NYT: Condi's shopping for a legacy

[deminks]

Legacy! Legacy! That's for me! Legacy!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/01/washington/01rice.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 — On May 25, Stanford University’s student newspaper, The Stanford Daily, devoted the bulk of its front page to the university’s former provost, who is on leave while she serves out her term as secretary of state. “Condi Eyes Return,” read the headline, “but in What Role?”

Within hours, the letters to the editor started coming in. “Condoleezza Rice serves an administration that has trashed the basic values of academia: reason, science, expertise, and honesty. Stanford should not welcome her back,” wrote Don Ornstein, identified by the newspaper as an emeritus professor of mathematics in a letter published May 31.

Online comments on the newspaper’s Web site were even harsher, a veritable stream of vitriol. One of the milder posts came from Jon Wu, who did not give an affiliation: “Please go away, Rice. We don’t want someone who is responsible for the slaughter of an entire nation teaching at our school.”

There was a time when, perhaps more than Hillary Rodham Clinton or Barack Obama, Condoleezza Rice seemed to have the best shot at becoming the first woman or the first African-American to be president. But that was before she sounded public alarms based on faulty intelligence to justify the Iraq war, telling CNN, “We don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.” It was before a former top Bush administration colleague, David Kay, charged with finding unconventional weapons after the Iraq invasion, referred to Ms. Rice in Bob Woodward’s “State of Denial” as “probably the worst national security adviser since the office was created.”

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An interesting read. The article does present the only thing Condi ever said that was true - that she is more of a follower than a leader. The rest is all lies. All of it.

[Skittles]

1. her legacy, for all time, will be BUSH WHORE

I hope she very much regrets it now

[indepat]

12. EXTRAORDINAIRE

[Cha]

2. I got your so legacy right here, condisleaze..

you were National SECURITY adviser when 9/11 hit and all you did was make excuses and pass the buck.

[Richard Steele]

3. She already has a legacy. Our society's ONLY word for it is a racist term which I will not use here.

It's like "Quisling", but with a uglier racial aspect.
We really need a better word for it.

[tanyev]

4. She can find these at Nordstrom's.

The Legacy boot from Delman is elegance defined. Soft calfskin uppers shape a tall pull-on boot that can be worn high or pushed down in a slouch style. A tapered stacked heel completes the look.

[deminks]

10. This early photo will certainly be part of her legacy

These boots were made for walkin
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.

[tabasco]

5. "Bin Laden Determined To Strike Inside United States."

National Security Advisor prior to and on 9-11.

Not one single anti-terrorism briefing conducted prior to 9-11.

Ignored warnings of PDB

Had an oil tanker named after her was a prostitute for Cheney's criminal oil mafia.


Heckuva job Condie! Worst Sec. State ever!

[indepat]

11. Mushroom cloud

[Middle finga]

16. I guess you can say she accomplished something...

the only person male or female to be the worst National Security Advisor and the Worst Secretary of State in US history.

[Sagan]

6. Wow, this bit says it all...

*snip*

In fact, her friends say that she rarely questions whether she is right or wrong, instead choosing to believe in a particular truth with absolute certainty until she doesn’t believe it anymore, at which point she moves on. “Now you’ve got me trying to psycho-analyze myself,” she complained.

*snip*


So she just believes what she wants, absolutely, then "moves on" when it's proved that her absolute truth is wrong. No corrections, no apologies.. Very sad, but very very Bushco.

Just like Chimpy, she's a failure at everything.

[jaysunb]

14. I'm still searching for any accomplishment...any!

She, just like her master(s) are all media creations. Absolutely no substance to be found.--and I was saying this 20 years ago about her.

[OnyxCollie]

7. NYT: Condi's shopping for a legacy.

Maybe she can buy a clue on the way.

[TomInTib]

8. Step right up and get Bumiller's book!

Effing skank.

But I did like this part:

"In fact, her friends say that she rarely questions whether she is right or wrong, instead choosing to believe in a particular truth with absolute certainty until she doesn’t believe it anymore, at which point she moves on. “Now you’ve got me trying to psycho-analyze myself,” she complained."

Comforting, isn't it?

Really fucking comforting.

[JeffR]

9. Worst Soviet expert ever, worst NSA ever, worst SoS ever

Yeah, that there's some legacy, uh-huh...

[Owl]

13. A legacy of shame.

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. You don't get to choose your own "legacy", Condi.

These things tend to be chosen FOR you.

And yours, like your husb- boss', are already in quickly-drying concrete. Live with it.

[Raejeanowl]

17. Exceptions

Someone at Stanford has scruples. And knows the reek of a well-compensated but morally bankrupt mouthpiece when they smell it.

[undeterred]

18. "And these are the shoes I was shopping for during Hurricane Katrina"

[disndat]

19. Condilair doesn't need to go back

to academia, even if Stanford or any other institute would have her. She is loaded with her ill-begotten gains. Don't forget she is on the board of Chevron oil Why should she go back to teaching where students would hound her for being a large part of the Bush treasonous regime? More likely she would buy a condo on 5th Avenue where she would be close to her favorite shoe shop and tennis club, playing tennis with Monica Seles, and a villa in Dubai. Maybe the NYT puff piece is a desperate attempt to help her repair her damaged reputation, so she can collect large lecture fees to enrich her already overflowing bank account and a seat on the Carlyle Group.