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bucheon bum · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

stillnotking · Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Location: Oregon, USA

She pointed to "improving ties with traditional allies in Europe, some of which were strained by the Iraq war"?

Uhh... whose Iraq war was that, again?

"It's OK, really, we're working on cleaning up this mess that we made. Hand me a Kleenex, I need to get started sopping up the first giant pool of sewage."

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Funny.

It's interesting in general how NONE of the Republicans want to mention Bush's name, but all of them want to put his failed 6-years of failed policies in overdrive (speaking of the highly criticized failed foreign policy in general).

dogshed · Joined: 28 Apr 2006

It's not a go it alone policy. The US is now begging everyone for help.

VanIslander · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 3:15 pm Post subject:

Rice is just pissed that nobody is noticing her efforts to foster multilateralism or at least international cooperation. One day she'll realize what an irrelevant puppet she's been for the Bush Administration.

Czarjorge · Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

Didn't you hear? "George Bush hates black people." The degree to which he makes Condees job difficult would certainly support that statement.

Rteacher · Joined: 23 May 2005 Location: Western MA, USA

Wasn't she at one point (before the current administration's big slide in popularity) reported to be Bush's prefered choice for the Republican nomination?

Maybe she's contemplating last-minute entry into the race to break a deadlock - and emerge as an historical participant in either the first "woman v. woman" or "black v. black" Presidential election...

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

I feel rather sorry for Condi and all the other members of the administration who do have to get jobs after this administration ends. How would you like to have to include service in one of the most unpopular administrations in history on your resume?

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

Are you kidding? Cabinet-level experience on your c.v.? Kissinger and other Nixon-Administration veterans seem to have done very, very well post-Nixon. If that is any indication.

Regards the OP: it is an election year; outgoing administrations make nice whipping boys, so to speak. People wanting to replace them will talk. Sometimes those in the outgoing administration will talk back. It does not mean much.

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

Ya-ta Boy · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Location: Established in 1994

Putting sarcasm aside for the moment, I see some people are from the Hollywood-'there-is-no-such-thing-as-bad-publicity' school of thought on this.

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

Perhaps I am describing "what is" while others are imagining "what should be?"

contrarian · Joined: 20 Jan 2007 Location: Nearly in NK

It is looking more and more like a Republican president coming up. With the Democrats main challegers be a black and a woman, both of whom start with 20 - 25% of the vote who won't vote for them for that very reason, things will be interesting.

bucheon bum · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

Well I agree with Gopher, I really doubt Condi Rice will have much of a problem finding a respectable position in 2009. Even the aforementioned Rumsfeld was able to become a part of the Hoover Institute at Stanford.