Palin: Condi Rice "Would Be A Wonderful Vice President"

Real Clear Politics ^ | July 13, 2012

[Free ThinkerNY]

"I think that Condoleezza Rice would be a wonderful vice president and she certainly has much more experience than our sitting president," former Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) said when asked for her reaction to news that Rice is near the top of Romney's list for VP.

Palin is asked by host of "On the Record" Greta van Susteren what she thought about Rice being "moderately pro-choice."

Palin tells host of "On the Record" Greta van Susteren that she would prefer a pro-life vice presidential candidate, however she says ultimately the power to legislate abortion does not lie with the vice president.

[Kazan]

If Obama wins, in 2016 what are the odds we will have a free and fair election? And, after that, that ANY conservative, ever, would be elected again? I put it at zero to, max, 25%.

What sort of evidence do you have to backup the notion election fraud is going to be any greater in 2016 than it has been in the past? Or do you think Obama is going to rig elections, use force to persecute his political enemies and eliminate freedom of the press like Hugo Chavez did in Venezuela, which is a completely paranoid belief?

It's this sort of hyperbole that keeps conservatives voting for establishment Republicans that only take the country further to the left.

[Kazan]

Because after all, at the end of the day it's more important to be smugly self-assured of one's superior purity than to actually govern.

It's being pure, voting one's conscience or feeling superior, it is simply about commonsense. Conservatism isn't advanced by voting liberals. Liberal Republicans advance liberalism.

Believe me, we can have economic suffering and out-and-out socialism before we allow unborn children to be slaughtered with no political opposition.

[wardaddy]

Folks here will excuse anything Sarah Palin says.

Fact is she is wrong on this period. No social conservative would call Condi Rice “wonderful” with a straight face.

Palin did not run when we hoped she would.

This is not magic....there is no cleverness here...no chess game.

She did not run and look where we are now.

Frankly I feel like Rhett to Scarlett.

I don’t give a damn what she says.

Anymore.

I will never forget how she just meekly opted out via Mark Levin...that damned book spooked her. No question to me.

If it wasn’t that then she deserves scorn for leading folks to think she would run for years.

Incredible really.

but the cult continues I’m sure

[wardaddy]

His one flaw.

and it’s personal

Condi has many.

[SisterK]

Too funny...Yep, Palin the RINO.

[SisterK]

The opposition around Condi? Well, uh, she is Bush tainted. And Bush brought us Hussein Obuttcrack.

[LibLieSlayer]

I deeply appreciate your post and I am also thankful that someone else sees this as a viable solution. The problem is that I am convinced that mitt and his people could not care less whether we vote for him or not. His inaction will prove that what I say is true. I would be pleasantly surprised if he actually signs such a commitment... but I have a better chance of hitting the lottery than mitt signing a binding contract with America that would stop him from following what is truly in his mind and heart.

LLS

[SisterK]

LS is not a critical thinker. Just a troll picking a fight OR does not understand that if the muslim takes us down, or the RINO takes us down, we are still going down.

[Crawdad]

OK. The Great and Powerful Palin has spoken. If Romney doesn’t pick Rice, now, I’ll never vote for him. Because Palin is never wrong,it’s the only logical choice I have.

[DallasSun]

I do not think Rice would have anything to do with the Romney campaign. She has said she is not interested in running for VP. And I would imagine especially with Romney.

[DallasSun]

Love the pic trisham. Also, onyx’s pic of Sarah putting on her red high heels. Priceless.

[DallasSun]

onyx, I should have pinged you to my above post to trisham. Hope you are well, onyx.

[DallasSun]

True and there is no such thing as a “moderate pro choice” person.

[DallasSun]

I had the same reaction you did. Laughter. Sarah Palin has now been called a rino. Makes the term completely meaningless.

[DallasSun]

That would be three. That would make three of us.

[NoRedTape]

"Condi would be welcomed with open arms if chosen by the FREEPERS...."

I highly doubt that.

[DallasSun]

And I guess I am not a conservative because hell will freeze over before I vote for Romney. But I am in good company with JR.

[SoConPubbie]

Conservatives who do not vote for Romney are not conservatives.

You either want to protect this country from Obama, or you’re complicit.

