Condoleezza Rice mulls change of role

[emad]

Times
By Elaine Monaghan and Roland Watson
President Bush may make several changes to what has been a stable Cabinet



PRESIDENT BUSH is considering a Cabinet reshuffle that would deprive him of his best White House buddy but would inject fresh blood into his second-term team.

Condoleezza Rice, as avid a sports fan as the President as well as his National Security Adviser and constant sidekick, is expected to leave the White House. She will not necessarily depart the Administration, however. Ms Rice, whose dream job would be (American) Football Commissioner, let it be known 18 months ago that she was looking forward to returning to academia in California after a gruelling first term. But she might be persuaded to stay in Washington. One job she is said to fancy is Secretary of Defence at the Pentagon, if Mr Bush decides to relieve Donald Rumsfeld. Mr Rumsfeld is keen to extend his tenure and wants time to finish the “rationalisation” of the Armed Forces, the project he began four years and two wars ago to drag the US military into the 21st century.

The biggest decision facing Mr Bush is what to do with General Colin Powell at the State Department, the member of his national security team who is most often out of step with colleagues.

General Powell’s friends repeatedly raised the prospect of his departure during the first term, seemingly to frighten the White House into taking his counsel more seriously. Losing General Powell in the run-up to the Iraq war, for instance, would have sparked a real crisis for the Administration.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1346316,00.html

[tom22]

1. Hasn't this woman been promoted far beyond

her level of competence?

[underpants]

3. Yes she is as relevant as a typewriter repairman

She is trained as a "Sovietologist" and if you haven't noticed (they don't seem to) there aren't any Soviets around anymore.

Totally irrelevant and it showed on 9/11.

[barb162]

14. she should be teaching Russian history somewhere and hope

she doesn't screw that up. She's way over her head, can't handle crisis at all, screwed up NSA, can't make decisions, etc. But she reads newspapers for Shrub very well, therefore, make her Defense Secretary. Can she be much worse than Rummie?

[emad]

15. Chevron-Texaco named an oil tanker after her. Maybe they

could give her a new job on board.........

[Julius Civitatus]

22. Talk about falling upwards

I mean, is there anything you can do to get fired in this administration?

Condi is an INCOMPETENT TWIT. This is a woman who was caught asleep at the wheel, and neglecting her responsibilities. This is a public official who read an urgent intelligence report entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Strike inside the United States" short before 9/11 and dismissed it as "historical documents." This is a public official who has been wrong time and time again about everything she's done.

In all instances, this lady (just like Rumsfeld) has been a major f*ckup, and should have been fired from her job long ago.

Instead, now she's getting promoted. This is a disgrace!

I'm sure the relatives of 9/11 victims will be thrilled about this prospect.

[underpants]

2. Well then there goes defense in the AFC

Sec. of Defense?

[peekaloo]

4. Sweet Jebus....Condiliar as Sec. of Defense?

:wtf:

[louis-t]

7. Why not? She was a failure as NSA, replacing a total

incompetant with another is typical * strategy. He is only interested in yes men (or women) anyway.

[Mr_Spock]

5. Kick this lying good for nothing to the gutter

I fucking hate her more than I hate Rove. This lying fucking weasel whore needs to burn in hell - that's her next assignment.

[sallyseven]

6. I guess the affair is over.

He is impotent.

[Mika]

8. They are getting a divorce and moving forward

:puke:

[alcuno]

9. Textbook inverse variation. The more you fail, the greater your status.

I'd LOVE to watch hearings into Ms. Rice's confirmation

[alcuno]

10. And another thing. Republicans will NOT confirm her as Sec Def.

Lugar? Hagel? McCain? They may be on the wrong side, but all have called Iraq an act of great incompetence. This kind of story is floated to make Condi's leaving seem more like her choice.

Several Republicans said that they were keeping low and wouldn't help Kerry BUT they don't have to worry about the election anymore.

[JuniperLea]

11. i was just discussing cabinet changes with my b/f

and i mentioned one possible change to which he replied, 'you expect bush to do something right'? ha! what was i thinking?!?!

[cubsfan forever]

25. They might even bring up her failures before

9-11, or would that be unpatriotic? She is the epitome of The Great American Failure Story. I do notice that she isn't mentioning her false doctorate nearly as much. Reality creeping up on her?

Professor 2
(mine's real)

[lovedems]

12. She should be ashamed of herself, campaigning for Bush.

I guess her job security was more important then our nations security. Why she wasn't called to the carpet for campaining still continues to puzzle me.

[anarchy1999]

13. Just shoot me. "Secretary of Defense"??>? No F'ing way!

Let's all just go Cheney ourselves. Secretary of Defense, Condoleeza Rice, this has to be a sick joke.

[ydya]

16. Calm down people. She's still gonna remain First Whore. eom.

[umtalal]

17. Is this their spin for firing her?

The woman was a complete failure. I think she should have been fired on 9/12. Incompetent to say the least.

[Redleg]

18. She should be shitcanned rather than promoted.

Good christ.

[marew]

19. Goodbye Condi!

Heard her speak? She is almost as inept as Bush. Must have gotten her PhD in the mail!

[Rose Siding]

20. No one will even sneeze at the myth that repubs are "Srong On Defense"

if they chose a woman to be SecDef. Can you just IMAGINE if dems had (remember them?- opposition party in the former US two-party system) dared to do that?

[underpants]

21. Yeah that is the irony here

I can hear Freeper heads popping like microwave popcorn right now.

[Daisey Mae]

23. WHY DOES this NOT SURPRISE ME.....

"AWOL" loves to brazenly rub our faces in THEIR INCOMPETENSE....Oh these American fascists are adorable.... I hope we get a lot of time to enjoy their capers before the END OF TIME that they cause will bring the curtain down with q BIG BANG....The best we can hope for is a painless exit........

[OutsourceBush]

24. She could always apply for a shoe shine job with Jerry Fallwell

Never mind, that is what she is doing now.