Condoleezza Rice is Pursuing the VP Spot

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Does this mean McCain said no?

Rice Again Denies VP Aspirations

WASHINGTON (AP) - Condoleezza Rice has plans to head West after her time as secretary of State—not plans to be vice president.

She stressed Tuesday that she has no aspirations to join John McCain as his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket this fall.

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Rice served as provost and taught as a professor at Stanford University. She said she'll be busy with her work at the State Department before returning to the campus.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Does this mean McCain said no?

Rice Again Denies VP Aspirations

WASHINGTON (AP) - Condoleezza Rice has plans to head West after her time as secretary of State—not plans to be vice president.

She stressed Tuesday that she has no aspirations to join John McCain as his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket this fall.

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Rice served as provost and taught as a professor at Stanford University. She said she'll be busy with her work at the State Department before returning to the campus.

Probably. McCain's beent rying to run for the White House several times. Now that he actually secured the Republican nomination, he will chose a running mate that will boost his odds of making it to 1600 Penn Ave. Condi ain't that running mate. She'd bust his odds. He knows that.

Edited April 8, 2008 by Mr. Big Dog

[GaryC 7]

Well, I guess Condi would trump whoever the Democratic candidate is - black AND a woman.

Hardly. There aren't many that would like to continue on the path we're on. McCain / Rice would stand for precisely that, though.

It should be pointed out that as Secretary of State Dr Rice must do what Bush tells her to do. It does give her the ability to say she does not agree with some aspect of policy.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Well, I guess Condi would trump whoever the Democratic candidate is - black AND a woman.

Hardly. There aren't many that would like to continue on the path we're on. McCain / Rice would stand for precisely that, though.

It should be pointed out that as Secretary of State Dr Rice must do what Bush tells her to do. It does give her the ability to say she does not agree with some aspect of policy.

She must do only what her conscience allows her to do. Otherwise, she has the option of pursuing any number of other careers. The "but Bush told me to do this" line ain't working. Nor do I think of her as a person that would even try to pull this kind of #######.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

McVP

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Knowing what I know now we have to stay in this war regardless if people don't like how we got there. The attention has turnned to something rather positive in making Iraq an allie. Transitional Democracies are very vunerable to radical forces mobilizing and overthrowing the democracy and establishing a more coercive dictatorship than Saddam. Wether we stay or leave there is going to be bloodshed and if we leave the probablity is it will be 100,000,000 times worse. Rice is a seasoned leader now and knows very well what is going on in the past two administrations. She's exactally what McCain would need. McCain is also seasoned and speaks fluent military and politics. Honestly if Rice joined as his VP it would be the best canidates for this country at this time in our nation. This would be the first year I'd vote Republican for a presidential canidate if Rice joined the ballot.

Politics is a snake pit and you want the biggest baddest viper in there to deal with the pythons politicians and Middle East mentality. We may not like how we got there. We may not like that we are there. But the fact is we are there and it's best to prevent future more volitle wars if we stay there and ride out maturing their transitional democracy.

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The VP Spot....is that anywhere near the G Spot?

[GaryC 7]

Well, I guess Condi would trump whoever the Democratic candidate is - black AND a woman.

Hardly. There aren't many that would like to continue on the path we're on. McCain / Rice would stand for precisely that, though.

It should be pointed out that as Secretary of State Dr Rice must do what Bush tells her to do. It does give her the ability to say she does not agree with some aspect of policy.

She must do only what her conscience allows her to do. Otherwise, she has the option of pursuing any number of other careers. The "but Bush told me to do this" line ain't working. Nor do I think of her as a person that would even try to pull this kind of #######.

Nah, That does not fly. No one ever agrees with his/her's boss 100% of the time. Bush sets the policy and those under him have to go with that. I am sure there would be times in every administration that someone does something because the boss said so but in their mind they disagree. Dr Rice isn't a Bush clone. She has a job to do and that job is to abide by her boss's directions.

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It should be pointed out that as Secretary of State Dr Rice must do what Bush tells her to do. It does give her the ability to say she does not agree with some aspect of policy.

Dubbya: Hey Condie. Bark like a dog!

Dr. Rice: Mr. President, I don't think--

Dubbya: Hey now slick! I'm The Decider, I decide you to bark like a dog!

Dr. Rice: Sir, that sentence is grammatically--

Dubbya: BARK LIKE A DOG!

Dr. Rice: *sigh* Woof. Sir.

