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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 02:42 PM Jul 2017

Condi Rice comments FOR Trump, and AGAINST Trump......what the hell happened?

I've always seen her as an opportunist, but this is really stretching it.


Oct. 2016:
Condoleezza Rice condemned Donald Trump and demanded his withdrawal from the presidential race following obscene remarks about women he made in 2005.

"Enough! Donald Trump should not be President. He should withdraw,” said the former secretary of State in a Facebook post.
Rice, like many former Bush administration officials, has refused to support Trump, and skipped the 2016 Republican National Convention.

In her statement, Rice said she hopes Trump is replaced on the ticket by "someone who has the dignity and stature to run for the highest office in the greatest democracy on earth."
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/300038-condoleezza-rice-calls-for-trump-to-drop-out-enough

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Condi Rice comments FOR Trump, and AGAINST Trump......what the hell happened? (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jul 2017 OP
Blackmail? 6000eliot Jul 2017 #1
My thought as well matt819 Jul 2017 #6
So I have a thought experiment.... physioex Jul 2017 #10
Oily as they come (literally)... though I was impressed to see that Chevron RENAMED tanker hlthe2b Jul 2017 #2
Not to mention completely incompetent as well. BannonsLiver Jul 2017 #7
She must have been promised something. brush Jul 2017 #3
she just realized that Trump speaks with loud modern dignity.... virtualobserver Jul 2017 #12
WTF? Are you a trump supporter revealing yourself or forgot the sarcasm gif? brush Jul 2017 #17
It was a joke referring to this tweet virtualobserver Jul 2017 #18
Whew! You had me going for a minute there. brush Jul 2017 #19
sorry about that virtualobserver Jul 2017 #20
She must be looking for a job/pay check. nt DURHAM D Jul 2017 #4
She has ALWAYS put party ahead of country Rorey Jul 2017 #5
Whoa Lotusflower70 Jul 2017 #8
Yes this is very simple.... physioex Jul 2017 #9
Condoleezza has oil consultant firm, spoke up for Tillerson. delisen Jul 2017 #11
i guess she figured out which way the wind is blowing 0rganism Jul 2017 #13
Perfect company ... GeorgeGist Jul 2017 #14
I've seen this from a lot of Republicans.... Adrahil Jul 2017 #15
they can sense the future destruction of the Republican Party if Trump crashes and burns virtualobserver Jul 2017 #21
I hope that happens! NT Adrahil Jul 2017 #22
He does not stand for American values, and he only acts in his own best interest The Genealogist Jul 2017 #16
People were expecting better of a war criminal? Solly Mack Jul 2017 #23

matt819

(10,749 posts)
6. My thought as well
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 02:56 PM
Jul 2017

First off, she didn't need to say anything. But she chose to do so and then contradicted her position from a year ago. Tinfoil hat. Sure, there's a lot of opportunistic republicans but to go as far as they have in sycophancy, you have to wonder.

physioex

(6,890 posts)
10. So I have a thought experiment....
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 03:07 PM
Jul 2017

If he could blackmail Morning Joe imagine the stuff he would have on the Shrub admin! And what a total abuse of power that would be!

hlthe2b

(102,378 posts)
2. Oily as they come (literally)... though I was impressed to see that Chevron RENAMED tanker
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 02:46 PM
Jul 2017

originally named for Rice to the Altair Voyager... Seems it attracted too much negative attention.... LOL

http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Chevron-redubs-ship-named-for-Bush-aide-2922481.php

brush

(53,876 posts)
3. She must have been promised something.
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 02:49 PM
Jul 2017

Last edited Tue Jul 4, 2017, 03:19 PM - Edit history (1)

IMO black repugs have time and again proven themselves to be mere opportunists whose modus operandi is often a variation of the statement: "Look at me, I'm different than those others. You help me and I'll help you.

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
12. she just realized that Trump speaks with loud modern dignity....
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 03:33 PM
Jul 2017

Last edited Tue Jul 4, 2017, 06:09 PM - Edit history (1)

not with the sad quiet dignity of old-fashioned losers.

on edit added

 

virtualobserver

(8,760 posts)
20. sorry about that
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 06:20 PM
Jul 2017

I thought that Trump's tweet was especially disturbing since he was gleefully bragging about lowering the standards of the Presidency.

Not only was Barack Obama publicly the most dignified President in my lifetime, his private reputation was sterling as well.

I can't imagine a greater contrast between two Presidents.

Rorey

(8,445 posts)
5. She has ALWAYS put party ahead of country
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 02:53 PM
Jul 2017

My opinion of her hasn't changed since her time as SOS. Disgusting.

delisen

(6,044 posts)
11. Condoleezza has oil consultant firm, spoke up for Tillerson.
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 03:17 PM
Jul 2017

She was considered a Russian scholar and scolded Russia in the past when working in the Bush administration.

I am thinking there are many Republicans seeing the sanctions against Russia as interfering with massive profits to be made.

We are approaching an energy production fork in the road. Our world can now run on renewables. No one know that better than the oil industry.

If the oil industry and sell-out politicians move fast they can greatly delay their obsolescence while we get to endure pollution for decades.

I am reminded of the General Motors successful effort to get rid of the competition electric trolley cars in cities.

0rganism

(23,971 posts)
13. i guess she figured out which way the wind is blowing
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 03:36 PM
Jul 2017

back in October, there was still a chance this macabre sideshow could be avoided

now it's a done deal, presumably for at least another 3.5 years

methinks she likes to be on the side of the bread with the most butter

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
15. I've seen this from a lot of Republicans....
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 04:14 PM
Jul 2017

Now that he is President, Republicans I know who HATED him are suddenly very defensive of him. It's bizarre.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
16. He does not stand for American values, and he only acts in his own best interest
Tue Jul 4, 2017, 05:12 PM
Jul 2017

She sounds like an idiot, spouting off that nonsense. Of course she is only droning on with that garbage because she is stands to get much richer with him in office. I'm sure she had to grit her teeth to say it without gagging.

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