Madeleine Albright, classy gal

Time, the once-great magazine that has shrunk to 12 pages a week, has an interview with Madeleine Albright on the occasion of her new book. Like every memoir by a former Clintonoid, I won’t read it — I tend to shy away from fiction — so I rely on articles and reviews to tell me what to think of it.
Reading the interview, I thought, “Was tact a disqualification for a job in the Clinton administration?” I don’t recall anyone from Bush the Elder’s gang going out of their way to trash the Clintons; maybe there were a few, but they didn’t make themselves as obnoxious as these people. We’re not just talking about mid-level appointees trying to make a name for themselves, we’re talking about cabinet members all the way up to Bill and his lovely wife, Bruno.
Back to Madame Albright: the interview is very short, but it’s packed with howlers, such as “President Clinton focused on terrorism from the start,” and “Frankly, if there was a President Gore, we wouldn’t be in this particular mess.” There are several other questionable statements, like “Iraq is in fact a breeding ground for terrorists” (more accurately, it’s a magnet for terrorists as few of them seem to be homegrown.)
One nasty answer particularly stood out —

(Q) Bush’s foreign policy started as “Anything But Clinton” in almost every area—the Middle East, North Korea, China. Now events have pushed it back much closer to your approach. Do you ever succumb to schadenfreude?
(A) No, I’m much too kind and generous a person.

Because I’m kind and generous myself, I will not point out that Madame Albright looks like Ursula the Sea Witch from “The Little Mermaid.” Instead, I will let you decide.

Uncanny, isn’t it?
(Original joke made in 1997 by Steve Schultz when Albright was named secretary of state. Photos edited by me. Original photos (c) ???? whoever owns them.)