Bill Cosby snubbed Condi Rice Weds. night -- hooray!

[grasswire]

From the subscription Roll Call newsletter -- transcribed by a freeper who has a subscription, so no direct link is available.


There was quite a bit of chatter in the Capitol on Wednesday about some unexpected fireworks flying at a ceremony honoring civil rights pioneer Dorothy Height after comic Bill Cosby snubbed National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.

Cosby decided to voice his opposition to the Bush administration’s foreign policy by refusing to sit next to Rice, as organizers had planned, at the event in which Height received the Congressional Gold Medal from President Bush and Hill leaders.

“It’s too bad that Mr. Cosby couldn’t cross the partisan divide, especially at an event for a great civil rights leader,” griped one senior Congressional aide.

Rice, who’s pretty busy dealing with the fallout from ex-White House aide Richard Clarke’s book, was unaware of the slight and brushed it off.

“It’s a free country,” Deputy National Security Adviser Jim Wilkinson told HOH.


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[trotsky]

1. But I bet they praised Mark Chmura

when that child molester refused to meet with Bill Clinton after the Packers won the Super Bowl.

[Kimber Scott]

2. Thanks, Bill.

We know this kind of stuff bothers Ms. Bobblehead, whether she admits it, or not.

[MonicaR]

20. Condi Has No Juice With The Black Community

It bugs her. Way to go Cos!

African-Americans have no tolerance for folks who sell us out.
Clarence Thomas had most of the room walk out on him, while others stood up and turned their backs on him during a speech to the National Bar Association, the national Black attorney's group a few years ago.

Condi is seen in the Black community as a caramel colored white girl. She worked in the Carter administration, but switched parties and joined the Reagan administration. She had the nerve to call Jimmy Carter in a 1999 Time magazine interview 'a stupid man unfit to be president'.
Hello, the man is an Annapolis grad who served under Hyman Rickover in nuclear subs, and if he's stupid in her opinion, then what about the guy she currently works for?.

Back to Condomskeezer. They had the nerve to try to say in an fluff interview that she was dating an NFL player, or bring up the fact that she grew up in Birmingham during the early 60's. Yeah, right. Most NFL players wouldn't want her skinny butt unless she put a paper bag over her head for the night.


Once again Zora Neale Hurston was right on target with this one:
All my skinfolks ain't my kinfolks

[slappypan]

3. petty and childish

Doesn't sound like something Bill Cosby would do. I'm not inclined to believe this story.

[radwriter0555]

7. I've been known to make statements like this and the intent is NOT to be

petty and childish, but to be true to one's feelings about a person.

I have no problem being politely dis-respectful to someone who I truly don't like.

I walked away from an introduction to former CA Gov. Pete Wilson at a women's event. A person with whom I'd been speaking was approached by the then-governor; she then said to me, "May I introduce you to Governor Pete Wilson?" To which I simply replied, "No, thank you..." with a polite smile, and walked away.

Sometimes it's the right thing to do under specific circumstances....

[wryter2000]

9. Exactly

Imagine having to sit next to her for any length of time.

[slappypan]

12. Would prefer that he sat next to her

and gave her an earful of his opinions. But yes, I can see your point.

[fudge stripe cookays]

24. Good for you!

I think a nice polite snub says volumes more than an insult most of the time.

[Kahuna]

8. Yeah right. Um. Whatever..

nt

[kerry-is-my-prez]

23. I wouldn't want to be photgraphed sitting next to her either if I were him

n/t

[Timefortruth]

25. Sitting with her would have given her tacit support for her.

Which is exactly why they originally planned for him to sit with her in the first place. Photos of them together would certainly have been circulated. If he doesn't support her he didn't want to be used to create that impression, there was no other way to avoid it.

[seabeyond]

26. how about if it wasnt petty and childish

he just didnt want to sit next to her. what is wrong with no thank you find me another table please

[Tim4319]

4. Cudos to the doctor!

I'm not talking about Dr. Rice neither. I am talking about Dr. Huxtable.

[KansDem]

13. Actually, Bill Cosby holds a doctorate as well...

Mr. Cosby earned his Master's Degree in 1972, and his Doctorate in education (Ed.D) in 1977 from the University of Massachusetts. His doctorate thesis was entitled "The Integration of Visual Media Via Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Into the Elementary Schools Culminating as a Teacher Aid to Achieve Increased Learning."
http://www.jazzradio.org/bill1.htm

[rucky]

5. Did they make "the blacks" sit in the back of the room?

Condi & the Coz. why were they assigned seats together?

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Bill's my neighbor!

Mr. and Mrs. Cosby have a home here in Western MA and do tons for the community. Go Dr. Huxtable!

[masshole]

19. Hi neighbor

I also have a home in Wmass...just a bit down 91 from you and the Coz.
Nice to meet you neighbor!

[bicentennial_baby]

21. Howdy neighbor!

There's a few of us W. Massholes here at DU. Welcome! :hi:

[CaptainClark23]

10. Now I want to see Sidney Portier...

Soundly kick condi's ass for threatening Jamaica....

[shadu]

11. rigums and ragoms and rollums; puddin' pop power!

[grasswire]

14. I'll never forget.....

....Barbara Bush deliberately turning her back on President Bill Clinton as he passed by the dignitaries' table after opening the White House gala celebration on the 200th anniversary of the White House. This was right after election 2000. Clinton made gracious comments to the Bushes about their son. He walked back to his seat, greeting people he passed at the table and (on live television) Barbara Bush deliberate turned away in her chair -- turned her back to him.

[Tim4319]

15. Are you sure that wasn't Leslie Neilson in drag?

[MonicaR]

22. Awww..

Why you want to insult Leslie Nielsen by comparing him in drag to Barbara Bush? Leslie's better looking.

[The Backlash Cometh]

16. Cross the partisan divide? The man was being used and had a right to

respond accordingly. Condi was looking for a photo opportunity with the Cos. Damn, I love that man.

[grasswire]

17. I do, too

Cos for president!

[qanda]

18. Bill Cosby probably didn't want his picture on the front of the NYT

With the caption of "Cosby and Rice enjoy an evening together" Then it would be in the next Bush* ad saying how wonderful it is to have the civil rights people in the Bush* camp. Hats off to Cosby-- I would have done the exact same thing.

[LoZoccolo]

27. This foreign policy has the brain damage!

Bill Cosby was one of my early heroes...I remember when I was in first grade I wanted to be a comedian because of him!