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gordianot

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14. So McCain and Graham are complaining about someones "Personality Disorder"?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Wed Dec 12, 2012, 10:27 AM

Dec 2012

Oh my God the irony.

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Susan Rice’s Personality Disorder [View all] DonViejo Dec 2012 OP

Sounds like a hatchet job to me.... Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #1

That's what it seems like to me too Proud Liberal Dem Dec 2012 #3

Exactly. Sekhmets Daughter Dec 2012 #7

Of course it is. Any powerful Democratic woman in Washington is subject to this kind of yellowcanine Dec 2012 #39

Sounds like the old "men are admirably assertive, while assertive women are considered......" hlthe2b Dec 2012 #2

Yes, and African-American women even more so gollygee Dec 2012 #9

Exactly!! If she were a male, she'd be characterized as firm and "pulls no punches". Texin Dec 2012 #34

She doesn't kiss their collective white a$$, therefore...well, you know..n/t monmouth3 Dec 2012 #4

Personality disorder? BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #5

That's what I was thinking.. Cha Dec 2012 #32

If Susan Rice is described as yellerpup Dec 2012 #6

Great answer, really shows the hypocrisy Justkd1 Dec 2012 #8

He's probably out casting aspersions yellerpup Dec 2012 #20

Bingo! Estevan Dec 2012 #10

With Bolton, there were accusations that actually suggested that he had karynnj Dec 2012 #12

Bolton would be abrasive just saying hello. Frustratedlady Dec 2012 #15

I do not find that shocking at all. yellerpup Dec 2012 #21

I know it is the title of the article, but this is a COMPLETE misuse of the words "personality disor karynnj Dec 2012 #10

Read Samatha Powers account of this inertia and institutional resistance genna Dec 2012 #23

Two words: Lani Guinier. The tyranny of the majority genna Dec 2012 #13

So McCain and Graham are complaining about someones "Personality Disorder"? gordianot Dec 2012 #14

Sounds to me like same old, same old . . . the woman's not "feminine" enough pnwmom Dec 2012 #16

Yep... I was just about to say that, short of using the word "bitch"... Silent3 Dec 2012 #19

The glass ceiling can be a bitch in and of itself genna Dec 2012 #24

This is pure bullsh!t. All of a sudden we have all these anonymous leaks about Rice's temperament politicaljunkie41910 Dec 2012 #17

Anyone else remember the Nina Simone song on mean old backlash? genna Dec 2012 #25

Haven't we heard this song before? macwriter Dec 2012 #18

For now until they pull out all their Clinton tropes if 2016 comes to pass genna Dec 2012 #26

Grove, the writer, left Rice's defense to the very end of the article genna Dec 2012 #22

Power's opinion JustAnotherGen Dec 2012 #27

Each woman and African American has to choose a strategy to power through inertia genna Dec 2012 #30

Lame-ass Republicraps PoliticalBiker Dec 2012 #28

So their beef with her is that she is ....Wait for it...... cliffordu Dec 2012 #29

They're confusing her with John Bolton lunatica Dec 2012 #31

"She is frequently described in the press"?.. Would that be our US corporate Cha Dec 2012 #33

Nope. McCain's and others' attacks on Rice are their way to distract our attention away from Euphoria Dec 2012 #35

This from the party that sent Bolton to the UN Hekate Dec 2012 #36

I'm getting the feeling it's more than just the GOP partisans who are badmouthing her Azathoth Dec 2012 #37

Ditto LadyBirdJohnson Dec 2012 #38