Posted on 07/11/2012 5:18:12 PM PDT by COBOL2Java
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RUSH: I've been thinking about something. There's a story I had in the Stack. I didn't get to this yesterday. It's a Reuters story, "Romney May Name Running Mate Early in Election Race." There have been names floating on this. There's Bob Portman in Ohio. There's Marco Rubio, who continually says it isn't gonna be him. Bobby Jindal. Governor Christie -- who may be talking himself out of it, if he was in there, but he's openly said that he would take it.
Well, he's openly said that he would seriously consider it. There are a number of names. Tim Pawlenty is considered one of the front-runners. So today Romney goes to the NAALCP convention. One of the names that is also on this list that shows up now and then but not in every story about it, is Condoleezza Rice. Now, I don't have any idea who Romney's gonna choose, but when I saw this story yesterday, "Romney May Name Running Mate Early in Election Race," I thought, "Why?"
This is awful early to name a VP.
Of course, the Reuters headline says "may name." But it's a fairly lengthy story about what the advantages in doing so could be, and they list the people that are possible. It mentions here, "Romney is also considering whether to name a woman, his wife, Ann, said." To the team of people that would select a running mate. And I've seen Condoleezza Rice's name mentioned off and on. Here goes Romney to the NAALCP. What are the odds that he would pick Condoleezza Rice next week, coming off of this speech to the NAALCP?
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You think zero? Why?
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Well, they all say they'll never do it! They all say they'll never do it. Every one of these people is saying that. Well, except Chris Christie. Paul Ryan's name is mention, and a lot of people look favorably at Paul Ryan. But, Rubio, for example, says, "There's no way I'm gonna do it!" They all say this. But then if they get the call, then this sense of duty overtakes them.
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What if I got the call? (laughing) I'd ask, "Are you sane?" You know what my answer would be? "I'm not gonna take the pay cut." But I'm just not oriented towards that. I'm not diplomatic enough to be in government in any way, shape, manner, or form. You remember who was the head of Obama's selection team? It was Caroline Kennedy. Yeah, it was. She was right in there. But you watch the reaction that regime will have no matter who Romney picks. No matter who he picks, the criticism is going to be profound.
Of course, when Obama chose Biden, there was no criticism. He chose a lunatic. He chose a plagiarist. And now the guy, Biden, is out there telling sex jokes. Did you hear about this? I think we've got it in the Stack here. Biden. Who was he talking to? Was it an Hispanic group? He was talking to some group of people about how small the house was where he grew up and how thin the walls were and how his parents managed to "get away with it" nevertheless.
I kid you not. (laughing) Honestly! It was La Raza. Biden was talking to La Raza. He said (paraphrased), "We had all the ingredients: Small room, thin walls. You know, just like you." We do have the sound bite. Somebody tell me what number it is. I know it's there. Yeah, number eleven. Here it is. This is yesterday Las Vegas at the National Council of La Raza Luncheon.
BIDEN: I was raised in a... No Horatio Alger story, a normal story. A three-bedroom house, split level, in a new development, in the mid-fifties in Delaware. Those walls were awful thin. I wonder how the hell my parents did it, but that's a different story.
AUDIENCE: (laughter)
BIDEN: I know you don't know anything about that!
AUDIENCE: (laughter)
BIDEN: I know none of you in your families have done the same thing!
RUSH: So here he is talking to the Hispanics saying (paraphrased), "Look, I grew up just like you did: A whole bunch of people in a cheap house with thin walls, and I don't know how my parents did it. I know none of you in your families have done the same thing." He's trying to share a commonality with 'em. (interruption) Snerdley, a lot of people think about their parents doing it, and they can't visualize it. But nobody talks about it! Certainly not vice presidents!
They don't go to groups, particularly La Raza, and say, "Yeah, yeah, yeah! Remember the car you came here in? Well, it's like the house you lived in. Well, it was the same for me, and I tell you: All of us were packed in there like sardines and the walls were very thin, and I don't know how my parents got away with it!" You know, if Romney chooses Condoleezza Rice, we're not gonna get anything like that from her as vice president. I was at the Horatio Alger dinner where she was inducted into the society a couple years ago.
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I read an article last week where Ms. Rice said there was no way she wanted to be vice president.
I read an article last week where Ms. Rice said there was no way she wanted to be vice president.
Romney / Rice ...does have a ring to it .
Nah...not if Mitt is smart!
He needs a pit bull...not a wonk!
I could see her taking the number 2 spot yet still voting for Obama like she did last time
No
He’s not going to pick West .
People remain confused. This election will be about “anybody but Obama”. It has nothing to do with anything else. It doesn’t matter if the candidates on the other side are Daffy Duck and Goofy.
On the other hand, VP Condi could do the football playoff charts!
Rice-a-Romney: The Washington, DC treat!
We don’t need a concert pianist (much funner to say than to type...go ahead - say peeanist...doesn’t that make you giggle just a little?) in the Naval Observatory. We need a foreign expert. Although not a ticket draw, if anyone from DoS would be great as the VPOTUS, Bolton would be my pick.
That RINO flavor can’t be beat!
I hope not. Mitt needs to pick someone who is both acceptiable to a broad range of GOP voters, and also viable as a potential candidate 8 years from now if he wins. That’s not Condi. Someone like Paul Ryan would fit the bill nicely.
For crying out loud!
Enough with the Condi Rice for VP!
Why would she make a good candidate for VP?
Because she has black skin?
Because she is a female?
Those are her only qualifications.
She certainly has never displayed the ability to handle executive responsibilities at a high level.
This woman is no more competent than Joe Biden.
She was no better as Sec. State than Hillary Clinton or Madeline Albright.
Leave her in academia where she can do no more harm at the national level.
He figures he can win without the help of the Republican party's Conservative base.
No one under 35 watches TV regularly ~
But funny!
If so, so much for picking up a bigger share of the Jewish vote.
Thanks COBOL2Java.
As said above, it is irrelevant who he picks since we must replace Obama never the less.
But, I think that Condi, as appealing, experienced and smart as she is, is pro abortion so that would be a problem for some like me who are strongly against baby killing. (If we were not up against an existential catastrophe with Obama in office, I would never vote for a ticket with a pro abort).
Also, my admiration for Condi dropped off after reading this article in the WSJ:
Anyone But Condi
A tempting but unwise choice for Romney’s vice president./April 30, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304050304577375851104232184.html
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