Really????

So when someone like the owner of the website you are so blithely posting such nonsense refuses to vote for Romney, he's not a conservative?

[Jim Robinson]

People who vote for known abortionist/homosexualist big government statists like Romney are definitely NOT conservatives. If you’re a Republican at all, you’re a true blue GOP-e loving big tent RINO and definitely not a defender of Life and Liberty!!

[Jim Robinson]

Condi is an abortionist/homosexualist. Definitely not a defender of Life and Liberty.

[rurgan]

So you thread police want to ban Sarah Palin , Rush , Levin, Hannity , Coulter and other conservatives because they say one thing or are for a candidate. yeah you say off with their heads. brilliant , while Obama and democrats destroy this country you all are focusing your fire on these conservatives.

[Katarina]

LOL Palin used to be pro life. I guess she has changed more then I realized.

[trisham]

Thanks, DallasSun. :)

[Reily]

Department of Homeland Security Thugs???
How many divisions is that?
How many regiments or battalions?
Companies, squads? You mean the TSA fat asses at the airport molesting passengers? Secret Service? ICE?, maybe the Coast Guard? These don't give me images of panzers occupying my state capital!
And don't call me sonny boy! And you are right I shouldn't school you! ....it's a waste of time!

[LS]

You're not answering my question: Do you think if Romney wins that there will be free and fair elections in 2016?

On the other hand, do you think if Obama wins there will be free and fair elections in 2016?

And I don't feel "locked out" of power at all. In OH, I helped get Jim Jordan elected; contributed to Josh Mandel; got a district committeewoman who is a real conservative elected over a RINO; and on and on. I feel progress every day at my level. But please answer the question.

[NKP_Vet]

Bush was a RINO and the vast majority of his administration were RINOs, and that certainly includes the pro-abort, homo-marriage-friendly Rice. She was also a terrible Secretary of State. Ask Donald Rumsfeld about her.

[NKP_Vet]

When Palin comes out and starts saying how great of a president Willard will be we will all know she has lost it. I don’t think it will happen. Only last week Hannity asked her what she thought about Willard as the GOP nominee and she said “well Sean, I have always said ANYBODY BOT OBAMA”. Truth of the matter is she despises Willard because he’s a wishy-washy RINO and badmouthed her during the 2008 campaign.

[editor-surveyor]

I’m sure she’ll still work to elect him, since Obama would be instant death for the US.

[F15Eagle]

Thank you.

And a would-be Israel-divider to boot.

Not what we want at all.

[heye2monn]

Unmarried, too. Unmarried at the age of 57. It would be just our luck that she gets elected VP and come out as gay. Knowing the Romney crowd, she’d probably get married on the South Lawn.

[mkjessup]

Well sonny boy, guess we need to review your rather dramatic case of premature exasperation...

Department of Homeland Security Thugs???
How many divisions is that?
How many regiments or battalions?
Companies, squads?
You mean the TSA fat asses at the airport molesting passengers? Secret Service? ICE?, maybe the Coast Guard? These don't give me images of panzers occupying my state capital!

Of course, it could never happen in your state. Impossible.
Just like those Austrians who just knew that Herr Schicklgruber would never annex them. Uh uh, couldn't happen.

And don't call me sonny boy!

Oops, too late.

And you are right I shouldn't school you! ....it's a waste of time!

I doubt there is anything in your collection of knowledge and tid bits that would interest me, unless it was how you managed to get those effin blinders on your head that tight.

[LS]

By the way---and I'm not just throwing this out to "make nice": I think the smartest move Romney could make as a veep would be Goode. He would simultaneously solve a) the conservative concerns (or some small measure of them; b) the ticket-balancing issue; and c) would not take away a sitting senator whom we desperately need in the Senate or a governor from a potential swing state where we will need someone to WATCH the votes! Oh, and d) it would take the 3d party issue off the ballot and ensure Romney wins VA, and, I think, the election.

I don't think Romney will do it, and probably Goode wouldn't do it either, but it would sure be the deal clincher for the election.

[NittanyLion]

You’re the most pure conservative I’ve ever met. Maybe the most pure that exists on this forum. Great work maintaining utter and total purity! We may have Obama reelected, but at least you’ll have your moral superiority intact.

