Louisiana Weekly: 'Condoleezza Rice Pimps the Civil Rights Movement'

When I sat down to watch "60 Minutes" Sunday night, I knew that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice would be appearing. I expected the same old run-of-the-mill defense of the Bush administration and, in that respect, she was predictably predictable. But when the discussion turned to her upbringing in my native state of Alabama, it was clear that this smart, able and doctrinaire bureaucrat was basically pimping the Civil Rights Movement....

As teens, we took risks and in most instances, our parents would have preferred that we take the safe way out. Our parents didn't want us harmed. They didn't want us beaten. They didn't want us tear-gassed. They loved us as much as Condoleezza Rice's parents loved her. But our parents also knew that the system was wrong. And while they worried about our safety, they allowed us to fight for our rights.

So, watching Condoleezza Rice on "60 Minutes" talk passionately about the Civil Rights Movement when her family sat on the sidelines, stirred a lot of emotions. She can talk passionately about the horrors of that era yet seemingly feel no shame that her parents chose to sit on the sidelines.

Perhaps that's why Rice feels so comfortable defending George W. Bush, arguably the worst president on civil rights in more than 50 years. Unlike her parents, she is not on the sidelines - she's on the wrong team. And in the wrong role - Super Fly.

http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20061002c

When I heard that she 1) showed up with Bush unnecessarily when he spoke before the NAACP and 2) accompanied him to his first and ONLY meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus, even though she had no business there and didn't speak a word, I knew she had no problems with being Bush's "token".

According to an AP story:

"The secretary of state said she was too young and too busy to feel much of an effect from the massive social changes during the 1960s. Rice said she was only 12 or 13 and that all she did "was play the piano and ice skate.""

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=4341


But in this interview, remarks:

"Well, first of all, politics was very much a part of our daily lives. "

http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2005/52564.htm