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Condi for Veep?
The double down on Iraq ticket. Condoleezza Rice goes to talk to Grover Norquist:
At the semi-secret gatherings which Republican political hopefuls migrate to to get the blessing of not only Norquist but the diverse parts of the nation's conservative money and political machinery, Norquist gives everyone in the room 3 minutes to pitch their cause or issue. I have attended before, but if one wants to attend again -- no one may write or speak about the internal discussion or who attended.
...
As one major Republican operative told me yesterday:
Someone like Condi Rice doesn't go to Grover Norquist's den to talk about the Annapolis Middle East peace process. She's going to secure her future in Republican politics and to position herself as a 'potential' VP candidate on the McCain ticket.
Since Condoleeza's signature issue as Secretary of State is prosecuting the war on terror, this pick would mean that McCain is so not afraid of Iraq, he'll pick one of Bush's top advisers to run with him. I can see it, McCain is that stubborn and determined.
And obviously since Ms. Rice is both black and a woman, she can help neutralize both the Hillary "first woman" and the Barack "first minority" advantages. Which is kind of fun, but I sincerely hope that top decisions that affect our futures aren't made that way. But they probably are.
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(Page 2 of 4)MOJOJOJO6:02AMMar 28th 2008
MANY PEOPLE OF A NATION BELIEVE THEY ARE GODS ABOVE ALL! SHOULD THEY BE SHUNNED AS WELL! MANY CHURCHES AND PASTORS BELIEVE THE CHRISTIAN GOD TO BE ABOVE ANY AND ALL OTHER GODS! SHALL THEY ALSO BE SHUNNED! THE UNITED STATES BELIEVE THEMSELVES TO FOLLOW THE LAWS OF GOD AND/OR ABOVE THE LAWS OF GOD WHEN ATTACKING ANOTHER NATION AND/OR IMPOSING UPON ANOTHER NATION! SHALL THIS NATION BE SHUNNED AS WELL! DESPITE WHETHER WE AGREE WITH ANOTHER OR NOT WHO SAYS IT IS OUR RIGHT AND/OR PLACE TO IMPOSE UPON THE RIGHTS OF ANOTHER AND SINCE I DISAGREE WITH MOST DOCTRINES DOES THAT MAKE ME A TRAITOR TO THIS NATION AND THUS BE SHUNNED OR ANOTHER FOR THAT MATTER! SHALL ANOTHER JUDGE YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE DIFFERENT OR BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE DIFFERENTLY! SHALL YOU THEN BE SHUNNED! IT IS NOT ONE'S PLACE TO TRULY JUDGE OR TO FORGIVE ANOTHER BUT WE ALL DO HAVE OUR OPINIONS! WE DON'T NEED OIL THERE ARE MANY OTHER SOURCES! WE ONLY NEED OIL TO PREVENT OTHERS FROM OBTAINING THE RESOURCE AND USING IT AGAINST US! WITHIN POLITICS IT IS NOT JUDGMENT BUT SURVIVAL!
ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXISTENCE OF, ACCEPT THE EXISTENCE OF, DETERMINE THE SOLUTIONS OF THE EXISTENCE OF, AND CORRECT THE EXISTENCE OF!
