Senate Foreign Relations hearing of Dr. Condoleezza Rice to be Sec.of State. [LIVE Thread - Day 2] (

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[OXENinFLA]

Secretary of State Nomination
Part I

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HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

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Tuesday, January 18, 2005

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Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
- Break -
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Place: 216 Hart Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Lugar

 
 

Nominee:

Dr. Condoleezza Rice
    To be Secretary of State

The Hearing will Commence on Tuesday, January
    18, 2005 and will Continue, If Necessary, on the

    Following Day Wednesday, January 19, 2005.
    Immediately Following the Conclusion of Hearing,
    the Chairman Will Convene a Business Meeting to
    Vote on the Nomination.

[Rodney King]

These hearing are so lame. Listen to Voinovich ramble on like a jerk. Just ask her the damn questions and quit the grandstanding.

[Mo1]

You are right--wouldn't be surprised at all if Kerry skips out for the afternoon session

We'll have to keep an eye out for his vote

He is know for skipping out of town early

[mystery-ak]

Kerry said during his opening statement(campaign talking points) that he probably wouldn't be back this afternoon....he got his photo op for today.

[prairiebreeze]

WHAT?! We could have another crisis in Kosovo according to Voinovich?? You mean Clinton's air-bombing, no boots on the ground war hasn't worked in the long term?

Condi says must resolve Balkan issues or the rest of Europe can't be free. Says Kosovo, Serbia, is a thorny set of problems.

[BibChr]

HE came, he bloviated, he ran out of time, now he is at lunch I think.

Veni, blovii, posttempori, horsd'oeuvri.

Dan

[CAluvdubya]

Just an observation.....the Dow is going up, every time Condi talks! Started at 25.? and now is 50.? . The market likes Condi!

[CFC__VRWC]

HE came, he bloviated, he ran out of time, now he is at lunch I think.

Since it's Kerry, that lunch ought to last about three months or so, unless another chance for serious media face time comes up first.

[kingattax]

anyone think wesley can take a few questions on this ?

[Peach]

Kerry said during his opening statement(campaign talking points) that he probably wouldn't be back this afternoon.

I missed that. He's so overpaid.

[Danae]

Oh there is always round two of grilling. Or should I say grandstanding?

[prairiebreeze]

Now Voinovich brings up global anti-Semitism. Encourages Condi to give committment to the issue. Says he's concerned about the budget of hte OSCE to monitor the anti-Semitism issue. Wants to know if Condi knows about another conference to be held in Spain in June, recommends she be there.

She says she will look into budget issue. He says the Russians are slowing it down.

[isthisnickcool]

It's the first time Kerry has been there in years. Kerry is a bum for taking money for a job he has not done. But what's new, Kerry has always been a bum! He has spent a lifetime mooching off someone else.

I'm surprised Kerry could find Washington. He has been there so seldom. Not that it matters, Kerry basically has no real legislative history on his own. As a Senator he has not made any difference. He is an empty suit. Kerry is like the character in the movie "Being There". Kerry is a real life "Chance the Gardener". A well-dressed air head that sounds like he knows what he is talking about but is actually babbling most of the time.

Fake colored hair, fake face, shaved eyebrows, fake Senator. He just showed up for the cameras. John Kerry, the world's biggest fake, and what did he do? Nothing. Nada. Rice didn't even blink.

Kerry 0 / Bush 1

Kerry 0 / Rice 1

[prairiebreeze]

Weasley is too busy with Bill & Hills request that he run for DNC chair.

[gopwinsin04]

Skerry isnt even going to show for his second round of questions this afternoon?

[prairiebreeze]

What is this crap that we need to make people love us? Sheesh Voinovich, get a grip man...

[CFC__VRWC]

Kerry said during his opening statement(campaign talking points) that he probably wouldn't be back this afternoon....he got his photo op for today.

He really learned a lot from his defeat, didn't he?

[kingattax]

"we have to show people we love them"- voinovich........huh ???

[Petronski]

Veni, blovii, posttempori, horsd'oeuvri.

LOL

Senator KENNEDY: "Whores? Did somebody say whores?

[bvw]

Liars like to serve up lies in fragments. Without the context you gave -- a very simple and good one, btw, thank you -- that 3/5ths a man seems horrible and demeaning. Actually -- it enabled the free and hobbled the slaver. Eventually allowing the free to liberate the slaves.

It was NOT racist either. A white slave was also 3/5th's a person.

[Mo1]

Didn't we figure out that we DESTROYED the ammo from those dumps?

That was the last I heard

(still catching up on thread)