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Condoleezza Rice Proves One Smart Cookie [But plays follow the leader]
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| Nov 21, 2002
| Sheryl McCarthy
Posted on 11/21/2002 5:51:02 PM PST by syriacus
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Near the end of the column, McCarthy tries to criticize Rice, but fails in her attempt because she has an axe to grind. Within several short sentences, McCarthy says both of these contradictory things....
- Rice has the right to act as an individual (and choose to be a "right wing hawk.") and
- Rice has been brainwashed by imperialistic mentors.
McCarthy says:
Unlike some others, I don't think this is all about Rice's ambition. I think she believes what she says, schooled and mentored as she has been by those who embrace a hard-nosed, imperialistic vision of America's role in the world.
That doesn't make her a race traitor, a bad person or someone who's forgotten the lessons we learned as children in Birmingham. In part, that's what the struggle was about - the right to think and act as individuals, her in her way, me in mine
I get the feeling that McCarthy refrains from tearing into Rice because it suits her to be able to say her own (liberal) choices have been superior to those of the National Security Advisor.
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posted on
11/21/2002 5:51:03 PM PST
by
syriacus
To: syriacus
Other than I heard that Condi is pro-abortion, and I don't know that to be true, I think she is great. I would support her if she runs for president, IF she is anti abortion.
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posted on
11/21/2002 5:54:51 PM PST
by
buffyt
To: buffyt
She is pro-choice, but obviously doesn't have much to say on that issue in her current position.
To: syriacus
She delivered the Bush administration line without faltering. Perhaps she delivered it so well because she helped to craft it. Sheesh.
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posted on
11/21/2002 6:06:38 PM PST
by
Samwise
To: anniegetyourgun
This is one of the more revealing columns by the gaggle of black columnists who sat down with Rice last week. They simply don't know what to make of her. She cannot be categorized, filed, or duplicated.
She is a danger to the Civil Rights establishment in this country. That's why, in the end, they must oppose her.
Not that it will matter. She will triumph in the end, Hillary notwithstanding.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
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posted on
11/21/2002 6:10:13 PM PST
by
section9
To: section9
Could it be they'll never understand her because....she's one smart cookie?!?!?
To: syriacus
McCarthy thinks she's special because, like water, she took the path of least resistance. Condi, on the other hand, blazed her own trail.
To: syriacus
Let me just state for the record...i loved condi...long before liking condi was cool!!!!!!!...did anyone see conde on PBS tonight...she was great !!!
To: syriacus
I disagree, I think she was totally impressed. And while she can't write about it that way - for fear of losing her job - she can insinuate it, which is what she did. If this is the way we are heading, I say great. It is a far cry from what they did to Clarence Thomas.
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posted on
11/21/2002 6:37:53 PM PST
by
TheHound
To: section9
and how soon until they try to destroy her?
Let's all hope she is also one tough cookie!
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posted on
11/21/2002 6:39:25 PM PST
by
usmcobra
To: TheHound
I disagree, I think she was totally impressed. I hope you are right.
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posted on
11/21/2002 6:41:06 PM PST
by
syriacus
To: *Dr._Condoleezza_Rice; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; Aaron_A; Abn1508; Alex P. Keaton; ALOHA RONNIE; angelo; ...
Condi! ping.
To: condi2008
ping!
To: syriacus
Can the Bush administration justify having American soldiers killed in combat to overthrow Saddam Hussein? I wonder if Ms.Mccarthy can justify the people who will be killed right here in this country if we don't go?
And just how does she justify those boys shot today in Kuwait?
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posted on
11/21/2002 6:48:06 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: anniegetyourgun
schooled and mentored as she has been by those who embrace a hard-nosed, imperialistic vision of America's role in the world. I wonder if Ms. McCarthy can name ONE COUNTRY we have invaded and RULED?
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posted on
11/21/2002 6:49:12 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: GraniteStateConservative
schooled and mentored as she has been by those who embrace a hard-nosed, imperialistic vision of America's role in the world. And look where it got HER and where this idiot writer is. That should be a lesson to her!
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posted on
11/21/2002 6:51:03 PM PST
by
Howlin
To: usmcobra; section9
She didn't get this far without being able to beat back opponents.
They tried to pin 9/11 on her (Tuco-bad here at FR is part of the goon squad). The problem for these liberals is that 9/11 changed how middle America (of all races) view issues conservatives are strong on. This liberal columnist doesn't speak for black people. Neither does Belafonte. They are shrill voices and people aren't listening anymore.
It's like the NY Times pre-election poll that showed a GOP surge. They didn't want to believe the results and they kept Democrats soft. We'll just keep winning elections and watching support among minorities for the Democrats wane. Eventually, liberals will get to the final stage of grief-- acceptance.
To: GraniteStateConservative
Want to join our pool? We're betting on how many posts we have before Tuco_Bad arrives to tell us what a wart Condi is.
My own guess is "not enough."
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posted on
11/21/2002 6:52:50 PM PST
by
Gumlegs
To: TheHound
It is a far cry from what they did to Clarence Thomas.True. Here's one of the gentler (yet demeaning) descriptions of Thomas' psyche...based in part on a description of him by McCarthy . I think Mc Carthy was hinting in her column on Rice that Rice is an "as-if" personality, just as Thomas is one.
The Conundrum of Clarence Thomas: An Attempt at a Psychodynamic Understanding
By Alvin Wyman Walker, Ph.D., P.D., P.C. Clinical Psychologist/Psychotherapist
I agree with Sheryl McCarthy who describes Clarence Thomas as follows: [snip], Thomas revealed himself to be a chameleon, a man who will put on whatever face, assume whatever position necessary to please the group he is with." The observation regarding the hollowness of his core, his chameleon-like quality, and his proclivity to assume whatever position necessary to please those with whom he is identified and dependent are important clues to Clarence Thomas' psychodynamic wellsprings. These three characteristics are common to a personality type first described in 1942 by Helene Deutsch. She delineated a group of individuals who lacked a consistent sense of identity and a source of inner direction. She called them as-if personalities because they derived their emotional experience and reactions from others with whom they were completely identified and dependent. The as-if personality adopts characteristics of persons who are particularly important to the individual or characteristics the individual believes would please those signficant others. In adopting these characteristics, the as-if personality does not appear to be acting, but experiences and manifests the assumed traits in a consistent and genuine manner.
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posted on
11/21/2002 7:00:30 PM PST
by
syriacus
To: Howlin
Love Condi. Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead. Go Condi !!!!!!!
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posted on
11/21/2002 7:01:10 PM PST
by
battleax
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