Posted on 07/27/2006 2:40:34 PM PDT by beckett
Why does the president call the secretary of state "Condi"? And what exactly is his philosophy?
Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT
Why does President Bush refer in public to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as "Condi"? Did Dwight Eisenhower call his Secretary of State "Johnny"? Did Jimmy Carter call his "Eddie," or Bill Clinton call his "Maddy," or Richard Nixon call his "Willie" or "Hank"? What are the implications of such informality?
I know it is small, but in a way such things are never small. To me it seems a part of the rhetorical childishness of the age, the faux egalitarianism of the era. It reminds me of how people in the administration and Congress--every politician, in fact--always refer to mothers as moms: We must help working moms." You're not allowed to say "mother" or "father" in politics anymore, it's all mom and dad and the kids. This is the buzzy soft-speak of a peaceless era; it is an attempt to try to establish in sound what you can't establish in fact.
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I believe Cap Weinbereger, not you.
Next thing you know, they'll complain because he calls his wife Laura.
But, I am convinced. I too have lost confidence in W and next election, I will not vote for him >>insert eye rolling here<<
Reagan did a Clinton, who shot cruise missiles at sand back in 1998.
Only a liberal would dare compare Reagan with Clinton. And on FreeRepublic no less.
That's the truth. Reagan did nothing to punish those responsible for the murder of 241 brave service personnel.
Instead of running around FR comparing Reagan to Clinton, mister liberal, I suggest you read the historic events of the 1982-1984 Beirut MNPF and the 1983 barracks bombing. Get informed and then maybe you'll get someone to debate you on the issues. Albeit not intelligent debate. Intelligent debate is way beyond you ability. Anyone who uses historic revisionism the way you have, has no respect for historic facts.
It's a shameful legacy and a disservice to those who lost their lives that their murders went unpunished.
Having gone through that myself, I would agree with you. You really do have to keep focused on reality because the emotions can get out of control otherwise. You have to ask yourself, do I REALLY want to kill my husband or am I just in a hormone, or lack of thereof, induced rage? Someone evidently teed her off during the last campaign because she has been bashing Bush, oops, President Bush, ever since then.
Those liberal textbooks are filled with lies.
>>>>>Reagan did nothing to punish the masterminds behind the bombing in the five years remaining in his presidency.
Who were the masterminds?
I'm at that "mental pause" age too, so I can identify with the emotions. She did give up her "day job" to help out with the campaign and I think she thought it would lead to an invitation to be part of the staff. When it didn't, it seems that bitterness set in, and since then what she writes has been rather jaded concerning the President.
Why does President Bush refer in public to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as "Condi"?
Just a guess, he cannot pronounce the word "secratary."
Just as he has a problem with the tricky "nuclear"
Or maybe he has forgotten her title?
> Peggy Noonan is FAR FROM LIBERAL. And in a way she's right. > Does Bush refer to Cheney as "DICKY?"
Does Dick Cheney go by "Dicky"? Does Condi go by "Condi"?
And the masterminds are Hezbollah. Leave it to Israel to track down the murderers.
Just like I figured. You're full of s**t.
Ah, the cut-and-run approach on your part. Sounds familiar.
We don't know if Cheney goes by Dicky, because nobody is disrespectful enough to call him by a PET NAME in public.
All you offer are lies and distortions. You're still full of s**t.
So are your arguments, Mr. Murtha.
that is the liberals play book, they call every republican dumb or a sexist racist bigot homophobe
just look at the liberal medias track record
ford, they called him dumb
reagan, they called him dumb
bush 41, they called him dumb
quayle, they called him dumb
bush 43, they called him dumb
yet they go around pretending clinton and carter were the greatest, and still they have not won a majority in a presidential election since the 60's
Still waiting for an answer to my question, mister liberal. So far, you've offered nothing. You're still full of s**t.
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