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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 11:29 AM Sep 2014

Six reasons Condoleezza Rice should not replace Goodell

Now that Ginger-Tin-Ears (Roger Goodell) has managed to completely ruin a job that pays $44 million a year, the ever-vigilant I-wonder-what-will-move-the-story-forward-three-years media has seized upon a list of successors, and foremost among them is . . . wait for it . . .

Condoleezza Rice.

Yes, that Condoleezza Rice. Politician, former cabinet secretary, educator, Stanford provost and the fastest-rising person in football. It’s clichéd thinking of the first order, but that’s what we do now – the simplest way to get from one story to the next while hoping the liquor holds out.

Why she has decided to bring the nation’s most popular game to her heel is something only she and her therapist truly know, but she is on record from years ago as saying she wants someday to be NFL Commissioner, and is therefore now considered a prime candidate by the Washington Post, TheHill.com, and Fox News, among other media arms.

http://www.csnbayarea.com/49ers/six-reasons-condoleezza-rice-should-not-replace-goodell

He forgot reason No. 1 - No war criminals!

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Six reasons Condoleezza Rice should not replace Goodell (Original Post) joeybee12 Sep 2014 OP
What the hell could a black single female Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #1
Well, maybe a single black female with a brain could lead the NFL... joeybee12 Sep 2014 #2
You're probably right Sopkoviak Sep 2014 #5
LOL strawberries Sep 2014 #8
Add the sarcasm tag like you did before. NYC_SKP Sep 2014 #9
Well we might have finally found something she won't be terrible at underpants Sep 2014 #3
Hmmm, I think the author really wanted to say dilby Sep 2014 #4
That guy really hate Goodell... Oktober Sep 2014 #6
How about she is a war criminal and belongs in jail for Iraq war and torture crimes? on point Sep 2014 #7
she is not a war criminal strawberries Sep 2014 #10
She is. She sat on committee that approved torture. She was part of the conspiracy to mislead USA on point Sep 2014 #12
I think Condi would be great. GeorgeGist Sep 2014 #11
It would damn sure make me quit watching the games madokie Sep 2014 #13
Screw the NFL. HuckleB Sep 2014 #14
The video at the link is incredible. Raine1967 Sep 2014 #15
 

Sopkoviak

(357 posts)
1. What the hell could a black single female
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 11:37 AM
Sep 2014

Possibly know about domestic and chemical abuse issues?

They can't be serious. The NFL needs another old white guy to lead them.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
2. Well, maybe a single black female with a brain could lead the NFL...
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 11:39 AM
Sep 2014

Condo-liar doesn't fit that bill.

 

Sopkoviak

(357 posts)
5. You're probably right
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 11:46 AM
Sep 2014

I'm sure her degrees and current position are merely do to affirmative action based on being a black female.

The wind whistles right through her ears because she has no brains to stop it.

underpants

(182,877 posts)
3. Well we might have finally found something she won't be terrible at
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 11:40 AM
Sep 2014

I'm just saying she MIGHT NOT be terrible at it

dilby

(2,273 posts)
4. Hmmm, I think the author really wanted to say
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 11:43 AM
Sep 2014

1. She has a vagina
2. She is black

I might not agree with her politically but I do know she is a big football fan and I seriously think she would have handled the Ray Rice situation a lot differently. I also think this would be a big step for women in general.

 

strawberries

(498 posts)
10. she is not a war criminal
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 12:12 PM
Sep 2014

unless you use the term in a purely figurative sense, for the sake of amplification and emphasis, to mean that she was really bad at her job. If that's what you mean, then I'm happy to play along

on point

(2,506 posts)
12. She is. She sat on committee that approved torture. She was part of the conspiracy to mislead USA
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 04:05 PM
Sep 2014

Into attacking Iraq (crime of aggression)

How do figure she is not a war criminal?

HuckleB

(35,773 posts)
14. Screw the NFL.
Thu Sep 11, 2014, 04:30 PM
Sep 2014

It's an example of how stupid consumers are that we even bother with the sport. It's ridiculously expensive. You have spend nearly four hours to get 10 minutes of action, while basically watching commercials nonstop. Even most of the non-commercial time is spent listening to people you wouldn't bother to go visit, if you knew them, because the inanities they push are just plain tiring.

And then there's the ugly cultural aspects. Yeah.

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