Posted on 08/17/2006 8:30:54 PM PDT by Solitar
ASPEN, Colo. -- The idea of a woman president is not so abstract now that the 2008 election nears, Lynne Cheney, wife of vice president Dick Cheney said Wednesday. "If you're thinking of Condi Rice, I think she has good credentials," Cheney said. During an appearance sponsored by the Aspen Institute, Cheney talked mostly about education and history but did venture into current politics, including the possibility of women running for president. She did not mention New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, widely thought to be considering a presidential run in 2008. "(National security) is the driving issue," Cheney said. "The stereotype exists that women are softer. Maybe it's not true. I don't think it's true. But it's a little bit of a challenge to overcome for a woman president."
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Which of the Republican candidates are not the same old, same old politicians? Given the most electable alternatives, Condi seems to be the best of the lot.
Amen. The President's main duty is in my opinion (and where I whole heartedly agree with you) is in the foreign policy and defense arena. The Presidents get way too much credit and blame for domestic economic policy outcomes. In a free market as ours, the administration doesn't *really* have that much impact on the economy. Therefore, the primary impact is on the defense, national security and foreign policy. In that respect, Condi is eminently qualified. The fact that she'd eviscerate Dem base is just a bonus over which I can giggle incessantly.
Wellll... there are bigger things at play. It's not like she makes those decisions an a vacuum, without direction of the President and rest of the administration. There are greater geopolitical considerations at play, that we cannot see because we don't have all the information the administratio has. I believe that there has been very rational thinking and risk/benefit & pro/con analysis behind every move the whole administration has made, and, there must be a reason for the recent decisions. What gets her my vote, hovever, is that decisions, good or bad, *are* made. Democrats would just keep polling and 'thinking' (as if they ever do that other than for their political gain) until the polls agreed with their own world view.
I like Dr. Rice. I could vote for her.
Has anyone ever been elected President
who hasn't run for elected office before?
Ike comes to mind...any others?
Just hide and watch. She'll run. Right now, if she even hinted that she was interested she could not function effectively as Secretary of State. Everything she did would be deemed as "political" by the media.
"W" wants her to run (he refers to her as "43") as does Laura and many other top Administration officials. It would be awfully hard to resist the public pressure that is about to come about to try and encourage her to run.
As a child, on a visit to Washington, D.C., she made this statement to her dad standing outside the White House: "I can't go in there now, but someday, I'll live there."
www.4condi.com
I don't believe that will happen. Most Dems will "Uncle Tom" her and vote as usual. They already do that.
I'd love to see her win because I think she is qualified, she has the guts I look for in that job and she would blow a few Democrat myths right out of the water once and for all. Don't think for a minute it wouldn't chap off liberals if the first black and first woman President came from the Republican Party. It would kill them and even they admit that. OF course right now they simply say it won't ever happen because institutional racism and sexism among Repubs would never allow it. That is mostly wishful thinking.
I'd also be less than honest if I didn't mention sharing the same hometown plays into it too.
Hey, I'm human.
I don't dig too much some of the stuff that has gone on with Israel, spending and illegal immigration under her current boss, but I'd love to hear what she would do.
You are right.
I would like to see Condi run. Of course I'd like to hear her on the issues before deciding whether to vote for her. As Secretary of State and National Security Adviser I think she's been fantastic.
First, she'd have to make it through the primaries. If she did and it came down to her vs Hillary, Condi could be to the left of Hillary and I'd still vote for her because I believe she is a straight shooter and honest. That counts a lot in my book.
Of course I don't expect her to be to the left of Hillary. It could be fun. I'd like to see her and Alan Keyes both run in the primary.
If you want the brass ovaries it's going to take to finish the war on terror, we're going to have to go with Ann Coulter.
Should I reply....? Shouldn't I....? Well here goes...
"She has a pair of steel ones that clang when she walks."
It's a saying from back in my military days ;-)
Giuliani.
But neither will happen, absent death or debilitation Cheney will serve out his term.
I think a woman can be President, we do have organization skills; we can be patient; we can teach while learning ourselves; we can communicate on various subjects; we are good at talking, both on the phone and to other people; we can run a budget; we can type, take out the trash, and do alot of things all at once....
There is only ONE person that CANNOT for ANY reason be POTUS and that is the Slimy Hag....we have had a gut full of clintons to last us for YEARS to come, and there aren't any Bush women that are ready yet, so that takes care of that situation, not that Bush is a bad name to have...at least they are honest, decent people, unlike the slimy hag and the other thing that was in the WH for 8 years....and then there is the carter/peanut situation....what a joke that was for so long....talk about stupid is as stupid does, now there is a guy that couldn't do ANYTHING but whine...
And yes, I think if Condi wanted the nomination she would get it and unlike the slimy hag from NY, she would be a decent upstanding intelligent person to represent the United States.
Humbug!
If you're thinking of Condi Rice
Right now she's the only woman in politics that I would trust to run our country.
One thing I alwys find amazing about these discussions....
Two women run for POTUS:
Candidate one is:....A older, crass woman who's spent her life trying to conquer the "Old Boys" network so vehemently she became a female characature of one. The epitome of the old stoggy c.e.o. Who tauts her affirmative action and civil rights stands by the amount of money "spent" on them ( minority of the moment) not by who she surrounds herself with.
Candidate two........ A self made Lady , well versed in foreign affairs, advised presidents on international crisis and negotiated for the U.S. who's served as a university provost, a concert pianist and a expert on americas ( current) favorite past time the NFL.
If you listen to the stereotyping of the MSM, who would you think would be the liberal? Who would you think the supposed "conservative angry young white men" would support and vote for, Who would you think would be the candidate of the so called diversity party.
Amazing how skewed the MSM is versus reality here.
BTTP
She has excellent credentials.
GO CONDI, GO!
Well apologies in advance if I'm p*ssing on the parade but Condi Rice's performance in the Middle East recently wasn't exactly a blazing success and she suffers from a similar affliction that Senator Mrs. Bill Clinton suffered from prior to her election to the junior Senator's seat from New York in 2000, which is:
Condi Rice has never been elected to ANY office, none whatsoever, and has absolutely NO experience in running as a candidate in a national campaign.
Now don't misunderstand, I like Condi Rice, but this is one of the very rare occasions where I disagree with our esteemed Vice President - I honestly don't think she's ready for prime time as a presidential candidate, in fact I'm not sure if she ever will be - her persona when speaking in public (at least for me) tends to project uncertainty, nervousness, and does not inspire confidence.
In my view, the only difference between Condi Rice as President and Colin Powell as President is the obvious gender difference and the fact that Powell has the military credentials that Rice does not and will never have.
OK you Condifanatics, flame away.
Ahhh, I see it was Lynne Cheney advocating for Condi, I stand self-corrected and I note that Lynne Cheney likewise has never been elected on her own merits to office.
Ike had the military credentials which negated his lack of experience in running for elective office.
Condi does not.
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