The loudest and most joyful responses came when Rice was addressing the war efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. With typical Bush regime bluster, she boasted that we are bringing terrorists to justice, and justice to terrorists. How biblical.
Having no children to lose in combat, and tons of money stockpiled somewhere, she could afford to make a statement like "...the goal of democracy in Iraq is worth the cost and worth the sacrifice."
Whenever Condi talks about anything that's devastatingly serious, her lack of ability to feel the depth of that seriousness comes across loud and clear. She speaks in flat commentary, as if it won't affect her if she keeps it simple: "The mission has been extremely difficult. I know it's been far more difficult than many of us imagined it would be. And I realize how hard it can be to remain hopeful when we hear of death squads and beheadings and sectarian strife."
Regarding sectarian strife, King George XLIII has provided the U.S.A. with more of that than our Nation's known since the days of the Pilgrims. And Condi's appearance at the SBC only fans the polarization flames.
This past May, Rice was the commencement speaker at Boston College. Steve Almond, author of several compilations of short stories, was forced by conscience to write an open letter to its president, Fr. William P. Leahy, SJ, resigning in protest after five years as an adjunct professor.
The choice of Condi was not popular among the faculty and students, mostly based on her propensity for war.
Almond had another area of discontent - Condoleezza Rice, liar.
"She has lied to the American people knowingly, repeated, often extravagantly over the past five years, in an effort to justify a pathologically misguided foreign policy." He mentions 29 false or misleading statements she made regarding WMDs and links to al Qaeda prior to the invasion of Iraq.
Almond faults Rice for her allegiance to absolute power, rather than the democratic cause of the Nation. In his opinion she is not a person of honor, and as such not an appropriate role model to hold up to the graduates.
He suggested his students exercise their 1st Amendment Rights during Condi's speech.
Back on January 23, 2003 The Black Commentator (www.blackcommentator.com) had some harsh words for then National Security Adviser Rice. It was one week after King George personally declared the University of Michigan School of Law affirmative action program unconstitutional. (It's so wonderful to know a C-average business major knows more about Constitutional Law than a school full of the nation's most brilliant legal minds.) She accompanied His Excellency to a Black church where he tried to make nice by enticing them with faith-based bribes. Black Commentator was appalled at Condi's behavior, blowing kisses to the congregation as they cheered her color.
Without mincing words, Black Commentator stated "...Condoleezza Rice is the purest expression of the race traitor."
The title of the piece? "Condoleezza Rice: The Devil's Handmaiden"...
One more interesting tidbit concerning Condi's appearance at the Southern Baptist Convention: Prior to going on, Rice was interviewed by the Greensboro News & Record. On the subject of a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage, something the Southern Baptists would love to see pass, the secretary of state was non-committal, employing her usual doublespeak.
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