Condoleezza Rice: I'm glad Imus was fired

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Reuters

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday that radio host Don Imus' comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team were "disgusting" and she was pleased he was fired.

Imus called the women players "nappy-headed hos" -- racist, sexist remarks that resulted in a barrage of protests and ultimately in the outspoken host losing his CBS Radio show, which was also televised.

"I'm very glad that there was, in fact, a consequence. I think that this kind of coarse language doesn't belong anywhere in reasonable dialogue between reasonable people," Rice said in an interview with syndicated radio show host Michael Medved.

Rice, the first black female U.S. Secretary of State and a former college professor, said the young women Imus targeted were fine athletes trying their best.

"It gets ruined by this disgusting -- and I'll use the word 'disgusting' -- comment which doesn't belong in any polite company and certainly doesn't belong on any radio station that I would listen to," she added.


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Yeah right Condi. Tell your boss to stop inviting the hatemongers to the WH every year and have them broadcast from there. Tell Cheney to stop going on Limbaugh and Hannity. You bunch of hypocrites!

[Horse with no Name]

1. She has done worse than Imus ever did.

Much worse to others of her own race. She doesn't have the RIGHT to be be glad about anything.

[Colobo]

Yes she does

She is a professional, succesful black female. Regardless of her politics, she has way more right to be glad about this than most, who do not happen to be black females.

[Horse with no Name]

12. She sold out long ago Dude

Remember her shoe-shopping-spree while citizens drowned in New Orleans?
Climbs the ladder of her own success utilizing Affirmative Action--then kicks it down behind her so that nobody else can climb it.
Please. She has NO right to be offended by ANYTHING after her crimes against humanity.

[Colobo]

15. Still, she's a black American woman

who has the right to feel offended by Imus's comments. His comments have nothing to do with the politics of those offended by them.

Don't get me wrong, I think she's been a mediocre public servant. Still, that doesn't change her skin color or her phenotype.

[Horse with no Name]

16. Only on the outside

Too bad it is what is on the inside that counts.
And you only consider her "mediocre"??
Mediocre would be FABULOUS considering what she has given us.

[Colobo]

20. "Only on the outside"....

Culturally, she might actually not be a black American. Remember, though, that most blacks around the globe, me included, have nothing to do with black American culture and still we are all blacks- as black as every black American. Anyway, in her case, you have a woman that can't escape what she is phenotypically, regadless of her politics and actions. Maybe she hates her blackness deep inside and rejects black Americans for that reason, but she's still what she is to the rest of the world.

In terms of her performance, I think the Bush Administration is a mixture of pure evil and sincere incompetence. The neo-cons in the administration, with Dick Cheney leading the bunch, are pure evil. They are the ones doing the real damage. The rest of them are incompetent puppets, enablers, etc.

I think Condi has served the Bush administration because she actually enjoys being the "token black" in the group, not because she is inherently evil. She probably feels she is liked and respected by conservative, white America and that makes her extremely happy.

[IChing]

28. A War Criminal whose judgement.

that has costs and detrimentally effects the lives of millions on this planet.

Do you know that she also OK the EP for the workers of 911
go back? And Katrina?

Give me a break
and you
complain at Du all the time about Chavez?


Sorry Dude
You don't get it.

[Ecumenist]

31. She does enjoy being the token...

She was interviewed some years ago regarding the church bombing in Birmingham Alabama in 1963 where 4 little girls died. She knew one of the girls and was a friend. When asked by Oprah if and how she was affected by the bombing. This Bitch actually said that it didn't really affect her because "HER FAMILY HAD ALWAYS BEEN ALLOWED TO SHOP AT THE WHITE STORES IN TOWN"!! Oprah was slackmouthed at the reply. This heifer doesn't care about anyone in reality. She has a sister in the Bay Area...who can't stand her. She's a professor at one of the universities there, I believe it's Stanford.

[pokercat999]

34. and that doesn't give her the right to be an enabler to the

one of the world's worst war criminals. Condi belongs in jail black or white doesn't matter. She has lost all standing as a human being as far as I'm concerned along with Cheney and the rest of the neo-con crowd.

