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White House rips Boxer over Rice
Washington Times ^ | 1/13/07 | By Charles Hurt

Posted on 01/12/2007 11:42:07 PM PST by JohnHuang2

The White House and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday accused Democrats of suggesting that the secretary's childlessness, race and sex are to blame for mistakes in Iraq.

White House spokesman Tony Snow said Sen. Barbara Boxer's comments that Miss Rice won't "pay the price" for her decisions in the Iraq war because she is unmarried and without children was a "great leap backward for feminism."

"I don't know if she was intentionally that tacky, but I do think it's outrageous," he told Fox News. "Here you've got a professional woman, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and Barbara Boxer is sort of throwing little jabs because Condi doesn't have children, as if that means that she doesn't understand the concerns of parents."

But Mrs. Boxer and Democrats are making no apologies.

Rep. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii called Miss Rice "the most overrated, underperforming individual in executive authority that I have ever seen."

"She constantly gets a pass," he told the Honolulu Star Bulletin this week, days before the nation celebrates Martin Luther King Day. "Who knows if the whole question of race and gender come into it, but ... I can't account for it, except to say she isn't up to the mark."

But it was Mrs. Boxer's remarks about Miss Rice that generated the most outrage yesterday.

(Excerpt) Read more at washtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bahbahboxer; barbaraboxer; barbarayouignorants; butisshearticulate; condirice; condoleezzarice; demhypocrisy; dimocrattackiness; drricetoyou
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To: bruinbirdman

bttt


21 posted on 01/13/2007 3:52:18 AM PST by ThreePuttinDude ()...On 9-11 & 7-7 Islamic missionaries came a callin'.....()
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To: Dustbunny

socialist/liberal/Marxists = America's cancer


22 posted on 01/13/2007 4:24:46 AM PST by ezo4
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To: raisincane

..."The left is so jealous that they do not have accomplished black leaders such as our Condi. All they have is loud obnoxious, stupid women such as Maxine Waters. The left can't hold a match to our Condi and they know it, so they try to tear her down every chance they get"...

You are correct..This is rage provoked by extreme envy of someone so far and away more accomplished and successful than any of her persecutors, not to mention her artistic ability (concert level pianist)...Put any of these leftist bullies out on the street and tell them to get a real job and then see how many of them could accomplish that without their cronies. Condi can get a top level job, not because of politics, but because she is EDUCATED and EXPERIENCED beyond what a common mind can be. The political world can claim a few Statesmen. However, most politicians simply are commonplace "charmers"..Condi came into this world extraordinarily blessed by her Maker and if I were Boxer (a good name for a bully), I would be careful about kicking around someone so favored by a higher power.


23 posted on 01/13/2007 4:29:14 AM PST by jazzlite (esat)
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To: Dahoser

Very good analogy. And memory.


24 posted on 01/13/2007 4:53:01 AM PST by Peach (The Clintons pardoned more terrorists than they captured or killed.)
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To: JohnHuang2
Liz Holtzman, of Watergate fame, or infamy, was quick to criticize Boxer's comments towards Dr. Rice.

Holtzman herself has no children and too offense at Boxer's remarks.

25 posted on 01/13/2007 5:04:12 AM PST by OldFriend (THE PRESS IS AN EVIL FOR WHICH THERE IS NO REMEDY)
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To: Bush gal in LA
I called Boxer's office early yesterday morning. Told the aide that I shared the senator's anguish over the lost lives in Iraq but wondered if the senator had that same concern for the babies murdered during partial birth abortion.

The aide merely said thank you for your comments.

26 posted on 01/13/2007 5:07:44 AM PST by OldFriend (THE PRESS IS AN EVIL FOR WHICH THERE IS NO REMEDY)
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To: JohnHuang2
Liz Holtzman, of Watergate fame, or infamy, was quick to criticize Boxer's comments towards Dr. Rice.

Holtzman herself has no children and tooK offense at Boxer's remarks.

