Here’s some more hypocrisy fun to add to Jonah’s list. One of the “revelations” in the soon to be released Condoleezza Rice bio by WaPo writer Glenn Kessler is this anecdote where the she supposedly dressed down a jewelry-store clerk:

The clerk showed her costume jewelry. Rice asked to see something nicer, prompting the clerk to whisper some sass under her breath. Blacker remembers Rice tearing the woman to shreds. “Let’s get one thing straight,” he recalls her saying. “You are behind the counter because you have to work for minimum wage. I’m on this side asking to see the good jewelry because I make considerably more.”

Now without knowing the particulars, especially the race of the clerk in question, I imagine the liberal response to this situation would normally be to assume that Condoleezza was justifiably snippy because she felt that the clerk was patronizing her on account of the fact she is black and it was assumed she couldn’t afford the expensive goods.

Is that the reaction to this story on liberal blogs? Uh no. Reading the comments at that Think Progress link (be forewarned about salty language) to the story is pretty illuminating, even though I’m sad to say I’m not surprised:

-sounds like condi is an angry woman with self esteem issues.
-And one wonders why she has never married and had children. Can you imagine being married to her?
-I disagree with those who have defended her in this thread. There is a “diplomatic way” to point out poor service . . . and then there is Condoleeeeeeeeeeeeezza’s way. She is nothing more than a stinky, buck-toothed [misogynist expletive redacted].
-Rice needs to acquire some finishing school manners. I hope the filthy b-tch gets greeted with sass and worse everywhere she shops.
-Too bad the clerk didn’t recognize her and call her out for the piece of sh*t she is

…And so forth. To be fair there are many who come to her defense, but they are far from overwhelming. The predominant liberal narrative is generally that if you were born with two X chromosomes and/or your skin color is even a shade above “Timeless Taupe” on a Benjamin Moore color swatch, then every single interaction you have in AmeriKKKa is fraught with racial and sexual oppression courtesy an omnipotent Focaultian power structure that hates you. Unless of course you also happen to be Republican, then the rules don’t apply — it’s probably your fault when something bad happens. The fact that the victim-of-racism-and-sexism narrative is so casually dropped here in favor of calling Rice a “b-tch” sure is telling.