[Ecumenist]

51. I completely disagree.....

That broad deserves to be put UNDER the jail, barefoot, without any of her Manolos, Chu's or even a used pair of keds. Preferably in some nice stagnant water, a cottonmouth or two and some folk on the dry side of the cell with high powered rifles, locked, loaded and pointed at her rusty-dusty. Top this off with no potable water or food, ambient room temperature of about 98, no air movement and absolutely no truly edible food easily available. Each time she is able to procure food, more charges and accusations should be levelled at her ass---and oh yeah, a working television showing her retarded hero and his creepy pundits enjoying parties and soirees, commenting on her complicity in and blaming her for her condition, all the time completely ignoring her reality and surroundings. Now, that would be justice...:evilgrin:

[chang0]

47. mediocre ? how about destructive !

[Benhurst]

17. She's a war criminal.

[NormanYorkstein]

24. while I agree with what she said here

After "I didn't read the memo" I couldn't give a damn about anything else she ever says.

[physioex]

27. WTF?

You gotta be kidding. "She is a professional, succesful black female" total B.S. She is nothing more than a failed mouth piece for the Shrub Administration and an enabler for the invasion of Iraq. If she is so "succesful", why didn't she do her job and ask for more evidence before proceeding with the invasion of Iraq? You got "professional, succesful black female" mixed up with a war criminal....

[Ecumenist]

30. I am a black female and I say this heifer is so

full of it, her eyes are brown. She's about as concerned about black folks as david duke is. A permanent tan doesn't convey common sense or a conscience.

[Chovexani]

41. LOL!

My grandmama, bless her soul, used to call Condi "that ole heifer" all the time before she passed. :rofl:

As a black woman also, I find her enabling of this criminal, racist administration far more offensive than anything Imus' ignorant ass ever said.

[Ecumenist]

58. Amen, Chovexani.. This broad is a hot mess

and I'm always amazed that people say or imply that somehow because she's blakc, it "okays" what she does or doesn't say.

[ryanmuegge]

40. What about all of the people she let die while she shopped for shoes?

Yeah.

Shit. She's about as black as Prescott Bush.

[Colobo]

Dupe

[BeyondGeography]

2. I agree, Condi

Then again, it really doesn't rate with, "We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud," in terms of damage to the nation, does it?

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. Reasonable people?

How would you know about reasonable people? You work for the world's most unreasonable asshole.

[Erika]

4. Condi has been 1000% complacent to the right wingers

hurling insults on the Blacks. Does the broad remember Katrina and her actions?

Condi needs to go shoe shopping and quit pretendimg she ever chose to speak up for Blacks.

[Colobo]

6. She doesn't speak for blacks. She IS black.

[Erika]

7. I don't think most Blacks call her their own

She'd rather shoe shop in NYC than save Katrina victims.

[Colobo]

9. Regardless of how liked or not she is among black Americans

She's a black American woman.

Many black Americans don't consider me, a black Puerto Rican, part of their own. Still, I'm still as black as they are to the eyes of white people.

[Ecumenist]

32. I do and most of us, at least here on the West Coast would.

There seems to be a particular thing about the East Coast and how they look at Black Latinos, ie, Dominicans, Boricua, Cubans, Brazilians, etc.

[Benhurst]

18. Yeah, proving there are bad people in all races and both sexes.

Veterans shouldn't be saddled with Jeffrey Dahmer, and African Americans don't have to lay claim to Condoleezza Rice.

[Ecumenist]

29. I was just about to say that if what Imus said was so

disgusting, why'd she not show the same outrage over rush "RAY NAYGER" limpbaugh or Savage or hannity or glen "katrina survivors are SCUMBAGS" beck, etc...?? That bitch may have brown skin and a perm but she is the charter member of the African KKK Auxilary wing. ( note; this is coming from a black woman)

[saigon68]

5. War Criminal chastises Fool

More to come

[Bitwit1234]

8. Shame we can't return the favor.

[HuffleClaw]

10. bwhahhhahahhaaaaaaaaaaa

oh sure, NOW she tosses in her two bits.

[Cha]

11. condiliar needs to go

next as long as we're getting rid of "disgusting" ones.

imus fed the airwaves with hate and condi pushes the bushit fascist propoganda killing machine.

condi should have been fired after 9/11 since she was the National Security Adviser but she knew too much. BTW, who the fuck is watching our National Security NOW?

[DemGa]

13. Really, it doesn't belong in "reasonable dialogue"?

Oh that's profound.

[bobthedrummer]

14. FWIW, maybe Rice would explain this bit of information

a cross-post from an interesting thread about the tangled webs these total war criminals are seeing unravel.

