Condoleezza Rice for vice president 2008

Town Hall ^ | 1/30/08 | Town Hall/Rusher

[OPS4]

At the Mackinac Island Conference we began Plan B: Promoting her as a VP. This strategy cut down on our costs significantly, and was more appealing to those who already had a favorite for Pres.

Mr. Rusher explained the demographic aspect of the idea: appealing to black voters and female voters. These two blocks are DNC strongholds. This is a good idea strategically, BUT we need to focus on what she has done under the Bush presidencies (both 41 and 43).

*As an expert on Russian affairs, she was able to stand up to Yeltsin and build relations with Putin.

* As the face of the US to the outside world, she was the one person who countries who hated Bush would deal with.

* She was able to convince North Korea to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and come to a bargaining table. (This is a country that considered nukes a "birth right".)

* She is a vehement defender of the War on Terror. This is very important. Despite the moonbattery and protests about the war, she was able to articulate time and time again why we are there. Anyone who can handle both Yeltsin and Barbara Boxer is one tough cookie. She would always relay the good news in Iraq development (including the new hospital built in Baghdad.) The new infrastructure developed in the peaceful Iraqi provinces have Dr. Rice's stamp of approval.( For a full view of the progress in iraq, see http://www.cpa-iraq.org.) Progress has been slow, but steady. Some in the Military are predicting more troops coming home as soon as this year.

Many naysayers, in the GOP, say we should avoid any connection to Bush 43 at all costs. I say Bush did what was necessary, and the work is not done yet. We need to have some sort of carryover into the new administration to ensure a smooth transition both at home and abroad.

Anyone who says Condi supporters are racist and sexist are dead wrong. We are realists. We support Dr. Rice not because of her immutable characteristics, but because of her strength and leaadership.

Come and join us.

[OPS4]

Rice also brings foreign policy experience that can't be matched by any of the front-runners of either party. Fluent in Russian, she holds a Ph.D. in international studies and is an expert in Soviet military affairs. Not a bad résumé item in an era when Vladimir Putin is so busy flexing his muscles that he can't seem to keep his shirt on.

A former provost of Stanford University, she also served as national security adviser during Bush's first term. Since becoming secretary of state, she's busied herself trying to advance democracies in the Middle East and, recently, getting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to sit down together.

Washington, says an internal poll by Zogby International found that 41 percent of Republicans thought Rice would bring "excitement" to the presidential ticket.

This could be a way to blow both dem front runners out,

McCain/Rice 2008, what's your opinion?

[americanophile]

She’s been an uninspiring, unproductive, phantom as Sec. of State. Why would we want her?

[trisham]

Good grief.

[RonPaulLives]

My opinion is that it sucks like an intern...that’s enough of a ticket to make a Republican contemplate voting Democrat

[RetiredArmy]

No. She has not done a very good job as SecState. Her views on the middle east, well, basically suck.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Not only no, but HELL NO - ping!

[johnthebaptistmoore]

Rice is pro-choice and for affirmative action! Do you even know that Rice is a RINO?

[Notary Sojac]

Well, McCain is hopeless on everything but the WOT, and Rice is hopeless on the WOT, so I guess you could call that a “balanced ticket”.

[SoConPubbie]

No thanks, I am underwhelmed with Dr. Rice.

[twigs]

1. Best choice for VP: Fred Thompson.
2. Second best choice: Michael Steele.

[trumandogz]

Having Rice on the GOP ticket would only help in winning the Electoral votes from the State of Palestine.

[B4Ranch]

The War Secrets Sen. John McCain Hides

But there was one subject that was off-limits, a subject the Arizona senator almost never brings up and has never been open about -- his long-time opposition to releasing documents and information about American prisoners of war in Vietnam and the missing in action who have still not been accounted for. Since McCain himself, a downed Navy pilot, was a prisoner in Hanoi for 5 1/2 years, his staunch resistance to laying open the POW/MIA records has baffled colleagues and others who have followed his career. Critics say his anti-disclosure campaign, in close cooperation with the Pentagon and the intelligence community, has been successful. Literally thousands of documents that would otherwise have been declassified long ago have been legislated into secrecy.

Also see:

Vietnam Veterans Against John

[Redcloak]

!McCain/Rice

(That’s a little computer humor for those of you in Rio Linda.)

[Cinnamon Girl]

She’s currently making a fool of herself with regard to Israel.

[BGHater]

The White House simply does not have room for all her shoes much less her pursuit of erasing Israel from the Map.

[La Enchiladita]

Vice President of the “Palestinian State?”

[SmithL]

She lost my support once she hung Israel out to dry.

[prairiebreeze]

Rice has been a big dissappontment as Sec State. She's drunk the pro-Pali, anti-Israel Koolaid at the Foggy Bottom receptions.

McCain/Rice 2008, what's your opinion?

Stinks.

[Uri’el-2012]

She’s currently making a fool of herself with regard to Israel.

She is a Pagan giving YHvH's city and land to the Evil One.