BIRTHDAY GIRL [CONDI RICE]

NY Post ^ | November 17, 2004 | Page Six

[ejdrapes]

BIRTHDAY GIRL

NEWLY appointed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was shocked Saturday when her pals threw her a surprise 50th birthday party. Rice thought she was going to a low-key dinner, and was stunned when her driver pulled into the British Embassy. Katherine Manning, the ambassador's wife, had invited President and Laura Bush, Karl Rove, Karen Hughes, Colin Powell and Vernon Jordan. "And she was surprised," said guest Sheila Stainback of the New York Civil Liberties Union. Rice changed into a red dress Oscar de la Renta had sent over for the party.

[ejdrapes]

I love Condi. I really hope she's given a chance to make her mark during these next four years. I say Condi in 2008!

[PeaceCorpsGuy]

Condi ROCKS!

[tjwmason]

Lady Manning hosting a private party of Dr. Rice bodes well for the coallition. The new Secretary of State is clearly a personal friend with the ambassador's wife.

As we saw with Thatcher-Reagan (and Blair-Clinton) personal relationships can add a great deal to diplomacy.

[Hardastarboard]

All you MSM and DU lurkers who keep calling the Red state voters racist, do you see a pattern here of near worship of this powerful BLACK woman? Does that sound racist to you idiots?

[Churchjack]

Holy Smokes!! Is that pic from 2001?

[OldFriend]

Don't you get it.......it's not that she's black, it's that she's a strong woman.....is why we can't stand Condi!!!!!!!!!!

sarcasm intended!!!

[Moose4]

No way, no how, would I EVER piss that woman off. Nuh-uh. I'm no rocket scientist, but I'm not stupid!

Condi rocks, plain and simple.

}:-)4

[cantweall]

Vernon Jordan??

Wasn't he Clinton's legal advisor during Monica-gate? Didn't he represent Kerry in meetings with James Baker covering rules of the presidential debates? Why would he be at a surprise party for Condi?

[standupfortruth]

Is it not refreshing to have a President in the Whitehouse who we do not even have to suspect for one moment of having anything going on with his Secy of State elect, despite his closeness and obvious high regard for her? If this were Clinton there would be Jesse Jackson style rumors all over the web and they would likely have an element of truth besides.

[DollyCali]

you are right.. condi is like a sister to both Laura & the president

[Chieftain]

Your link has nothing about Condi's b-day!

[BibChr]

Sigh.

She's turning 50, and she's accomplished THIS.

Next year, I turn fifty, and....

Dang, thanks for ruining my whole day.

Dan
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[cyborg]

The Condi Mad Face.... shrinking the already microscopic appendages of liberals worldwide.

[katieanna]

Condi, you go girl! A swanky surprise b-day party with a red de La Renta specially made for the event?! Condi,you are the IT girl!

[Capriole]

She's turning 50, and she's accomplished THIS. Next year, I turn fifty, and.... Dang, thanks for ruining my whole day.

And she's beautiful, and she's a classical pianist, and she's a brilliant professor, and she writes well, and and and. . .

I sigh too.

[BibChr]

Hey, but you're a *published* novelist. I'm an UNpublished novelist/writer. You got that over me.

Dan
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