Oh Gawd ! War Criminal hinting at VP Spot

[Laura PourMeADrink]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/28/rice-vice-president/

Rice Has Let Her ‘Interest’ In Running For VP ‘Be Known Discreetly Within Top GOP Circles’»
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice attended Grover Norquist’s weekly “powerhouse gathering.” One GOP operative noted that the only reason high-ranking officials go to the right-wing meeting is to “secure” their political futures. At that meeting, Rice never publicly stated whether she was interested in the vice presidential spot.

But Newsmax reports that privately, Rice has indicated to prominent conservatives that she is very interested:

Despite saying she wants to return to Stanford University, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has let it be known in Republican circles that she would consider running for vice president if asked.

One source told Newsmax that she expressed interest in the possibility when Rudy Giuliani was running for president. Another source said she has more recently let her interest be known discreetly within top Republican circles, presumably including John McCain’s camp.

Is Rice actually interested in running for vice president, or is this just a stunt to grab the media’s attention? After all, the media have largely lost interest in Rice’s activities lately. In 2005, an “unprecedented 19 reporters” accompanied Rice on her first overseas trip as Secretary of State. But on her most recent trip to the Middle East, just three wire services and three newspapers joined her. None of the networks even sent a camera crew.

This wouldn’t be the first time that Rice has embarked on a PR campaign to improve her public image. Washington Post reporter Glenn Kessler reported that shortly after Rice became Secretary of State, she directed an aide to “plant a question” asking if she would run for president in order to help “negate American memories of her very direct role” in invading Iraq. The move was intended to give Rice the “aura of someone who might have presidential aspirations” and “make her seem more powerful than she was.”

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Please, please, please, please, please...

The vetting alone...

[ColbertWatcher]

7. What vetting?

Cheney was given the job of finding a VP for idiot and look at who he picked?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

9. Point taken.

[Cha]

17. But, that was BEFORE the

8 year fucking nightmare.

[ColbertWatcher]

24. He wasn't a criminal before then? n/t

[Cha]

27. The whole world didn't know as we

do now.

[ColbertWatcher]

28. True, and...

...the more vetting the better!

[seemunkee]

36. Yes, but 9/11 changed everything

[goclark]

2. Please give this a Farragamo kick

:bounce:

[hedgehog]

3. Talk about the perfect storm - I can see it now - The democratic death

cage match continues on into October resulting in a Republican victory. Two months after the inauguration, McCain passes on, and Rice becomes the first woman president AND the first black president!

[gateley]

4. Ewww,,,,

Wonder if she'll be considered.

[OzarkDem]

5. On whose ticket?

[LakeSamish706]

6. I think this would be so great for the Democrats come November....

Can you imagine having Sleezy Rice on the ticket... People would go ballistic I think.

[stellanoir]

8. Let's just all go shoe shopping whilst people drown in her honor.

For pete's sake she's done nothing except repeat herself incessantly and with her shiny PHD's as a Soviet specialist, missed entirely that they were going broke.

Wouldn't we all want an oil tanker named for us. . . .not.

Yikes.

Let her run.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. You know, I think most people hold her harmless. NOT ME, I think

she alone could have prevented 9-11.. She readily admits she
was warned there would be a highjacking. But, she thought
it would be a regular highjacking. If, she had acted - and
those men never got on the plane - there would have been
no 9-11, no Iraq, no Afghanistan.

Sure, no one knew the planes would be sent into buildings
but she did NOT prevent them from getting on the plane.

She is second on my hate list. 1) Cheney, 2) Bush, and
3) Condi

[opihimoimoi]

10. Arrogantly Delusional people have the Craziest Notions and Rationalzations

and BTW::: When is the Cage Death Match between Lil Bush abd BIG DOG happening??? just wishin.....

Rice will split the Black Vote and garner some of the Ladies votes too...

She will do well in the VP slot with Mc-Abby of the Lab....

Abi Normal...?

The Whole thought is Abi...LOL

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. beg to differ, honey. Black people don't like her.

At least the friends of mine don't.

[knixphan]

21. neither do mine.

[alphafemale]

23. She's about as popular as Clarance Thomas.

That shoe shopping photo op while NOLA drowned was the last straw for most people.

But yeah. Repugs are so fucking dense that they probably think putting her on the ticket will cause blacks AND women to vote for them in droves.

