Well... If you say so, Mr. President, But...er... This bull you call Miss Rice.. um.. is she really a nice, quiet, docile, well-mannered friendly bull..? Ye Olde China Shoppe
Her statements about Benghazi seem to me to be of of little moment but there are legitimate concerns about her ability to be cool-headed, measured and… diplomatic.
She’s not a bull in a China shop… maybe she’s wearing a red dress, and the dumb bulls in the GOP are the ones seeing red. This is such a non-issue compared to the other Rice’s “the smoking gun will be a mushroom cloud.”
So there they sit in their easychairs, having voted to cut the State Dept’s budget, with perfect 20/20 hindsight criticizing a statement made with the latest info the CIA could muster, and they expect us NOT to see the naked politics involved in their witchhunt?Huh…they really DO think we’re stupid…
The bull in the china shop image probably is deeper than what she said on Sept. 15. She may be a little too outspoken for Oliphant’s taste in a Secretary of State. I think McCain’s problem with her is personal and goes back to what she said about his trip to Iraq in 2008 “…strolling around the market in a flak jacket” and another time (also during the 2008 campaign) calling him “a dangerous “shoot from the hip leader.”
It has now been admitted she had additional information she received from the CIA etc and knew what she was being told was a lie. She lied to protect her boss and win the election. If she didn’t know then she is incompetent and should be fired.
BTW, incompetent is not a sexist nor racist word. Anyone who thinks so is a blustering fool. Bush was regularly called incompetent.
It really rankles that McCain is involved in this stupid, non-issue. He was the person who was willing to foist Sarah Palin onto the country one heartbeat away from being President. Can you imagine President Sarah Palin? As far as I’m concerned he should resign and go into hiding in shame. And Obama was accused of “hating America” by the right wing loonies! Has anyone done anything as hateful to this country in recent memory as putting us in the possible position as having to wake up and face President Palin?
The first qualification for being in the cabinet is the ability to blab every bit of secret information as it comes in so that Fox News can decide what strategy our country should follow in delicate foreign affairs. Unless you’re a Republican, of course, then it’s the duty of the nation to shut up and not ask questions.
You cannot be that naive. Congressional Black Caucus.
From Washington Post!!
Could it be, as members of the Congressional Black Caucus are charging, that the signatories of the letter are targeting Ms. Rice because she is an African American woman? The signatories deny that, and we can’t know their hearts. What we do know is that more than 80 of the signatories are white males, and nearly half are from states of the former Confederacy. You’d think that before launching their broadside, members of Congress would have taken care not to propagate any falsehoods of their own.
Several Democratic members of Congress held a press conference today in defense of Susan Rice. Representative Marcia Fudge (D., OH), the new leader of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Republicans could not question Rice’s qualifications for Secretary of State and suggested that any attempts to do so were inspired by racism and sexism:
“How do you say a person like Susan Rice is not qualified? You may not like her, you may not like the administration, but don’t say she’s not qualified. She is the most qualified person I’m sure that any of you know, that these senators know. . . . It is a shame that any time anything goes wrong,* they pick on women and minorities.* I have a real issue with that. . . . For you who are haters, as the young people say, your hate is going nowhere. Just go on and hate on, but look in the mirror and hate yourself, not the people that do this work.
“(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Marcia Fudge (D.-Ohio), the incoming chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, is accusing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) of “sexism and racism” because the criticism leveled at U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice for telling the American people that the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was a spontaneous reaction to a video posted on YouTube.
“There is a clear, a clear in my opinion, sexism and racism that goes with these comments that are being made by, unfortunately, Senator McCain and others,” Fudge (D-Ohio.) said Friday at a Capitol Hill press conference."
When she declared the 9/11 terrorist attack was provoked by the video she was either lying if she knew the facts or incompetent if she didn’t know the facts.
Personally, I believe, as a very intelligent aware official, she knew exactly what had happened and chose to pretend she didn’t know to help President Obama get re-elected. That is enough to disqualify her. What have you been saying about Cheney and other Bush officials who conveniently forgot the truth?
thegreatack over 11 years ago
More like a china-Woman in a bull shop…[And I don’t mean in the sense she’s fragile or from China.][And I do mean ‘bull shop’ in every sense.]
pam Miner over 11 years ago
People sure do get one person’s case and stay there.
Cat43ullus over 11 years ago
The master has returned. Hooray!
Her statements about Benghazi seem to me to be of of little moment but there are legitimate concerns about her ability to be cool-headed, measured and… diplomatic.
ARodney over 11 years ago
She’s not a bull in a China shop… maybe she’s wearing a red dress, and the dumb bulls in the GOP are the ones seeing red. This is such a non-issue compared to the other Rice’s “the smoking gun will be a mushroom cloud.”
