Rice: U.S. ready to elect black president

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Rice: U.S. ready to elect black president

By ANNE GEARAN, AP Diplomatic Writer 1 hour, 8 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - America is ready to elect a black president, says Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.


The nation's highest-ranking black government official, Rice has said repeatedly she will not run for president despite high popularity ratings and measurable support in opinion polls.

"Yes, I think a black person can be elected president," Rice said in an Associated Press interview Thursday.

The top U.S. diplomat also said Iraq is "worth the investment" in American lives and dollars. She said the United States can win in Iraq, although the war so far has been longer and more difficult than she had expected..........

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061222/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/rice_ap_interview

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1. Condoleeza Rice shopped for shoes in the midst of crisis. (EOM)

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2. i never understand why she has high popularity poles. !!

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3. Only if his name is

Obama.

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4. Did She just endorse Obama ?

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5. Maybe Al Sharpton.

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6. Ideally I would love to agree with her

but realistically, I think a lot of Americans would vote against her or Obama.

And this is interesting: "She said the United States can win in Iraq" doesn't exactly make me think her predictions are very sound, or that she is in any way in touch with what the rest of the country thinks.

Please don't get me wrong. I would LOVE it if America could elect a President with no thought of their gender, culture, name, etc. and do so based solely on ability, but I honestly don't see it happening yet. We're getting there, but you do not have to go very far to find that racism and sexism are still very much alive in this country.