[opihimoimoi]

29. There will be a few who will...who knows...30%...15%..... 6%?

I agree...odds (mine) showes her an Ole John to lose their asses....that is IF they form a ticket...

[IDemo]

11. Put together the commercial: "Nobody could foresee this happening"

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Ya, really. I think that Repukes, deep down would cringe about

having a woman. At least my repuke inlaws would. My father in-law
won't even take his own plate to the kitchen - 'women's work'

[galaxy21]

14. Rice will not get any of the black vote

Despite being an African American herself, It's been reported how woefully out of touch she is with black people. I remember reading she was doing some sort of speech at an Afrian American event of sorts and it was noted how awkward and clueless she seemed with them.

Also, her defending of Bush after Katrina did her no favours.

[elfin]

15. Never happen - McPain NEEDS the racist vote

to win, if Obama prevails.

If it is Clinton - he needs the misogynist vote.

He will pick Sununu (sp?) or some younger blank slate with good hair.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

18. Interesting thoughts. Why Sununu?

[elfin]

20. Because he is from the Eastern Seaboard and`

he is younger (but then who isn't?) and has more of a brand name than others.

I cannot stand him -- but he can be portrayed as more moderate than his father (who couldn't?).

More well known than Pawlenty -- who is also a consideration in the state hosting the Repug convention.

Hagel would be hard to combat for Dems -- but apparently he HATES McPain.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

33. Actually, I was thinking Hagel might be a good choice for Obama

Am I crazy, probably yes. I had hopes Hagel would switch parties.
But, he acted like he was against the war and then voted with
all the other repukes.

McPain would never pick him - he's got go more conservative, right?

[galaxy21]

19. I don't think her status as a childless, single female helps

Doesn't bother me, personally. But it's very rare to have a single person as president or vice president. Votes like to see 'family men and women' in power.

[The Ghost]

22. Newsmax.

Enough said.

[Samantha]

25. Say what you like about Condi - her race, her gender BUT

here's the overriding bigger picture: she's incredibly dumb.

I actually did some research on her in 2001 because everyone was raving about her credentials. I actually pulled up some of the papers she authored at that time and could not believe this person the Republicans were raving about could have authored such unimpressive work. I told my Republican brother at that time, when he too raved about her, he should do his own research and judge her work for himself.

I believe her "performance" during her tenure in the Bush* administration only confirmed my early doubts about her. So if she is "chosen" to run with McCain and the Republicans win, we will continue to wade in the same level of excrement in which we now do with Bush*/Cheney. Four more years of that ... should be LIVE through them.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

35. You know you made me think. He'd probably never pick her

because of all the criticism about a continued Bush presidency - having her
would only add to that idea.

interesting about her intellect. I always thought of her as ineffectual first.

[rasputin1952]

26. Just the thought...

ah, forget it...:crazy:

[quakerboy]

30. That would put down a crap storm

Theoretically would put him in a good position to capitalize on the audience of whoever looses our little primary, as long as we only look at her race and sex, and ignore all her disqualifications. Hopefully we are all smarter than that, but given the number of people going down the "if my candidate doesn't win, I wont vote for yours" route, who knows.

[Lucinda]

31. Well the debates would be a hoot

Every answer she gives would begin with "I don't recall..."

[Warren DeMontague]

32. I really don't know why people get worked up about this gibberish. IT WON'T HAPPEN.

No, it's not 'cuz Condi is black, or a woman, either.

Remember all the noise about how Rudy was going to be the "front runner"? Remember how puffed-up media poobahs and analysts were so friggin' sure he had it as good as won?

Remember?

I do. I was saying "Sorry, it's not going to happen. No way, no how."

Same With Condi. She won't get within 100 light-years of a GOP Ticket. For the same reason as Rudy.

See Condi, for all her faults... like Rudy Guiliani... like Colin Powell- like a whole bunch of names self-styled "experts" like to float as potential GOP Candidates... is PRO CHOICE.

As are large numbers of other Republicans. As is, of course, an overwhelming majority of the American People.

But the religious crazies who run the GOP -people who can't even handle contraception being legal- are NOT going to let anyone insufficiently committed to the overturning of Roe v. Wade get anywhere near that ticket. Ever.

EVER.

Not going to happen.

[npincus]

34. Lotsa luck with THAT! LOL... she's been the least successful

Sec of State in many a year. Condi gets on a plane... gets off a plane... gets back on a plane... gets off a plane... snd NOTHING comes of it.