This is for starters in Nicholas von Hoffman’s case for Condoleezza Rice as John McCain’s running mate:
McCain’s troubles with the religious wing of his party could well evaporate with the churchgoing Rice at his side. She solidifies that part of his base overnight.
Republicans love her. (Who says they love McCain?) She’s a killer debater. She’s a “superstar” and “a fancy dresser.” She trumps Dems on diversity. As pro-war, she goes well with McCain. She’s cover for sexist and racist accusations when going after either O. or H.C. Her experience went beyond being someone’s wife.
They can challenge [H.C.’s] boast that she is a strong, independent woman and paint her as a weak, hopelessly-in-love woman under the spell of a man subject not only to “bimbo eruptions” but also eruptions of smarmy deals with shady business figures.
Wait. They wouldn’t do that, would they?
Lastly, Rice is a notorious sports fan with excruciatingly detailed knowledge of much of its arcana. She’s often said that her dream job is commissioner of the National Football League; however, in a pinch she would probably settle for Vice President of the United States.
Now that’s the Nick von Hoffman who once hit non-softball home runs for the Chicago Daily News.
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Update: Reader D. is having none of it:
The guy who wrote that article was a real nimrod. What’s the next worst entity in our country after sleeper cells and liberals? The State Department! Condoleezza has NOT changed State, she’s blended right in. She’s horrible. No self-respecting [citizen] would ever vote for her. She has the ear of Bush and she whispers sweet nothings that aren’t sweet. Plus I don’t like her voice. She always sounds like she’s ready to break down and cry. I thought we had put this pipe dream to sleep.
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I don’t share Nicholas von Hoffman’s case for Condoleezza Rice as McCain’s running mate.
Those of us who follow the situation in the Middle East are greatly upset with Condoleezza Rice’s policy regarding Israel. It is a sucidal one. Ms. Rice has some how convinced President Bush to go along with the folly of working toward a two state solution. Israel has been pressured to give up much to please the other side, when there are terrorist groups on the other side who are determined to destroy Isreal. Since Condi has gone to the State Department as Secretary of State, she has been seduced by hold over Clinton appeasers in the State Department. Bush has also become soft. His legacy for toughness is now under question. Just because Condi Rice is a woman and black doesn’t say she is qualified to be a running mate for McCain or that she would add to the ticket. I question Condi’s ablitly as a clear thinking decision maker. She seems to have stars in her eyes thinking that she might be the one to succeed in engineering a break through between Israel and Palestine. So far Ms. Rice has not used her reported brilliance to produce any thing lasting from all her dipolmatic efforts. Condi would be better off getting in more practice on the piano where she does excel.
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I think it was Larry Auster who pointed out that Rice started out in the Bush cabinet as someone who emphasized that she was an American who happened to be black, but who after ascending to the top cabinet post, in her speeches increasingly emphasized her blackness.
On the other hand, that might make her the ideal running mate for McCain (Media-AZ), since it would guarantee his defeat, and allow for the possible reformation of the GOP as opposition party. I agree with Annie Coulter that a victory for McCain would be the the worst thing for the GOP and for America.
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I would agree with Nicholas on the view that the worst thing for the GOP is a McCain victory, but the worst thing for the U.S. would be his loss.
Rice might add diversity (a woman and minority all in one person), but she seems to be less conservative than I first thought and certainly a sell-out in the Middle East.
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