[Rebelbase]

Still proccessing...............

[aberaussie]

sour grapes

[free_european]

"There are thousands of them that I know"

Must have an active social life to personally know thousands of people!

[SlowBoat407]

Ummm, how about some kudos to President Bush for recognizing that talent and giving it it's rightful place?

[MikefromOhio]

I good response would be something like:

neener neener neener

[LibFreeOrDie]

This is the same author who wrote an article titled "Beyonce Knowles, role model? You better believe it".

I guess Condi just is not in the same league as Beyonce!!

[SlowBoat407]

Translation: "You go, girl! But, ummm, not too far from the plantation, okay?"

[WolfRunnerWoman]

Typical envy-driven BS.

[HamiltonJay]

Envy, envy, envy... if they are a dime a dozen... why isn't the author of this article one?

Just a question.

[newheart]

"Not to diminish Rice’s accomplishments..."

BS. That is precisely the whole point of the article.

[You Dirty Rats]

It would be very interesting to see this writer's comments if and when Dr. Rice would be nominated for President or Vice President. My belief is that, like Donna Brazile, it will be very hard for these folks to avoid saying "You go, girl!"

[RexBeach]

Deborah Mathis is a whiner and a naysayer.

If she's so dadgummed smart, how come she isn't secretary of state?

[wvobiwan]

Waaahhhh, why isn't she a liberal?! Because Condi has sense and intelligence, not just activism.

It's most amusing to see that in conservative and moderate circles racism is diminishing, while in liberal circles racism is increasing. It's because the US is smart enough now to not be racist - unfortunately it's due to that same smartness that the US is not liberal.

Ooops.

[Blood of Tyrants]

As usual, the successful black's worst enemy is other blacks.

[federal]

Perhaps the next black woman secretary of state will take it a step further. Maybe she will upgrade the current occupant’s “package” (Rice’s term) by aligning herself with an administration that does not believe it is the world’s strict daddy. She will lend her talents to an administration that understands the world is not really its oyster and does not mistake warm receptions and rapt admirers for conciliation or accord.

What a load of trash, it took this ignorant administration "package" to appoint Mrs. Rice.

All those enlightened, nuanced and educated administrations have never come close to putting a Black person in such a powerful position, much less replacing the first black SOS with a black woman SOS.

This article is just a condecending load of trash.

[Mr. Jeeves]

She will lend her talents to an administration that understands the world is not really its oyster and does not mistake warm receptions and rapt admirers for conciliation or accord.

Such an Administration would never appoint her, because the Other Party thinks blacks are helpless victims, dependent on the Other Party's largesse for their very survival.

And the writer is confused if she thinks Condi Rice-types are a "dime a dozen". What the writer is speaking of are lot of pseudo-Condis like herself - liberal middle managers in government, corporate HR departments, or the editorial staffs of magazines, whose mouths and attitudes are a lot bigger than their resumes.

[WillVoteForFood]

Perhaps the next black woman secretary of state will take it a step further. Maybe she will upgrade the current occupant’s “package” (Rice’s term) by aligning herself with an administration that does not believe it is the world’s strict daddy. She will lend her talents to an administration that understands the world is not really its oyster and does not mistake warm receptions and rapt admirers for conciliation or accord.

I'm sure there have been a number of Phlegmocrat administrations that, in the opinion, of the writer fit the description above. Perhaps the question that should be asked, then, is why these more palatable administrations did not see fit as to place qualified "can-do sisters" in positions of authority as the Bush administration has done. Surely, its not that these superior administrations only pay lip service to the can-do sisters of the world?

[Piranha]

There are thousands of them that I know; millions more that I know are out there. In those whirlwind days, they all danced on the head of Condoleezza Rice – the world’s first glimpse of the kind of women the black community has been routinely producing, though the world was unaware.

And finally, looking outside of the prism of the Democratic party, one of these women finally is able to take center stage.

I do not believe that the American black community as a whole is oblivious to this. I do think that, over time, more of them will see that Republicans represent personal empowerment and an ability to live one's life authentically, as oneself (gee, I sound libertarian and I'm really not).

[bill1952]

She will lend her talents to an administration that understands the world is not really its oyster and does not mistake warm receptions and rapt admirers for conciliation or accord.


What absolute horsecrap. Those administrations do not want any black women hanging around.

Whoever wrote this garbage should reflect on that, instead of trying to feed us the same manure that lost them the White House, the Senate, and the House.

[pepperdog]

Isn't this columnist just too cute? Couldn't pass up the opportunity to make a really relevant comment about Secretary Rice's teeth! How supremely stupid.

[CaptRon]

...38 years since Deborah Mathis had a rational non-partisan thought...