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I agree. But we didn't know that at the time.

I'm not convinced that Condi is a conservative, either. Only time will tell.

Right now she doesn't have the option of putting her own views out there - she represents the view of the Administration. If she ever becomes a candidate, she'll be forced to take stands and then we'll see how conservative she really is.

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Consider the following:

Condi considers herself an absolutist on the Second Amendment. Any individual who believes that the Second has to be interpreted as it was originally written is going to nominate Original Intent justices to the Supreme Court. That IS what this is all about, isn't it.

Condi is in favor of restrictions on abortion rights, such as a ban on late term abortions and parental notification laws. Roe would have to be remanded back to the states to make this possible. That opens up all sorts of possibilities.

She was in favor of affirmative action in educational hiring as one factor in the hiring process, but not in the tenure process. The libs hated her at Stanford for that.

Conservative enough for me.

Be Seeing You,

Chris