'This president has an extraordinary record with African Americans"

[spanone]

Condaleeza Rice on MTP.............Delusional

What fucking planet does this woman live on?

This was her reply to Tim Russert asking her about Shrubs 2% support from blacks...

[Missy M]

1. I guess African Americans haven't been informed of his....

extraordinary record. Does she really believe her own words.

[spanone]

6. Maybe she meant to say with 'one African American, Me.'

[radwriter0555]

2. She must be that 2% that supports him.

gaaaahhhh.....

[displacedtexan]

20. Yep. Condi + the margin of error = 2% support. n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Oh, it's extraordinary, all right.

2% approval is about as extraordinary as it gets.

[cwydro]

7. my sentiments exactly

she wasn't even lying...it is certainly extraordinary.

[TahitiNut]

15. "Extraordinary" is a weasel-word, like "remarkable."

Abysmal failure is 'extraordinary' ... just like anything that's not 'ordinary.' Ted Bundy was an 'extraordinary' criminal. He's 'remarkable,' too ... as is anything about which we make a remark.

[tjdee]

4. I'll never forget her pleading with black folks at the Essence awards

that one year...I think it was the Essence awards. Aaron McGruder was there too, and said typical (for him) things about the Bushies.

She got up there to accept her award and said what a good man he was, and blah blah blah. I felt for her actually, because you could tell no one was buying it and she was just so committed to defending that POS...it was sad.

[itzamirakul]

31. Ever notice that she nor Colin Powell are ever asked to attend

any other major African American events or award shows? I think they know that she would be as roundly booed as she was at a Broadway show during the Katrina debacle.

[cassiepriam]

5. Every time they open their mouths all I can think of is BAGDAD BOB.

Getting really funny.

[rbajai]

11. You mean Baghdad Bush?

[cassiepriam]

44. him too

[existentialist]

8. "Extraordinary" does not necessarily

mean positive. (It is extraordinarily negative.)

[rbajai]

9. I heard that...BULLCRAP!!

What LIES!!

Now I challenge MTP to get an African American civil rights leader on there to rebut Rice's claims. At least Russert got on her case a little bit, citing only 2 percent of African Americans approve of *.

[Bob3]

10. She sure got that right - nobody's ever lost their support

the way he has - he's gone form 51% after 9/11 to 2% - And as someone pointed out 2% is within statical error so it could be Ms. Rice is the only African American Bush supporter.

[spanone]

16. You're correct: 2% support with error of + or - 3%. Could be -1.

[jmowreader]

35. It can't be THAT low!

This isn't The Producers in reverse--where Max Bialystock sold 25,000 percent of Springtime for Hitler.

It's not exactly zero, either. We know Condi Rice supports him. Colin Powell probably still supports him. I know Thomas Sowell will never stop supporting him, and probably Armstrong Williams is still on his side. We'll say three black people support him.

Now, how many millions of black people are in the US?

[Selatius]

12. She loves to whore herself out to power, greed, and corruption

She is the literal whore of Babylon. She may escape trial when Bush's term ends, and she may escape justice if her and others are pardoned by the next president, but she will get what she deserves when she stands before God.

[moc]

13. My favorite line of hers was "I'm a social scientist and until

I see the actual poll, I don't put any faith in those numbers."

How utterly disengenuous of her.

Newsflash "Dr" Rice: I'm a social scientist too, and one thing I can say for sure is those numbers tell you Bush's support among blacks is REALLY REALLY LOW.

Try to spin your way out of that one.

[spanone]

17. Yet she's willing to 'believe' that Iraq has voted for constitution.

She 'believes' when it's convenient.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

28. Well since she'll refuse to LOOK at the poll, I guess she doesn't have to

put any "faith" in those numbers. Sheesh. Should have asked her, "do you intend to look at that poll?"

"How do the African Americans YOU know feel about Bush?"

[smoogatz]

14. Right. He's the first President since Jefferson

to have an African American mistress.

[Crunchy Frog]

18. Trying to abandon tens of thousands

do die of hunger, thirst, and disease is pretty extraordinary I would say. I wonder if that's what Condi was referring to.

[jaded_at_best]

19. she's right

very extraordinary! Extraordinarily racist, extraordinarily criminal and extraordinarily neglectful.

[moggie]

21. She's been taken out of context

What she meant was "this president has an extraordinary record with African Americans on it". It's NWA's "Straight Outta Compton". He's a big Dr. Dre fan.

[lonestarnot]

22. Oh he sure does! LOL

[journalist3072]

23. As an African-American myself....

I'm almost ashamed to count her among my race. She doesn't represent our interests or our values.

The only African-Americans Bush has an "extraordinary record" with are people like Condoleez Rice and Alphonso Jackson, which isn't saying much.

[dogfacedboy]

34. People like the Bushies

like to keep a couple of "Condi-types" around in order to seem "progressive". Female, successful, African-American. Very cynical. It's like a triple-crown with this woman. I view her as an ideological geek. I don't think she does much of the truly evil work. I think Bush has a crew of right wing "intellectuals", and she's a part of that.

