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Condi on Hillary: 'I Am Very Fond Of Her'
December 01, 2008 8:05 PM
ABC News' Kirit Radia reports:
Speaking in London alongside her British counterpart, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was asked about Hillary Clinton's nomination to be her successor…
"The first time that I met Senator Clinton was actually a world away from Washington, when she brought her freshman daughter to Stanford University where I was provost. And so our relationship goes back quite a long way. And I am very fond of her. I think she has worked very hard on behalf of the country. I think she really comported herself very well in the campaign. And she’s an inspiration to a lot of people and a lot of – not just women, a lot of people. I know that she will bring enormous energy and intellect and skill to the position. And most importantly, I know her to be somebody who has what you need most in this job, which is a deep love for the United States of America and for its values, a respect for differences that we may have with friends and allies, but always recognizing that the core of who we are as Americans unites us with very many around the world, particularly Great Britain.
"As to advice, I'll give her that advice privately, and then she won't and you won't hear from me again, because – (laughter) – I will certainly not make the effort to comment on everything that is done. I think that we've had a good run, but I'll tell you something. The two-year term is not a bad idea."
(Rice later clarified she meant the two 4 year term limit was not a bad idea)
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From one confident intellectual to another, I have great respect for SOS Rice, she is the epidemy of what women should be confident enough to look at another woman with admiration and not jealousy and give credit where credit is due. These women are far between and few, I listened to the way that women carried on during this election season and as a woman it was an embarrassment to think that women has such low self esteem and self respect that they would take pride in ripping another woman apart and taking every opportunity to discredit the works of these strong women that were running. I am a die hard Hillary Supporter and she is a woman that I respect and admire, she has dedicated her entire life to fighting for the people of this country and her accomplishments are incredibly respectable, you don't have to like her, but there is no way that you can deny her the credit that is due. Thanks SOS Rice for not being afraid to praise the accomplishments of another woman. Maybe someday we will come up from the very bottom of the toting poll
Posted by: Karen | Dec 1, 2008 11:46:45 PM
I don't get where Obama supporters can't imagine how Obama couldn't see Clinton as a viable candidate for SOS.
The Democratic primary was tough and Obama came out of it a better candidate for the general election as a result of it. He was up against someone who is an intellectual equal, who had more experience, was a good debator and who was tough. She'd get knocked down and she'd come right back up. Obama beat her in the caucus States, where the prize goes to the most organized not who would win on popular vote- had it not been for the incredible organization of the Obama camp in that regard Clinton would have been the nominee. Obama was forced to campaign in the primaries in all States and Clinton kept saying it would benefit the Dems in the general and she was right. Where one would possibly think Obama would come out of those primaries lacking in respect for Clinton is just naive. Obama is a politician just like all other politicians and he understands the game and how to play it
and while his supporters sit there thinking how could he let that terrible woman who was so divisive be in his cabinet- well grow up, it's politics and they're politicians. It's less personal for them then it obviously is for you, so get a grip. Clinton voted "yes" on the Iraq vote- yeah, but so did Biden and I didn't hear people squawking about that. So did Kerry and so did Edwards and so did most of the Senate. So wouldv'e Obama possibly had he actually been in a position to vote. I kept hearing from the pundits how Hillary's career was dead in the water after the primaries- surprise, the pundits were wrong again. Since Obama eventually decided to reinstate Michigan and Florida then it's fair to say Clinton won the popular vote, she had over 18 million supporters and if the convention didn't remind people of how fondly much of this Country regards the Clintons (in particular when Bill spoke) and if people are naive enough to not believe there is alot of good feelings about the Clinton's worldwide- then you must be a younger voter (and you deserve some slack on that), way too the left or you get most of your political information from the tabloids and are one of those people who keep blogging about all the people who died who had random encounters with the Clintons and believing in that type of crap.
Posted by: alpaig52 | Dec 2, 2008 2:41:30 AM
I still feel that Mrs. Clinton should be President - Mr. Obama should have been still in the Senate or at the most, in the Cabinet.
Posted by: young_voter | Dec 2, 2008 4:05:55 AM
It's my belief that Ex-President Bush's greatest regret should be the promise that he had made regarding Osama Bin Laden. I knew when he had made this promise that he would never find this man, because there are too many people that believe in this man. One other question I have is whether or not anyone has compared Barack Hussein Obama with Nickolae Carpathia?
Posted by: Dan | Dec 2, 2008 6:58:01 AM
Well, Dan. Congratulations. Of all the lies spread about PEO Obama during the campaign, you have reached a new low by equating him to a fictional anti-Christ.
Posted by: William J. LePetomaine | Dec 2, 2008 9:38:47 AM
Wonder what both Rice and Powell would do working with Obama in some capacity? What bum luck those two had taking orders from that dimwitted Bush and his stringpulling Neocons. Voters really fell for those clowns? Eight years of tragic nonsense, and a dampening down of two otherwise brilliant people. Thanks, Rice, for your dignified comments about Hillary Clinton. Perhaps you'll return to Stanford and we'll see you round the fountain.
Posted by: Carol | Dec 2, 2008 9:57:15 PM
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