Excerpts from "Condoleeza Rice Story" bio, courtesy of Cindy Adams

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[GraniteStateConservative]

NEWMARKET's "Condi: The Condoleeza Rice Story" bio says:

Her obsession is shoes. Buys eight pair of Ferragamos in one shot.

Past lovers include a Denver Bronco, San Francisco 49er wide receiver, university coach, Fortune 500 professional.

The youngest of the "Four Little Girls" killed in Sept. 15, 1963's Birmingham church bombing was her friend from kindergarten.

A Democrat in 1976, she changed party affiliation over Jimmy Carter's handling of the USSR invasion of Afghanistan. She was only 21 at the time.

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Amazon.com review:

The first biography on the most important woman in U.S. government today, National Security Advisor to President George W. Bush, by the author of Laura: America's First Lady, First Mother.

As National Security Advisor to the president and winner of the NAACP Image Award, Condoleezza Rice has never wasted time getting where she wants to go, and for the first time, this biography tells the story of her remarkable life—from her precocious childhood to her dreams of becoming a concert pianist to her role as the president's most trusted advisor, following a distinguished career as scholar, professor, provost, and foreign policy advisor—all by the age of 47.

Condi, as she is known, was named after a musical term, con dolcezza—to play "with sweetness"—by her music-loving parents who, both educators, set forth a standard of excellence for their only child that would give her the "twice as good" edge that was necessary to be on an even standing with her white peers in segregated Birmingham, Alabama, in 1954.

Topics covered include:

• A sweeping, intriguing look at the Rice family legacy, from slave owners and slaves to "evangelists of education" and finally to a prominent government figure and presidential advisor

• The big switch: why Rice changed her career goal from concert pianist to scholar

• Point-by-point look at Rice's foreign policy outlook on Russia, China, Israel, Afghanistan, and other nations

[GraniteStateConservative]

Condi! ping.

[William McKinley]

Denver Bronco, San Francisco 49er wide receiver

If it is Easy Ed McCaffery, that would knock off both of these. But come on, why are the media sycophants going after Dr. Rice, trying to make her private life public? Sheesh.

[OldFriend]

Just want to know if this is an authorized biography or a hit piece.

[GraniteStateConservative]

It appears that the author is a GOP sympathizer judging by the books written.

I don't know really.

[Britton J Wingfield]

Thanks!

[Cool Guy]

BUMP!

[Pharmboy]

Dubya's VP running mate in '04 (Cheney's ticker needs a well-deserved rest)

Presidential candidate in '08...Go Condi Go!

[OldFriend]

Thanks, I've been a fan for so long, people were saying....condi what?

[rmvh]

Condi Rocks!!!

She personifies brains, honor, and dignity.

As to her personal life....I don't care what anyone dredges up...good or bad.

She is the best.

[OldFriend]

Ugh, using that private information is a big turn off. I will NOT be buying the book.

[rintense]

Condi bump!

[conejo99]

It looks like Bush #3 in 2008. Maybe Condi as his VP.

[ricpic]

Presidential candidate in '08...Go Condi Go!

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Problem is she's unmarried. The country's not ready to elect an unmarried woman to the presidency.
A double standard? Yes. But that's just the way it is.

[leesum]

This from Newmarket Press
Antonia Felix
Antonia Felix is the author of thirteen non-fiction books including the biographies Laura: America's First Lady, First Mother; Andrea Bocelli: A Celebration; Silent Soul: The Miracles and Mysteries of Audrey Santo; Windtalkers: The Making of the Film About the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II; and Pearl Harbor: The Movie and the Moment. In addition to her writing career, she is an operatic soprano who performs throughout the United States and Europe. She lives in South Texas.

[Savage Beast]

"She personifies brains, honor, and dignity."

What joy to have such people leading our country and our world!

This Thanksgiving will be huge--so much to be thankful for! I've started early. I know you have too! --SB

[Savage Beast]

(By the way...you were saying what, Harry?)

[GovernmentShrinker]

Hardly a double standard -- when was the last time we had an unmarried man elected President?

[Sinner6]

Hardly a double standard -- when was the last time we had an unmarried man elected President?

Does Clinton count?

[Doug Loss]

Warren Harding, I believe.