Strange...

We at TGL hate to step into tabloid-land, but Condoleezza Rice's recent slip of the tongue is just super puzzling.

Rice was reportedly overheard saying, “As I was telling my husb—” and then stopping herself abruptly, before saying, “As I was telling President Bush.” Jaws dropped, but a guest says the slip by the unmarried politician, who spends weekends with the president and his wife, seemed more psychologically telling than incriminating.

Atrios provides a sublime picture to accompany this peculiar item.

Now, I, like Rice, have never been married... and I cannot imagine accidentally calling anyone my wife. Even when I end up getting married, it will probably take quite a while before that sounds right rolling of the tongue. "As I was telling my wife..." It kind of gives me the shudders, actually.

Ms. Rice... where have your daydreams been taking you?