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August 12, 2006
Whither Condi?
I've been blithely throwing around the fantasy suggestion of a Giuliani/Rice ticket in 2008, but I guess I've been blinded by Rice's brilliant media persona. Michael Rubin writes in The Corner that Rice is not exactly covering herself in diplomatic glory:
Condoleezza Rice may still be a media star, but her track record places somewhere around Warren Christopher in the annals of recent State Department history: Rice reversed course on Iran, and even offered this terror-sponsor nuclear reactors. Rather than moderate Tehran, her move signaled weakness and further emboldened the Islamic Republic. Ayatollah Khamene‘i responded to the offer by asking, four days later, “Why don’t you just admit you are weak and your razor is blunt?”
- Remember Iran’s centrifuges? They’re still spinning.
- North Korea defied international consensus to launch missiles, one of which was aimed at the waters off Hawaii. Japan sought robust UN action. The US sided with China against our ally, Japan.
- She agreed to a ceasefire resolution that rewards terror, justifies hostage-taking, and resurrects the legitimacy of Hezbollah claims to the Shabaa Farms.
And et cetera.
There have been warning rumbles before, but I think now would be good time to cast a very beady eye on any idea of Rice on a presidential ticket.
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Insta-p has a poll up positing Guliani, McCain, Lieberman, and Romney. To me this looks like something the media cooked up. Best of all worlds: a presidential election with no Republicans. Rice started out well with me, but has been dropping rapidly in the last 6 months. Fortunately, she doesn't want the job.
Posted by: Billll at August 12, 2006 09:46 PM
I saw that poll this afternoon, and at that time Giuliani/Romney was trouncing McCain/Lieberman. Right on!
I take your point about Republicans, but maybe not for the same reasons as yours. As a conservative/liberatarian, I'm getting pretty sick of Republicans myself.
Posted by: Jeff at August 12, 2006 11:38 PM
