Rice Hitting the Road to Speak

[Roland99]

National Security Adviser's Trips to Swing States Break Precedent
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46231-2004Oct19.html?nav=rss_politics/elections/2004

In the weeks leading up to the Nov. 2 election, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice has traveled across the country making speeches in key battleground states, including Oregon, Washington, North Carolina and Ohio. In the next five days, she also plans speeches in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Florida.

The frequency and location of her speeches differ sharply from those before this election year -- and appear to break with the long-standing precedent that the national security adviser try to avoid overt involvement in the presidential campaign. Her predecessors generally restricted themselves to an occasional speech, often in Washington, but counting next week's speeches, Rice will have made nine outside Washington since Labor Day.

Rice frequently supplements her speeches with interviews with local media, generating positive coverage -- including a Page One news story in Portland's largest newspaper. Although she does not mention Democratic challenger John F. Kerry and avoids answering overtly political questions, the target of her speeches is not lost on local audiences. The Seattle Times, reporting on a Sept. 7 speech to the University of Washington, said, "Rice sounded at times like a candidate" as she received "rousing ovations" in defending the administration's handling of the war on terrorism.

She won't appear willingly before the 9/11 Commission re:her role in the worst attacks on country in 60 years but she'll whore for Bush's re-election?

Fuck that bitch!

[Bluebear]

1. "No one could have IMAGINED a national security adviser campaigning!"

[umtalal]

2. As Usual they give this over rated woman too much credit. n/t

[Roland99]

4. I love Mark Kitchen's response!!

The Kerry campaign said Rice's travel was inappropriate. "America would be a lot better off if Dr. Rice spent more time worrying about Osama bin Laden's job security and less time worrying about her own," said Kerry spokesman Mark Kitchens.

[umtalal]

6. Oh, my God. He nailed it. Thanks for sharing this.

[faithnotgreed]

13. oooh that WAS good

[naufragus]

3. is that right

is is right for her to be out making speeches. to me it is just unseemly given her position.

she makes the nsa look like total goofballs anyway. no one outside the WH takes that woman seriously

[NightOwwl]

5. So who's minding the store

while she's out whoring for Bush?

[umtalal]

7. She was not minding the store on 9/10/01. The woman sucks.

[jdots]

8. there was a term they used during slavery

for people like Condi lets not use it here or anywhere

[foo_bar]

9. implied headline: "Rice Hitting the Road, so to Speak"

[tomfodw]

10. This is unseemly

Some administration figures just should not campaign: Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, among them. Their jobs are just too important for them to turn themselves into politicians.

[naufragus]

11. Plus she has to be the worst one ever

her testimony on the PDB is a farce.

[MatrixEscape]

12. You know ...

When your dog or cat, or even kid, gets a certain type of intestinal worms, it looks just like rice?