Fox on Rice: "neither her race nor her sex will have an impact"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,141512,00.html

NEW YORK — If confirmed by the Senate, Condoleezza Rice (search) will be the first African American woman to serve as secretary of state — a post that calls for her to be America's top diplomat in cultures that may not be very friendly to women or blacks. But political observers say neither her race nor her sex will have an impact on how effective she is conducting diplomacy abroad.

Madeleine Albright — the first woman to hold the job after being named secretary of state by former President Bill Clinton — may have put it best when she said she didn't feel condescended to by men "because when I arrived somewhere, it was in a large plane with 'United States of America' emblazoned on the side."

Ambassador Edward Walker, a former assistant secretary of state who served with Albright, said the most important factor Rice will have working to her advantage is that she works closely with the president of the United States — and that means more than skin color or race most everywhere.

"Condoleezza is going to have a great advantage because she is known to have a good relationship with the president … I'm assuming she won't be as blindsided by the White House or the NSC as Colin Powell was time to time. So it should be a much more effective role in the Middle East, throughout, regardless of where she is."

[IrateCitizen]

1. Maybe not -- but her incompetence will have a HUGE impact!

She was the worst National Security Advisor this country has ever had. I'm certain she'll perform similarly as Sec. of State. The only reason she was picked for this job is that she is adept in telling Bush what he wants to hear, PERIOD.

[demokatgurrl]

8. Damn, took the words right out of my keyboard!!! n /t

[AllegroRondo]

2. Did they mean "neither her race nor GENDER"??

or were they referring to her affair with the pres?

[Benhurst]

3. LOL! Nice catch, AllegroRondo. NT

[madrchsod]

4. she must have called fox news

and complained that she wasn`t getting any pub. poor baby-condi nobody cares about you. if you think they don`t care here in the usa just wait till you go overseas. poor baby you`ve reached the hight of your career, to clean up after a white rich man. cosby was right, you haven`t left masters house.

[AspenRose]

9. That wasn't Cosby, it was Belafonte

eom

[elehhhhna]

5. The moles on her face that spell out "Antichrist's Handmaiden" ...

might make them pay attention!

[qb]

6. What about her infatuation with her "husband"?

Will that have an impact?

[leesa]

7. I agree. She will be incompetent and traitorous despite these

things

[Supersedeas]

10. more effective because not blindsided by supposed allies

if Middle East representatives disagree with the White House and NSC, and she is "on the same page," how will she be MORE EFFECTIVE than COLIN.

this is more a jab a Colin, than any praise of Condi

[haifagirl1]

11. I agree!