Dubbya: Hehehehehehe! Now go get me some pie!

Dr. Rice: I'll have the intern--

Dubbya: Nope, don't want the interns touchin' mah pie.

Dr. Rice: *sigh* I'll get you some pie sir.

Dubbya: Make sure...make sure to spray somma that cool whip in a can on top!

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Well, I guess Condi would trump whoever the Democratic candidate is - black AND a woman.

Hardly. There aren't many that would like to continue on the path we're on. McCain / Rice would stand for precisely that, though.

It should be pointed out that as Secretary of State Dr Rice must do what Bush tells her to do. It does give her the ability to say she does not agree with some aspect of policy.

She must do only what her conscience allows her to do. Otherwise, she has the option of pursuing any number of other careers. The "but Bush told me to do this" line ain't working. Nor do I think of her as a person that would even try to pull this kind of #######.

Nah, That does not fly. No one ever agrees with his/her's boss 100% of the time. Bush sets the policy and those under him have to go with that. I am sure there would be times in every administration that someone does something because the boss said so but in their mind they disagree. Dr Rice isn't a Bush clone. She has a job to do and that job is to abide by her boss's directions.

I did not say that she ought to agree 100% with Bush. But she ought to agree to the main framework of his policy. Otherwise, she's representing something against her better judgement and would no longer qualify as a VP.

[GaryC 7]

Well, I guess Condi would trump whoever the Democratic candidate is - black AND a woman.

Hardly. There aren't many that would like to continue on the path we're on. McCain / Rice would stand for precisely that, though.

It should be pointed out that as Secretary of State Dr Rice must do what Bush tells her to do. It does give her the ability to say she does not agree with some aspect of policy.

She must do only what her conscience allows her to do. Otherwise, she has the option of pursuing any number of other careers. The "but Bush told me to do this" line ain't working. Nor do I think of her as a person that would even try to pull this kind of #######.

Nah, That does not fly. No one ever agrees with his/her's boss 100% of the time. Bush sets the policy and those under him have to go with that. I am sure there would be times in every administration that someone does something because the boss said so but in their mind they disagree. Dr Rice isn't a Bush clone. She has a job to do and that job is to abide by her boss's directions.

I did not say that she ought to agree 100% with Bush. But she ought to agree to the main framework of his policy. Otherwise, she's representing something against her better judgement and would no longer qualify as a VP.

It really does not matter. Dr Rice says she isn't looking for the job and McCain says he hasn't heard about it. This smells of a leak by Obama to scare the dems into voting for him. You know, dueling black candidates. Or maybe Hillary started it for the same reason, dueling woman candidates. Either way it isn't going to work.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Well, I guess Condi would trump whoever the Democratic candidate is - black AND a woman.

Hardly. There aren't many that would like to continue on the path we're on. McCain / Rice would stand for precisely that, though.

It should be pointed out that as Secretary of State Dr Rice must do what Bush tells her to do. It does give her the ability to say she does not agree with some aspect of policy.

She must do only what her conscience allows her to do. Otherwise, she has the option of pursuing any number of other careers. The "but Bush told me to do this" line ain't working. Nor do I think of her as a person that would even try to pull this kind of #######.

Nah, That does not fly. No one ever agrees with his/her's boss 100% of the time. Bush sets the policy and those under him have to go with that. I am sure there would be times in every administration that someone does something because the boss said so but in their mind they disagree. Dr Rice isn't a Bush clone. She has a job to do and that job is to abide by her boss's directions.

I did not say that she ought to agree 100% with Bush. But she ought to agree to the main framework of his policy. Otherwise, she's representing something against her better judgement and would no longer qualify as a VP.

Actually her job was to provide more than one view point so Bush isn't crowded and could make the best decision possible. In the first administration there were too many elephants in the room for a newbie like her to handle that. By the time the second administration rolled around and Powell and Rumesfield were out of the Administration she was better able to form a friendship with the President and provide support in her new position.

She is actually the one that suggested the new policy that we are under and it is clearly a better policy for establishing stability in that region. She knows what she is doing and I really wish more than anything she would be McCain's new VP. It really would be the best thing for this country with this war to have someone like her in it supporting McCain with all the knowledge she already has.

For further insight into what is really going with the War please watch "Bush's War" a PBS documentary by Frontline that aired at the end of March. It will help clairfy who made what choices in how we got to where we are in this war. It's all free to watch online.

Edited April 9, 2008 by Olivia*