Why the Media Like Condi - WSJ and neo-realism

CaliforniaRepublic.org ^ | 2/15/06 | Cliff Kincaid & Roger Aronoff

[NormsRevenge]

Roger Aronoff is a media analyst with Accuracy in Media. He directed and co-wrote the documentary, “Confronting Iraq: Conflict and Hope.”

[Ligeia]

FYI -

[Liberty Valance]

The "Condi for President" movement is gathering steam.

Apparently on FR as well (or at least behind the scenes) Check out the FR Presidential.

[Liberty Valance]

FR Presidential poll.

[Liberty Valance]

Who is your favorite Republican for President in 2008?

George Allen
19.9%


Condoleezza Rice
19.9%


Undecided/Other
13.6%


Tom Tancredo
13.1%


Rudy Giuliani
11.7%


Newt Gingrich
9.1%


Mike Pence
5.4%


John McCain
4.3%


Rick Santorum
2.4%


Bill Frist
0.6%

[section9]

Yah, brahs. I read this a couple of days ago. Sounds like some of the Ubermensch crowd got spooked by the durability of Rice's popularity and the inability of one trick ponies like Tancredo and Brownback to break out of the pack.

So, they decided to publish this hit piece labeling Condi as a disciple of Neville Chamberlain.

Groan.

It doesn't work when the Michael Moore Democrats are attacking her as a warmonger.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Condi lets her resume and performance speak for herself. She's accomplished more in her life so far that it would take 10 lifetimes for the fake intellectuals that populate the MSM like Christiane Amonpour.

The MSM can't touch her and they know it. If the MSM attacked her as they desperately wish they could, they would be exposed for what they really are. Liberal racist thugs. Everything those phonys try to mask with their fake self-rightousness would be exposed.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

A Allen/Rice ticket in 2008 sounds really good to me.

They would destroy Hillary.

[Liberty Valance]

I could vote for that ticket...easily.

[Frank_2001]

Agreed!

[spokeshave]

Time for a Condi - Chaney job swop

[Rembrandt]

"A Allen/Rice ticket in 2008 sounds really good to me."

I could buy into that combo but you have the order reversed.

[chae]

I've said it before, I'll say it again. Unless Condi comes out against abortion, especially partial-birth abortion, she will not win the nomination, much less the presidency. That goes double for Guiliani. If they manage to get the nomination for the general election, the single issue pro-life voters won't vote democrat, they just won't vote.

[ansel12]

As much as I like Condi, she has never been tested electorally, and we do not know her temperament under that type of pressure, we don't even know what her positions are yet. While we're discussing this, how about somebody posting that picture of her in the black outfit?

[Names Ash Housewares]

""A Allen/Rice ticket in 2008 sounds really good to me.""

"I could buy into that combo but you have the order reversed."

Governors win the Presidency. Senators rarely win, Kennedy was the last...barely.

But I suppose if they run Hildabeast we can run a Senator too.

[familyop]

As we read from the popular media and obsessed viewers, we see yet another reason that feminists are sometimes called feminazis. They would even disarm Israel and risk being conquered by Islamists for their illusion of stealing masculinity. And their flattering, effeminate, romanticist, lecherous, old bosses are more than happy to oblige them.

[BushCountry]

[KMAJ2]

Chae,

This one quote directly addresses your question:

"I am a strong proponent of parental notification. I am a strong proponent of a ban on late-term abortion. These are all things that I think unite people and I think that that's where we should be."

Here is the rest of Rice's position on abortion from a Washington Times article last month:

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Miss Rice said abortion should be "as rare a circumstance as possible," although without excessive government intervention. "We should not have the federal government in a position where it is forcing its views on one side or the other.

"So, for instance, I've tended to agree with those who do not favor federal funding for abortion, because I believe that those who hold a strong moral view on the other side should not be forced to fund it."

Describing pro-lifers as "the other side" is one of the ways Miss Rice articulates her position as a "mildly pro-choice" Republican. She explained that she is "in effect kind of libertarian on this issue," adding: "I have been concerned about a government role.

"I am a strong proponent of parental notification. I am a strong proponent of a ban on late-term abortion. These are all things that I think unite people and I think that that's where we should be.

"We ought to have a culture that says, 'Who wants to have an abortion? Who wants to see a daughter or a friend or a sibling go through something like that?' "

Miss Rice described abortion as an "extremely difficult moral issue" which she approaches as "a deeply religious person."

"My faith is a part of everything that I do," she said. "It's not something that I can set outside of anything that I do, because it's so integral to who I am.

"And prayer is very important to me and a belief that if you ask for it, you will be guided. Now, that doesn't mean that I think that God will tell me what to do on, you know, the Iran nuclear problem.

"That's not how I see it. But I do believe very strongly that if you are a prayerful and faithful person, that that is a help in guiding us, as imperfect beings, to have to deal with extremely difficult and consequential matters."

http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050311-115948-2015r.htm

[colonel mosby]

It's absolutely insane for any conservative to back Condileeza Rice at this juncture. She has not revealed her position on ANY domestic issue.

Do any of these FR poll voters for Rice know where she stands on : abortion ? affirmative action ? elimination of estate taxes ? immigration reform ? social security reform ? tort reform ? Supreme Court nominees ?

Of course not. No one does.

Apparently, to many RINOs, Ms. Rice's greatest asset is that she is a registered Republican. Heck, why not just get Hillary Clinton to switch parties and maybe the RINOs can vigorously support her and Ms. Rice as running mates on the same 2008 GOP ticket ?

[ThanhPhero]

A diplomat, especially a highly skilled diplomat is not the sort of person that conservatives need to pe president. A diplomat's whole makeup is compromise and getting what everyone can accept for the moment. Where would the US be now if W was a Diplomat? I like Condoleeza Rice. I admire her. I respect her. Odds are she would be an infuriating president and would govern effectively as a liberal, regardless of her own views bevause she would be making deals. All presidents have to deal to some extent but I don't want one whose skill and training is Compromise and Getting Along.