White House ‘Wicked Witch’ dulls image

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Instead of adapting to new terrorists’ strategies, the national security adviser floundered in the days before Sept. 11, 2001.

By Karl Noyes


After former counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke got done putting a knife in President George W. Bush’s back that went clear through his heart, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice had a few sharp words of her own for Clarke. Rice’s verbal cutlery of late has turned a few heads — so much that some have dubbed her the “Wicked Witch of the White House.”
It is an odd thing, too, considering that if you asked around a few weeks ago Rice was probably the most respected of Bush’s gang. Vice President Dick Cheney is too much of a real-life portrayal of diabolical “Batman” villain The Penguin. Secretary of State Colin Powell became merely a sycophant after his fanciful Iraq presentation.

Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld always looks like he is constipated, and acts like it too. Bush is Bush. First lady Laura Bush is still a librarian. Scott McClellan works more like a distorting echo than a White House press secretary and Alan Greenspan acts more like a lobbyist than a Federal Reserve chairman. This had left Rice and her calm conduct warranting of the praise she received. That changed after Clarke revealed the lackadaisical attitude the Bush administration had toward al-Qaida leading up to and after Sept. 11, 2001.

Since then, Rice has been frantically making the media rounds. Indeed, a large number of Clarke’s accusations landed squarely on Rice, and much of the damage control is up to her.

http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2004/03/29/8921

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1. Lost Me After

the article said most respected. She has been the loudest supporter of President Bush since day one. I take everything she says and ignore it. Especially after her nonsense spewing story about some Nazi organization being active right after WWII and her inane comment about how the major wars were the result of too may countries having equal political, economic and military power (hence the world is better with just one power)

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2. LOL

Vice President Dick Cheney is too much of a real-life portrayal of diabolical “Batman” villain The Penguin.

:D