(Bush and Condi ) Kissing colleagues: Breach of protocol?

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Kissing colleagues


Breach of protocol?

Kissing colleagues get scrutiny at highest level

By Jean Patteson
Tribune Newspapers: Orlando Sentinel
Published December 1, 2004

As actor Dooley Wilson crooned in Casablanca: "You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss ..."

But is it?

A photograph that ran on the front page of newspapers across the country last month raises the question: How do we view kissing between colleagues?

The image shows President Bush planting a kiss on the right cheek of National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice after tapping her for secretary of state. Bush is pictured in profile, looking down at her face. Rice leans toward the president, eyes closed, lips parted.

Was the kiss just a kiss--a spontaneous expression of affection and congratulations? Or was it a breach of protocol? Or a chauvinistic misstep?
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[Deja Q]

1. And * was supposed to bring dignity back to the White House, the south is

fuming with the multi-ethnic slobbering I bet. :crazy:

[rooboy]

2. Just consider it a tribute to Strom Thurmond. n/t

[lenidog]

3. With all the things Bush is doing

wrong. Why the hell would anyone give a damm if he gave Condi a kiss on the cheek. Someone on the Chicago Tribune needs a reality check.