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Good for him for taking a stand like this. Everyone needs to say this type of thing. It's too bad Rice (and Powell) messed up their decent diplomacy record (China Plane Collision in Spring of 2001) by backing the disastrous Iraq decision otherwise they would be turning down invites from colleges left and right instead of being eye poked because they're associated with the Bush disaster.
If Powell hadn't fallen on his sword and backed the Iraq disaster he might well have been the first African-American president instead of Obama.
I'm as liberal as they come-- and I completely agree with the President.
I was proud when Bernie Sanders spoke at Liberty U-- and that the students showed him respect. It's important to hear and consider opposing views. That's rare today as everyone has become so polarized and looks at those with differing political views as "the enemy."
Obama needs to do a lot more of this. His faithful liberalminions are turning into the Nazi SS of political correctness, hell-bent on silencing anyone who doesn't think the same way they do. Gotta give him credit for standing up for the right thing in this instance. Now if he'd only been a bigger voice for sanity and calm for the last 7 & 1/2 years, that'd really be something.
It's not exactly a warm and friendly for free speech precisely. It's a call to attack Condi and those that think like her with better reasoned arguments. Still a call to attack, though it is a tip of the cap to "yeah I suppose those guys have free speech to."
liberalminions is a good one - I think getting Liberals to agree on ideological issues is like the proverbial herding cats. & minions itself is doubtful - Liberals may agree to a plan of action, but in my experience, they'll all likely have different reasons to do so.
The Nazi SS either assaulted their victims or killed them outright, vandalized or destroyed business, churches, synagogues, & so on. Once the Nazis took over German government, the SS became a state agency. political correctness is from Left humor, a comment on the ponderous jargon-laden justifications for action from the Communist & Socialist parties. Putting them together doesn't make any sense, as PC isn't something that the Nazis would have even recognized.
I don't think of the Nazis as Leftists - they were some kind of Nationalist cult of personality, worshipping Hitler's confusing political/racial thought. One of the main reasons they lost WWII.
Come on now, he ONLY said this because
1. She is black
2. a Woman
3. an ex government employee
If anyone can't see this they are willfully blind. If he truly felt this way he would have said something MUCH sooner.
Beyond all that, she was/is a brilliant, driven person. She did area studies on the USSR, learned Russian (fluently, as I recall). She was faculty & provost @ Stanford, sat on Chevron & other corporate boards (there was an oil tanker named for her, I believe). She's a concert-level pianist.
She rose & rose, & probably has a lot she could say. It would be interesting to hear her speak - but I'm sure we'd disagree on a lot of the issues.
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I'm as liberal as they come-- and I completely agree with the President.
I was proud when Bernie Sanders spoke at Liberty U-- and that the students showed him respect. It's important to hear and consider opposing views. That's rare today as everyone has become so polarized and looks at those with differing political views as "the enemy."
"the enemy" exactly what rodham clinton called republicans.. her kind thrive on devision.
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