Some grandmothers are “hot”, not that hotness is necessarily desirable in a minister. Our “hot” minister, Belinda Stronach, was unfortunately not very competent. However Rachida Dati is considered hot, and while a new mother (returned to work 5 days later), is old enough (43 in November) to be a youthful grandmother.

Competence would be the key issue. Many politicians have appointed an incompetent woman ?deliberately? eg. Edith Cresson appointed by Francois Mitterand, Kim Campbell by Brian Mulroney. Both women conveniently took the fall for their respective parties/governments.

It sounds as though this woman has a hope of being competent (with appropriate support),

I think the message she is trying to send (consciously or not) by mentioning her roots is that she is governed by the strict rules of a Najdi society. She may or may not feel comfortable uncovering her face during official business, but social etiquette demands that she does not do so publicly and definitely not in the media. Not a very comforting message I agree.

As for her repeating her Najdi background, I think most of us are tired of that line, I think she just trying to appease the religious establishment. And from what I understand she had no problem uncovering her Najdi face while studying in the US.

@Makki

I believe she is a grandmother, so you decide how hot she might be. :)

Coulda been worse.

By the way, how hot is this woman? Anything worth looking at?