Condoleezza: "I'm not good with animals." [View All]

[deminks]

http://www.rawstory.com/news/mochila/Food_falcons_A_desert_delight_for_B_01132008.html

President Bush followed up a mild lecture about expanding democracy among the Mideast's comfortable dynasties with an opulent picnic at the desert playground of one of the region's wealthy leaders.

(snip)

At his host's urging, Bush hoisted one of the birds, using a protective mitt, and held it as the news cameras whirred. When the bird shifted suddenly, a startled Bush jumped slightly, then recovered.

"You're making him nervous," Bush told the assembled media. "He never had a press conference before."

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice trailed her boss and kept her distance from the fierce-looking birds.

"I'm not good with animals," she was heard to remark. A few minutes later, however, she, too, was holding a bird, though not for long.

(end snip)

I don't doubt that for a minute, Ms. Rice, not for a minute.