Comments on: Are you ready for Vice President Condi? Update: Or Lieberman?

By: MSGTAS

MSGTAS — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:26:46 +0000

Agreed, Ms. Rice would make a great V.P., but the position must be clearly understood in its context of the day. If we view the position of V.P. as filling in the weakness of the President she’s our person.

However, the position of V.P. has become ceremonial. As the leader of the Senate, the position was designed to sway the
views of the Senate (representing U.S. (us)) to square the Presidents foreign policy, a task she would be find difficult as currently operated.

Because the Senate has transformed itself into our Nanny where only the Senate knows what is good for U.S. (us) and implement programs to assure we do not hurt ourselves, without consulting with U.S. (us). This function is actually an individuals responsibility.

Therefore, the Honorable Secretary Rice’s background, experience, and intelligence would be waisted in the position of V.P. When in fact she can and has made more progress in this arena via the private sector.

By: ericdondero

ericdondero — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:30:54 +0000

She brings libertarian swing voters into the GOP fold. Many libertarians are deeply skeptical of McCain. Condi’s pro-choice, a strong fiscal conservative with ties to the very libertarian Hoover Institution.

I’m impressed that her first political move is to go to Grover Norquist’s libertarian weekly meeting. That sends a strong signal to libertarians. She went libertarian before she went to a conservative meeting.

This is encouraging news for libertarian Republicans.

By: Chakra Hammer

Chakra Hammer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:40:52 +0000

mylegsareswollen on March 27, 2008 at 3:48 AM

Quite frankly your post is nasty on several levels.

By: mylegsareswollen

mylegsareswollen — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:48:22 +0000

She’s gotta start showing more skin if she wants my vote.

A woman on the tickets comes with a requirment….at minimum she should have sex appeal.

If not, I’ll stick with the ugly guys….it’s unamerican to have ugly women on the ticket.

By: Johan Klaus

Johan Klaus — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:52:58 +0000

She has got my vote.

By: unclesmrgol

unclesmrgol — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:20:48 +0000

Rice earned her reputation as an analyst of Soviet and Eastern Bloc foreign and defense policies. She’s the one who formulated George H. W. Bush’s Russian policy. She’s the one who, as Provost, managed to rein in Stanford’s budget from running a deficit (eating endowment) to running a surplus. She’s served on the board of Transamerica Corporation. She’s been a Trustee on the board of the RAND Corporation, America’s premier think tank. Finally, she served on the board at Chevron Corporation, and was personally responsible for negotiating Chevron’s access to the Kazak oil fields, which resulted in Chevron naming a supertanker the SS Condoleezza Rice.

As Secretary of State, she’s the lead person on Bush’s foreign policy team, and her largest success is centralizing the United State’s foreign aid program, to prevent waste and working at cross-purposes in the aid programs the State Department oversees.

She’s proven herself as a corporate officer who is able to design and implement a budget, a seasoned negotiator with a winning record, a person knowledgeable about foreign policy goals of the United States.

And, last but not least, she’s a Republican.

Were either Obama to be compared to Condi Rice, both together could not begin to compare against her experience and her intelligence.

I don’t think she’s going to run (she’s got a lot of other irons in the fire, including a wish to be a concert pianist), but she’s the kind of person I’d want answering that 3AM phone.

Finally, with respect to her being black and a woman, the thought of Ginger Rogers comes to mind — she had to do everything Fred Astaire did, but she had to do it backwards and in high heels.

‘Nuf said.

By: Amy Proctor

Amy Proctor — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:45:22 +0000

Condi Rice is brilliant in every sense of the word. She opposed Rumsfeld early on and is the instigator of the “clear, hold and build” strategy that is now being used in Iraq. She is a civilian GEN Petraeus.

By: Chakra Hammer

Chakra Hammer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:11:48 +0000

McCain and Rudy went to bat for him, his turn to return the favor.

By: Chakra Hammer

Chakra Hammer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:08:59 +0000

McCain campaigned for Rick Santorum, if Santorum has problems with McCain then he shouldn’t have let McCain campaign FOR him and help to raise money for him. Also Rudy Giuliani For that matter.

Chakra Hammer on March 27, 2008 at 12:02 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxa5gAkUqi4

Rudy campaigning for Santorum(Santorum turned it into an AD)

By: Chakra Hammer

Chakra Hammer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:07:39 +0000

if Santorum has problems with McCain then he shouldn’t* have let McCain campaign FOR him

By: Chakra Hammer

Chakra Hammer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:03:59 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxa5gAkUqi4

By: Chakra Hammer

Chakra Hammer — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:02:31 +0000

Never happen. McCain hates Santorum; Considers him to be an embodiment of ‘everything that is wrong with conservatives”.

