My head is spinning because I’m trying to figure out what’s going on here. Just a very few weeks ago, Freepers were aghast at the rumor Condi might be Romney’s VP; her record was, quite rightfully, posted all over this site as proof she would be a poor choice. But last night on the live convention thread, everybody was swooning over her, weeping, and gushing how much they love her.
Ditto. Praising the CONTENT of her speech is one thing (Obama can deliver excellent convention speeches too), but fawning over her as a person and talking about what a inspirational leader and heroic conservative she is, is quite another. The "CONDI 4 PRESIDENT!!!" bandwagon is back, and quite frankly I'm sick of it. (I'm just glad Trump's speech was canceled so we didn't have hear his fans tell us how wonderful he is).
No, Condi is not a "rising star" or "future Presidential material", unless we're caught in a time warp and we're watching the 2000 convention coverage of her speech. Condi is a retread from the Bush years and needs to stay in academia. A downside to this year's convention is far too many of the speakers remind voters of the bad parts of the Bush years. We should be looking ahead to the real "rising stars" elected in 2009 and 2010, not dragging out losers like John McCain.
The Dems don't do that at conventions and give John Kerry the prime time speaking slot (although they do continually trout out has beens for their Senate races!), but our side can't seem to get enough of hearing from "former federal officials" getting prime time coverage. The Illinois GOP just brought in the disgraced RINO Mel Martinez to headline a fundrasier here.
It's ironic how politicians who are FAR more conservative than Condi get constantly attacked here because they voted the wrong way on one or two bills (remember how they constantly screamed "RINO!" at Norm Coleman and now we're stuck with Al Franken?), but Condi's across-the-board liberal beliefs and lousy track record at the state department are swept under the rug.
The sad part about this is that Mia Love (who is also a black female, but a staunch CONSERVATIVE unlike Rice!) gave an excellent address at the convention that completely ignored by the mainstream media. They prefer Colin Powell type "Republicans", and so many conservatives just go along with who the media tells them to pay attention to. Chris Matthews say "JUMP!" and they ask "how high?"