Susan Rice on Tucker: What foreign policy experience?

[babylonsister]

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[burythehatchet]

1. This lady knocks my socks off each time I hear her speak. She is wonderful

I like how Barack chooses his advisers.

[babylonsister]

2. I agree! I like who he has picked to get the message out and give

him advice.

Here's Susan Rice's background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_E._Rice

[burythehatchet]

3. Yeah, last time I saw her I was praying out loud that she was related to Condiliar

but no such luck.

[krkaufman]

15. I'm just waking up, and so am a bit slower than my already glacial norm

Why were you praying that Susan Rice was related to Condi?

[burythehatchet]

17. Because the contrast is so highly unflattering to the Republican party n/t

[krkaufman]

22. Ah, ok. (I was thinking almost the opposite.)

I'd have preferred she have some other name entirely, because our fellow countrypoople have proven themselves generally dim enough to be susceptible to guilt-by-association inferences.

"Bush has a female African-American foreign policy advisor named Rice. Obama has a female African-American foreign policy advisor named Rice. Obama is the same as Bush."

Incredibly superficial, yes, but I've become a cynic in recent years. (Or my inner cynic simply awoke and took over.) Heck, the above nonsensical logic isn't far from what I've already seen thrown-out from fellow DUers about Obama.

[wtmusic]

12. She's relentless

Tucker only thought he was prepared. :rofl:

[peoli]

4. When we do have our first woman President, I hope she is half as intelligent as this woman.

[eyepaddle]

34. Hell, why not just have it be her?

I'm feeling some weird mix of awe, love, and relief right now.

It's nice after seven years to see what professionalism looks like.

[GMFORD]

5. This woman is brilliant!

I was bowled over.

[slor]

6. When Edwards dropped out...

I switched over to Obama in large part because of Susan Rice. She is so thoughtful in her answers, and was so forthright. I look forward to seeing her abilities in action, in our next Democratic administration.

[winterlight]

49. She is a very bright lady

She deserves a position in the cabinet.

[TheDoorbellRang]

7. Very good. Like how she succinctly knocked that NAFTA smear down at the end

Too bad it was the day after the primary. Hopefully they can get this all cleared up before Pennsylvania.

[babylonsister]

8. Speaking of that, have you seen this?

:crazy:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4920533

[TheDoorbellRang]

13. Yes. I remember that little footnote in the first CTV story

about Clinton's people, but that never resurfaced before 3/4. It'll be interesting to see where Obama goes from here. This was the first "gotcha" that got him, so far. He's shown himself to be a quick study tho, so we'll see what happens.

[Lena inRI]

9. Go get'em Susan E. Rice! . .

. . .what a breath of fresh air in the Democratic Party.

Sooooo happy to be supporting Senator Obama and his classy, competent advisers like Susan!
:yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock: :yourock:

[stillcool]

10. my goodness....

that was impressive. Will the Canadian Press tell us who said what when?

[babylonsister]

11. Ummm...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4920533

[WDIM]

14. The next Secretary of State. nt

[ellenfl]

16. never mind. eom

[Gato Moteado]

18. i heard bush pulls the plug on the phone when it rings at 3am....

....he doesn't want to interrupt his sleep. terrorist threats and warnings can wait til after he gets up at 10am and has breakfast.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

19. Rice admits that Obama is NOT ready......

Of course, she says Clinton isn't either, but that isn't so convincing when you listen to all the flag officers sing her praises.

General Wesley Clark: “She has done her homework on national security and I know from my personal discussions with her and with many other friends that go in and brief her in her role in the Senate Armed Services Committee. She knows the facts, she knows the details, plus she has the big picture. She is a strategic thinker but she has the building blocks of the strategy in her personal knowledge. This is someone that when she is president our military is going to respect very highly, and when our Senior Officers brief her and meet with her they are going be very, very impressed by what she knows and the intelligence that she brings to these problems.”

Brigadier General John Watkins, Jr.: “As I think about the challenges facing the nation and having been in uniform for almost thirty years, worked with a number of presidents to include the last four, I can’t think of a single person – those generals included – who is better qualified to walk into the Oval Office than Hillary Clinton. I don’t make that statement very lightly. She is more qualified, in my view, than her husband Bill was when he entered the office. It is no surprise to me that you would have as many flag officers who serve this country and Secretaries of the Army and Navy who have served this country who would come out and support Hillary.”

