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ProSense

(116,464 posts)
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:19 PM Aug 2012

Condi Rice Can’t Name A Specific Obama Foreign Policy Failure

Condi Rice Can’t Name A Specific Obama Foreign Policy Failure

By Ben Armbruster

Today on CBS’s morning show, former Bush administration Secretary of State and top Mitt Romney surrogate Condoleezza Rice could not offer any specific foreign policy failures made by President Obama. Romney’s allies, led by Rice and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), are expected to attack Obama on national security grounds tonight in at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

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So despite the fact that the GOP plans to attack Obama’s foreign policy, Rice has no interest in “looking back.” Instead, she said, she wants to “look forward,” yet she doesn’t have any idea what Romney’s international agenda is either. And on Syria, it turns out that the policy Romney has articulated thus far isn’t much different from the Obama administration’s.

But as far as attacking Obama on foreign policy grounds goes, the Republicans are going to have a tough time. Poll after poll shows that Americans favor Obama over Romney in handling international issues. And the Wall Street Journal noted today that their recent poll “found 54% of voters approve of Mr. Obama’s handling of foreign policy, his highest score in more than a year and far better than what either George W. Bush or Bill Clinton fetched as they sought re-election.”

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/08/29/765771/rice-obama-foreign-policy/


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Condi Rice Can’t Name A Specific Obama Foreign Policy Failure (Original Post) ProSense Aug 2012 OP
ask condi how osama's doin? ask her why her state department didn't get him? spanone Aug 2012 #1
I'd like to know if she actually read the PDB of Aug. 6th, 2001. madinmaryland Aug 2012 #6
While we're at it, ask her why the biggest foreign attack on the American mainland occurred CTyankee Aug 2012 #10
I'm trying to imagine Romney speaking in Parliament like POTUS did and what a joy he was and monmouth Aug 2012 #2
There's not really been any real "failure" to speak of in the Obama Administration Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #3
Condi Rice is a failed, corporate owned fraud. So who cares. nt onehandle Aug 2012 #4
being an epic failure herself, central scrutinizer Aug 2012 #12
She better fucking not. RiffRandell Aug 2012 #5
She purposely turned a blind eye. She was and is NOT a stupid woman. Raster Aug 2012 #8
In short: they got nothing. ellisonz Aug 2012 #7
Rice enabled OBL's 9/11 attack. She should not ever show her face in public. nt SDjack Aug 2012 #9
I believe she not only enabled, but was part of the planning committee. Raster Aug 2012 #11
Any failures after W2's administration would have a hard time measuring up LeftinOH Aug 2012 #13
Honestly, I'd be a lot happier if neocons could point to a list of things they hate about Marr Aug 2012 #14
Simple Proud Liberal Dem Aug 2012 #16
He methodically took all their talking points away. BumRushDaShow Aug 2012 #15
"No one could possibly have imagined - what a sellout FAIL Freak I would be." - Condi (R) Berlum Aug 2012 #17
Damn, that image! ProSense Aug 2012 #21
Well, considering she didn't know what the Marshall Plan was... Hydra Aug 2012 #18
Funny, Condi...we can name a whole bunch of YOUR specific failures! bullwinkle428 Aug 2012 #19
I'm just glad she didn't mention New Mexico struggle4progress Aug 2012 #20

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
10. While we're at it, ask her why the biggest foreign attack on the American mainland occurred
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:55 PM
Aug 2012

while she was in charge of our national security! I would have died of shame if it had been me!

monmouth

(21,078 posts)
2. I'm trying to imagine Romney speaking in Parliament like POTUS did and what a joy he was and
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:32 PM
Aug 2012

appreciated by the Brits. Romney would never even get the invitation. I wish they would show clips of that.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,445 posts)
3. There's not really been any real "failure" to speak of in the Obama Administration
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:36 PM
Aug 2012

Things are far from fixed yet, especially in regards to the economy but on just about every front, things are better today than they were in 2008. It is disheartening, however, to think about how much BETTER things might be today if he had not had to spend so much time during the past 3-4 years dealing with Republican obstructionism plot and their absurd and unreasonable "Tea Party".

RiffRandell

(5,909 posts)
5. She better fucking not.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:41 PM
Aug 2012

She was hired as a Cold War expert, and when Richard Clarke tried to fill her in on AL Que-da she turned a bind eye, that stupid, um, woman. That's me being nice.

Raster

(20,998 posts)
8. She purposely turned a blind eye. She was and is NOT a stupid woman.
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 02:47 PM
Aug 2012

There was method to her madness.

LeftinOH

(5,358 posts)
13. Any failures after W2's administration would have a hard time measuring up
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:36 PM
Aug 2012

(or down, rather) to the massive foreign policy failures of the past decade.

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
14. Honestly, I'd be a lot happier if neocons could point to a list of things they hate about
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 03:39 PM
Aug 2012

Obama's foreign policy.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
18. Well, considering she didn't know what the Marshall Plan was...
Wed Aug 29, 2012, 04:02 PM
Aug 2012

...As Keith Olbermann was happy to point out to her, and I was happy to listen to.

"USE THE GOOGLE!"

I'm pretty sure her job in the WH was to look Non-White and Non-Male in order to give the illusion that a bunch of ancient evil white guys headed by Dick Cheney were not making all of the policy decisions, so without him there prompting her, how could she analyze what's wrong with our policies?

Although I have to admit being surprised she didn't say anything about why we aren't invading Iran yet. That's the only thing I can see the Bush Admin being upset about at present.

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