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Bill Cosby snubs Dr. Rice
Roll Call ^
| 3-25-2004
| Ed Henry
Posted on 03/25/2004 10:37:57 AM PST by brothers4thID
There was quite a bit of chatter in the Capitol on Wednesday about some unexpected fireworks flying at a ceremony honoring civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height after comic Bill Cosby snubbed National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.
Cosby decided to voice his opposition to the Bush administrations foreign policy by refusing to sit next to Rice, as organizers
had planned, at the event in which Height received the Congressional Gold Medal from President Bush and Hill leaders.
Its too bad that Mr. Cosby couldnt cross the partisan divide, especially at an event for a great civil rights leader, griped one senior Congressional aide.
Rice, whos pretty busy dealing with the fallout from ex-White House aide Richard Clarkes book, was unaware of the slight and brushed it off.
Its a free country, Deputy National Security Adviser Jim Wilkinson told HOH.
There was a bit more civility and bipartisanship on display after Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) noted that as usual, the 92-year-old Height was the best-dressed woman in the joint.
Insiders tell HOH that Bush, who was sitting between Height and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), leaned in and whispered that he thought the Congresswoman had that honor.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
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Ok Roll Call is a rag and a left leaning one at that. However, I thought this snippet worthy of posting. I wasn't even aware of Cosby's views until now.
To: brothers4thID
Big Deal!
Cosby is the least relevant black man on the face of the eartrh.
Did he ever stand up and claim that daughter that he dissed for years?
He's a bum.
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:39:36 AM PST
by
Palladin
(Proud to be a FReeper!)
To: brothers4thID
Oh, I remember how Cosby celebrated OJ's acquittal with his college buddies. Shortly thereafter, Cosby's son was murdered by a recent Russian immigrant. Cosby and his wife blamed it on racist America.
Ironies.
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:41:03 AM PST
by
Mamzelle
(for a post-neo conservatism)
To: brothers4thID
Give him some pudding.
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:41:37 AM PST
by
Conspiracy Guy
(I almost stepped in some Kerry in my backyard.)
To: Palladin
I heard that Strom Thurmond slept with Bill Cosby when things were still measured in Cubits.
To: brothers4thID
That man just dissapoints me.
I WANT to like him. i really do!
We have several of his old albums and they are WONDERFUL even today! i liked the huxtable family, and I even liked the sweaters.
I felt so bad when his son Ennis was killed by that thug.
I guess I should have gotten my clue in " The Cosby Show" when the oldest daughter named her twins "Winnie" and "Nelson"
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:43:33 AM PST
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: brothers4thID
How crude.
As for Cosby, there are jokes about his Ph.D. And then there was his affair and attempt to blackmail him. On the other hand, Rice is intelligent and dignified and above such pettiness.
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:44:46 AM PST
by
Dante3
To: brothers4thID
He's just jealous of Condi because she has a real doctorate.
To: RedWhiteBlue
Condi got where she is without Robert Culp.
To: brothers4thID
give him some jello
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:49:55 AM PST
by
Khurkris
(Ranger On...)
To: brothers4thID; Pete-R-Bilt; B4Ranch; Excuse_My_Bellicosity
This isn't going to go over well in Utah, jello capitol of the planet.
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:53:29 AM PST
by
glock rocks
(What's that stuff on the lime jello and carrot salad?)
To: brothers4thID
.....his opposition to the Bush administrations foreign policy The Bush administration's foreign policy has nothing to do with Cosby's pettiness. If Clinton or another Demwit were currently the Prez and was conducting the exact same foreign policy as Bush now is, 'Cos would be praising it non-stop. Many people just can't see with their partisan shades on. .......it's a mental disease.
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:55:30 AM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: brothers4thID
Bill Cosby does not deserve to sit next to Condolezza Rice...
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:56:43 AM PST
by
chilepepper
(The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
To: Bluntpoint; mhking
I heard that they were twins separated at birth.
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:57:04 AM PST
by
Palladin
(Proud to be a FReeper!)
To: Khurkris
Jello attracts lesbians.
To: rdb3; Khepera; elwoodp; MAKnight; condolinda; mafree; Trueblackman; FRlurker; Teacher317; ...
Double-barrelled Mega-PING! to both lists! If you want on, FReepmail me!
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posted on
03/25/2004 10:59:44 AM PST
by
mhking
(The UN was supposed to be the last, best hope for peace...it failed.)
To: brothers4thID
Bill Cosby> acting like an ass.
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posted on
03/25/2004 11:02:12 AM PST
by
Recovering_Democrat
(I'm so glad to no longer be associated with the Party of Dependence on Government!)
To: mhking
As Eddie Murphy said, "Tell Bill I said to have a Coke and a smile and shut the #$%^& up."
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posted on
03/25/2004 11:02:19 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(Allah can kiss my @ss.)
To: chilepepper
He's a detriment to sit next to, just ask Martha Stewart.
To: brothers4thID
Who cares. I'm sure Dr. Rice would rather not sit next to an adulterer who allowed himself all those years to be blackmailed for child support, for a child he was too scared to have a paternity test for. What a putz!
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posted on
03/25/2004 11:05:52 AM PST
by
mass55th
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