Posts filed under “Rice”
Condi Tells A Whopper
Republicans seem to specialize in ludicrously exaggerated assessments that they themselves couldn’t possibly believe, but that they feel compelled to keep repeating with a straight face long after they become the object of widespread ridicule. There was George Bush declaring that Harriet Miers was “the best person I could find” to be a Supreme Court [...]
Bush, Abuses In The Name of Fighting Terrorism, & Do-overs
Back in August 2006, I wrote about the case of Maher Arar. As an opening gambit, I offered a definition of extraordinary rendition (largely taken from the Columbia Journalism Review): The official definition of extraordinary rendition seems to be that it is an operation in which we ship off a terrorist suspect –- or any [...]
Condi Rice: Mission Accomplished, Huh?
First, the world watched in horror as the terrorist attacks on Mumbai unfolded last week. Once the last terrorists were killed, and the three sites where the terrorists held captives were cleared, attention turned to the war of words between India and Pakistan. Every time there is a terrorist attack in India, it is perfectly [...]
Psst! Want 15 Minutes Alone With A Hot Secretary?
Apparently, it only costs a couple of hundred thousand. And you don’t even have to do anything as demeaning as tuck it into her undergarments. In fact, she may even keep her clothes on the whole time. John McCain has been busy for the last 18 months or so prostituting himself for the presidency. Condi [...]
Blackwater Rides Again
Always a pleasure to point out that Blackwater Worldwide is in the news again. Funny how they are hardly ever in the news for doing anything good. Still, there’s no such thing as bad publicity, right? Even if Blackwater is caught first breaking the law, and then lying about it. Under the Bush administration, that’s [...]
The State Department’s Latest Embarrassing Scandal
It’s interesting how scandal after scandal has erupted in the State Department, many of them pointing to systematic mismanagement, but Condi Rice has consistently avoided any measure of accountability or blame. The most egregious of these was probably the State Department’s longstanding role as Blackwater USA’s dedicated enabler and cover-upper—from trying to dismiss and whitewash [...]
Birds Of A Feather
Condi Rice may not be willing to be John McCain‘s running mate, but apparently she is willing to help his campaign in other ways. Like lending him her dialog coach: On the Straight Talk Express from the airport to the hotel in Minneapolis, Sen. John McCain said that his campaign has decided that it will [...]
Reading Condi’s Mind
On Fox and Friends this morning, our Condi was asked if she was interested in being McCain‘s running mate. She responded: Obviously, it’s dearly flattering to have people think that way. But no, it’s time for me to go back to Stanford. [... ] Government service is a wonderful thing, Steve, but you have to [...]
Condi Speaks the Truth!
Yes, I thought she was incapable, but how can you argue with this? Remarks After Meeting With Lebanese President Michel Suleiman – State.gov (6/16/08): Secretary Rice: And so, obviously, in any compromise there are compromises… Good lord. This is supposed to be a brilliant woman? Someone get Section 9 on the blower. But wait, this [...]
Sovereignty a la Iraq
I really don’t think the Iraqi government understands the George Bush-Condoleezza Rice brand of democracy and sovereignty. Just because we called the mission Operation Iraqi Freedom, and declared the mission to be accomplished, they seem to think they are free. Just because we declared them to be a sovereign nation, they seem to think they [...]