President Condi Rice - - 2007 to ??

[truedelphi]

The idea occcurred to me last night when watching Olbermann
(forget the name of his substitute lady host)

According to that show:
The Republican leadership is realizing that Cheney is so detrimental to the Bush Presidency that it would be very good for him to resign.

There were several statements to the fact that Cheney is so out of favor that his little war with Iran will probably be taken off the front burner.

The bad news is that the Powers that Be have finally woken up to the fact that Bush IS IMPEACHABLE - it is now possible that the "Decider" could go down at the same exact moment that Cheney is taken down (Oh I wonder if he rues the day he got Scooter to take the blame for the Plame affair - but with so much pressure now saying that the pardon of Scooter would be suspect and therefore must not occur - all of US GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS WILL NOT HAVE TO WAIT LONG FOR SCOOTER TO MAKE DICK FALL ON HIS SWORD SO THAT SCOOTER CAN GO FREE)

THAT WOULD MAKE (JOY AND JUBILANTEY-NESS!) Pelosi President - the first Madam President that this nation has known.

So the Repukes must forestall. Must hinder, Must obfuscate, Must hope that some shiny haired smiling co-ed imp of a woman (with some polls showing her to have rather tasty polling figures) could be snuck in as VP.

This would happen the second that Cheney resigns (And of course the resignation could be for health reasons, or so they would say. Among them - a bad ticker, or also phlebitis, or also his paranoia and stress rising to the high heavens whenever he needs to be away from the Bunker to show that he is still vital and unimpeachable Et Cetera.

And lately his need to be on parade has been so intense that he was almost the victim of an assasination attempt from either a "black flag" op that he dreamt up himself to drum up sympathy to a REAL AND ACTUAL ATEMPT by an inner CIA group that like so many five six and seven star generals has had its fill of this man ruining the Nation. (There are after all, some CIA who love their country)

So if Cheney were to resign, any number of medical canards could be hosed off and offered up the moment that "Quack Quack" to say "Adieu to you and you and you-u"

We'd be stuck with her. That is, Condi.

The she who be the love of George W's soul, the cheerleader extra-ordinaire, the eternal optimist. I mean who else among us could spend time in Iraq delivering speech after speech imploding the idea that we may not have won, but we will any day now, and that the great democracy that Iraq is becoming will be able to experience the fahulousness of this victory if ONLY the Iraqis would quit their sectarian violence nonsense and sprinkle some fairy dust in the midst of the depleted uranium and clap their hands altogether at the count of three.

Vice President Condi. Upon President Bush's Impeachment, President Rice. We'd be stuck with her for awhile. Or would we??

[Colobo]

1. It's possible that Rice becomes the VP

I don't think Cheney will make it in the position to Jan '09.

By the way, Giuliani/Rice '08?

[lovuian]

2. Cheney isn't going anywhere

He is king of America
and Bush is a flunky

if Cheney goes Bush will go

and I don't see that happening
I think they are going to try Marshall law and takeover this country

just have to wait and see if they are delusional enough to try it

[zeemike]

3. Nothing would surprise me anymore

Maybe we could impeach the whole administration and have a Madam President Pelosi. I could get used to that name.

[illinoisprogressive]

4. She'd be better than the first two to hold down the fort. I'd prefer madam speaker...

[Bitwit1234]

5. How could she become vice president?

The democrats know that she is as incompetent as bush. They would never vote to approve her.

Remember. bush can nominate anybody we wants. But the house and the senate must approve or disapprove her. And they don't need the say so of the republicans to have an up and down vote. And do you in your wildest dreams think this congress would approve her. She would be more manipulative than bush.

[truedelphi]

6. I hope that it would be as you describe But to some of us

think that The people in Congress do whatever the poll numbers suggest would be good - I imagine that The MSM could do a huge blitz about Condi's attributes and popularity, and then the usual suspects would vote her in, as fast if not faster than the Iraqi War Resolution was voted in.

[Hippo_Tron]

9. The race and gender card, unfortunately

The possibility of the first black woman becoming VP might be enough to persuade them to confirm her. Granted I don't think this scenario is likely anyway.

[TreasonousBastard]

7. I mentioned this the other day...

thinking back to Nixon, Agnew had to go to clear the way for Nixon's impeachment. Pretty much the same here, and while Agnew got chased out over some old corruption problem when he was Governor, Cheney could leave for "health reasons.".

Since both houses of Congress have to approve the replacement Veep, Democrats aren't going to allow anyone with a good shot at winning '08 in that job and give them a head start. Again, thinking back to Nixon, who the hell would have voted for Ford if he wasn't already in office? Republicans in the camp of any of their potential candidates won't be thrilled about giving the competition a leg up, either.

And, impeaching Shrub without a Veep gives us President Pelosi, which the Republicans would move heaven and earth to stop.

So, either leave Cheney in office assuming he won't run, or win, in '08, or try to get the weakest Republican around in there. That could be Rice-- a Rice-Clinton race would be interesting, to say the least. The more I think about it, President Cheney for a year or so could work very well for us, if not for the country..

Rest assured the thousand or so real players in DC are working all the angles as we speak, and every one of them is calculating not only the Presidential election, but also the Congressional elections in '08.

[Hippo_Tron]

8. Cheney won't resign, the reason that he's VP is so that he can't be fired

I've always wondered why Cheney wanted to be VP considering that his role is mostly behind the scenes. Then I realized that the reason is that so the rest of the administration will never be able to convince Bush to get rid of him, because he can't be fired. He has the best job security there is as Vice President.

[Eurobabe]

10. It's possible. I wouldn't discount it.

The pReznit Condiliar could give BOOSCH and CHAIN-KNEE AND Libby a pardon.

[CJCRANE]

11. Diplomatic success with N Korea

and now they're talking to Iran & Syria - this means either Condi is trying to secure her legacy or they're building her up for just such a scenario as you describe.

[truedelphi]

13. Was out of the Loop on the fact that Condi was instrumental in all this

WOrking long hours and what not these past days.

Did catch a segment of the trio - George Condi andf Laura all in Brazil. Saw Bush hitting some Brazilian instrument while Condi cha-cha ed and Laura looked high on prescription meds. (For that I do not blame her - can't one of us drag the poor woman over here where the drugs are a bit more Rock N ROll and she could spend time with fun people rather than George And Condi?)

[CJCRANE]

14. I'm not sure

if Condi was instrumental but I'm guessing she would take the credit if politically necessary.

However I read somewhere that Condi is becoming more independant and able to push through her own agenda as Cheney is finally losing his influence.

[bluedog]

12. bush calls her "Guru"

Bush had a nickname for Rice when he first ran for president: Guru.


....................Last week, she announced that the United States had agreed to join Iran and Syria in talks on Iraq. The first round of talks begins today in Baghdad.

Observers of U.S. foreign policy and Bush's administration cite a litany of reasons for the drastic change including, most important, a failure of the unilateral approach the administration had long advocated. But Rice's growing influence in a changing administration cannot be overlooked.

Now, despite her role advocating for an unpopular war, the woman long admired for who she is - a polished, successful product of the segregated South - is starting to be recognized for what she is doing.
snip

Hess and others say Rice posses many qualities that make her popular: Articulate, attractive, even a winning smile.


this "love"rice puff piece " was printed in The St. Pete Times Florida


http://www.sptimes.com/2007/03/10/Worldandnation/Rice__the_popular_fac.shtml