Posted on 07/12/2012 4:37:05 PM PDT by kristinn
**Exclusive**
Late Thursday evening, Mitt Romney's presidential campaign launched a new fundraising drive, 'Meet The VP' -- just as Romney himself has narrowed the field of candidates to a handful, sources reveal.
And a surprise name is now near the top of the list: Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice!
The timing of the announcement is now set for 'coming weeks'.
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It was Condi who received two standing ovations at Romney's Utah retreat a few weeks ago, and everyone left with her name on their lips.
Rice made an extended argument for American leadership in the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at drudgereport.com ...
I think GVnana was asking for proof that she (Rice) endorsed and voted for Obama. I don't think she's anywhere near as bad as turncoat Colin Powell who actually did endorse the communist. And Powell would definitely have known prior who and what Obama was, and what "fundamental transformation/"Change" really meant.
Condi is as "conservative" as Colon Bowel.
Proof? That was nothing. You’re a waste of my time.
(Similar posts at 17 from ConservativeTeen, 26 from Anti-Bubba182, 50 from Politicalmom, 58 from Tzar, 72 from Little Ray, 116 from SUSSA, 132 from norton, 166 from Persevero, 213 from Donna, 285 from firebrand)
On the other hand, 311 posted on Fri Jul 13 2012 07:51:43 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by Tzar: “Some people are writing that Condi is pro-life. We’ll see how the cards fall. If she is prochoice and gets on the ticket, I’m voting 3rd party.”
We need to get this cleared up.
Wagglebee, do you or others over in the pro-life and moral absolutes ping lists have any clear and unquestioned facts on Condoleeza Rice and her views on abortion?
Either Rice is pro-life or pro-choice. If she's being slandered and is actually pro-life, let's verify it and stop the unwarranted attacks. If she is pro-choice, let's get that documented and make sure there is organized pro-life opposition to her. If she's ambiguous on her views and has said more than one thing in the past, let's get the contradictory statements out for us all to see, and then force the Romney campaign to either ditch her or have her clearly state her views.
This is too serious to let drop.
Possibly. They'll mention it. But the MSM always liked her - she was the anti-Cheney - and they'll like covering her because she's got star power and these so-called journalists like nothing more than covering stars.
Look, I'm not a big Condi supporter and thought she was a bad SoS, and I detest Mittens. I'm just trying to explain her appeal to the Mittens people.
an Arabist
pro abortion
ambiguous about who she supported in 2008
Geezuss
have freepers gone as mad as the GOP establishment?
just because she is black...the white race in America has gone verifiable Colonel Kurtz
in today's silly world they would support the right jockey post if they thought it absolved them and they could preen
i had hoped the Obama debacle had quenched that idiocy
George Stephanopoulos And Michele Bachmann 'Settle' The Obama Birth Certificate Issue (George Stephanopoulos shows her a copy of the first FAKE birth certificate posted on candidate Obama's website and Bachmann accepted it)
This was before Obama released the newer FAKE birth certificate which was the PDF with layers.
That would make her selection all the more interesting. She could say “Hey, I got caught up in all the hoopla, too, but look at what has happened!” I hope it’s not her, but that will be an interesting angle if she’s picked.
Precisely...I had forgotten about that...I have the book too.
“Leave skin color out of it”.
That’s good advice... for you as well. Could it be possible that Dr. Rice brings much more than race (or gender) to the ticket? Gee — how ‘bout experience from being Sec State during wartime? Much more than Obama and Biden combined could ever hope for. Or maybe that she’d smoke Biden in the VP debates (if there is such a thing)because she’s so dang intelligent? Or maybe that she’s actually read the Constitution? Why must republicans fall to the same shallowness as democrats and look first at the race of the person then at the gender?
I can’t be the only person who saw the recent interview with her where she said in no uncertain terms that she IS NOT interested and WOULD NOT and DOES NOT want the job. She was not ambiguous like many. She was emphatic.
I just don’t get why everyone is fussing over this.
If the base stays home then they/we deserve four years of Obama and the destruction of liberty forever. OBAMA solidifies our base — not the VP pick.
Statements from Condi on abortion issue:
“We have to respect the culture of life and we have to try and bring people to have respect for it and make this as rare a circumstance as possible.”
“I tend to agree with those who do not favor federal funding for abortion, because I believe that those who hold a strong moral view on the other side should not be forced to fund it.”
I think she's for abortion in limited cases. I heard her on a Rush clip today say that she opposes late-term, describing it as cruel. And if she's opposes it in terms of cruelty (pain and suffering to the unborn), she'd have to be against it in cases months prior to "late-term" as well, since the unborn almost certainly feels the pain of the operation even then. As for her having been 'pro-Obama', she sure didn't sound like it the other day:
“President Bush was willing, against a lot of criticism, to assert American leadership,” she [Rice] said, adding: “I’m pretty certain I don't see that same level of willingness to assert this [from Obama]: That the United States is indeed exceptional, the United States isn’t just the lowest common denominator of what the [United Nations] security council can deliver.”
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/obama-bush-rice/2012/06/27/id/443613
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"...we need to reassure our friends [overseas] that, indeed, we’re going to be with them, and that our foes have to respect, and indeed, fear us."
Statements from Condi speech:
“We have to respect the culture of life and we have to try and bring people to have respect for it and make this as rare a circumstance as possible.”
“I tend to agree with those who do not favor federal funding for abortion, because I believe that those who hold a strong moral view on the other side should not be forced to fund it.”
thanks for noticing!
Read up...I got plenty more if it takes it
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/07/condi-rice-abortion-pro-choice-vp-romney.html
here’s her video with Blitzer...why on earth would a GOP cabinet member not frigging tell us she is supporting the GOP candidate this election
cause he’s black maybe..same reason so many daft freepers toss their supposed convictions out the window and wet their britches over her (just like they did Powell)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPdPYX1Hv8E
if you must go BLACK...go with West ..he is far more genuine
I am a hardcore culture war rightist..it is bad enough to have to stomach Romney.
I will not support a race and gender pick social liberal as VP
that is anathema
why not ask JR his opinion...lol...no worries...I don’t do that but I suspect Condi supporters here don’t grasp yet the length of their rope
Boy, wouldn’t it! That effing idiot Biden would be reduced to a pile of crap with a bunch of hair plugs on it.
It’s like bringing a tank to fight some doofus with a rock.
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