Or, Condi Strike Again … Jonathan S. Landay writes for Knight Ridder —
A State Department-commissioned poll taken days before January’s Palestinian elections warned U.S. policymakers that the militant Islamic group Hamas was in a position to win.
Nevertheless, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said after the election that they had no advance indication of a major Hamas triumph.
What is with this woman?
Steven Aftergood, the director of the Project on Government Secrecy, said that while the poll didn’t predict Hamas’ big win, it clearly showed a trend toward victory for the Islamic militants.
“Either Secretary Rice was being disingenuous or else her department has a serious information-sharing problem, because INR could not have done a much better job of assessing the Palestinian election than they did,” said Aftergood. “No one else did a better job than INR. So to profess surprise of the outcome is incomprehensible.
“This is secrecy squared,” he continued. “It’s one thing to keep secrets from the public. But when the bureaucracy is keeping secrets from itself, policy is compromised.”
Maybe she was out buying shoes.
Update: See Skippy, “we don’t think anybody anticipated that things might happen while he was in office and he’d actually have to lead the country.”
Update update: I’ve been thinking the nation would be better served by a potted plant as POTUS. And Secretary of State, for that matter. But eventually we’d hear “I don’t think anyone could have anticipated that President Ficus would shrivel up and die if we didn’t keep him watered.”
This question has always applied to Condi — How do you know when she is lying? Her lips are moving!
Condi is just following the flowchart that you did earlier in the week.
I think that she was in New York with Harriet Miers buying shoes and attending plays when Katrina hit and had to go to the ranch or maybe that happened during another disaster.
Did anyone see the photo of Bush and Condi on Chris Matthews Friday night on “Hard Ball”? It showed Bush “leering” at Condi as Chris put it and asking, “What’s behind that leer? He talked about their close relationship. Condi was decked out in full Indian attire.
Oh! I forgot to add that Chris said that he thinks Bush wants her to run for President and that the ticket would be Condi-McCain vs Hillary and whoever.
I missed the leer. Hmmm. I have long suspected something … I can’t imagine Laura would put up with much, though.
Condi is a compulsive, chronic damn lying bitch. What do think is with her, anyway?
She thinks that she is part of the “in crowd” but she forgets that Bush really considers her “hired help”. As Hillary has pointed out, Bush runs things like a “plantation”.
This is off the subject, but I wanted to share it. Yesterday in New Delhi, Bush said, “I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India and a force for freedom and moderation in the Arab world.” Afterward, Fred Jones, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said Bush had meant to say “Muslim world.”
This statement was reported yesterday on National Public Radio and today on p. A12 of the Washington Post.
comment no 7 –
Jack, I heard that yesterday. I meant to bring that up somewhere on the blog , but keep forgetting.
Thanks for bringing it up. I doubt if much will be said of this anywhere else. What an idiiot he is!
A president who installs his mistress as Secretary of State? That would make a heckuva headline. She did slip that one time and refer to Bush as ‘my husband’.
I’m trying to imagine Shrubya and Kindasleezy shagging. Not a pretty picture.
I think that Bush and Condi just flatter one another. I doubt if there’s anything sexual going on there. It does make you wonder why she spends so much of her free time with him at White House, Camp David or the ranch in Crawford.
You never hear of her dating. I haven’t read anything either.
With all the cocaine and alcohol he did, he’s probably a candidate for Viagra, like Dole.
Imagine the kind of ‘playing doctor’ titillation games kids will engage in when they do not quite understand sexuality, let alone mature sexuality. Now that level of immature titillation might bring a leer to Bush when he looks at a dollie-dress-up Condi.
For many reasons, forget about Condi being a mistress…..but do imagine the inner circle at the White House enjoying the kind of stuff most people grow out of after their pre-teen years.
I remember what a friend said when Clinton was caught with his pants down, “At least we have a President who can get it up.” With Bush….sorry, I cannot imagine him being able to get it up……
A few months before the Palestinian elections were actually held, the Isrealis and Abbas were predisposed to delay them. Rice visited Israel and Palestine and put pressure on the P.A. (Palestinian Authority) and on Israel to hold them sooner rather than later. Pressure to which these paties caved. So when Hamas won it was almost as though Rice had done something stupid.
She runs away from stuff like that. The woman has never been wrong nor made a mistake in her life.
No 11 Comment – Donna
How funny that you described Condi as “dollie dress-up”. After I typed in my comment no 2 about Chris Matthews’ “leering” comments and the photo, I was viewing the photo in my head again. I thought that she was dressed up like an Indian Princess and perhaps that’s what Bush was astounded about.
