Rice: The Republican Party Brought Us To A Place Where ‘People Can Look Beyond Race’

[babylonsister]

By Ryan Powers at 5:35 pm
Rice: The Republican Party Brought Us To A Place Where ‘People Can Look Beyond Race’»


Yesterday, Secretary of State Condelezza Rice sat for an interview with CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo. In a portion of the interview that does not appear to have aired, Bartiromo asked Rice about her “thoughts on the Republican party.” Rice claimed that the GOP has played a large role in bringing the country to a place where “people can look beyond race“:

RICE: {T}he Republican Party also has done a lot for bringing us to a place that — not that race doesn’t matter, but where people can look beyond race. If you look at the last two Secretaries of State, African Americans, they were Republican administrations, the Administration of George W. Bush that appointed them.

Rice’s rosy picture of race relations in America is puzzling. In March of this year, Rice more credibly argued that “America doesn’t have an easy time dealing with race.” Rice noted at the time how prevalent the after effects of our national “birth defect” — slavery — continue to be:

RICE: {T}]hat’s not a very pretty reality of our founding, and I think that particular birth defect makes it hard for us to confront {race}, hard for us to talk about {race}, and hard for us to realize that {race} has continuing relevance for who we are today. … {D}escendents of slaves, therefore, did not get much of a head start. And I think you continue to see some of the effects of that.

More puzzling, however, is her crediting the Republican party with the significant progress that has been made with regard to race and racism in America. In recent years, the party has blocked attempts to protect civil rights. Additionally, Republican power brokers have spouted xenophobic and racist rhetoric, while members of the conservative movement cheer them on. In particular, Republican presidential candidates have a history of exploiting racial and ethnic divides for electoral benefit.

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http://thinkprogress.org/2008/12/12/rice-gop-race/

[Solly Mack]

1. Somebody's been huffing....

[MichiganVote]

2. Shut the fuck up Rice, full of BS as usual.

[malaise]

10. Ditto n/t

[Swamp Rat]

3. My colonial masters have treated me well.

Go Condi! :eyes:

[benddem]

4. Ha Ha

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Waiting For Everyman]

5. Lying to the end, huh? At least she's consistent. n/t

[spanone]

6. bwahahahahaaa

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[rurallib]

14. beat me to it. Did she get a phd in stupidity?

[spanone]

19. doctor of comedy

[FiveGoodMen]

7. They'll take people of ANY color as slaves, these days!

[onenote]

8. A more accurate statement might be as follows:

The republican party has brought us to a place where people realized that they would be better off putting aside their old prejudices than elect more dumbasses of any gender or color.

[williesgirl]

9. Give me a fucking break - I'm going to puke!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. People Can Look Beyond Race And Focus On Incompetence Instead

I have this vision of Condi slithering away from the White House at the end of Junior's term and finding a comfy, cozy new home in her old Stanford stomping grounds.

I know there are some here who might feel that Stanford is too "progressive" to roll out the welcome mat for Rice, but I'm not one of those people. Money and power function like a bug zapper to the denizens of the Stanford "community" and ESPECIALLY neighboring town Palo Alto. There is an "old money" arrogance to Palo Alto that makes my skin crawl. Condi would fit in perfectly there.

[BrklynLiberal]

12. What kind of drugs is that woman on???

:crazy: :silly: :wtf: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[gratuitous]

13. Everything is good news for Republicans!

See, anything good that happens comes out either affirmatively from Republican policies or as a reaction to Republican policies. So, where you poor simpletons see only unrelenting race-baiting and class warfare, it's really a brilliant Republican strategy to move America beyond racial considerations or past the old rich vs. poor struggle.

It's so easy! Just name any social development and it's either because the Republicans introduced and endorsed it or because the Republican position was so odious that society took action against it. Credit the Republicans for everything! They're Repuberiffic!

[KamaAina]

15. No, Colbert did.

Remember, the Greatest Living American doesn't see color.

:sarcasm:

[OneBlueSky]

16. she's so full of shit her eyes just turned from blue to brown . . .

roll up the pant legs, people . . . it's too late to save the shoes . . .

[spindrifter]

17. David Frum, quoted at the end of the article, pretty much

writes off Hispanic America for the Republican Party. Too hard to appeal to more than "conservative" moral system.

[shraby]

18. Who gives two hoots what she thinks?

She lost all credibility years ago.

[Juche]

20. wtf

Ask Paul Krugman about how much good the GOP has done for race relations. Using racial (and social) tensions to distract voters from economic issues is the GOP modus operandi.

[KG]

21. she's a real nerd. full of books smarts, but absolutely no clue about how the world really works.