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I think Condi Rice would be a great Vice President for Rmoney (Original Post) Fresh_Start Jul 2012 OP
The racist base would not stand for Condi as veep. BlueCaliDem Jul 2012 #1
I understand and having an even more demotivated GOP base Fresh_Start Jul 2012 #3
I think the opposite. Condi Rice would serve for the right-wing base the same role that Herman Cain Douglas Carpenter Jul 2012 #7
It could be a liars club liberal N proud Jul 2012 #2
I think ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #4
I agree, I think they think they will pull in more female and black votes Fresh_Start Jul 2012 #5
I think you are right but I have never found her very adroit at public speaking. efhmc Jul 2012 #6
You mean like this? VWolf Jul 2012 #8
Yes, because Condi Rice is forever associated with George Bush aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #9

BlueCaliDem

(15,438 posts)
1. The racist base would not stand for Condi as veep.
Fri Jul 13, 2012, 12:32 PM
Jul 2012

They're all gungho when it comes to publicly supporting "their" Black people, but where the rubber meets the road, they balk at casting their vote for anyone not of their tint - porky pinkish.

Condi is being trotted out as a diversion from Baingate that's unfolding, and what will show that President Obama was NOT lying when he labeled Willard Mitt Robme as the "Outsource in Chief", because all that outsourcing happened between 2001 and 2002 when Robme said he had nothing to do with the decisions by Bain Capital.

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)
7. I think the opposite. Condi Rice would serve for the right-wing base the same role that Herman Cain
Fri Jul 13, 2012, 12:41 PM
Jul 2012

had - proof to themselves that they are not really racist. "They don't dislike African Americans - just the wrong kind of African Amerians." She might be a bit "too liberal" for some of them. But I think they will swallow it if they think it will help beat Obama. If I was a GOP strategist I would be highly favorable to nominating Ms. Rice for Vice President.

 

1StrongBlackMan

(31,849 posts)
4. I think ...
Fri Jul 13, 2012, 12:35 PM
Jul 2012

Condi is a wise choice for romney VP pick.

She brings a foreign policy knowledge that goes far beyond romney and she can hold her own in a debate with anyone.

But this smacks of another $i$ter $arah pick and is further evidence of gop flawed thinking ... She's a woman so we'll get the womens' vote; she's Black so we'll get the Black vote

She might pile off a small percentage of the female vote with her "soft pro-choice" position; but she will not pile off any of the Black vote.

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
5. I agree, I think they think they will pull in more female and black votes
Fri Jul 13, 2012, 12:37 PM
Jul 2012

but I don't think it will be ultimately successful because Condi has more negatives than positives

VWolf

(3,944 posts)
8. You mean like this?
Fri Jul 13, 2012, 12:49 PM
Jul 2012

(Staring blankly into space) "I believe the title was Bin Laden Determined to Strike Inside the US"

That kinda speaking? Yeah, I agree.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
9. Yes, because Condi Rice is forever associated with George Bush
Fri Jul 13, 2012, 01:06 PM
Jul 2012

Her only claim to fame with the American public is her stint as the Chimp's teacher, guide, and cabinet member. Every time we would see Rice on our TV screens we would be reminded of the worst President in American history and the people who enabled his malfeasance. She is inextricably linked to the unmentionable Chimp, the one who isn't even invited to Republican events and who has to endorse Romney from within a closing elevator.

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