The Democrats/Media Have to Destroy Condi Rice Now. Here's Why,

none | 3/30/2004 | The South Texan

[The South Texan]

Excuse the Vanity. I don't do this much.

[rhombus]

You make a good point. Wouldn't you love to see the internal Democrat memoes on Condi?

[RebelBanker]

Vanity is OK by me. I believe we should be looking to 2008, but had better not forget that we have important elections in 2004 and 2006 as well. After we get W reelected, then we can look to future planning.

I do not believe Condi Rice would be a good candidate for President, as (IIRC) she has not held elected office before. VP, maybe.

[Stirner]

I would love to see Condoleeza Rice run in 2008 (on either spot on the ticket). However I heard on some TV report yesterday that she is telling friends that she does not plan to serve in a second Bush administration. If she is out of the public eye for a few years, I'm not sure how people will look at her in 2008.

[InvisibleChurch]

let the dems go after condi... she's smart and bright enough to thwart them... as a matter of fact, all the dems would be doing is opening the door for condi for the future... through their pathetic attempt at grilling her, the people will see how bright she is and she'll come out on top, in a better position that the whats-her-name from ny...

[Wombat101]

If I recall correctly, there have been several presidents in thhistory of this country who never held elective office before. George Washington, for example, comes to mind.

However, Ms. Rice does have quite a few factors in her favor should she decided to ever do so: she's intelligent (as opposed to what passes for educated these days), articulate, not given to rhetorical excess, she's experienced in the foreign policy field. She would certainly make a much better candidate than 90% of the Republicans currently in office and certainly 100% of the democarts (small 'd' intentional).

If your criteria for running for higher office is that one should have held some lesser office first, I remind you that the Hildebeest never held anything (including her husband) and still managed to get a fair percentage of us brain-dead NY'ers to vote her into the Senate. She's been bandied about as a Presidential contender from day one.

Condi Rice would beat the crusty, black pantsuit off of that carpetbagger and definately clean John Kerry's clock, IMO.

[cynicom]

Pubs are doing their best to help the dems,as usual.

[Guard Dog]

I would have be inclined to agree about Rice not being an ideal candidate simply because she has no elected office experience. People who have been through the electoral process have a better insight on dealing with the public as well as the motivations of their fellow politicians. However, I made the same argument against President Bush in 2000, since his elected office experience was pretty limited, and I was (happy to say) totally wrong. What I want in a president is clear moral values, high level of education and problem solving ability, and, most importantly, a solid steel spine. I believe Rice has all three qualities in abundance and I she ran in 2004, I'd vote for her.

[section9]

The Democrats' allegations against Rice will fail. They will crash and burn when she testifies publicly. I will predict right now that after her public testimony she will become hugely popular, and a patron saint within the Republican Party.

Think of the whole Ollie North effect, squared.

This is misdirection. I'm convinced that she will be the next Vice President of the United States. All poor Hillary has done is to piss her off.

But it serves her purposes right now to tell others that she will leave. She won't. Bush and Rice are joined at the hip.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[texasbluebell]

WH just now announcing that Condi will testify.

[freeperfromnj]

Publicly?

[RebelBanker]

I agree with your assessment of Dr. Rice's intelligence, experience and character, but must respectfully disagree with your evaluation of her electability. I am not using experience in a lower elected office as a criterion for ability to do the job, but ability to campaign effectively. Unfortunately, good people who do not have campaign experience very often make "rookie" mistakes that end up derailing their own campaigns.

[SZonian]

Condi scares the crap out of the Dems. She has proven them wrong about minorities being dependent upon "their" social programs. The verse which talks about; "give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach a man to fish and you feed him for life". The first part is what the Dems keep doing. The Dems keep the folks hanging on day by day with their handouts and extolling the virtues of their benevolence(with our tax dollars). The Republicans want folks to fend for themselves(with a little help), but not dependence.

Condi trashes all of their (Dems) ideals. If the Dems have control over the minorities because of social programs, then that control equates to power because the folks are dependent on them. Control=Power, Power=Control.

Condi has proven herself to be a very capable leader, however, dealing with the public is an important consideration as well. I think her true, vivacious personality would become apparent if she was given the chance to show it. Her job is a very serious one and folks haven't seen her really lighten up because she takes it so seriously.

Go Condi! Don't give in to the RAT B******S!

Condi in 2008!(I'd vote for her)

Cheers!

[ken5050]

Well, the NFL just extended Tagliabue's contract as commissioner, so her "dream job" is unavailable....seriously...the media continues to talk up rumors that Cheney won't run, despite Bush's strong endorsement of him as his VP...they''re starting to believe their own delusions, so maybe they fear her as VP in '04

[RebelBanker]

'04?

If you mean '08, I would vote for her in a New York minute as well.

[toddst]

. . . I heard on some TV report yesterday that she is telling friends that she does not plan to serve in a second Bush administration.

Wishful thinking by the media libs and the Demrats. I'll wait to hear from Ms. Rice what she intends. My bet is she's planning to stay with George W. for another term.

[Steve_Seattle]

I have also wondered about the Dems sudden interest in trashing Rice - it is VERY interesting. And as another poster suggested, it would be very interesting to see internal Dem memos regarding Rice. (Of course, the only internal memos the press ever goes after are ones that might embarrass Republican administrations; think, for example, of how many leaked memos there've been in recent months regarding the alleged influence of corporate interests in the EPA. And think how the press quickly dropped the story about special interest groups working hand-in-glove with the Dems to scuttle Bush judicial nominees.)

Getting back to Rice, it does seem plausible that the Dems are wagaing a pre-emptive strike against Rice's future political ambitions, trying to tarnish her in the public eye before her stature can grow to presidential-contender proportions. The Dems would hate it if the first black presidential nominee from a major party were a Republican; of course, if that were to happen, they would insist she's not really black.

[Scutter]

I agree with this point (and have for some time), only I think it more likely that she will be the VP choice for some undetermined white male Presidential candidate.

[kenth]

As far as I'm concerned, one who hasn't held elected office before (read: professional politician) would be a much more attractive candidate.

As for the '08 elections, I think we need to be looking to them as I agree with South Texan in that this whole election cycle for the democrats appears to have been messed with in order to set hillary up for a nomination.

[texasbluebell]

Yes, in public, there are other threads around now about it, if you haven't seen them yet.

Sorry I didn't get back to you right away, but was elsewhere!