Major General Paul Eaton: “On a personal note, I have a Special Forces Captain son and a Sergeant Paratrooper both in Afghanistan and I find Senator Clinton the perfect choice to be their Commander-in-Chief and to display the loyalty to command our armed forces and to rebuild them after the conflicts in which we are engaged right now.”

Lieutenant General Claudia Kennedy: “I support her because I trust her. I trust Hillary Clinton because of her judgment and her leadership. I have confidence that she is responsive to the needs of people. I believe that she understands leadership the way we do in the Army and that is that it’s about building connections and relationships and establishing guidance and leadership for others. I think she’ll rebuild relationships with other countries that have been suffering for the last seven or eight years; those relationships have really been strained beyond anything I would have anticipated. Another part of Hillary Clinton that I think is just tremendous is that she knows our reality. She is in touch with people, she listens to people. She decides what she believes about policy based on what’s right, she has integrity, and on what works, so she’s practical.”

Lieutenant General Frederick Vollrath: “I support Senator Clinton because I believe it’s time for change in our country, a new direction. And I know change carries with it risks. Senator Clinton is the candidate, in my opinion, with the proven experience that truly understands the risks and how to possibly cope with those risks to get the job done. We shouldn’t shirk from change because of the risks, but we absolutely have to have a leader with the proven experience. America, in the area of national defense, must be successful and Senator Clinton has that experience to create change, to understand the risk, and to get the job done.”

Admiral William Owens: “In this world that we face today, very complex as all of us know, I think experience will be really at a premium, especially at the level of the Commander-in-Chief. There’s not time to learn. The phone rings and you have to be ready. You have to ready with intuition, with experience and with skills. And this world will have the complexities that perhaps we’ve never before seen. I’ve been impressed with and admire Hillary Clinton for her work in the Senate. And we need people with great judgment. I think she brings the best of talent, intuition and experience to handle these unknown threats in the future.”

There are a lot more where these came from.

But you've got to start wondering about Obama's advisers. First, Goolsbee has a back channel conversation with Canada that blows up, and now Rice undermines her boss on TV by saying he's unprepared to be commander-in-chief. That covers two of the most critical issues we face, economics and national security. It doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

[woolldog]

21. Give it up.

She doesn't have any experience "answering the phone at 3:00am" either. No one who isn't a sitting or former president has that experience. :eyes:

[mcjackson]

23. Rice admits that Obama is NOT ready......

here here!

[woolldog]

20. OMG, she's awesome!

I could see her as the first female President! Brilliant.

[JDPriestly]

24. Wow!!!!!!!! I am Impressed.

This is the first I have seen of this expert. She is very intelligent and wonderfully articulate -- hopefully, future secretary of state regardless of who is the candidate.

[butterfly77]

28. I enjoyed watching her throughout the 2003-2004 elections...

I think she was in Kerry's campaign.

[Jack Rabbit]

25. K/R

I am going to feel very comfortable with Susan Rice as National Security Adviser.

[rAVES]

26. Stright talking is rare and refreshing these days.. moreso in the face of fucker carlson

[peace13]

27. Best eight minutes ever!

Well worth it. Thanks for posting this. Peace, Kim Hussein

[scratchy]

29. Hamas acquired Gaza through force?

weren't they elected? When it comes to Israel, Obama Hilary McCain are the same cowards

[List left]

30. Awesome

She is the kind of role model our nation needs.

[AtomicKitten]

31. Apparently Hillary dropped a line in Rice's quote and tried to sell it to reporters.

The New York Times reported that Clinton's campaign was distributing an edited clip of the exchange. And Clinton advisers noted Rice's comments in a memo sent to reporters Thursday afternoon.

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Obama_supporter_Theyre_both_not_ready_0306.html

[Ztarbod]

32. The difference between Hillary and Barack

Barack appears honest.

[Bread and Circus]

33. OMG Susan Rice is awesome. 10/10. She should be out front like this all the time.

[berni_mccoy]

35. K&R!

[DrZeeLit]

36. Excellent. Her work bodes well for Obama's choices in people.

And that's something to consider.

New faces.
Fresh ideas.

Not the same ol' stuff.

This is the CHANGE people really want.

