OT: Albright berserk over 'cleaning lady' mistake

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Tuesday February 8, 2000 8:44 AM EST

Albright Berserk Over "Cleaning Lady" Mistake

The Progressive Review notes most undiplomatic Secretary of State Madeleine Albright taking exception to being mistaken as a cleaning lady.

"When a bunch of Albanians mistook Madeleine Albright for a hotel cleaning lady, the secretary of state spewed a most-undiplomatic, and untranslatable, stream of invective, a newspaper reports. A State Department spokesman wouldn't comment on the New York Daily News report that Albright was mistaken for a maid during last year's peace negotiations for Kosovo in Rambouillet, France. Albright at first wasn't recognized by the Albanian delegation when she walked into their room, it said.

"'One member of the delegation, who didn't realize who she was, and probably thinking she was some cleaning lady because it was after midnight, simply said to her, 'Give us five minutes and please go away,' recalled Albanian diplomat Dugagjin Gorani in War on Europe, a British TV program. Instead, Albright exploded in rage, swearing at the group, according to the reports. 'Mrs. Albright started using explicit language which the translators never could translate into Albanian,' says Veton Surroi, another member of the delegation."

-- Homer Beanfang (Bats@inbellfry.com), February 09, 2000

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---just heard the cleaners guild is insensed beyond words! Breaking story! A march is planned!

I think the M.ature O.rganization of P.roffesional G.uys A.nd L.adies.S.ociety outta be protesting this terrible assault on their intelligence, patriotism and good name! class action libel suit against those despicable albanians! The nerve! Power to D. Peeple! right on!

-- zog (zzoggy@yahoo.com), February 09, 2000.


I can see why the Cleaner's Guild is upset. Having Albright's name associated with them hurts their reputation immensely.

-- Tim (pixmo@pixelquest.com), February 09, 2000.

Well, she does look like a cleaning lady, what does she expect?

-- ~~~~~ (~~~@~~~.xcom), February 09, 2000.

Show a little respect guys ... She prefers to be addressed as 'Madame War Granny'.

:-))

-- John (jh@NotReal.ca), February 09, 2000.


I've heard of her being referred to as Madeleine Half- Bright. Now I know why.

-- Marie (pray4peace@compuserve.com), February 09, 2000.


@ and zog, IMO you hit the nail on the head. She is unqualified by temperament and background in many respects for the high position she holds, 4 heartbeats from the Presidency. The order of Presidential succession:

1. Vice-President

2. Speaker of the House

3. President Pro Tempore of the Senate

4. Secretary of State

5. Secretary of the Treasury 6. Secretary of Defense

7. Attorney General

8. Secretary of the Interior

9. Secretary of Agriculture 10. Secretary of Commerce

11. Secretary of Labor

12. Secretary of Health and Human Services (and DS thinks she's a bigwig...)

13. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

14. Secretary of Transportation

15. Secretary of Energy

16. Secretary of Education

For those who want to see for themselves, here's a link:

http://www.infoctr.edu/fwl/President/succession.html

Also, if you do a search on www.google.com using "Presidential succession", you'll get all the info you could possibly want on the evolution of law on this subject.

www.y2ksafeminnesota.com

-- MinnnesotaSmith (y2ksafeminnesota@hotmail.com), February 09, 2000.


Mentioned this on a previous post about Albright. I think she has a double for security reasons. A lot of governmental types have them. Maybe the guys got Albright mixed up with her double. Saw this woman on a news tape of a meeting last year in Europe. At first, I thought the double was Albright (same size, age, hair, dress, etc.), but then the real McCoy walked in. Had to look twice. Anyone else notice this?

-- Lurkess (Lurkess@Lurking.XNet), February 09, 2000.

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