Sarah Palin: Condoleezza Rice would be ‘wonderful’

Politico ^ | 7/13/12 6:59 AM EDT | KEVIN ROBILLARD

[fluorescence]

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the last GOP running mate, predicted former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would make a “wonderful” vice president for Mitt Romney.

“I think that Condoleezza Rice would be a wonderful vice president, and she certainly has much more experience than our sitting president does today,” Palin said Thursday night on Fox News’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.”

[bethelgrad]

Now Sarah will be person non grata in Freeperland.

[EEGator]

That is ridiculous. Obama will easily get 90% of the black vote. Rice will be called a sellout Oreo cookie.

[Uri’el-2012]

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that needs to be repeated !!!!

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We need someone with LEADERSHIP !

[Leaning Right]

The lead up to the (Iraq) war and the war has resulted in a safe America, and that war was a price we had to pay

That may well be true. History will be the judge.

But today most Americans believe that the Iraq war was a mistake. So putting Rice on the ticket will result in a net loss of votes, especially among the independents.

[kabar]

Rice will split the black vote up and swing the womans vote around.

This is the same stupid RINO reasoning that makes the GOP the stupid party. To begin with, Black Reps are no longer black. Michael Steele, Lynn Swann, and Ken Blackwell found that out. And blacks will vote 95% for Obama in 2012 just like they did in 2008. Why would then shift their vote to vote for a black VP versus a black President who is more aligned with the ideology and interests?

How many female votes did Palin bring to the GOP ticket? Women voted for Obama 56% to 43% in 2008. In 2004 women voted 51% to 49% for Kerry.

[Leaning Right]

Sarah is very kind.

I think you hit the nail on the head. Palin most probably was just following Reagan's old rule: Don't speak ill of fellow Republicans.

[kabar]

Thanks for the link. I notice that Rice is also an amnesty supporter--"Most illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US. (Feb 2012)

It would be insane for Romney to support Rice for VP.

[SueRae]

I happen to admire Condoleeza Rice very much. Accomplished, principled and a picture of grace under fire.

Her Russian studies background should be especialy helpful in any administration, considering the direction of that country of late.

She is my age but has done far more in her years than I have in mine. I would support that choice.

Honestly, I don’t see a lot of folks here being hapy with any choice and I find that sad. My other top pick is Bobby Jindal..but I’m sure I’ll get as many (not natural born) responses as someone suggesting Marco Rubio. We have a strong bench of many up and comers. Jindal would also be an excellent choice for HHS.

[Wizdum]

Kind of funny you saying that when a lot of people here voted for Sarah, and not McCain.

[Wizdum]

Susana has said NO.

[trisham]

That’s my guess. If anyone knows how careful a public person has to be, it’s Sarah.

[SarahPalinForPresident2012]

Sun Tzu

[AnotherUnixGeek]

So Obama and Biden vs. Romney and Condi Rice - not a single proven conservative in the whole bunch. What's wonderful about that?

Maybe Rice will turn out to be a smart, realistic fiscal conservative, who knows - but her only proven track record is in foreign policy. The GOP infatuation with big-name military and foreign policy figures as VP nominees is childish and self-defeating - no one has any idea what the political views of people like Rice and David Petraeus are, and the vetting process done by campaign nitwits is no substitute for a public record of stated views and actions.

[rockrr]

Great Googly-Moogly is there anyone left that’s not a sellout?!

[Cringing Negativism Network]

I was one of those.

I wanted Palin. I want Palin. I’d vote for Palin in a second.

However I want Romney now, a whole mess of a lot more than Obama.

That is the important fact now. Obama. Must. Go.

[hal ogen]

Please put down the Condi-Aide and back away.

[mnehring]

Considering what is going on with Russia & China, Condi would be great.

[Sam Gamgee]

Other than “experience” and being a token black woman, what conservative credentials does Condi actually bring? I mean we know Romney has none of them. Can we at least get a conservative VP?

[no-s]

Roger that thoughtful analysis.

Right on from me too. The signal to noise ratio around here is scratching the bottom.

[rockrr]

For me it’s similar to where we were situated in ‘08 - looking at the dismal prospects of voting for a thug or a dufus and wondering if that dufus would do anything to ameliorate the situation. He did by selecting Sarah Palin.

Even though I recognize that VP is largely symbolic, choosing Palin demonstrated that his judgment and priorities weren’t completely screwed up.

We’re considerably worse off now, four years later, than we were with McScrooge. The stakes are higher and the cushion far thinner. We can’t afford to screw it up - but it looks like the GOP is determined to do precisely that. If it’s to be a repeat performance of pubbies falling flat on their faces I’d rather not participate.

Mittens could make this sh!t-sandwich palatable by choosing someone with depth, experience, and smarts. Or he could choose condi.