Anyone else find it odd...

[ck4829]

That when Bush entered office, he chose Rice as his national security adviser and the only thing she had going for her was her supposed expertise with the former USSR, but where is Condi in the current conflict between Russia and Georgia?

"US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has also been noticeably absent on the diplomatic scene, having failed to interrupt her holidays to fly to Tbilisi in support of the Georgian government."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080811/pl_afp/georgiarussiaunrestusdiplomacy

[NightWatcher]

1. tell her there's a shoe sale in South Ossetia

[MonteLukast]

2. Very odd indeed.

Perhaps because her "USSR expertise" was all a lie?

Or is it because there's not enough oil in Georgia?

[whistle]

3. BushCo just continues to commit one cluster-fuck after another

[spanone]

4. i think condi does and goes where mr cheney instructs her to. she has shown no skills whatsoever.

but i hear she plays piano

[lamp_shade]

7. Try The Church of Saint Condolessa of the Mushroom Cloud

A caller said that on WJ one morning a couple years ago and I still laugh about it.

[grannie4peace]

5. i heard she made over ninety phone calls

her fingers must be sore... probably her voice too.

[doublethink]

6. I find nothing 'odd' about what this administration does or doesn't do.

Hasn't the last 8 years taught you anything? The word is 'inept' But Tbilisi will probably be in Russian control in a day or two anyway. Soooo .... condi might as well just practice her piano some more.

Then again ..... this could all be 'part of the plan' ......

[progressoid]

8. Not odd. Sad and predictable.

[malaise]

9. Not true

Condi was in Georgia on July 10th. Lots of links here

[unblock]

10. why would he send her? we're not in a position to steal THAT oil.

[Canuckistanian]

11. I don't think she was hired for her "diplomatic" skills

She was a mediocre Russian scholar. Some say her Russian is more than a bit "rusty" and she had NO important contacts to speak of.

She probably rubbed people the wrong way for her political views at Stanford. And thus got attention from the RNC as the "token black woman" who would magically dispel the normally racist image of the GOP.

She was never competent.

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. and yet both Cheney and Rumsfield were in Georgia last week???

Did I hear that right?
What is Rumsfield "supposed" to be doing now, since he was "fired" from the Pentagon.????

[AuntPatsy]

13. Perhaps all is going according to plan.....................we just are not exactly enlightened if

of said plan.......if such is the case, than for them nothing is odd enough for them to take action with at the present time