[Friendofgeorge]

My post to you was ONLY about your bashing/lying about Gov Palin, nothing more

[NKP_Vet]

Joe the bartender could do a better job that Obummber.

[Reily]

you are way too clever for me!

[rodguy911]

I notice none of you guys can answer the question.No surprise.

[Kazan]

You’re the most pure conservative I’ve ever met.

Funny, while others here were tearing into Perry, Newt and Santorum, I was fine with any of the three so long as a Romney nomination could have been avoided.

[Kazan]

Do you think if Romney wins that there will be free and fair elections in 2016?

Why don't you tell us why don't think there will be if Obama is reelected.

You're spewing paranoid hyperbole.

[editor-surveyor]

But Joe the Bartender has no chance of getting into the Offal Orifice.

[ColdSteelTalon]

Thats all the response you deserve...

[ColdSteelTalon]

No bashing here. Just pointing out that Republicans including Palin need to stop supporting RINOs like Mitt and Rice. When we run Conservative we win. Every time. I want to win the election this fall. But the Rockefeller Republicans run the party and that is formula for failure.

I hope that Romney wins I really do. Just like I hoped Bob Dole would win. But I see a pattern here that I just don't like. I am voting for whoever is running against Obama. But I really think that Mitt Romney is not going to be significantly different.

Republicans and Democrats at the top of the political food chain are intermarrying in Washington DC. They can't be too far apart when they are doing that.

I want to hear Mitt say something thats going to convince the conservatives that he really means business.

[Gator113]

“Hitting the mark with iron sites (no scope) at 300 yards.”

I won’t dual with you.... 300 yards is very good.

I have a Rock River LAR-15, 5.56 with EOTech optics and I would never bother to try to reach that far out, because I know I’d miss the mark. LOL

Anyway, you might not be a bad guy in person, but you need to deal with your PDS.

Good luck.

[One Name]

I understand your concerns...

Sarah P is not the Second Coming. But, she fought hard and long when most conservative men were hovering, waiting for the wind to blow favorably.

She earned my respect at that point; she ain’t no punk.

She worked for the Tea Parties when “conservative” men were licking their wounds and sticking their finger in the air to see when it was safe.

Blast her all you wish; she carried the fight to the enemy when the men
(save a few) were punks.

[Gator113]

dual=duel

[ColdSteelTalon]

Gator113 I am a lifelong Conservative. But our leaders have to stop supporting RINO's The mushy middle does nothing but lose elections. Palin when she supports RINO's ends up with that label. Its not fair but those who you support is a reflection on you especially in politics. I would vote for Palin if she were running and I am voting for Mitt (proof that I don't have PDS). But I am under no illusions that when the Republicans run to the mushy middle they lose elections.

I did not like Bob Dole but I supported him and worked at his campaign headquarters in Atlanta in 96. And when he said he did not feel bound to the GOP platform, I had that huge sinking feeling that we had just lost the election.

The GOP needs to be purged of RINO's And people who support them, they need to form the RINO party or something.

[NKP_Vet]

If a completely unknown, experienced ward politician can become president there’s hope for anyone, if the right people get behind him/her with the money. Money is the name of the game. Obummer will go down in history as worse than
Jimmy Carter, and that’s saying mouthful. He has been totally incompetent in all areas.

[LS]

Do you think there will be free and fair elections in 2016 if Obama wins?

I don't. Is that "hyperbole?" Really?

[Gator113]

“Its not fair....”. “I would vote for Palin if she were running...”

Okay. I apologize for getting so “in your face”. When I see what I consider Palin bashing, I instantly see red. I also don’t disagree with the rest of this post.

As for Romney, I guess time will tell with me. I can’t stand the man, but I absolutely hate Obama’s guts.

There are many folks that consider themselves to be conservatives that have quickly joined in support for Romney. I understand their argument, I truly get it, but I am just not there and I am not sure I will ever be. I keep hoping that something will happen that will be the one piece to put me over, but I am a hard sell.

One thing is certain, I have never seen my country so dan screwed up and for the moment, her future looks very bad.

BTW, I can’t drink RC (diabetes), but I love Chili. ;>)

[Gator113]

dan=damn