Posted on 03/13/2005 6:05:44 AM PST by kevin fortuna
'Mildly Pro-Choice' Rice Won't Rule Out Presidential Bid
By Mike Allen Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, March 13, 2005; Page A05
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice described herself Friday as "mildly pro-choice" and "kind of libertarian" on abortion, and left the door open for a presidential race in 2008.
Rice, who took office Jan. 26 after four years as President Bush's national security adviser, said she "can't imagine" running to succeed her boss and that she is "not trying to be elected." But she said she knows people are talking about the possibility, and did not rule it out when pressed repeatedly. She spoke in an interview with reporters and editors from the Washington Times, and the State Department released a transcript yesterday.
The Republican platform is strongly antiabortion, and abortion opponents play a big role in many primaries. Rice explicated her views when a questioner from the newspaper told her that the written record was murky.
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check out one thing about this WP article - a favorite tactic of stealth editorializing by the MSM: read the lead sentence of the third para. they're already setting condi up for a fall w/ the base, trying to get her to nix herself before she even gets started.
"This is the unaborted generation."
Is there such a thing as mildly dead?
At least Hillary is pro-choice.< /sarc>
One note melodies are boring.
There is a 700+ post (or there about) thread somewhere on this topic. It seems "mildly pro-choice" is worse than having Hillary in office to many FReepers. Go figure.
i agree- this is disappointing language coming from her. she needs to be more careful with such an important issue. you can't be half-pregnant, as they say. if you read on she says bush is "exactly" right on the issue, which suggests she's really pro-life... i wonder if this is a calculated strategy to appeal to women voters...if so, it's clumsy.
Yes. But they're easy to play on the piano :-)
oops - sorry for the redundancy!
I could vote for Condi over Hillary even with the "mildly pro-choice" statement. My big concern is what this does to the conservative base. Hillary will fire up her base by sticking to some core liberal principles (although don't ask me what those are). If Condi loses the conservative base with waffling about abortion she is going to have a tough battle. You can't rely on the anti-hillary feelings to win an election. You have to make people want to vote for you.
She just ruled it out on MTP. I would, nevertheless, vote for her if she ever did run, from what I know at this time.
You hit the nail right on the head!
Hillary only needs a 5% solution to get the keys to the White House. If 5% of the traditional GOP voters choose to be single issue lemmings and follow their "principles" over the cliff it's "President Hillary!" in `08.
Why they can't see that is beyond me. The President has little to do or say about abortion other than minor funding issues and judicial appointments. Who is more likely to stuff the judiciary with activist judges - Hillary! or Condi.
The single issue fanatics just don't see the obvious.
"oops - sorry for the redundancy!"
No need to worry. I'm not one who thinks dupes (if this is one. It may be a different article) are necessarily a bad thing. I was just letting you know in case you want to read it.
"You hit the nail right on the head!
The single issue fanatics just don't see the obvious."
What is ironic, is that these single issue voters will also flame others, who tend to be that way when it comes to 2nd Amendment rights.
I'm mildly not going to vote for her.....
could "mildly pro-choice" mean that RvW was extreme and the 'CHOICE' should be returned to the states? I could support that, if it means Rice would appoint conservative judges.
I think the Washington Post is trying to stir up dissent among conservatives and sell newspapers. Condi Rice has ruled out a president run in every interview I've seen where she's been asked.
And she just completed an interview with Tim Russert and couldn't have been more clear. She will not run. She doesn't want to run. She's not interested in running.
"I wish one of our "conservative" leaders would just come out....not caring about what this world thinks, and condemn abortion for what it is...MURDER. "
Rick Santorum has. He is 100% pro-life.
I am not that thrilled with the idea of Condi '08. While I am a fan, I think she is overrated and that we give her a pass for things, such as this.
Mildly pro-choice falls into the same catagory as a little bit pregnant. If or when Dr. Rice decides to run, we will need to pen her down a little tighter on that subject.
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