[Cicero]

When the Democrats appointed a token black woman to a high position, she immediately started talking about teaching school kids to use condoms in the back seats of their cars.

Buckley celebrates the comically ironical fact that Bush has stolen the Democrats' thunder, appointed a black woman to a high position, and what's more she's smart, trustworthy, and conservative.

[neverdem]

"And — mirabile dictu — a conservative! Okay, slide by that and concentrate on the theoretical and historical challenges she faces."

Buckley celebrates the comically ironical fact that Bush has stolen the Democrats' thunder, appointed a black woman to a high position, and what's more she's smart, trustworthy, and conservative.

I think what Buckley is trying to say is that Condi is not that conservative. I don't know what mirabile dictu means, but IIRC, Condi agrees with affirmative action and gun control.