Has anyone heard anything from Condi's mouth that made a bit of sense?

[devilgrrl]

I'm not the only one that thinks she talks in circles am I? She should be selling used cars or snake oil. What a bullshit artist.

[rodeodance]

1. see this

Fri Jan-12-07 01:13 PM
Original message
State Depart under Condi is a MESS says R. Novak
January 11, 2007
State Department in Chaos
By Robert Novak

WASHINGTON -- Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Republicans and Democrats alike, were alarmed last week that John Negroponte was leaving as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) after less than two years to become deputy secretary of state. By way of explanation, he informed one Republican senator that he did not want to make the switch but that the White House prevailed on him.

Just what career diplomat Negroponte was doing as the new intelligence czar in the first place is puzzling. But to pull him out just as his on-the-job training as DNI had been completed reflects a panicky desire to fill the deputy secretary's post that had been unfilled for an unprecedented six months. Five other key State Department positions are either vacant or soon to be vacant.

Republicans in Congress, who do not want to be quoted, tell me the State Department under Secretary Condoleezza Rice is a mess. That comes at a time when the U.S. global position is precarious. While attention focuses on Iraq, American diplomacy is being tested worldwide -- in Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, Korea and Sudan. The judgment by thoughtful Republicans is that Rice has failed to manage that endeavor.

Rice's previous government duties had been as an analyst and staffer rather than as manager. That made it important for her to name a strong deputy secretary to run the building. John Bolton, an under secretary in the first term and an experienced bureaucratic manager, volunteered. Rice instead picked him as ambassador to the United Nations. The conservative Bolton ran afoul of a liberal Senate vendetta, blocking his confirmation for any post.

[devilgrrl]

3. Heard she wasn't much of a Provost at Stanford either...

So I guess she got to where she is by being a great faker then? Where do I find a job like that?

[Career Prole]

2. She prompted me to write another LTTE to the local rag.

Maybe it'll print, maybe not, but it went like so...

"It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work."

Those were the words of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaking before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday when pressed for an answer on what the administration would do if Bush’s planned troop escalation fails to yield results in Iraq.

Excellent, Madame Secretary.

When our sons and daughters were toddlers, we kept the Poison Control Center Hotline number handy. We’d toddler-proofed the house, got the best childproof cupboard latches and what-not, but these things happen. Better safe than sorry.

We also kept a supply of band-aids and disinfectant. Our intentions for our children were for an uneventful bicycle ride every time out, but you never know. Sometimes bikes tip over.

We even kept a spare tire in the car. You know, just in case.

Now that we’ve raised them, and you and the rest of this tragically mistake-prone administration have our son's and daughter's lives literally in your hands we find out that despite everything that has already gone awry with this war in Iraq you still arrogantly refuse to consider even for a moment a Plan B.

Madame Secretary, I for one anxiously await your long overdue return to academia. You most assuredly do not serve our government well.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

4. That's great! (Don't worry, they'll print that.)

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5. she can communicate well enough ...

to buy shoes!