27 posted on 01/13/2007 5:08:18 AM PST by OldFriend (THE PRESS IS AN EVIL FOR WHICH THERE IS NO REMEDY)
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To: OldFriend

I called Biden's office instead of Boxer's (actually I tried to call Boxer, but they wouldn't pick up the phone). I requested that Biden, as chair of the committee, is required to issue a formal apology for the behavior of his senatorial staff. And that if he did not offer an official apology, that I would conclude that he approves of personal attacks on witnesses. They said they would pass on my request. HA


28 posted on 01/13/2007 5:13:19 AM PST by Laverne
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To: bruinbirdman
I hope Project 21 goes after Abercrombie next. To me his comments are even more offensive.

Rep. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii called Miss Rice "the most overrated, underperforming individual in executive authority that I have ever seen." "She constantly gets a pass," he told the Honolulu Star Bulletin this week, days before the nation celebrates Martin Luther King Day. "Who knows if the whole question of race and gender come into it, but ... I can't account for it, except to say she isn't up to the mark."

29 posted on 01/13/2007 5:19:01 AM PST by mware (By all that you hold dear... on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: mware

Actually Abercrombie's comments fit Boxer perfectly!


30 posted on 01/13/2007 5:25:35 AM PST by OldFriend (THE PRESS IS AN EVIL FOR WHICH THERE IS NO REMEDY)
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To: OldFriend
Really Old, I think the media is glossing over the most serious comments. We are going to be celebrating the life of Dr King next Monday, and this git questions Dr Rice intellectual ability because of her race???? This ought to be first story on the news and it is not even being mentioned.
31 posted on 01/13/2007 5:29:00 AM PST by mware (By all that you hold dear... on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: OldFriend

think I will call Project 21 and ask them if they are going to be making a statement about Abercrombie.


32 posted on 01/13/2007 5:30:13 AM PST by mware (By all that you hold dear... on this good earth... I bid you stand! Men of the West!)
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To: mware
The left will do anything to keep this woman from even thinking about running for President.

Further, they cannot allow blacks to think that it's possible to get ahead in America without an increase in the minimum wage.

I once asked a neighbor, the highest female exec in America at the time.....and a committed lib......why she thought black children couldn't learn in school unless they were sitting next to a white child.

She just looked at me in amazement at the very concept. Admitted she never thought of it that way.

I didn't bother to ask her support her liberal-ness. It's hopeless!

33 posted on 01/13/2007 5:32:15 AM PST by OldFriend (THE PRESS IS AN EVIL FOR WHICH THERE IS NO REMEDY)
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To: mware

Thanks for making the effort to expose these racist bigots.


34 posted on 01/13/2007 5:33:36 AM PST by OldFriend (THE PRESS IS AN EVIL FOR WHICH THERE IS NO REMEDY)
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To: JohnHuang2
The Left is full of rage and hate and anger. Even in vicory they are not composed, kind and happy. This is what has happened to the Democrats - all the worst human nature offers has just transformed them into another manner of creature and as liberals they can't see themselves the way others see them because they are full of arrogance and condescension. This is exactly who the Democrats are when they take their mask off. No one should have expected different when they took power.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

35 posted on 01/13/2007 5:39:26 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: raisincane

And, the most jealous are the other so called black leaders.


36 posted on 01/13/2007 5:50:48 AM PST by Coldwater Creek (The TERRORIST are the ones who won the midterm elections!)
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To: Dahoser
That's amazing! I said the exact same thing this morning after reading the article. I said that the Democrats say things about Dr. Rice that Rush Limbaugh couldn't say about a black football player!

Upon more reflection, it also occurred to me that Rep. Abercrombie's comment is pretty funny coming from the party of Barack Obama.

37 posted on 01/13/2007 5:57:20 AM PST by GraceCoolidge
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To: jazzlite
...if I were Boxer (a good name for a bully)

I protest your comment on behalf of those of us who love boxer dogs! The Senator's name is an insult to a fine breed of canine....

38 posted on 01/13/2007 6:00:35 AM PST by GraceCoolidge
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To: mariabush
In related news, Michael Richards has been hired by Barbara Boxer to explain what she really feels about Dr. Rice. Richards issued an unprintable comment, which gave Boxer the giggles.

Sheesh what morons.
39 posted on 01/13/2007 6:01:55 AM PST by healy61
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To: goldstategop

At least Boxer didn't ask Condi if she ever was tough enough to abort a child.

The liberals of today are the worst element in US politics.


40 posted on 01/13/2007 6:11:16 AM PST by Loud Mime ("She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." - Groucho Marx)
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