Give me a a true “bush” guy like Clinton instead of Mr. Bush any day!!
Condi might be a lying deceitful bitch with no sense of decency,but, man, she’s like totally hot in a kinky dominatrix sorta way..when she wears her leather knee high boots I just want to scream..spank me,humiliate me, dominate me…Govern me!
Whats the deal on Condi’s preferences?…Several times I’ve heard mention of her enjoying an alternate life style.. any truth to that issue?
Swami – “Spank me” – I think that was her trip to Germany when she was the Leather Lady.
I haven’t heard anything about her having an alternate life style – if that’s what she wants, that’s okay with me. However, old Karl Rove sure went after Ann Richards when she was up for re-election as Gov. of TX and started that rumor about her and there was absolutely no truth behind his slander.
Maybe Bush is Condi’s “beard”.
This doe not follow story line– but I just saw this on nightly news on NBC with John Sigenthaler and it made me crazy!!
It was a story about the “morning after pill” and Wal Mart deciding not to sell. However, they were forced to fill the prescriptions in some areas. As one pro-choice woman pointed out, many Wal Marts are located in rural areas and this is the only pharmacy for some women. One old fart man – wouldn’t you know it a man — talking on behave of anti-abortion said that the morning after pill amounted to an abortion. The next thing you know the anti-abortion people are going to be saying that taking birth control pills is illegal as well as men wearing condoms. Then, they will go on to say if you have sex and are not married, you will be imprisoned. Apparently, the issue of the “morning after pill” and Wal Mart will probably be put on hold in some areas until “after the elections in November – of course!!
What does a girl have to do to get a supertanker named after her?
LOL OMG Donna,,,, well put…LOL
There is, behind-the-scenes, a very very covert alternative life style sub-group identified by its unique ‘plantation style’ member-to-member power connections. This covert network has been around a long time…….. but today, the ‘plantation bosses’ within this group enjoy specific control within today’s Republican party, within the boardrooms of international corporations, and increasingly within our government bureaucracy. Those ‘plantation bosses’ are known inside the sub-group as ‘masters’ who are able to command total loyalty from young recruits who, by agreeing ‘to be totally supported’, have been groomed, sometimes over years, to play ‘slaves’. In this game….slaves get lots of perks….and can even become ‘masters’
It is the existence of this underground power/money networking group that led me to post what I did in #11 about the level of pre-teen sexuality titillation that replaces mature behavior for some folks in the Bush inner circle.
I learned details of this covert group from a gay friend who [long ago] had declined an invitation to be initiated into that power network….but who still is connected to some rather famous folks. It was in early 2001, shortly after Bush first became the ‘installed’ president and named Rice to be National Security Advisor… that.my friend simply said, within the context of a wider discussion, ‘Oh, by the way…..Condeleeza Rice is a lesbian…….’
I had no reason not to believe my friend back then….and have since been amused because no one in the regular media will touch this topic directly. This IS a difficult topic to address, though I believe it needs to be addressed. Someone being gay or lesbian is absolutely fine with me, and should have neutral bearing on that person’s rights or perceived abilities. There has been a world of unfair treatment of gays and lesbians and I, for one, do not wish to add to that unfairness.
But…..wait a minute=== the matter of hiding homosexuality right in the heart of the Bush team ALL THE WHILE that team politically stirs up anti-gay, anti-lesbian rhetoric and uses that rhetoric to pander to a hateful base…..that juxtapositioning is worth examining further. It may be just a brilliant plan of ‘hiding in plain sight’ [adding some teeny titillation as does masturbation at the movie theater].
But then again, it may indicate the extent of ‘enslavement training’ and/or ‘blackmail clouds’ within the system…….add into the picture the warrantless spying on Americans [lots of new blackmail cloud formation], and the puzzling lack of spine in Republican congresscritters and media ‘stars’ to hold the Bush team accountable…..ahem…..
coment no 19 –
The juxtaposition is exactly what I was referring to in my comments no 10 and 15, especially when I brought up Karl Rove and Ann Richards, former Governor of TX.
Maybe someone will come up with another “Code” book and it will be a best seller like Brown’s DaVinci Code.
21. Also–
Remember when Harriet Miers was nominated for the Supreme Court? People were questionning why she had never married before. Then, we saw a boyfriend dragged out – an old freind from TX and they showed photos of the two together on a date.
Britwit….I did notice your comments in 10 and 15. Makes the ‘secrecy’ of the Bush administration take on another aspect, doesn’t it? Also, remember Jeff Gannon? Exploration by the MSM into that topic sure did stop abruptly, n’est pas?