NightSwimmer
Senator
She embodies everything that was wrong with the George W. Bush administration foreign policy.
Condoleezza was a bad choice.
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She embodies everything that was wrong with the George W. Bush administration foreign policy.
the whoocudanode gal. failed as NSA, promoted to Secty of State, pet of the late Ghaddafi.
Rice got more reaction and sustained applause than any speaker so far. She actually said a lot of centrist things and even progressive ideas eg failed education and poverty as an internal security threat.
But I know what you mean about Rice. Hard to forget Rice's evocation of mushroom clouds over America if we didn't invade Iraq. Likewise, Rice's claim nobody could imagine using airplanes as weapons was a bald faced lie. There's a reason why the 9/11 commission finally demanded that Rice provide testimony under oath.
But I know what you mean about Rice. Hard to forget Rice's evocation of mushroom clouds over America if we didn't invade Iraq. Likewise, Rice's claim nobody could imagine using airplanes as weapons was a bald faced lie. There's a reason why the 9/11 commission finally demanded that Rice provide testimony under oath.
NightSwimmer
Senator
[video=youtube;zYa9EFcvsrE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zYa9EFcvsrE[/video]
The most "undeserved promotion" in US history!
NightSwimmer
Senator
[video=youtube;qyKOkGjodhY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=qyKOkGjodhY[/video]
KnotaFrayed
Mayor
Lead from behind???
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/26/gop-2012-hopefuls-critici_n_840972.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Osama_bin_Laden
So what was Condeleeza intoning??
In 2008, under President George W. Bush, 31% of Germans had a favorable view of the United States. In 2012, under President Obama, 52% do. In Japan, in 2008, 50% had a positive view of America. Now, 72% do.
But in many Muslim countries Obama's policies have damaged views of the United States. In Pakistan, favorable views slipped from 19% in 2008 to 12% in 2012. In Egypt, favorable views decreased from 22% to 19%.
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/13/poll-obama-policies-weaken-support-for-america/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/26/gop-2012-hopefuls-critici_n_840972.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Osama_bin_Laden
So what was Condeleeza intoning??
In 2008, under President George W. Bush, 31% of Germans had a favorable view of the United States. In 2012, under President Obama, 52% do. In Japan, in 2008, 50% had a positive view of America. Now, 72% do.
But in many Muslim countries Obama's policies have damaged views of the United States. In Pakistan, favorable views slipped from 19% in 2008 to 12% in 2012. In Egypt, favorable views decreased from 22% to 19%.
http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/13/poll-obama-policies-weaken-support-for-america/
NightSwimmer
Senator
Now little Paulie is whining about cronyism. That's rich.
NightSwimmer
Senator
She might have been the most talented speaker on stage tonight, but Andrea Mitchell reduced her to stuttering when she interviewed Condoleezza after the convention was over. She couldn't justify either the actions of the Bush administration or her stated preference for Mitt Romney's "foreign policy expertise".
Woolleybugger
Mayor
I keep wondering why she remains a figure to respect and admire. This is a woman who sat on her ass while OBL plotted to kill Americans and then when confronted with her incompetence pleaded innocent. Then she advised invading a nation that had nothing to do with 9-11 and sits there without any shame at all. What a piece of work. Shame on Stanford for hiring this woman.
NightSwimmer
Senator
Aside from the paycheck, I can't imagine why she was there last night. Condi's political views on social and economic issues are 180 degrees out of sync with the mainstream views of the Republican Party.
As for her foreign policy opinions, she has been thoroughly discredited as a top FP advisor in an administration that presided over the most disastrous FP failure in modern history.
Fred Kaplan offers his critique of Condi's performance here.
The Republican Party has now openly admitted that their strategy in this election campaign is to blatantly lie in the face of factual refutation and to rely upon the stupidity of the American electorate to swallow their deception hook, line and sinker.
I don't understand how anyone who values truth could, in good conscience, cast a vote for these immoral, intellectually bankrupt drones. Then again, I'm probably over-optimistic in my expectation that a majority of my fellow citizens posses either intellectual curiosity, a moral compass or even a vestigial remnant of self-esteem.
As for her foreign policy opinions, she has been thoroughly discredited as a top FP advisor in an administration that presided over the most disastrous FP failure in modern history.
Fred Kaplan offers his critique of Condi's performance here.
The Republican Party has now openly admitted that their strategy in this election campaign is to blatantly lie in the face of factual refutation and to rely upon the stupidity of the American electorate to swallow their deception hook, line and sinker.
I don't understand how anyone who values truth could, in good conscience, cast a vote for these immoral, intellectually bankrupt drones. Then again, I'm probably over-optimistic in my expectation that a majority of my fellow citizens posses either intellectual curiosity, a moral compass or even a vestigial remnant of self-esteem.
