Amid protests, Rice meets the press

Amid protests, Rice meets the press
By RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT, Reformer Staff

Monday, May 22
BOSTON -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice sees no inconsistency between being one of the architects of the U.S. invasion of Iraq and accepting an honorary degree from a Catholic college.

Rice will receive her degree and give the commencement address today at Boston College. This has been the source of some protests from students and faculty who believe that her role in the Iraq war contradicts Catholic teaching.

In a roundtable interview with four representatives from New England newspapers -- the Reformer, The Boston Globe, the Boston Herald and the Portland (Maine) Press-Herald -- at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Sunday afternoon, Rice said she has no qualms about the U.S. role in Iraq and that the conflict was a just one.
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More than 220 members of the Boston College faculty signed a petition object to the college honoring Rice. According to their petition, "on the levels of both moral principle and practical moral judgment, Secretary Rice's approach to international affairs is in fundamental conflict with Boston College's commitment to the values of the Catholic and Jesuit traditions and is inconsistent with the humanistic values that inspire the university's work."
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http://www.reformer.com/headlines/ci_3851207

protesting rice's presence at boston college to talk to them about (honor? integrity? truthfulness? patriotism?) puke, puke, puke, puke. qualities or virtues none of which bush's dominatrix has any of.

sometimes on television bush looks he still has his baby teeth.

Demonstrations expected as Rice speaks at Boston College
Posted 5/22/2006 9:48 AM ET E-mail | Save | Print | Subscribe to stories like this

BOSTON (AP) — Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she understands why students and faculty at Boston College are preparing to protest as she receives an honorary degree, and she embraced their right to object even as she defended the war in Iraq.
"People have the right to protest, but I hope when they protest they realize also that people now have a right to protest in Baghdad and Kabul, and that's a very big breakthrough for the international community," Rice said Monday before the BC commencement.

"I think it's just fine for people to protest as long as they do so in a way that doesn't try to have a monopoly on the conversation," Rice told WBZ-AM in an interview. "Others have right to say what they think as well."

Ever since Boston College announced earlier this month that Rice would speak at the school's graduation and receive an honorary degree, reaction has ranged from outrage to enthusiasm.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-05-22-rice-bc_x.htm

I wish that chuckieass crackhead would just retire to her oil tanker, already.