, gilded mermaid couches and the like), but they’ve also turned up something much stranger: a photo album full of pictures of former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.
The seeds of obsession were present as far back as 2007, when Qaddafi gushed to al-Jazeera:
“I support my darling black African woman,” he said. “I admire and am very proud of the way she leans back and gives orders to the Arab leaders … Leezza, Leezza, Leezza. … I love her very much. I admire her and I’m proud of her because she’s a black woman of African origin.”
Remember how Osama bin Laden was supposedly obsessed with Whitney Houston? I wonder if there is a trend here: Middle Eastern strongmen and attractive African-American musicians!
Qaddafi had a crush on Condi? I love it! There's something creepily sweet about that.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI know it's the sweet/creepy moment we all supposed to go auhhhhhhhhhh, and then throw up.:D
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYep, definitely a trend. Except Libya's not in the Middle East and Condoleeza Rice isn't a musician.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Condoleeza Rice isn't a musician."
You might want to google that. She could have easily had a professional career as a concert pianist.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI hope you realise the North Sudanese are black Arabs. The Tawareq tribe that support Qaddafi are black. Muritanian people are also black and they're Arab. Ummm,1/8 of the Arab peninsula are black or mixed race ;) don't chat from your rear
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAre saying that Libya is not Arab but a sub Saharan black country?
Then what are Arabs doing there or for matter in most of North Africa?
Who will liberate the occupied teritorries of North Africa,Kurdistan ,Levant and Sudan whose indigenous peoples of Amazighs(Berbers) ,Kurds,Lebanese and Syrians are crushed under the sandals of Arab Islamic imperialism?
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse"Except Libya's not in the Middle East "
No, they're not, at least not geographically. Culturally, however, they definitely more closely resemble a Middle East country than an African country.
In fact, there's quite a bit of antipathy in Libya (and other Arab cultures) against African blacks.
And yes, you're wrong about Condi's musical prowess, too.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCondi is one bad a** woman and I love her. I'm w/Qadaffi on this one! President Bush surely knew what he was doing making her our spokeswoman to the world! I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when she was negotiating or advancing our agenda w/leaders around the world.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt makes sense that Gadafi loved Condi, since he was doing his best to look like her.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMhhm. How much help do the people of Libya need?
Well, they're such an incapable lot that they have been ruled, largely against their will, by this guy for more than 40-years - an man who owned an (accurately described) "gilded mermaid couch", dressed like Liberace's even more fabulous "friend" and favored female bodyguards who looked like background actors on any number of Stallone movies from the late '80s.
The chances of post a post-Gaddafi democracy in a country populated by these people? Less than zero.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCondi was and African-American Musician? I didn't know. What does she play?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseShe played the State Department like a kettle drum.
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Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseConcert Piano, and was accomplished even at a very young age.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseMark Steyn certainly does seem to get to all the hot spots.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCondoleezza Rice plays the piano.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNo kidding! I wonder if she speaks Russian?
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse***Breaking News Alert***
Upon hearing the news that a photo album of pictures was found in the Qaddafi compound, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice immediately jumped into her bathroom shower and proceeded to wash herself with 240-grit sandpaper. Hospital officials are seeking volunteers for skin-graft procedure...
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Someone should tell those rebels to wear gloves when handling that album...i suspect the CIA could use it for DNA identification of Qaddafi's body...YUCK!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseUm, 240 grit sandpaper is a finish sandpaper. It wouldn't get the ick of being obsessed over by Qadaffi off your skin. To do that, you'd need a sandblaster or at least 50 grit sandpaper.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAfter reading this, I laughed..... then I was thoroughly creeped out for Condi's sake. Being admired/obsessed over by Qaddafi isn't something a sane woman would be happy about, I wonder what sort of jokes it already began to generate among her political acquaintances.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI suspect that Condi is not intimidated.
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