The Power of Rice (Condi vs. Hillary, 2008)

National Review Online's The Buzz ^ | June 14, 2004 | Eric Pfeiffer

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The Power of Rice

The Hotline also polled on some questions concerning 2008. In their poll, Hillary Clinton has a positive approval rating of 48 to 44 percent.

By contrast, Condoleezza Rice has a 59 to 25 percent approval rating.

By an overwhelming percentage of 85 to 9, respondents said they would be comfortable supporting a female candidate for the White House. And by a greater margin, 86 to 4 percent, participants said they would vote to support an African-American candidate who was well qualified.

Rice also strongly outpolls Clinton on all national security questions: who is stronger on national security issues, ability to handle an international crisis, ability to protect the U.S. from a terrorist attack, ability to manage Iraq and ability to be a “strong and decisive” leader.

For more on Rice, please check out my NRO piece today.

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Well, if any of you skeptics are still in denial about how strong Condi would Run against Hillary, here's the latest from The Hotline. We have further Condi news and views, plus the usual assortment of caps, t-shirts, bumper stickers, even lapel pins for your inner Condi enthusiast just waiting to get out, at our website, AmericansForRice.com. Eric Pfeiffer just interviewed several of our people and wrote a good piece about us, which you can read at the link in the article, btw.

Check out Hillary's negatives vs. Condi's negatives. Sweet! Best news I've heard all day, or at least since the website got overrun yesterday when the NRO piece on us came out.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[2dogjoe]

Where do I cast my vote for Condi!

[LS]

Chris, I've always thought Condi COULD be a powerful candidate IF she a) quit being SOS next year and began to establish an organization; b) somehow could overcome the "administrative inexperience" problem. None of that would matter, however, if she came out strong against illegal immigration and for constitutionalist judges. If she does that, watch out. She'll be a shoo-in, regardless of her positions on "pro-life," because her only competition is going to be McLame.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

I no longer support Condi for anything, due to her involvement with the Council on Foreign Relations and their idiotic plan to erase the American borders and merge us with Canada and Mexico.

http://www.cfr.org/pub8102/independent_task_force_report/building_a_north_american_community.php

[oldleft]

I would LOVE to see Condi run. How about Arnold for Vice? (Although I'm not sure what that would do for succession.)

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Phyllis Schlafly's good summary.

http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2005/july05/05-07-13.html

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LS, anyone who is an Originalist on Second Amendment issues should give you confidence about what kind of judges she would appoint to the High Court.

I mean, she calls herself an "absolutist" on the Second Amendment. She also said in the Larry King interview that you can't have the First Amendment without the Second. So, that sort of tells you how she feels about Originalism as a doctrine.

Your first point about having to get in the game is well taken, though.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

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Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot how Evil Condi was working at the behest of the Bilderbergers and the Illuminati.

Meanwhile, there's that small matter of black helicopters....

Silly me, here I thought Rice was a patriot trying to serve her country.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Rice IS a member of the CFR.

3206. RICE CONDOLEEZZA,CFR '92, 1988 annual rpt ,,TC '92

http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/roundtable/CFRL-Rlist.html

Go read the links in the previous post.

After you read about it, come back and call me more names.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Start with the article linked on post 6.

It's easy to read.

[Stellar Dendrite]

I'm supporting George Allen in 2008!!!!!

[babygene]

Neither "The Witch Hillary Clinton" or Condoleezza Rice are in any way qualified to be president of the United States.

[LS]

I will too, but I don't think he'll win the nomination. If he doesn't, do you support Condi over McLame?

[EveningStar]

Didn't Condi already say she was not going to run for President in 2008?

[k2blader]

Yep, how strong Condi would run against Hillary is exactly how I decide how to vote..

[Patriotic Bostonian]

My pick is George Allen/Condi Rice. I wouldn't vote for Arnold for dog catcher. MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS NOT BORN IN THIS COUNTRY. Keep your copy of the Constitution handy.

[Stellar Dendrite]

I don't know, I can't recall right now but some things I've read over the past few years lead me to believe she's not really a true conservative. After Bush, America needs a true conservative to preserve this nation. Someone in the vein of a founding father (tall order, I know).

[condi4prez.com]

Dear Gillman from the Black Lagoon:

Take a deep cleansing breath (or another beer if you prefer) and see if you can't get that black helicopter that you arrived on to take you back to reality. And here's a hint, don't drink the Kool-Aid served in-flight.

The idea of "extending" our security perimeter to other countries in Central, South and North America is already bearing fruit, but this is being pounced upon by such fun-loving conservatives as Phyllis Schlafly. (Talk about a woman that needs a drink, or two, or three to kill that bug that's a couple feet up one of her bodily orifices!) For example, in Honduras, after a recent passport scandal the US went down and revamped the entire system to include biometrics to plug this security hole big enough to deliver terrorists to the US. It is a system more advanced than our own. Having agreements that allow US Customs and Immigration inspectors to operate on foreign soil prior to cargo and people arriving in the US only INCREASES our security. Implementing immigration policies with biometrics for visa holders, likewise increases our security.

[Gone GF]

It's real easy to say in a poll you would vote for a woman or someone who is black, but many folks wouldn't pull the lever. I don't think either woman stands a prayer.

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Allen's a good guy, never stole a freight train, and has a good mean streak about him. I could easily support Allen if Condi doesn't run.

However, he's sort of faded out in the past weeks. Methinks he got scammed a bit too easily by the Gang of 14.

Be Seeing You,

Chris