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oberliner

(58,724 posts)
18. Susan Rice
Thu Dec 20, 2012, 07:10 PM
Dec 2012

“I do think the White House has to be a little bit careful,” said panelist and former DNC Communications Director Karen Finney. “I think naming two white men in the same week when you just saw an African-American woman who was overly qualified get treated the way she did, and in a cabinet that–let’s face it–could probably use some more diversity anyway, probably not a smart strategic decision.”

Alex also lamented the “disgraceful” way in which Republican senators had treated Rice, before she had even been nominated by the president. “This is a woman who took on the Iranians and the North Koreans and somehow we were told she was too tough? The irony is not lost on me there,” she said.

http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/18/john-kerry-now-the-republicans-favorite-democrat/

Assuming you meant someone who is neither white nor male as opposed to a male who is non-white.

Good. Drunken Irishman Dec 2012 #1
Good Gay Basher! Coyotl Dec 2012 #66
Good. The RNC, AIPAC et al can go pound sand. nt geek tragedy Dec 2012 #2
And LGBT right groups? question everything Dec 2012 #57
Evidently. Fearless Dec 2012 #62
I predict he'll publicly eat those words and apologize. geek tragedy Dec 2012 #63
Called it: geek tragedy Dec 2012 #65
There was not a Democrat in all the land that could do the job? n/t patricia92243 Dec 2012 #3
hes actually decent... SCliberal091294 Dec 2012 #4
Not to mention... iandhr Dec 2012 #6
He voted for the Iraq War MannyGoldstein Dec 2012 #8
He opposed it for a number of reasons, and, fortunately, the right reasons.... blm Dec 2012 #53
Alot of people were fooled into voting for that btw and no that is not an endorsment for Hagel cstanleytech Dec 2012 #60
Decent? Not with his record. forestpath Dec 2012 #14
Hey you...is there ANYTHING you like about Obama? Just wonderin'. nt babylonsister Dec 2012 #31
the link is for Hagel not Obama dlwickham Dec 2012 #36
I 'get' that, but every thread babylonsister Dec 2012 #38
How touching that you care so much about what I post. forestpath Dec 2012 #41
looks like you did need it dlwickham Dec 2012 #42
Thanks...apparently this poster is so obsessed with my posts she just snapped. forestpath Dec 2012 #43
In your dreams... Ta ta, and I'm sure we'll meet again, or not. nt babylonsister Dec 2012 #51
Hey you....is there ANYTHING you don't like about Obama? Just wonderin'.nt forestpath Dec 2012 #40
He was an enlisted man in Vietnam... iandhr Dec 2012 #5
By today's standards he is a Dem. yourout Dec 2012 #7
Precisely. And that's why he left the Senate. hedda_foil Dec 2012 #11
He's still a RW hack, as proven by his voting record. Dem presidents must feel is it manly to indepat Dec 2012 #25
Two white males in a week? oberliner Dec 2012 #9
Name one non white male then. alp227 Dec 2012 #17
Susan Rice oberliner Dec 2012 #18
What military background does Rice have? alp227 Dec 2012 #24
Same as William Cohen before he became Secretary of Defense oberliner Dec 2012 #27
Given how Rice volunteered to withdraw from SOS nomination, alp227 Dec 2012 #50
Democrats had concerns about her also. And, the other choice was more qualified. wisteria Dec 2012 #44
Every Sec of Defense in history has been a white male oberliner Dec 2012 #47
I like Hagel, but I don't trust him Joey Liberal Dec 2012 #10
Good--he's ignoring the smear attempts by the TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #12
PUKE. Oh well, what's another Republican in Obama's Republican administration. forestpath Dec 2012 #13
Oh, no... not the poster child for electronic voting fraud, please... MrMickeysMom Dec 2012 #15
I forgot about that dlwickham Dec 2012 #37
I'll have to get my reference out for this, but I think it became ES&S... MrMickeysMom Dec 2012 #55
you're right dlwickham Dec 2012 #56
WaPo editorial page and neocons don't like him. So good pick. Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #16
Those are very encouraging non-endorsements. amandabeech Dec 2012 #19
Since when is an unapologetic war monger a great pick Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #32
This doesn't sound like an unapologetic warmonger to me... babylonsister Dec 2012 #34
He voted us into both wars. Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #58
What, no Democrats available? TheProgressive Dec 2012 #20
SecDef Lamonte Dec 2012 #21
Are there any left? iandhr Dec 2012 #22
Susan Rice? oberliner Dec 2012 #23
Susan Rice is a Democrat iandhr Dec 2012 #35
And a lady oberliner Dec 2012 #48
The poster said something about a female Republican moderate. iandhr Dec 2012 #54
They don't exist Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #30
Um, now where would you put this lady? wisteria Dec 2012 #45
Why not a DEMOCRAT who "Got-It-Right" on Itaq and voted NO? bvar22 Dec 2012 #26
nice noting the vote DonCoquixote Dec 2012 #61
Yes. Many of them are gone now. bvar22 Dec 2012 #64
You think this guy will sit still for ginormous cuts to the defense budget? tularetom Dec 2012 #28
Great, another goddamned conservative hack Kelvin Mace Dec 2012 #29
Good! Some sanity, even if he is a rethug. Bet he voted for Obama though. babylonsister Dec 2012 #33
Yay! A republican. Why do we bother with the charade of elections? MrSlayer Dec 2012 #39
Great choice alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #46
There wasn't a Democrat that could do it? Couldn't he have found a doc03 Dec 2012 #49
good! a wise and prudent choice! Douglas Carpenter Dec 2012 #52
as the Washington Post OP-ed points out he is way to the left of the Obama Admin on foreign policy Douglas Carpenter Dec 2012 #59
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