[Utah Girl]

Excellent article.

[BunnySlippers]

Thank you for posting this.

[BunnySlippers]

"I think that black Americans of my grandparents' ilk had liberated themselves," she says. "They had broken the code. They had figured out how to make an extraordinarily comfortable and fulfilling life despite the circumstances. They did not feel that they were captives."

What an extraordinary story!

[Askel5]

Is this the same woman who takes pride in the fact the administration calls attention always to their brainy Black Woman cabinet member that -- along with all the Hispanics, Gays and Wimmen -- they've used to round out the Diversity Quotient of the same group of white men who've been in charge since the Nixon administration?

[headsonpikes]

Thank you.

[dodger]

GW BUSH-CONDI RICE 2004!!!!

A great admirer, here, of Dick Cheney, but the Beat goes on ....

[DallasJ7]

It was also clear to another Stanford colleague, Russia expert Michael McFaul, who remembers Rice telling him she opposed gun control and even gun registration because Bull Connor could have used it to disarm her father and others who patrolled Titusville in 1963. "For me as a liberal, pro-gun control person, it really hit me over the head," McFaul says. "I remember thinking, 'Who are we as white liberals to respond?' "

Hehehe...

[Brasil]

This is a very inspiring biography. How excellent to have this accomplished person in a top advisory role. It's wonderful to hear her speak and/or do interviews. Her comments are always brilliant with never a 'you know' or 'uhhhh' or 'mmmmmmm'.

[csvset]

Nice story. Now, shouldn't Condi advise George to get the US out of Kosovo?

[hoot33]

Great post. Thank you Ma'am. Sent to my 'School Ma'rm' gals.