NOT ALL ARE LOST IN WHAT IS SAID! STILL WAITING FOR ALL THE CANDIDATES TO LAY THEIR PLANS FOR THIS COUNTRY ON THE TABLE! MORE INFORMATION HAS COME ACROSS THIS BOARD PRO AND CON CONCERNING THE ELECTIONS AND THIS COUNTRY THAN ANY OF THE CANDIDATES HAVE ADDRESSED! I DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHO THEY ARE OR WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE OR HOW THEY PRESENT THEMSELVES TO THE PEOPLE! WHAT I DO CARE ABOUT IS THE UNITY OF THIS COUNTRY AND VIABLE SOLUTIONS, NOT BROKEN PROMISES, LIES, DIRTY POLITICS... BUT REAL HONEST SOLUTIONS! AND I FEEL THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE DIVISION AMONG RACE, SEX, AND CREED! UNITY OF THE PEOPLE AND THEN THE ECONOMY! AND NO, NOT JUST ONE PERSON SHOULD HAVE EXECUTIVE POWER! EACH AREA IN THIS COUNTRY HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS AND THOSE NEEDS SHOULD BE MET! THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN FALLING APART DUE TO CORRUPTION AND THE GOVERNMENT HAVING THE POWER OVER THE PEOPLE! THE POWER STARTS AT THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEN TO THE WHOLE AS ONE AND NOT THE SELECT FEW! ARE WE GOING TO LET THE SELECT FEW CONTROL OR THE RELIGIOUS PROPHECIES CONTROL OUR LIVES AND DESTINIES OR DEMAND POSITIVE CHANGE BEFORE THE EROSION BECOMES IRREVERSIBLE! NATURAL DISASTERS CAN BE PREVENTED TO A DEGREE, HOMELESS, STARVATION, CRIME,... CAN BE PREVENTED ETC... BUT YOU ALL KNOW THAT! WE ALL HAVE THE FREEDOM OF CHOICE BUT IT DEPENDS UPON THE CHOICE TO THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE PEOPLE LEAD THIS COUNTRY! IT WAS MENTIONED ON SOME POSTS NOT TO WATCH TV AS FAR AS MAKING YOUR DECISIONS! I WOULD PARTIALLY DISAGREE DUE TO YOU WATCH THE NEWS FOR INFORMATION BUT FOLLOW UP THROUGH OTHER SOURCES BEFORE THE FINAL DECISION! BLAH BLAH BLAH
HILLARY'S SPIRITUAL MENTOR BELIEVES IN MAO! SACRIFICE THE LIFE OF
YOUR FAMILY FOR THE COMMON GOOD! JESUS SAYS SO.
CHELSEA IS FAIR GAME!
IS THIS THE KIND OF PERSON YOU WANT LEADING YOUR NATION!! I DON'T,
HELL NO!
http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/03/25/hillary-clintons-spiritual-adivsor-doug-coe-and-his-curious-admiration-for-nazis-and-communist-killings
within the video provided by the link it says; PRESUMABLY FROM DOUG
COE, HILLARY'S SPIRITUAL MENTOR
Hitler, Lenin, Mao taught the kids to put communism above your
father, mother, brother and sister. Had the kids killing their own
mother and father but it was not murder but was for building the new
nation, the new state, the new kingdom. They took the very ideas of
Jesus and perverted it and made the people disciples of Mao and they
had the little red book two hours a day. We need to teach our
Children the way Mao did but we need not teach what Mao said but what
Jesus said.
Hillary Clinton’s Spiritual Adivsor Doug Coe And His Curious
Admiration For Nazis And Communist Killings
Hillary Clinton on Doug Coe
“[Doug Coe is] a unique presence in Washington: a genuinely
loving spiritual mentor and guide to anyone, regardless of party or
faith, who wants to deepen his or her relationship with God.”
Doug Coe
“Jesus says, ‘You have to put me before other people, and you
have to put me before yourself.’ Hitler, that was the demand of the
Nazi Party. You have to put the Nazi Party and its objectives in
front of your own life and ahead of other people!”
“I’ve seen pictures of young men in the Red Guard of China, a
table laid out like a butcher table, they would bring in this young
man’s mother and father, lay her on the table with a basket on the
end, he would take an axe and cut her head off.”
“They have to put the purposes of the Red Guard ahead of the
mother-father-brother-sister—their own life !”
“That was a covenant. A pledge. That was what Jesus said.”
As Hillary Clinton said:
“You don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you
want to attend.”
THE CLINTON'S ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH REZKO! CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS!
LOUIS FARRAKHAN HAS TIES WITH HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH, ABDULRAHMAN
ALAMOUDI, NIHAD AWAD, MUTHANNA HANOOTI, SHEIK ABDULMUNEM ABU ZANT (in
August 1990 he gave a sermon, during which he thundered: "May God
attack the Jews and those who stand with them. May God attack the
Americans and those who stand with them.) Muslim Women's League and
Muslim Public Affairs Council (establishment by force, violence, and
terrorism of a Jewish state in Palestine in 1948 as well as the
expansion of that state in succeeding years involved the unjust and
illegal usurpation of Muslim and Christian lands and rights) HILLARY
CLINTON’S CONNECTION IS THE CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING AND THE
EMBRACEMENT WITH SAID KNOWN GROUPS ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS, AS FAR AS
I KNOW!!!
://opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=65000531
http://www.nohillaryclinton.com/2006/01/30/hamas-hillary/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/818143/posts
://clintoncrimes.tripod.com/ClintonsBinLadenGateMotherofallScandals/id5.html
WHITE MAN'S BURDEN = ALL AMERICAN'S BURDEN = JUSTIFICATION FOR
IMPERIALISM
FEAR IS A GHOST OF THE IMAGE FROM OUR OWN HEARTS AND ONLY LIVES ONCE!
IT CONTROLS THE SOUL IF THE SOUL ALLOWS!
LET THE TRUTH BE KNOWN AND THE TRUTH SHALL BE SAID AND WE SHALL BE
LAIN SAFE IN OUR BEDS
VOTE FOR NO PRESIDENT
(REJECT AND DENOUNCE) HILLARY GOLDEN COW CLINTON! A STORY
THAT WILL BE ONCE TOLD AND THAN FORGOTTEN! STRICKEN FROM THE HISTORY
BOOKS!!
Joe3216:35AMMar 28th 2008
Everyone seems to be overlooking a couple of things.
A. Condi is not married and has no children. She will never get the conservative vote.
B. There is strong eveidence that she is Gay. She lives with and owns a house with her long time girl friend Randy Bean.
Denise Murdock7:02AMMar 28th 2008
All Condie does is smile and wave she has not acompolished any thing and is all in there with Bush and all of his lies nither one know the truth.
KEVIN O7:13AMMar 28th 2008
I think it would be a great idea , however she wants to be the next baseball commissioner . I love reading the crybaby liberal and democrats write lies about the republicans - you liberals will loose again and again - if the dems want to win anything again you better dump the move-on liberal crowd and get some balls - you are all a bunch of weak scared phonies - now run away you loosers!!!!!!!!!!! Clinton again - ha-ha, oboma housan - not in this lifetime
ChrisBFL7:15AMMar 28th 2008
Condi should be running for Prez. She is the most intelligent option out there. Also, this is not about race or skin color. I don't like the color of Obama, not black but RED, He is a socialist schooled in the teachings of Karl Marx. Yes, he would sit down with Hugo Chavez because they share the sam political views. Obama is anti capitalist and anti-American
((( HiRoader )))7:16AMMar 28th 2008
Condoleezza Rice in her entire political life has never been elected to any political position.. Her current position was an appointment.. This was an fairy tale notion at start.., And to "appoint" her Vice-President without her ever doing any electorial sweat work.., Is ridiclously unreasonable.. To factor in the points of her gender & race is an insult to those individuals who have paid their dues..
DUCKER7:38AMMar 28th 2008
Condi for Pres, instead of pandering to terrorists like the Libs & Dems want to do, Condi would blow these bastards to kingdom come where they belong with their virgins.
Davidg7:54AMMar 28th 2008
Oh please, please, please, John McCain nominate Condi Rice as VP. It would be classic.
So far, white America has been lectured to, oh sorry, scolded, oh sorry, taught, yeah that's it, about how there are different kinds of churches and speeches given in the black community that do not constitute "hate speak".
If McCain nominates Rice, we will get lecture, sorry lesson, #2...about how there are "house n's" and "Uncle Toms" and how it cannot be possible for a person with dark skin to be (gasp) Conservative. We will also learn that it is possible for a person of color to speak without giving a speech. We will also learn that despite what we see from Obama and Wright that persons of color can control their voices and do not have to shout.
I have not been a Rice fan, but let's face it, she does know the situation in Iraq better than anyone.
McCain could just announce that she will keep her current position in his administration, that would diffuse things a bit, but VP is a great move for her. I think she would be a good VP and possibly a good President.
lulu8:08AMMar 28th 2008
Does this mean that Condi would have less time for shoe shopping?
GB8:13AMMar 28th 2008
She would be a great choice.
