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Join Date: May 2004
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2006-09-14, 15:50



A few excerpts from one article:

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The single, sophisticated U.S. secretary of state once drew notice for wearing black stiletto knee-high boots with an above-the-knee black skirt while reviewing U.S. troops in Germany... ( Yay, Condi! )

Peter MacKay of Canada, the single, sophisticated foreign affairs minister, routinely named Canada's sexiest MP by The Hill Times in Ottawa, and the closest thing to eye candy on the diplomatic circuit. Tall, athletic, young, blond and dumped 16 months ago by his girlfriend — fellow MP Belinda Stronach, who split when she switched from the Conservatives to the Liberals — MacKay does not look like your usual foreign minister.

MacKay has a tan and the build of someone who spends time on the rugby field, not holed up reading G-8 communiqués. Sure, at 40 he's younger than Rice, 51, but that didn't stop gossips from engaging in baseless speculating.

Even the protestors who routinely show up wherever Rice goes got in on the act. "Pete, Condi, Make Love Not War," read one sign, carried by a grinning demonstrator who'd roused himself to take a position early Tuesday morning in front of the Museum of Industry in Stellarton...

"Something else I've learned about Secretary Rice is she loves the cool Atlantic breezes here in Nova Scotia and she left the window open last night." The audience tittered. At the end of his speech, he took off his glasses, turned to Rice and said, "Please come back again." [Heh. Oh, my. ]

Rice, clad in a yellow jacket, black pencil skirt and black stilettos, also offered plenty of fodder. She repeatedly called MacKay "Peter" (he called her "Secretary Rice" or "Miss Rice''), confirmed the sleeping-with-the-window-open bit, and then told the assembled local leaders that MacKay had introduced her to his family, including his father and stepmother, the night before.

Family is important, she said, with a sly smile, because "they remind you of the things you did when you were 5 years old." Beside her, MacKay grinned and blushed. [ ]
It's so nice to read something that's a little bit fun in the realms of international diplomacy.

Canadian males? Oh yeah! Gotta love'em.



http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...l=968350060724
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