Posted on 01/27/2005 3:55:39 PM PST by JoanB
The first black woman and the second woman to occupy such a high position in a president's cabinet, Condoleezza Rice deserves praise for remaining dignified and calm in the face of blatantly racist, envious and old-haggish attacks on her character and intelligence. She's a better woman than I.
I could use some serious counseling on how to control my temper in case my integrity is ever questioned by the likes of Ted "water torture" Kennedy or John "war hero" Kerry. And if I weren't a Christian woman, the things I would say to Barbara Boxer...
I know you were expecting me to blog about Rice's confirmation hearing, but I didn't have the stomach for it. I wanted to wait until the inevitable conclusion to say that I am proud to "know" Condoleezza Rice. She's given her life to the pursuit of serious study and government service, is unappreciated by white liberals who resent her accomplishments and independent thinking, and black liberals whose accusations of "race traitor" betray their poor reasoning ability and infantile envy toward a woman they should be proud of, regardless of her political ideology. But I'm sure it doesn't keep her up at night. ;)
The final Senate vote was 85-13. Voting against Rice were James "Independent" Jeffords, Barbara Boxer, Daniel Akaka, Dick Durbin, Evan Bayh, Tom Harkin, Ted "water torture" Kennedy, John "war hero" Kerry, Carl Levin, Mark Dayton, Frank Lautenberg, Jack Reed, James Jeffords and former Ku Klux Klansman, Robert Byrd.
That's all I have to say about Rice's confirmation. I suspect that she and I would disagree on a few things, but I'll save those for another post. She is in my prayers, and because I am a Christian, so are the people who loathe her.
Unrelated: Nominations for the Evangelical Blog Awards are rolling in. Don't forget to nominate your favorite blogs. I'll post my nominations next week.
So, in about 2-1/2 years, if the VP resigns for health reasons .......
And, if Bush has a problem at the same time, Condi takes over!
Madam Secretary Rice is such a dignified lady.
Thank God for her!
I read an article the other day, if I can find it, I'll post the link here. It said, statistically, a VP has a poor chance of winning the presidency.
WE all need to print these out and keep them handy - the communist's are now 'outted" - some whom we didn't suspect, but this was a 'tow the party (card carrying socialist/communist) line' vote. Now we know.
Kennedy is their leader - has been for decades. I've long been convinced he is only a puppet - and now we know who pulls his string - Soros. But even Soros is not the top of this den of devils. These are truly evil people, intent on ruling the world...and in cahoots with the UN towards that goal...
We are a very fortunate country to have a person of Dr. Rice's intelligence, learning, strength and grace as our Secretary of State.
Was George HW Bush the first VP elected since Martin Van Buren
Vice Presidents Who Became President of the United States
| George Bush | 1981-1989 | 1989-1993 |
| Gerald Ford | 1973-1974 | 1974-1977 |
| Richard Nixon | 1953-1961 | 1969-1974 |
| Lyndon Johnson | 1961-1963 | 1963-1969 |
| Harry Truman | 1945 | 1945-1953 |
| Calvin Coolidge | 1921-1923 | 1923-1929 |
| Theodore Roosevelt | 1901 | 1901-1909 |
| Chester Arthur | 1881 | 1881-1885 |
| Andrew Johnson | 1865 | 1865-1869 |
| Millard Fillmore | 1849-1850 | 1850-1853 |
| John Tyler | 1841 | 1841-1845 |
| Martin Van Buren | 1833-1837 | 1837-1841 |
| Thomas Jefferson | 1797-1801 | 1801-1809 |
| John Adams | 1789-1797 | 1797-1801 |
So, in about 2-1/2 years, if the VP resigns for health reasons .......
And, if Bush has a problem at the same time, Condi takes over!
That is a beautiful thing. And an amazing, proud milestone ... so so SOO unbelievably ignored by the media.
Congratulations to a woman who is class incarnate. From our segregated past ... to this. Beautiful, and just. Wonderful, beautiful, proud times ... for all.
And heck, she knows the real deal!! She could indeed be a great leader, if it comes to that -- tho who wants to think of such things (yeesh, not me!)
Dr. Condolezza Rice
http://www.rocksblues.com/frimages/cr.jpg
Birthdate: 11/14/54
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama
Home City: Washington, D.C.
Religion: Baptist
Education:
Bachelor's degree in political science, cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, from the
University of Denver in 1974.
Master's from the University of Notre Dame in 1975.
Ph.D. from the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of
Denver in 1981.
Awarded honorary doctorates from Morehouse College in 1991,
the University of Alabama in 1994, the University of Notre Dame in 1995,
the National Defense University in 2002, the Mississippi College School of Law
in 2003,
the University of Louisville and Michigan State University in 2004.
Professional Experience:
Dr. Rice has been on the Stanford faculty since 1981 and has won two of the
highest teaching honors --
the 1984 Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 1993 School of
Humanities and
Sciences Dean's Award for Distinguished Teaching.
From 1989 through March 1991, the period of German reunification and the final
days of the Soviet Union,
she served in the Bush Administration as Director, and then Senior Director, of
Soviet and East European Affairs
in the National Security Council, and a Special Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs.
In 1986, while an international affairs fellow of the Council on Foreign
Relations, she served as
Special Assistant to the Director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In 1997, she served on the Federal Advisory Committee on Gender -- Integrated
Training in the Military.
In June 1999, she completed a six year tenure as Stanford University 's Provost,
during which she was the institution's chief budget and academic officer.
You go girl!
Greetings and salutations. Welcome to Free Republic. How did you find this site?
May these a$$holes forever reap what they have sown.
LOL A variation on the Rumsfeld lighting, indeed!
Love her! Already praying for her.
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