Bush elevates Condi Rice to State as fear grips Democrats
by JohnHuang2
Secretary of State Colin Powell announced on Monday he was stepping down, writing in his one-page resignation letter that "the time has come for me to step down as Secretary of State and return to private life." When Powell was nominated four years ago, he let everyone in Washington and his sister know he was stepping down after one term, so everyone in Washington and his sister was naturally shocked that Powell was stepping down after one term. "I always indicated to the president I would serve for one term," Powell told reporters, who noted this proves Powell was being driven out.
 "I will always treasure the four years that I've spent with President Bush," Powell further told reporters, who noted this proves Powell was tired of being mistreated by Bush. So, he wasn't being driven out -- just quitting. Powell informed his staff early Monday morning of his plans. His plans were on Al-Jazeera 2 seconds later. (Foggy Bottom can sure keep a secret!)
Departures of major Cabinet figures after a President's first term are pretty routine, so this one came as a shock at the New York Times. And the Washington Post.
And to Warren Strobel of Knight Ridder newspapers, still trudging along through stages of denial, 2 weeks after his loser lost the elections. So sad. Strobel, who occasionally tries to imitate a reporter, wrote Monday that Powell's departure means one less "cautionary" voice that "had often acted as a brake on" Bush's "aggressive foreign policy." ("Not much of a brake, if you ask me," noted that other loser, Saddam, in a statement from prison.) Other than in Iraq, Afghanistan, France, Germany, Canada, North Korea, the U.N. and the whole Mideast, Powell's voice acted as a powerful brake, say experts.
Now with Powell and his cautionary voice gone, Strobel says many 'fear' a shift to the 'right' in U.S. foreign policy. (At press time, it wasn't clear why Bush, re-elected by 60 million Americans, had not sought Strobel's advice beforehand.) Keen analysts noted keenly that the loss of Powell, who is very popular around the world, will have dire implications for the U.S. (Yeah, even al-Qaeda will really hate us now.)
As evidence that Powell's departure means Bush is about to bring on Armageddon, Strobel notes just who happens to be Powell's replacement: Condi Rice, whom liberals, in their noble effort to promote workplace diversity, dismiss as a "right-wing" neo-con posing as a black chick and therefore not really black and that, anyway, Bush should've picked Joe Lieberman, a white guy. Strobel says he's afraid of Condi. This fear of powerful "right-wing" black chicks seems to grip most liberals. (In fact, Girlie-men like Strobel fear powerful women in general; tyrants like Ann Coulter, Karen Hughes, Laura Bush, Mary Matelin. Why can't these women be docile, meek and un-opinionated, like Hillary and Teresa?)
Strobel and Co. say moving Condi to State is scary because Bush not only is trying to set up a system of female dominance but, in appointing Rice, Bush appoints a Presidential adviser as Secretary of State, "eliminating the few independent centers of power in the U.S. national security apparatus and cementing the system under" his "personal control." (Headline: President Brings U.S. Government Under His Control! Scary Details Inside.) For whatever silly reason, Bush thinks he has a mandate to run things. Who does he think he is, Warren Strobel or somethin'? Condi passes the Brass Pair Test with flying colors, so by moving Condi to Foggy Bottom, Bush threatens to ruin a perfectly dysfunctional agency. Exactly why an outdated fiefdom for inept career diplomats needs infusion of new talent and new blood isn't clear. (CBS's Mary Poppins of "60 Minutes" is investigating.) Besides, after getting rid of all the dead-wood holdovers and fixing the whole stultifying bureaucracy, what's Condi gonna to do for week two on the job? She'll get bored.
The same kind of shake-up is going on at CIA, another of Strobel's "independent centers of power in the U.S. national security apparatus" that silly Bush thinks needs fixing. (And we all know what a great job CIA has done capturing Osama, stopping 9/11, locating WMDs, locating Joe Wilson, etc. One high-level official even predicts the fall of Soviet communism any day now. Don't worry, it's a Slam Dunk!)
"Anybody who thought that a 'Bush 2' foreign policy would be more moderate, multilateral, (John) Kerry-like foreign policy just doesn't understand this president, or this election," Brookings scholar Ivo Daalder is quoted by Strobel as saying.
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So, lemme get this straight: 60 million voters say no to hip-hop P. Diddy's foreign policy, yet Bush has no plans to adopt it?
A word about Powell. He may have had his differences with our President, but, come crunch-time, he saluted like the good soldier he is and always has been. He embodies true patriotism and love of nation. He served his country with distinction. With honor. He defended the President with eloquence and force and passion and poise. He gave it his all. Small wonder Bush had utmost confidence in him. And now a grateful nation says, Thank You, Secretary Powell.
Oh, one more thing, Sir. Can you take the State Dept. with you? ;-)
Anyway, that's...
My two cents
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