GOP dream candidate Condi Rice says no thanks to U.S. Senate bid

[kpete]

Source: LA Times

Condoleezza Rice — Stanford professor, Soviet specialist, former U.S secretary of state — once said her dream job was commissioner of the National Football League. So she knows a Hail Mary pass when she sees one.

Stick with that metaphor, for a moment, and consider the California Republican Party. The GOP is down by six touchdowns and mired, as it has been for years, on its own 10-yard line. Suddenly, opportunity!

.......

For years, she has tantalized Republicans, dazzled by her resume, her political star power and, not least, the fact that, as a black woman, she might broaden the GOP's appeal to a universe of voters — women and minorities — who have been key to Democrats' growing political dominance across the state.

If only.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-pol-california-politics-20150308-story.html

[Cooley Hurd]

1. *whew!*

...although I wonder what her answer would be when asked how the National Security advisor missed the "hair-on-fire" warnings before 9/11? I'm sure it would be along the lines of "no one could've imagined that planes could be used as missiles..."

Yeah Condi, EXCEPT the US Navy in 1945...

[on point]

11. She says it was in a footnote she didn't read. Trying to gloss over her incompetence

[billhicks76]

22. Wouldn't Testify Under Oath

Because she knew the 911 warnings. She claimed they couldn't conceive of such a situation but she lied. In 2000, CNN had a report that the State Dept had anti-aircraft artillery placed all around the island of Genoa for the G8 Summit because they feared airliners being used as kamikaze weapons. She is a filthy traitor and Democrats were derelict letting these criminals get away with allowing 911 to happen. Bush Sr and Cheney probably told Condi she cannot run for the Senate because it would reopen unanswered questions.

[on point]

24. BTW, in the NEWSPAPERS in 90's was a story about AlQueda out of Philippines using airlines to attack

buildings.

The notion that no one could imagine such a thing is just BS. It was documented way before the event. Besides the real issue is they didn't take it seriously.

[billhicks76]

31. I They Facilitated It

[LiberalFighter]

2. The GOP wanted to run but Condi decided to pass

Problem was... they weren't on the one yard line.

She didn't have a chance anyway.

[Gothmog]

3. Condi would be a weak candidate and has a ton of baggage

[Iliyah]

4. California remembers the BUSHIE regime

and Jeb appears to be just as dumb as the rest of the GOP presidential candidates. Money honey as always is their so called "Jesus".

[Auggie]

13. Yeah, but remember California also elected Schwarzeneggar ...

still a head-scratching moment if there was ever one.

[KeepItReal]

27. That was based on a recall of an unpopular Dem Governor

Remember Darrell Issa engineered the recall of Gov. Gray Davis, only to be cock-blocked on the GOP ticket by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Democratic party didn't have a candidate other than the sitting Governor Davis when the recall was approved.

Davis vs Schwarzenegger wasn't really Dem vs GOP. It was Dem vs superstar.

[SoapBox]

5. Good! But...

Would loved to have twisted the screws on this War Criminal, as there is still a lot of explaining to do.

[BlueCaliDem]

6. She darn well knows she'd go down in flames against Kamala Harris in California.

Although I'd rather vote for a more liberal candidate for Senator Boxer's seat, like Mike Strimling - my chosen favorite who has roots in defending the little guy rather than being a career politician like Harris, she has my and our youth group's vote should Strimling decide not to run for Senate this time around.

[Submariner]

7. I'm surprised to this day that Stanford

would so openly soil the reputation of the university by having that incompetent POS on it's staff.

Have they no shame?

[KansDem]

8. In celebration of her decision, I'm having a mushroom pizza tonight!

[TwilightGardener]

9. Wouldn't the Senate be a step down for a former SoS?

You'd think, but then, she is discredited and fairly irrelevant.

[kimbutgar]

10. Plus her girlfriend doesn't want her to run

She will be exposed as a lesbian. I know a prominent Stanford graduate/donor/insider who said it's an open secret that she has a longtime girlfriend who is a women's coach at Stanford.

Not that there is anything wrong with that but in this Anti gay gop world this would make their heads explode if this became known to the base. That said I would respect her if she came out.

[billhicks76]

32. That's Why She Was Allowed To Rise

Anyone with a secret is easily leveraged and controlled.

[on point]

12. Her record as a war criminal and role on torture review board with Cheney exposed

No way she can run for anything with a public face. She can only get sinecures going forward from the dark forces behind the scenes like Board of director type operations.

I suspect the NFL wanted her to help quiet the abuse scandal, but when google Condi, it comes back torturer, they knew that wouldn't fly.

[tomsaiditagain]

14. Can't stand that woman

she irks me because she is a liar and because she is a black woman who loves the ways of the republipig party.

gggggrrrrrrrrrrggggggrrrrrrrrrrrr

[calimary]

15. I honestly cannot understand the appeal of this woman. Why they pant over her every word.

Or her every bobble of head.

Ever notice that when her lips say "no", her head frequently nods "yes." And when her lips say "yes", her head frequently shakes "no." She's the most addle-brained, idiotic, shaky-voiced, trembling, skittish, Nervous-Nellie individual I've ever seen sit in front of a microphone. When she talks, I swear, sometimes it sounds to me like she's being goosed from behind.

I do NOT see the appeal. OR the purported brains. Her hairstyle always shows a lot of forehead. Maybe that's why people on that side of the aisle think she's smart. I sure don't. That's the best they've got out here? Their brightest hope? DAYUM, they're in worse shape than I thought. She's pathetic.

[Thor_MN]

16. Dream? Nightmare.

[bullwinkle428]

17. Right wingers are talking about her as a possible VEEP selection.

Allow the jokes to begin!

[irisblue]

18. war criminal

[nakocal]

19. You forgot to add liar, lacking integrity, war criminal

The list of her accomplishments are missing the fact that she is a liar, has no integrity, and is a war criminal. Also her gross negligence led to 9/11.

[rocktivity]

20. Condi a "dream" candidate?

In more ways than one...


rocktivity

[DeSwiss]

21. Politics is bloodsport......

...and we already know she can't stand the sight of blood.



- K&R

[rurallib]

23. can we complain about her emails anyway?

[olddad56]

25. I don't think that she could hold up under the scrutiny that a run for the Senate would bring.

[hatrack]

26. "Political star power"? WTF? Mescaline with the Wheaties?

I mean, somebody who's been wrong about EVERY FUCKING THING in her professional life in the last 15 years, who arrived at ChimpCo with a resume as a Soviet specialist and who had a fucking oil tanker named after her?

Star power? Seriously,

[Jim Lane]

29. I guess she has star power in comparison with most of the other Republican prospects.

She'd probably lose by less than Schwarzenegger or Issa or Michael Huffington. I don't know enough about California politics to fill in the names of people who have a realistic chance of ending up as the nominee, but it's plausible that the real candidate will lose by even more than Rice would have.

[stopwastingmymoney]

28. No way in hell any Republican wins that seat

War criminals especially need not apply

[JonLP24]

30. I realized right after what I was initially going to say

which is a political career opens her up to scandals & similar type of stuff when she has a prestigious scandal-free job but right after I thought that, I realized how easily someone can backdoor bribe a member of the selection committee, if she is well paid it is less unlikely something like that would entice her (given the risks involved) which is why point shaving is nonexistent in the pro leagues.

[GOLGO 13]

33. Her girlfriend doesn't want the spotlight and this is the so called

"Soviet" expert that did not see the collapse of the USSR coming. The one thing she's supposed to good for she was completely blindsided. Incompetence is her claim to fame.