Posted on 07/13/2012 7:05:29 AM PDT by fluorescence
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the last GOP running mate, predicted former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would make a “wonderful” vice president for Mitt Romney.
“I think that Condoleezza Rice would be a wonderful vice president, and she certainly has much more experience than our sitting president does today,” Palin said Thursday night on Fox News’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.”
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Hopefully Sarah was trying not to rock the boat, believing that Condi won’t be the pick. While it is true that Rice is more qualified than Obama, she is a liberal. Picking her would disgust me and most conservatives who value principle over party. The GOP needs to break from the Bushes—no Condi, Jeb, or George P. I just wish that someone would stand up and say “I’m a pro-life, pro-family, tax cutting, freedom loving, small government conservative,” and mean it.
‘and she certainly has much more experience than our sitting president does today,” Palin said...’
Baboooom! Talk about a major slap at Zero! I will certainly disagree with Sarah about a Rice-a-Romney ticket but she might have said that just to make a truthful point about Zero when comparing him to Rice.
Don’t know if the Leftists will gnash their teeth on that one but I hope they do!
Oh the outrage!
And they will.
But it might be the first time a VP candidate votes for the opposition presidential candidate.
For all the ABR’s - why do you care who mittens picks since you are not voting for him anyway?
Maybe everyone is just afraid to say that Condi is very pro-choice, but only for democrats. Then again people keep letting the left use the terms pro-life and pro-choice instead of anti-abortion and abortionists.
Romney isn’t going to choose West because West acts more more presidential with just a few spoken words than Romney does with a one hour campaign speech.
I am now in the ABO camp. The good news is that I do believe this is a trial balloon and nothing more.
Condi Rice is a believer in the Church of Globull Warming.
FLASHBACK: Rice laments Bush rejection of Kyoto-Rice believes not ‘promising’ to seek alternatives to Kyoto was a ‘self-inflicted’ wound.
Article link: http://junkscience.com/2011/10/23/condoleeza-rice-laments-bush-rejection-of-kyoto/
So I say NO to Rice, she is just another RINO or dare I say she is being given consideration for an affirmative action reason. Very Obama-ish.
Heck yes
Allen West for VP-a true American conservative!
Rice or Rubio as VP = Race pandering.
Just what we need MORE of in this downwardly spiraling country....
Everyone please vote Republican down ticket!
Rice will split the black vote up and swing the womans vote around. Win. Done. Except for a lot of men that won't vote for a woman regardless. Lose some votes to gain many votes.
"I will raise your black man, with a black WOMAN!"
Other than that it's a bust. Condi describes herself as a 'moderate republican' (read: old-style Democrat). Her positions are here.M Only one I saw that was 100% on my side was the gun control position.
The problem with Condi is that she is an anti-Israel fanatic. What about all those Jewish votes Mitt was going to pick up? Now they'll have an excuse to stick with Obama.
Sarah is very kind.
For sure, she has broad foreign policy experience.
Other world leaders know her and have worked with her.
She would be very qualified in that regard. Also, there is NO question about HER citizenship, education, personal associations...etc. :)
“Watch the video. Sarah is definitely not enthusiastic about Rice. She then followed up that the team should be PRO LIFE.”
Thank you for the heads-up. Just reading the article - without seeing the actual video - had me very worried, but I think you are totally correct in your assessment. If Sarah had come out right away and said “No Way!” to Condi the press would have spun it into a big fight and sour grapes and who knows what else....
I hope and pray this is just a trial balloon and that Romney doesn’t pick Rice. It would be a disaster and would guarantee Obama’s re-election.
Blasphemy!!!
Picking an Obama-supporting pro-abort as a running mate would be a big-time snub to the party's conservatives.
Mitt could pick Squiggy from Laverne and Shirley and I'd still vote for him.
Fire 0.
I agree. Lots of people thought Kaine would be against the death penalty when he was gov of VA, but he wasn’t even though he had publicly said he was against it.
I'm thinking WTH???
New tagline...