You would quite literally be more likely to see a McCain-Clinton ticket before a McCain-Santorum ticket.

Although if such a miracle were to take place, Santorum is one of the few people who could get me to pull the lever for McCain.

LegendHasIt on March 26, 2008 at 10:49 PM

McCain campaigned for Rick Santorum, if Santorum has problems with McCain then he should have let McCain campaign FOR him and help to raise money for him. Also Rudy Giuliani For that matter.

By: homesickamerican

homesickamerican — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:48:36 +0000

as much as i like lieberman and LOVE condi, i have to agree. (sigh…)

By: dmann

dmann — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:17:05 +0000

freevillage on March 26, 2008 at 9:56 PM

Talk about giving Obama the benefit of doubt! Condi’s poo has done more than the Messiahs entire career.

By: Valiant

Valiant — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:57:42 +0000

A guy who already has credibility issues with his base isn’t going to put a Democrat on the ticket

He won the nomination without the base. His actions show he does not need our help in November.

By: nukemhill

nukemhill — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:50:43 +0000

You know what this would do, though? Give an open forum to someone on the inside who has authoritative answers to the ongoing questions about WMDs and Iraqi links to terrorists. Talk about an opportunity to redeem the Bush Presidency, and totally stick it to the Dems.

Just a thought….

By: LegendHasIt

LegendHasIt — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:49:06 +0000

….Rick Santorum….
MrLynn on March 26, 2008 at 10:26 PM

Never happen. McCain hates Santorum; Considers him to be an embodiment of ‘everything that is wrong with conservatives”.

You would quite literally be more likely to see a McCain-Clinton ticket before a McCain-Santorum ticket.

Although if such a miracle were to take place, Santorum is one of the few people who could get me to pull the lever for McCain.

By: clover_dave

clover_dave — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:42:34 +0000

I like Condi, but not for VP.

Romney would not add anything to the ticket, maybe securing the economic wing of the party, but are they bolting the party at the moment?

The evangelical wing is bolting as we speek, they are not content with anyone in this race and are planning to just stay home. It is not likely the majority will change with Romney as VP (FLIP FLOP FLIP. And if John Mccain choose Huckabee it still is uncertain.

Their is no extremely good 2 term governor out there. All Vp candidates have a flaw in them, and not much will change it. The main question is WHO can debate well in a debate, AND WHO CAN BRING a state or region into GOP CONTROL.

By: Hilts

Hilts — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:36:49 +0000

Condi Clueless Rice is a total incompetent as Sec. of State.

By: MrLynn

MrLynn — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:26:28 +0000

Aside from hawkish foreign policy, Joe Lieberman is a liberal Democrat.

I still think Mitt elevates the ticket, and maybe brings Michigan with him.

But how about a real conservative, i.e. Rick Santorum? Of course he lost in ’06, but that was a Democrat sweep.

By: freevillage

freevillage — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:56:52 +0000

Condie has as much accomplishments as Obama. Lieberman is a former Democratic VP candidate. Come on.

By: LevStrauss

LevStrauss — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:52:43 +0000

I have been saying for a while he might as well pick Lieberman, especially for fundraising considerations and city suburbs. It would look like a unity ticket which ignorants like because they have no ideology, but it wouldn’t hurt him with “conservatives” because “conservatives” are loyalists that will vote for any liberal to beat a Democrat in the general and they really don’t care what they do in office anyway or at least will forget every four years. They like to use the name “conservative” but that is about it. Real Conservatives have basically left the party anyway. Many of you have made your bed so you might as well lie in it with someone that doesn’t mind calling themselves liberal. I wish many Republicans were as honest with themselves as Lieberman.

By: sanantonian

sanantonian — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:33:59 +0000

First, Lieberman is more hawkish and more hard-nosed on foreign affairs than Condi Rice. It is time to send this academic back to Stanford: She has caused enough damage already — most especially in re: Israel, Lebanaon, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the PA. She is utterly incompetent.

By: Zorro

Zorro — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:09:52 +0000

I like Condi but politics is not her strong suit.

Personally, I would not be surprised at all if he picked Harry the Reid! But I don’t think it matters much who Juan picks as a running mate. He’ll still be a RINO.

By: windansea

windansea — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:09:29 +0000

McCain Lieberman…the Rino Dino dream ticket