Not sayin' Madelaine Albright wasn't "okay" in her day.
But do you want to she her or any of the Clinton faithful back in the seats?
Remember when GW brought back all his dad's people. Eewww.

I'm just sayin'

[madrchsod]

37. one two punch for barack-susan rice and samantha power

this is what samantha brings to the table

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/samantha-power
Harvard Kennedy School - Samantha Power

http://www.complete-review.com/reviews/ghistory/powers.htm
"A Problem from Hell" - Samantha Power

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/power.htm
Samantha Powers, "Bystanders to Genocide," Atlantic Monthly, September 2001

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqEAfNRARE
YouTube - Samantha Power at Boston's Night To Save Darfur

there will be no more united states standing by watching genocide on obama`s watch

[kitkat65]

38. Susan Rice is absolutely brilliant - assertive, knowledgeable, forceful when necessary

If that's the caliber of people that Obama will bring on board . . . I'm all for it.

[madrchsod]

39. check samantha power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqEAfNRARE
YouTube - Samantha Power at Boston's Night To Save Darfur

[Sarah Ibarruri]

40. She's AMAZING! What a powerhouse! She should be VP for Obama!!!!!!!! nt

[puebloknot]

41. For this reason alone, I am now publicly SHOUTING that...

...I support Obama. I didn't know that Susan Rice was associated with his campaign. Oh, Happy Day! :)

I've followed Susan Rice for a long time, and I think she is absolutely brilliant.

I could swear that I heard her say in an interview that she and Condi are cousins -- perhaps distant cousins. But no taint of Condi's can touch this woman. She is her own person, and a brilliant one at that.

Here's a link to an interview:

http://arizona.typepad.com/blog/2008/01/meet-obamas-ric.html

[puebloknot]

42. My mistake: It's Connie Rice who is Condi's second cousin.

I mixed her up with Susan Rice in my message above, but listening to what Susan Rice has to say, seeing the quality of her intelligence, I'm on board with Obama.

I've heard Connie Rice interviewed several times, and she impresses me greatly. She is no Condi!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

44. Dr. Susan Rice is not related to Condo rice the Bush butt-kisser......

"The Rices are not related," <-- quote from this article: http://www.nysun.com/article/70254

[puebloknot]

46. I meant to post to the OP, not you, but thanks for weighing in.

If you saw my own reply to my post, you'll see that I clarified that it's Connie Rice who is Condi's second cousin. Connie seems to be cut from a different bolt of cloth than her infamous cousin, Condi.

Very exciting to think of new energy in the White House. I've been wary of Obama (not to mention being wary of Hillary), but a new start is needed, and the idea of his bringing young and competent people into government is heartening. The thought of enabling McCain to take the White House has me, along with my fellow Dems, sleeping poorly at night!

[Sarah Ibarruri]

47. I agree :) nt

[Diane R]

43. Compare Obama's staff to Clinton's in-fighting, meltdown staff. I want Obama's people in our WH.

[psychmommy]

45. this sister is phenomenal

i love to hear her. she makes me so proud. go sister go!!!!

[NewHampster]

48. The Money Quote

"They're both not ready to answer the phone"

I love Obama's top foreign policy adviser admitting that he's not ready.

Brilliant!

[LaStrega]

50. A wonderfully well spoken and intelligent k&r n/t

[jedreport]

51. What an impressive interview

Thanks for posting.

[trevjr]

52. Wow I am impressed too

I notice just a small few of the comments were negative. Even Tucker was amazed at an honest response. People cannot fall for the 'just because I say it makes it true' line. So Hillary lines up a bunch of generals to shill for her. Did anyone hear what Rockerfeller said about Obama? Such glowing praise from a man I think has done some bad stuff, but Rockerfeller knows alot even though he might be dishonest.
I mean would you let someone operate on you if they didnt go to medical school but a bunch of doctors swore he could do it? Sometimes I think maybe America is not ready for someone honest. I dont know.

[casus belli]

53. How can anyone remain Republican after listening...

to people like Susan Rice and Barack Obama? I can't define in words how refreshing it is to hear someone like Susan discuss issues after 8 years of listening to a President who can't form a coherent sentence. I think she'd make a powerful addition to any short list for cabinet members in the next administration.

[denem]

54. I have just seen the FIRST woman President of the United States

What a message.