[journalist3072]

43. Here's what Bush doesn't get....

He thinks that by putting a Black face on something, that should earn him brownie points within the African-American community.

I remember he said one time (during the 1st term) that when foreign leaders visit him in the White House, they see him flanked by two African-Americans on his side: Condi Rice and Colin Powell.

As if all that matters is putting a Black face to something. He does not understand that just because someone looks like me and has my same skin color, doesn't mean they represent my interest or my values.

There's a HUGE difference between people like Rice and Powell, and then people like Alexis Herman, Ron Brown and Rodney Slater that President Clinton had in his Administration.

Herman, Brown, and Slater all had a record of promoting issues of concern to their community. They "got it." They understood the obligation that comes with power. And that as an African-American, when you obtain a certain level of power, you have an obligation to help lift your people up. That's why Alexis Herman frequently went on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to talk about what she was doing in the Labor Department, to make life better for African-Americans (i.e. the employment rate).

[MzShellG]

49. I dont hate Condi

I see her as a black woman trying to get ahead. When has a black woman ever had the opportunity that she has? I dont see her as evil. She does not make Bush policy, neither does she have any influnce on his policies.Her vote does not count for anything in this admin. She is just a figurehead. A spokesperson w/ an important name. If she was Prez, thats another thing. I doubt the rightwing would give her that much (if any) power.

[smoogatz]

38. The only people more conflicted than African American Republicans

are gay Republicans. Why would anyone want to belong to a party that hates them?

[tamtam]

48. Because they hate themselves

It also gives them that stepladder to look down on those less fortunate than them. When you have been looked down upon for so long because of your race or sexual preference it feels good to be the one doing the looking down upon; this is what I have observed from gay and black Republicans.

When it comes to black Republicans you have two issues to argue with them about, abortion and/or money. The fundy blacks got their abortion issue the self haters have their tax issues. When these two groups get together and start spouting off it isn't pretty. The white freepers have nothing on these people when it comes to racism. In one breath they say black people are poor because they don't work hard and racism is not to blame ;in the next breath they blame illegal immigration for the hardship of black people. They are unbelievably stupid and without critical thinking skills. Black Republicans are more of a threat to me than white republicans because black Republicans spread their vile in our community.

Condi may have her wealth and all but she has no standing in the black community.

[Marr]

42. With Bush having 2% support from blacks, at least you don't have to

add that many names to people you're ashamed to count among your race. I've got everybody from Sean fucking Hannity to GW Bush. It's killing me inside. :P

[babylonsister]

24. It seems every time she opens her mouth, lies fall out. nt

[sam sarrha]

27. if their lips are moving they are lying.. . another i like is: If you tell

a lie enough times... you are a republican.

[malaise]

25. She sure looks

very troubled. The arrogance is disappearing. Note how she blinks after questions re the Fitz GJ. What a moran!!

[sam sarrha]

26. i would surmise that most of the 2% are in business try'n to get ahead

we need a smiley for brown nosing..

[harlinnchi]

29. And folks wonder why she is not embraced by the Black community!

When one is positioned to represent a subset of a larger group and he consistently asserts points of view in opposition to that subset, he forfeits a right to speak for them. In the face of such clear lines between those who have and those who don't, folks with oil tankers named after them have made their choice regarding which side has their allegiance.

[Pepperbelly]

30. Exactly extraordinary ... a 2% approval. nt

[AzDar]

32. And I hate to be so shallow (no, I don't..lol) but GODDAMN she

is hard to look at!! Throw in the incompetence, and it's just a total clusterf*&k! Doin' a great job, Condi....

[stevietheman]

33. Yes, what the admin did to blacks in NOLA was indeed extraordinary. n/t

n/t

[skipos]

36. About 90% of voting blacks voted for Clinton, Gore and Kerry and

that isn't going to change anytime soon.

[Kerrytravelers]

37. Yep... extraordinary... I think Katrina was pretty extraordinary...

... it takes balls to be so completly obvious in allowing people to die because they're poor and not "white." That is pretty extraordinary alright.

It's all in how you perceive the word "extraordinary."

:eyes:

[madeline_con]

39. "Extraordinary" can be extraordinarily BAD, also.

Politico doublespeak.

[Marr]

40. Give her a break. Condi doesn't know any black people.

[AgadorSparticus]

52. omg, ROFL!!

:spray:

[Solly Mack]

41. The shit that comes out of this regime's mouths

it's truly a wonder they haven't choked on it by now....oh wait...

[Nimrod2005]

45. And, did TR throw her off his set?

What was his answer to the fantasy?

[spanone]

46. He let it slide. Of course. The most preposterous statement she could

have made and that prick just let it go. And to think she answered like that in light of a TWO PERCENT BLACK APPROVAL RATING. I guess that means that all the blacks just really don't appreciate ALL that dubya has done for them.

[Neil Lisst]

50. that two percent all works for Halliburton ...

maybe, could be

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

47. Bush has recorded an R&B hit record with black back-up singers?

The Queen Of The Damned is probably playing keyboards on it.

[SoCalDem]

51. Catastrophic success??

:)