Both Atrios and Wonkette couldn't help themselves but to repeat this:

At a recent dinner party hosted by New York Times D.C. bureau chief Philip Taubman and his wife, Times reporter Felicity Barringer, and attended by Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Maureen Dowd, Steven Weisman, and Elisabeth Bumiller, Rice was reportedly overheard saying, "As I was telling my husb--" and then stopping herself abruptly, before saying, "As I was telling President Bush."

So I repeated it, too, okay?

And why should we care? After all, I accidentally called my second grade teacher "Mom" once. And my girlfriend has called me by her brother's name on a few occassions (and, no, it was not during an act of intimacy). We stumble sometimes -- we aren't perfect. There's two reasons to take note of this gossipy note:

1) I have a mom. My girlfriend has a brother. Condi does not have a husband.
2) Imagine if, say, Madeline Albright* had referred to President Clinton as her husband. Field day.

As much as I believe the best way to fight evil is with the truth -- it takes longer but makes victory sweeter -- sometimes a taste of their own medicine is a worthwhile (and fun) spoon to hold.

*Or worse yet, Janet Reno.

(Updated to correct some spelling.)