Sec. Rice: Foreign Embassies Shouldn't Help Pres. Candidates

[babylonsister]

:cry::nopity:

Rice limits embassies' aid for candidates
Nicholas Kralev
Monday, July 21, 2008


Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has instructed U.S. overseas missions to provide only minimal support to foreign visits by the two main presidential candidates, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain, forbidding diplomats to hold events or arrange meetings for them.

In a cable sent late Thursday on the eve of Mr. Obama's swing through the Middle East and Europe, Miss Rice told U.S. diplomats to treat the candidates as "members of Congress visiting in personal or semi-personal capacities," but "with additional restrictions based on rules related to political activity."

"Provide de minimis assistance to the candidate with logistical arrangements," said the cable, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times. "If the campaign staff wants to rent a bus for press, tell them where they can rent a bus."

Mr. Obama, Illinois Democrat, is in the midst of a high-profile foreign trip to Asia, the Middle East and Western Europe that is being intensely scrutinized for its political impact back home.


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http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/21/rice-limits-embassies-aid-for-candidates/

[Labors of Hercules]

1. Anything to wag their dicks...

and make no mistake, she's got one (metaphorically speaking). :evilgrin:

[ck4829]

2. If McCain was more popular than Obama...

Rice would make it mandatory that embassies provide aid.

[Fleshdancer]

3. and yet I don't recall her mentioning this last March when McCain went overseas

Last March, McCain went to Iraq, Israel, London, and Paris.

Last March, he was already the presumptive republican presidential nominee.

Last March, I don't recall Rice mentioning how she believes foreign embassies shouldn't help candidates.

:eyes:

[babylonsister]

4. Not a word. Funny that. nt

[Supersedeas]

6. odd....ain't it

[Perky]

5. I actually think this is appropriate

as long as McCain is treated the same way.

[otohara]

7. Didn't Send Out Same Message When McCain Went

did she?

Lame duck administration officials thinks foreign leaders give a shit what they have to say.

[elehhhhna]

8. she was talkoing to OUR embassies, not foreign embassies...

& nobody in any country but ours has EVER listened to her. She is laughingstock.

[TexasObserver]

9. Condi wants to cement her legacy as the Worst Sec of State EVER.

She is a joke. Her entire eight years with Bush have been a sad, pathetic joke of tragic proportions. She's done nothing good. She personally ignored every warning of 9-11 coming.

And as Secretary of State? They might as well have called a Temp Agency and gotten whoever had a pulse.

[blogslut]

10. HA! I guess this photo pissed her off

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (R) and U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker smile as they walk out from the office of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki after a meeting in Baghdad July 21, 2008. Obama met Iraq's prime minister on Monday to get a first-hand assessment of security in the country, where violence is at its lowest level since early 2004. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani (IRAQ)

[babylonsister]

11. Wow. I don't ever recall seeing Crocker smiling that broadly either.

You're probably spot on; he never smiles like this when she's around!