Things you just can't make up

A comment on Bob Krumm's blog:

A satirist might write a piece on a black female Secretary of State nominee, who was harshly questioned by Congress and attacked on specifically racial and sexual grounds, only to see another black female SoS nominee a few years later defended on the grounds that questioning a black female SoS nominee is “racist and sexist” because THIS black woman was nominated by a Democrat, so Of Course It’s Different.

However, not even the broadest satirist would give the two nominees the same last name. It would simply shatter the willing suspension of disbelief.

The original post?

Emily Litella Rice

I don’t understand why Republicans are opposing Ms. Rice to be the next Secretary of State. She was perfectly acceptable to Republicans (not to mention, just as black and just as female) four years ago when she was Bush’s Secretary of State, so why do they oppose her now? Knowledgeable, competent, honest, and strong, Ms. Rice did a pretty good job then.

Wait, what’s that? You mean she’s not the same Ms. Rice?

Never mind.