Cobb

You're on the money here!

I'm sure all the networks will go wall-to-wall with the coverage, in order to both cast Rice as the "unwitting victim" of the "eeeeeevil" Bush Administration; and then once she demonstrates just how strong she is, she'll be cast as the villian, and Dick Clarke as the Depends-wearing victim.

Can you say Clarence Thomas?

She is going to DESTROY her naysayers....Condi ain't nobody's black, female, please help my poor soul, victim-for-life.

And hey!! Nice blogsite, Cobb. 'Preciate you not being an intellectual house n----r for white liberals. (Did I say the N word? AHHHHH!! Please don't ban me.)

I'm sooooo sick of some of our fellow blacks calling themselves Registered Independent Voters.......and know damn well they can't think outside the Hate-Whitey Victimology box, let alone vote differently.

I tell 'em: "Check the voting record. Most of us are on the wrong side of everything."

At least I can get some ADULT intellectual thoughts going back & forth with cats like you, Mike King & Lashawn.

I figure that Condi Rice has come upon her current position mostly by virtue of talent and hard work. I figure her eyes are wide open, that she's fully aware of the significance of being woman in her post, and of being an African American in her post. She knows what she's doing -- at least as much as anyone can really "know" what they're doing in such a position of high visibility and extreme vulnerablity to the chaotic butterflies of history and public opinion.

I don't like her boss and his policies, but give the woman the dignity of her inalienable rights as a human being.

i think giving her dignity means giving her agency. which means accepting that she isn't a tool...or rather if she IS being used, she's also doing some USING. it also means recognizing what her strengths are. she is hard core, and a fierce fighter.

but she's also an ideologue, with a tendency to fabricate. she, like most of her colleagues, does not have the requisite skills needed to perform her job. there is a reason why her vita as a professional political scientist is slim. and it is not solely driven by her own professional aspirations.

It is difficult to say what place an old cold warrior like Rice is doing in the current administration, although there is little doubt that she was up on that subject. How many people have been called Kremlinologists? Only she and Brzinsky come to mind.

But that is really the crux of this confrontation between Rice and Clarke. He's the new warrior and she represents the old guard.

Of all Bush's cabinet, few stand out at all. Rice stands out because of who she is, not necessarily what she does, so this is a showdown which must make her shiver a bit. I don't doubt however, that her association with the Bushes will make her ballsy enough to throw daggers at Clarke. He was *put* out of the loop, and if that was Condi's decision she had better stick by it. But her competence against his competence is a battle she had better not fight. The blame will come down on the PNAC crew and Cheney, but Rice will take the bullet. Perle and Wolfowitz may get away scot free.