Kip W over 11 years ago
I think what matters is that she could hold her own with the bulls that are already there.
wyneaux over 11 years ago
But seriously folks (9/12), if this is the best you have to offer in the past two months, then why bother viewing you on Go-Comics?
NDeeZ over 11 years ago
So there they sit in their easychairs, having voted to cut the State Dept’s budget, with perfect 20/20 hindsight criticizing a statement made with the latest info the CIA could muster, and they expect us NOT to see the naked politics involved in their witchhunt?Huh…they really DO think we’re stupid…
Gary Williams Premium Member over 11 years ago
Ms Rice’s statements were in the same line as Colin Powell’s for WMD in Iraq but then we have forgotten that haven’t we.
Yontrop over 11 years ago
The bull in the china shop image probably is deeper than what she said on Sept. 15. She may be a little too outspoken for Oliphant’s taste in a Secretary of State. I think McCain’s problem with her is personal and goes back to what she said about his trip to Iraq in 2008 “…strolling around the market in a flak jacket” and another time (also during the 2008 campaign) calling him “a dangerous “shoot from the hip leader.”
Tea_Pea over 11 years ago
For those who question Ms. Rice’s credentials: what’s your alternative? Surely not John Bolton.
geg42 over 11 years ago
Welcome back Pat!
Libertarian1 over 11 years ago
It has now been admitted she had additional information she received from the CIA etc and knew what she was being told was a lie. She lied to protect her boss and win the election. If she didn’t know then she is incompetent and should be fired.
BTW, incompetent is not a sexist nor racist word. Anyone who thinks so is a blustering fool. Bush was regularly called incompetent.
StCleve72 over 11 years ago
It really rankles that McCain is involved in this stupid, non-issue. He was the person who was willing to foist Sarah Palin onto the country one heartbeat away from being President. Can you imagine President Sarah Palin? As far as I’m concerned he should resign and go into hiding in shame. And Obama was accused of “hating America” by the right wing loonies! Has anyone done anything as hateful to this country in recent memory as putting us in the possible position as having to wake up and face President Palin?
Kip W over 11 years ago
The first qualification for being in the cabinet is the ability to blab every bit of secret information as it comes in so that Fox News can decide what strategy our country should follow in delicate foreign affairs. Unless you’re a Republican, of course, then it’s the duty of the nation to shut up and not ask questions.
Libertarian1 over 11 years ago
You cannot be that naive. Congressional Black Caucus.
From Washington Post!!
Could it be, as members of the Congressional Black Caucus are charging, that the signatories of the letter are targeting Ms. Rice because she is an African American woman? The signatories deny that, and we can’t know their hearts. What we do know is that more than 80 of the signatories are white males, and nearly half are from states of the former Confederacy. You’d think that before launching their broadside, members of Congress would have taken care not to propagate any falsehoods of their own.
Libertarian1 over 11 years ago
Don’t understand your question. CBC charges racism as do numerous others. To them, criticism of any black by definition is racism.
Libertarian1 over 11 years ago
Several Democratic members of Congress held a press conference today in defense of Susan Rice. Representative Marcia Fudge (D., OH), the new leader of the Congressional Black Caucus, said Republicans could not question Rice’s qualifications for Secretary of State and suggested that any attempts to do so were inspired by racism and sexism:
“How do you say a person like Susan Rice is not qualified? You may not like her, you may not like the administration, but don’t say she’s not qualified. She is the most qualified person I’m sure that any of you know, that these senators know. . . . It is a shame that any time anything goes wrong,* they pick on women and minorities.* I have a real issue with that. . . . For you who are haters, as the young people say, your hate is going nowhere. Just go on and hate on, but look in the mirror and hate yourself, not the people that do this work.
“(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Marcia Fudge (D.-Ohio), the incoming chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, is accusing Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) of “sexism and racism” because the criticism leveled at U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice for telling the American people that the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi was a spontaneous reaction to a video posted on YouTube.
“There is a clear, a clear in my opinion, sexism and racism that goes with these comments that are being made by, unfortunately, Senator McCain and others,” Fudge (D-Ohio.) said Friday at a Capitol Hill press conference."
Libertarian1 over 11 years ago
When she declared the 9/11 terrorist attack was provoked by the video she was either lying if she knew the facts or incompetent if she didn’t know the facts.
Personally, I believe, as a very intelligent aware official, she knew exactly what had happened and chose to pretend she didn’t know to help President Obama get re-elected. That is enough to disqualify her. What have you been saying about Cheney and other Bush officials who conveniently forgot the truth?
Libertarian1 over 11 years ago
Do you think she lied? Do you think she was incompetent?