Our Susan Rice Gossip Deficit:
The headline is promising: "Susan Rice's Personality 'Disorder.'" What has gossip maven Lloyd Grove been able to dig up about Susan Rice?
Answer: Basically nothing. It takes him five grafs to say that Rice "is frequently described in the press with such adjectives as 'brusque,' 'aggressive,' and 'undiplomatic in the extreme.'" There are no links or citations for these "frequent" descriptions. Five grafs later, after some examples of other nominees struggling with adjective problems, we learn that "the zeitgeist hardly seems favorable" to her, because the New York Times published an unflattering story about her work on Africa.
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You mean to tell me that in one full month of Rice speculation, the freshest specific anecdote about Rice's temper is the one Dana Milbank wrote about at the start of the month? This is the lamest round of Washington chatter I've ever seen. Rice has spent a combined eight years in high level administration jobs, and the last good gossip about her temper comes from the Lilith Fair era.