If mittens wants a woman - Susan Martinez would be my choice.
She is a down to earth gov who is getting it done.
Rice has never run for elected office. Her executive qualifications are suspect. We want her a heartbeat away from the Presidency? Romney needs to select a Conservative and someone who will inspire confidence that they can assume the Presidency. Token picks like Rice are what got us into this mess under our first Affirmative Action President.
That's the GOP National Pastime.
“I hthought Sarah was pro-life.”
Yeah, well, sooner or later people will see Sarah’s true colors...she’s a ‘team’ player...and it ain’t the conservative team!
Don’t be fooled by Rice! She’s the one who went to Mexico and gave illegal aliens Social Security! She’s the worst kind of globalist/elitist and was NEVER conservative! She likes the Kyoto treaty!
She is ALL about amnesty! Do some research before you swallow this BS!
Now Sarah will be person non grata in Freeperland.
That is ridiculous. Obama will easily get 90% of the black vote. Rice will be called a sellout Oreo cookie.
ALLEN WEST !!
ALLEN WEST !!
ALLEN WEST !! We need someone with LEADERSHIP ! that needs to be repeated !!!!
ALLEN WEST !!
ALLEN WEST !!
ALLEN WEST !!
ALLEN WEST !!
ALLEN WEST !!
That may well be true. History will be the judge.
But today most Americans believe that the Iraq war was a mistake. So putting Rice on the ticket will result in a net loss of votes, especially among the independents.
This is the same stupid RINO reasoning that makes the GOP the stupid party. To begin with, Black Reps are no longer black. Michael Steele, Lynn Swann, and Ken Blackwell found that out. And blacks will vote 95% for Obama in 2012 just like they did in 2008. Why would then shift their vote to vote for a black VP versus a black President who is more aligned with the ideology and interests?
How many female votes did Palin bring to the GOP ticket? Women voted for Obama 56% to 43% in 2008. In 2004 women voted 51% to 49% for Kerry.
I think you hit the nail on the head. Palin most probably was just following Reagan's old rule: Don't speak ill of fellow Republicans.
It would be insane for Romney to support Rice for VP.
I happen to admire Condoleeza Rice very much. Accomplished, principled and a picture of grace under fire.
Her Russian studies background should be especialy helpful in any administration, considering the direction of that country of late.
She is my age but has done far more in her years than I have in mine. I would support that choice.
Honestly, I don’t see a lot of folks here being hapy with any choice and I find that sad. My other top pick is Bobby Jindal..but I’m sure I’ll get as many (not natural born) responses as someone suggesting Marco Rubio. We have a strong bench of many up and comers. Jindal would also be an excellent choice for HHS.
Kind of funny you saying that when a lot of people here voted for Sarah, and not McCain.
Susana has said NO.
That’s my guess. If anyone knows how careful a public person has to be, it’s Sarah.
Sun Tzu
Great Googly-Moogly is there anyone left that’s not a sellout?!
I was one of those.
I wanted Palin. I want Palin. I’d vote for Palin in a second.
However I want Romney now, a whole mess of a lot more than Obama.
That is the important fact now. Obama. Must. Go.
Please put down the Condi-Aide and back away.
Considering what is going on with Russia & China, Condi would be great.
Right on from me too. The signal to noise ratio around here is scratching the bottom.
For me it’s similar to where we were situated in ‘08 - looking at the dismal prospects of voting for a thug or a dufus and wondering if that dufus would do anything to ameliorate the situation. He did by selecting Sarah Palin.
Even though I recognize that VP is largely symbolic, choosing Palin demonstrated that his judgment and priorities weren’t completely screwed up.
We’re considerably worse off now, four years later, than we were with McScrooge. The stakes are higher and the cushion far thinner. We can’t afford to screw it up - but it looks like the GOP is determined to do precisely that. If it’s to be a repeat performance of pubbies falling flat on their faces I’d rather not participate.
Mittens could make this sh!t-sandwich palatable by choosing someone with depth, experience, and smarts. Or he could choose condi.
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