Have we heard from the Secretary of State re the tragic news from Pakistan?

[saltpoint]

Dr. Rice appears to be less than wholly engaged in the matter.

[ixion]

1. Hey, it's the holidays... there is much shoe shopping to be done.

don'cha know.

Hi Old Crusoe. Good to see you! :hi:

[saltpoint]

6. Ixion, hi to you right back. And here's hoping that 2008 goes a

lot better than 2007.

[demnan]

2. All those after Christmas shoe sales are keeping her busy

(Somebody had to say it).

[monmouth]

3. After Christmas shoe sales.....50% off. eom

[malaise]

4. She's probably raiding

Benazir's shoe closet about now.

[onehandle]

5. She's calculating how to profit off of all this. nt

[saltpoint]

11. This is a woman who was frequently mentioned as a presidential candidate

for 2008.

She sure is keeping a low profile on international affairs.

Why, if we didn't know better, we might begin to suppose that she isn't qualified for the job...

[Demeter]

7. "Ooops!"

and you may quote her.

[saltpoint]

8. LOL!

[SpiralHawk]

9. The TRUTH: NO

Like the failure she is, republicon Rice has failed to say or do anything helpful at all.

As usual.

Typical republicon.

[Tesla]

10. They responded....

Chimpy called him "Yeller"

nuff said. hahahaahah

[Stinky The Clown]

12. The Rice woman has no plans to change her ways

Stupid

Do-nothing

Uninvolved

Monumentally unaccomplished.

The Rice woman: the perfect SoS for the Worst President in History.

[saltpoint]

13. Exactly so. I love your descriptions overall but especially, "Monumentally

unaccomplished."

That's Our Condi.

[Solly Mack]

14. She and Hadley signed the condolence book @ Pakistan's embassy in DC

And she spoke a few words....and I think called Bhutto's husband.

At least that was the news here in Germany

Wasn't much of anything really

[saltpoint]

18. Hi, Solly Mack. Thanks for that update... I hadn't heard even that. As you

know, our media coverage here has been sketchy at best. Voluminous but vacuous.

[Solly Mack]

20. It was fairly generic and more of a photo-op than anything

considering the seriousness of the situation

:hi: OC

[saltpoint]

21. Where are my manners? A warm hello right back, and a wish for

a good 2008, Solly Mack.

:hi:

[Subdivisions]

15. I believe I saw her make a standard statement yesterday. n/t

[undeterred]

16. She got new shoes from * for Christmas, give her a break.

[blondeatlast]

17. Bhutto's assassination focuses attention on a scary regional conflict that we weren't supposed

to know about. Any public statement from her would point out the State Department's colassal failure to address this tinderbox region and the fact that despite tens of billions sent to Pakistan, Musharif and the US still can't neutralize al Quaeda.

[saltpoint]

19. Yes, it does have the feel of their wanting to obscure significant shortcomings.

And of course Dr. Rice personifies those failures if she is the one at the control panel at the State Department.

My god I'm really frightening myself here.

[blondeatlast]

23. She needs to get significant breifings from her cronies at the Heritage Foundation

and PNAC before she even attempts to take this on.

India/Pakistan was NOT on the neoCon agenda so they just sort of hoped it would fall into obscurity. What they never counted on was the tremendous influence of Americans from both nations (Mr. B is from India) to keep it in the spotlight.

Why are we so concerned with Iran's nonexistent technology when India and Pakistan both have nukes and have tested them in a pissing match with each other?

Edit: For proof, look at Bush's presser the other day on it. He wasn't in control; he was almost shaking--not because he was drinking, but because this wasn't part of the plan at all. This wasn't something the neoCons planned out 2 decades ago--it just "happened."

[saltpoint]

24. Pakistan is a lighted fuse right now and there's just this overwhelming

feeling that a qualified soul could bring more clarity and judgment to the crisis than Condoleezza Rice.

She's the Russian expert whose Cold War credentials leave her spectacularly unqualified for current world crises.

The times have rushed past her very swiftly, like a Pony Express rider who can't see how a little telegraph machine threatens his livelihood.

[blondeatlast]

25. And then there is this: India suspends rail service to Pakistan...

(Yahoo via AFP)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071229/wl_sthasia_afp/pakistanattacksbhuttoindiarail

[saltpoint]

27. Hmmm. Very dicey. Let me publicly apologize for all the dismissive comments

I made about Warren Christopher.

In the grim light of Dr. Rice's qualifications in the global arena, it's clear I was too harsh and too hasty.

[judaspriestess]

22. She won't wake up for another couple of months

she's hibernating till Spring.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. Oh com'on she and the crew didn't say a thing for a couple days

after Katrina... there are shoes to buy... and theater to go to... you expect her to put her life on hold for a small assassination?

I mean Ben-a-zir Bhutto, she is not even an American... and Musharraff, hard name to pronounce!

:sarcasm:

[saltpoint]

28. That, plus those people don't even speak Russian!

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. Da

:-)