From 'Bombingham' to Bush: How Condoleezza Rice fulfilled King's dream

The Washington Times ^ | November 19, 2002 | Arnold Beichman

[xsysmgr]

Who would have predicted in 1954, the year of the Supreme Court's landmark Brown vs. Board of Education decision, that in less than half a century two distinguished black Americans (and one of them a woman at that) would be sharing foreign policy decision-making with the president of the United States? Perhaps Martin Luther King might have included such a prophecy in his "I Have a Dream" oration.

[Tuco-bad]

According to the law of the election, George W. Bush received the most legal votes. Are you ever right about ANYTHING?

Not so: Thanks to Empress Harris, time ran out.

Are you ever right about ANYTHING?

[Tuco-bad]

Boxcutters are banned. How, may I ask, is the President of the United States and his National Security Adviser going to ensure that airport screeners Jane Wilson and John Smith are doing their job carefully enough right this very moment at, say, Providence, Rhode Island Airport?

At a minimum, when Rice knew of the heightened terrorist threats prior to 9/11, she should have ensured that the airlines were notified and that the airlines were acting at a much higher security level.

BTW - William Webster (who Harvey Pitt named to chairmanship of special SEC commission), former CIA and FBI director, was hired in the 1990s by the airline industry to lobby AGAINST proposed federal laws to strength airport security.

Webster was successful.

[WaveThatFlag]

So let me get this straight: Bill Clinton can fire Jocelyn Elders for wanking, but Condaleeza Rice puts our national security in grave danger and is negligent in allowing 3000 citizens to be murdered, and everybody keeps his mouth shut for fear of racist/sexist double-whammy? Congradulations. That is the stupidest thing I have heard this year.

[Tuco-bad]

Condaleeza Rice puts our national security in grave danger and is negligent in allowing 3000 citizens to be murdered, and everybody keeps his mouth shut for fear of racist/sexist double-whammy?

There you go!

[Dems_R_Losers]

BTW - William Webster (who Harvey Pitt named to chairmanship of special SEC commission), former CIA and FBI director, was hired in the 1990s by the airline industry to lobby AGAINST proposed federal laws to strength airport security.

Webster was successful.

Not as successful as your hero Al Gore was at scuttling the recommendations of the airline security commission for hardened cockpit doors and other increased airplane security measures, in response to the airlines' lobbying. Within one week of Gore scrubbing the commission's report of recommendations that the airlines did not want, the airlines donated over $250,000 to the Democratic National Committee.

The only thing Condi Rice failed to do was understand how badly the Clinton-Gore administration sold out our national security for campaign contributions.

[Onelifetogive]

The CIA had info, the FBI had info - at least two dots to connect.

Condi is not some mid-level data analyst. The role of the National Security Advisor or Cabinet Level Department Heads is to build an organization capable of connecting the millions of dots that need connecting. Clinton emasculated these organizations. Republicans (I hope) will rebuild them. I look to the Executive to have and follow principle that will rebuild these organizations. I will give them time before I call for their heads.

[WaveThatFlag]

There you go!

There who goes? That makes absolutely no (zero, nada, none zilch) sense. As I pointed out, the previous administration had already fired a female black cabinet member for the much lesser offense of sheer stupidity.

[MamaB]

Just egnore this wacko!!

[MamaB]

Wait until you see my later post and the spelling!!! I know, I know. Ignore is with an i not an e. I went to the dr. today and he said I have a severe upper respiratory infection which is viral so no treatment. I just feel yucky. I told him I was having a hard time drinking and he said and I quote," your thingy in the back of your throat is so enlarged that you are having trouble." I like the way he talks. He has been our family dr. since about 71.

[Republic]

If you think Condi is useless, my guess is that you think billy clinton was a great President.

[mafree]

Condi has fulfilled Dr. King's dream in a great way. It may not be a way that is pleasing to Je$$e, Big Al and the like, but who cares what they think anyway.

Condi for VP or President- works for me.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Rice couldn't "connect the dots" prior to 9/11. She's useless.

What dots are you saying she should have connected?

Useless? Why? Because she did not (choose one of the following):

1. "connect the dots" that you are going to outline for us
2. is a woman
3. is black
4. other (please give us some insight)

Thanks for the reply.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

She didn't do so well coordinating the work and infomation of our national security agencies prior to 9/11

That is NOT the duties of the National Security Advisor. Maybe if you knew what the position entails, you would think different about her.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

He's drunk. Ignore him.

[freedumb2003]

This is an adjunct topic, but in Ms. Rice's defense "connect the dots" is the wrong analogy. A better analogy is a jigsaw puzzle with lots of pieces missing and no picture of the final product! Enough with this connect the dots stuff! And I think she is doing a great job and am looking forward to watching her and Liz Dole show Hillary and the shrill left how to properly reflect the fairer sex in politics!

[Tuco-bad]

Not as successful as your hero Al Gore was at scuttling the recommendations of the airline security commission for hardened cockpit doors and other increased airplane security measures,

I'm not defending Gore!

[Tuco-bad]

Condi is not some mid-level data analyst. The role of the National Security Advisor or Cabinet Level Department Heads is to build an organization capable of connecting the millions of dots that need connecting. Clinton emasculated these organizations.

Sure - let's blame Clinton for all of Bush's failures.

[Tuco-bad]

As I pointed out, the previous administration had already fired a female black cabinet member for the much lesser offense of sheer stupidity.

Imagine what the political ramifications would have been if Bush fired Rice for causing over 3000 deaths.

[Tuco-bad]

If you think Condi is useless, my guess is that you think billy clinton was a great President.

Wrong!

[PhilDragoo]

Arnold Beichman is always a joy to read.

Condoleeza Rice is precisely the intelligent, educated, principled professional we need.

Of course she is Martin Luther King's dream walking--and thus is hated by the chancres of the left.

Democrat Senators from Church to Toricelli crippled the CIA's abilities, particularly in human intelligence, humint.

The greatest culpability in failing to stop Osama's 9/11 attack is that of traitorrapist42--who was offered the terrorist ringleader by Sudan, and declined.

Whatever Condoleeza Rice turns her hand to, we are the beneficiaries of the best and the brightest--and the most disciplined and principled.

The previous occupier of that position was the chief lobbyist for the PRC--a traitor-berger with cheese.

It should be remembered that Democrats didn't take Osama from Sudan when offered;

Democrats delayed the new administration's assumption of the executive branch;

Tenet is the hand-picked replacement of John Deutch who compromised 17,000 secret files on his unsecure home computer logged onto Russian sites;

Nora Slatkin as DO did for CIA what Hazel O'Leary did to Energy--strip its counterintelligence capabilities;

Democrats delayed for months the creation of Homeland Security which would enhance intelligence sharing.

The fault is not with the rice, but with the cheese-eating fifth column.

Of course, the Nobel Peanut Prize winner says Unilateral Disarmament is the Right Thing To Do.

After Al Gore confers with Ted Koczynski he'll have a statement, too.

I'm delighted with the job being done by the adults in power, particularly Condoleeza Rice.