Posted on 01/31/2006 4:55:12 PM PST by wagglebee
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's travels usually take her to far-flung capitals, but this weekend she's planning a journey closer to home and close to her football fan's heart.
Rice says she will attend Super Bowl XL in Detroit, and she's picking the Pittsburgh Steelers to win - even though she doubted the team in its run-up to Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks.
"I picked Pittsburgh to beat Cincinnati; I have picked against them every game since," Rice ruefully told reporters Tuesday. "I'm not picking against them again."
That's not to say she's become a real Steelers fan. Rice is loyal to the Cleveland Browns.
Rice, who can rattle off football statistics and history with ease, has said she might one day like to be commissioner of the National Football League.
She said she attended one previous Super Bowl, in 1985, when she was teaching at Stanford and the game between the Miami Dolphins and San Francisco 49ers was in Palo Alto, Calif.
The smart Riyal is on Rice for President.
here I am. I'm catching up.
I say Condi needs a fun time. I admire her zeal. There is nothing like a bowl game
Condi doesn't want the presidency 2008.
As reward for all the foreign policy success?
an award from all the stress she goes through daily...are you, Sabramerican, planning on watching the superbowl?
I get stress from watching the mess Rice creates daily.
Thanks for the Washington pic.
for all her hard work, daily, and accomplishments. Kudos to her. Everyone needs downtime for fun and she deserves it
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I didn't know. Thanks for enlightening me.
2008 may be a little too soon, but if she hangs in there, keeps up... who knows, maybe 2012
She's from Birmingham.
there you go. Condi is loyal to her roots.
(donning my "Dog Pound" outfit)
ARF! ARF! ARF! ARF!
nice.
If it should come down to a vote between Condi and the Wicked Witch of the West Wing, I'll take the commish in a heartbeat.
that's what I am saying.
It's about alternatives and choices when an election is up.
Oh, dear... Mike, you just stepped in it, all the way up to your knees...
They call Alabama the Crimson Tide,
Call me Deacon Blues!
Steely Dan(btw: the coolest group ever) never wrote a song about Notre Dame or USC.
who is Steely Dan?
LOL
:)
I didn't step in it....Bama did when it was so blatantly obvious that a fat turd like Phil Fulmer could report them with a clear conscience :)
I'm an LSU fan, so I stay clear of those accusations, but having been to a few games in Baton Rouge, the Bama fans are the nicest, most courteous, and downright friendly people you'll ever meet. Much friendlier crowd than you'll see at a Saints game....
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