Davidg8:14AMMar 28th 2008
Oh it's too good...people are already pulling out the "she's a delusional woman with a fatal attraction for Bush" speech.
I can't wait to hear Obama give that one! I'm sure he will pass that off to Michelle.
rebekah9:00AMMar 28th 2008
personally condi rice does scare me but, i will admit i don't know enough about her to say i wouldn't vote for the ticket. i'm not for voting for her just because her gender/ethnic card trumps the democrats...that's just silly. that's like the media yesterday trying to tie obama's basketball game into march madness.
i guess we have to wait and see who mccain's choice is and why and not be lead into divisiveness just to offset the democrats divisiveness.
he hasn't made his decision and everything at this point is speculation.
judy9:44AMMar 28th 2008
8:13AMMar 28th 2008
She would be a great choice.
You have got to be kidding, where are you people coming from. She could not do the first job Bush gave her so what does he do, promotes her up into another job she cannot handle. You people need to stop giving credit where none is due. She stabbed Colin Powell in the back so many times I doubt he has any blood left to bled. You people kill me making up things and state them as the truth.
Peni9:55AMMar 28th 2008
I just cannot get out of my memory; her shopping for $400 shoes, the day Katrina people were dying.So, if we had another disaster, I wonder what she'd shop for this time?
ven parameswaran10:06AMMar 28th 2008
already submitted
tzada11:13AMMar 28th 2008
It is sad that we still think in terms of race and gender when it come to the Presidency. If Condi is the best person by all means she should be the VP choice, but not because of color or gender. Not to ensure votes. Not as a affirmative action measure either.
Condi certainly has the experience, any one who doubts that has been living on Mars.
Up until a week or so I would have said she would be an excellent choice. However recent Kenyan events have given me pause. It was at her insistence that the position of Prime Minister was created in Kenya for Raila Odinga. Raila Odinga is Barack Obama cousin who is pushing Shari law for Kenya.
That is very troubling to me. Was Condi just trying to establish peace in Kenya. But peace at what cost?
tzada11:18AMMar 28th 2008
To: Cecil Jones2:22AMMar 28th 2008
All the lies surrounding the invasion of Iraq? Please read the following.
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line." - President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program." - President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face." - Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983." - Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." - Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others Oct. 9, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process." - Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies." - Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999
"There is no doubt that ... Saddam Hussein has invigorated his weapons programs. Reports indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the United States and our allies." - Letter to President Bush, Signed by Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL,) and others, December 5, 2001
"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them." - Sen. Carl Levin (D, MI), Sept. 19, 2002
"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power." - Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002
"The last UN weapons inspectors left Iraq in October of 1998. We are confident that Saddam Hussein retains some stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, and that he has since embarked on a crash course to build up his chemical and biological warfare capabilities. Intelligence reports indicate that he is seeking nuclear weapons..." - Sen. Robert Byrd (D, WV), Oct. 3, 2002
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force-- if necessary-- to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years ... We also should remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002
"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons, and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do" - Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002
"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weap ons stock, his missile delivery capability, and his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including al Qaeda members .. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons." - Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002
"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons of mass destruction." - Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL), Dec. 8, 2002
"Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation ... And now he is miscalculating America's response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real ..." - Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
Sandra11:38AMMar 28th 2008
Condi Rice?????????? Is she still around??? I tried to google her for her accomplishments as Secretary of Stat and came up
1.
Sandra11:43AMMar 28th 2008
Want a laugh??? Not Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
John McCain bio
"dropping out was unthinkable, and so he successfully completed his training
and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1958; he was sixth from the bottom
in class rank, 894th out of 899.
Wouldnt it be nice to have a President with an IQ over 60???????????
Had George W. Bush been the commencement speaker surely he would have told the class it was ok to be on the bottom because you can always go into politics and even become President! He would probably have said "You can fool some of the peoople all of the time, or was it all of the people some of the time. I forget...".
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irt2ltee5:53AMMar 28th 2008
in our household we discussed this possibility, that who ever wins the the nomination on the left side, Hillary or Obama, Rice is the perfect VP and counterpart, first woman, first black..a true integrated blend..mocha latte grande!!! what a better way to make change..GO Condi!!