"Elizabeth CHENEY was also a 'colleague' of Wolfowitz's partner Shaha Ali Riza"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x548152#651509

[minnesota_liberal]

19. It makes me sick to agree with Condoleeezzzaaaa on anything

Yes, Imus was out of line - as was his entire on-air staff - but Condi is a heartless succubus who has done more damage to more people than Imus will ever do.

[Demeter]

21. I Am Amazed that Condi Would Think Anyone Cared How She Felt

about this or any other topic. She has made herself irrelevant and invisible to the world outside Bush Fantasy Land.

[NormanYorkstein]

25. yep

I agree with that 100%

[rocktivity]

22. How nice of Dick and Karl to allow you to say something on this subject...

:eyes:
rocknation

[zulchzulu]

23. People who lie to get into oil wars certainly should be fired pronto

I like what Condi says. I'd very glad if there was, in fact, a consequence to lying and sending many to their deaths.

[leftist.]

26. Probably the only time I'll agree with Condi?

Even funnier is that she came on and said this *after* a Medved ("V as in Victory") segment of slippery slope arguments and Imus defenses. These guys are so creepy and odd.

[cap]

33. But Condi, you did ever so much worse than Imus

Imus is mean and nasty, for sure. But Condi, you provided the racial cover to permit Chevron to use helicopters to gun down Africans who were demonstrating for decent living conditions in the Niger Delta. They had the nerve to demand that some of that good oil money be given back to the people in terms of decent wages and working conditions.

[tanyev]

35. Imus has been disgusting for years. Condi's just now willing to weigh in?

That's courageous.

[marshall]

39. How many times has Condi been on those shows?

I occasionally watched Imus while I was getting ready and I never heard her on his show. Has she appeared on any of the more conservative talk radio shows?

[tanyev]

42. Transcripts of her interviews with Rush and Hannity are posted on the DOS website.

Your tax dollars at work. I don't know if she's ever been on Imus.

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2006/72351.htm

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/58084.htm

[stray cat]

36. Of course she is - Imus calls Bush and his administration war criminals

She could care less about anything else.

[Cass]

37. I agree with her on this but where is her outrage about people like

Beck, Limbaugh, Savage and Coulter who say things that are just as offensive as what Imus said? Apparently that's alright with them, especially Limbaugh because Cheney is a frequent guest on his show. Its not the hypocrisy that astounds me anymore, its that some people in this country actually fall for their empty words.

Bush hosted a group of RW radio hosts back in September. Some of these people have said some pretty offensive things but apparently its ok. Note that Limbaugh was invited but not able to attend.

Bush hosts right-wing radio talk show hosts at White House.The guest list included Sean Hannity, Neal Boortz, Michael Medved, Laura Ingraham, and Mike Gallagher. (Rush Limbaugh was unable to attend.) Friday’s off-the-record talk, set for 30 minutes, ended up lasting 90 minutes
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/18/bush-hosts-right-wing-radio-talk-show-hosts-at-white-house/

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[tanyev]

43. That's not helpful.

[chang0]

45. I think it would be very helpful

[chang0]

46. Insult only exist within ones self

[Doctor_J]

44. Who?

There used to be a Secretary of State by that name. But if she was still in that job, she'd be on TV every day talking about ongoing wars and planned wars instead of hiding.

[KamaAina]

48. Rice: I'm glad Imus was fired, because...

he kept saying mean things about my husb -- er, about the pResident. :P

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[Forkboy]

50. "I don't understand"

I bet.

[Old Vet]

52. How can anyone forget that mushroom story.................

Think she ever visited the veterans center Imus worked to build in texas, As a matter of fact none of the current administration has. I can forgive Imus for being an asshole, But what condi has done is un-forgivable.

[Solly Mack]

53. You know, I just can't take anyone who works for Bush serious

about anything for any reason.

[Nikia]

54. Because she identifies with these young women

If these young women are "nappy headed hos" then she could be called that as well.
She does not identify with black people who are poor and don't go to college though.

[treestar]

55. Since her policies have actually killed people - which is

certainly offensive - Imus isn't even in her league.

[mcscajun]

56. I'm *so* glad that she's glad.

I can sleep better tonight than I have all this week; not having heard her position on this before now had been keeping me up.

:sarcasm:

[opiate69]

57. Ms. Rice owes me a new Irony Meter.

"Rice said in an interview with syndicated radio show host Michael Medved."