Condoleeza Rice for NFL commissioner??

[YarnAddict]

She has expressed interest in the job, and as a woman she would be much more sensitive to the issues of domestic violence and child abuse.

Goodell has been (rightfully) accused of not taking these issues seriously enough, so I think having a woman in the job could bring about some positive changes.

Might not be a bad idea.

[LondonReign2]

1. Are you fucking kidding??

Maybe we can find John Yoo a position with Amnesty International while we are at it. Might not be a bad idea.

[Autumn]

2. Seriously? How many children were killed in Iraq and much of that rests on her shoulders.

[tularetom]

3. It might be hard to be NFL Commissioner when you're in jail for war crimes

[YarnAddict]

6. Except that she isn't

And isn't likely to be. Ever.

[KamaAina]

9. So I guess that would be the end of the annual NFL game in London

unless she sent a deputy.

[LittleBlue]

4. Let's see. Replace a commissioner who gave a light suspension for domestic violence

with someone who is a war criminal partially responsible for over 100,000 deaths.

That this would be advocated by a major newspaper shows the depravity of our age. Not to mention the indifference to human life as long as that life is brown-skinned, powerless and foreign. Everyone directly involved in Chimpy's reign of torture and murder should be in prison, and it will be our national shame forever that those war criminals are walking around wealthy and carefree today.

[Auggie]

5. Why, as a woman, would she be more sensitive to the issues of domestic violence and child abuse?

[YarnAddict]

7. Well, she can

probably relate a little better than Goodell has.

[Auggie]

11. Now you're comparison makes sense. But to imply she would be more sensitive than MEN in general ...

doesn't.

[YarnAddict]

16. Doesn't the term "male privilege"

imply that ANY woman could relate better than ANY man to women's issues?

[Orrex]

23. I'm pretty sure that that's the dictionary definition, in fact.

[HERVEPA]

8. Are you ridiculously naive or on the wrong site?

[Paladin]

10. She'd just follow her already-established pattern:

She'd get a well-researched report on the growing problem of domestic violence and child abuse in the League, let it sit on her desk unread, and finally wake up after reports of a dead wife or child hit the news.....

[Solomon]

26. lol

"No one would have imagined that he would beat his wife to death"!

[Paladin]

32. +1.

[KG]

12. she's single and childless, so she has all kinds of first-hand experience

[PoutrageFatigue]

13. I would stop watching the NFL immediately.

n/t

[KamaAina]

14. The first thing she'd do would be to give Alaska an expansion team

the Oil Tankers.

[joeybee12]

15. It's not a bad idea...it's the worst damn idea of the century!

Of course, after her agreeing to torture and an illegal invasion of a country that had not harmed us...phuck her and anyone who promotes her.

[Fearless]

17. After she finishes her life sentence for war crimes

Then we can talk.

[YarnAddict]

19. Has she been arrested yet?

Indicted? Is an indictment imminent?

[Fearless]

21. Here at DU we don't support war crimes.

Or war criminals.

[DrDan]

18. I think the job requires reading daily briefs . . . . sorta rules her out quickly

[napkinz]

20. Let's keep rewarding the war criminals!

Condoleezza Rice for NFL commissioner?
by Alicia Maule
09/13/14

This was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week for NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. In light of the scandals plaguing the league, few people at this point would likely call his position a “dream job.” Just so happens, former secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has long been on the record saying that very thing.

Now, many — from Hollywood actor Rob Lowe to Arizona Sen. John McCain — are looking at Rice to rescue the main organization behind America’s beloved pastime. It is widely known that the former top official for the George W. Bush administration has a deep affinity for football and that she described serving as NFL commissioner as a dream job.

”That’s absolutely right,” she told Mike Freeman of The New York TImes in a 2002 interview, ”though not immediately and not before Paul Tagliabue is ready to step down.”

-snip-

“Condoleezza Rice would be a good person for (Goodell) to call and have a discussion with him. I think she can help him,” Arizona Sen. John McCain told TMZ.

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/condi-nfl-commissioner

[YarnAddict]

22. Okay. Bad idea. n/t

[Orrex]

24. It probably won't result in too much additional anti-US sentiment internationally

So it would be a real departure for her.

[tularetom]

25. You want a woman who can get right in there and go toe to toe with the guys

Someone who isn't afraid to throw a punch or ten when things get tight.

You don't want an academician like Rice who lets other people do her fighting and killing for her.

No, you want a real mama grizzly, a gal who'll scream "Don't you know who I am?" in the middle of a drunken brawl.

There's really only one woman who fits right in with the NFL's current cast of domestic abusers and child abusers.

And you know who she is.

[SheilaT]

27. Oh, that's perfect!

We should all write polite letters to whoever is in charge of hiring or appointing the NFL commissioner and warmly recommend her for the post.

[napkinz]

30. ...

[hifiguy]

38. I think Princess Dumbass

has already taken a few too many shots to the head for the team, like Coach on "Cheers".

[Greybnk48]

28. She's a war criminal and should be in prison.

She was complicit in the Bush/Cheney conspiracy to illegally invade Iraq.

[Blue Owl]

29. No one could have predicted this

n/t

[Bjorn Against]

31. Because the best way to show the world you oppose violence...

Is to hire a person who authorized torture.

[Paladin]

33. Thread winner. Congrats. (nt)

[napkinz]

34. ...

[edhopper]

36. She has shown herself to be

a complete liar without a shred of integrity.
She was also in charge of foreign policy during the single most disastrous FP decision America made.
Why on Earth would such an untrustworthy person make a good commissioner?
Why would anything she ever said be believed.
Why not just put GWBush there, at least he was a sports team owner?

[hifiguy]

37. The Big House

would be a more appropriate place for her.

[Iggo]

39. Horrible idea.

That fucking war criminal should be making little rocks out of big rocks until she keels over and dies.

[Spirochete]

40. Dunno about that

After all, this whole controversy started because of a person named Rice. I don't think I'd even suggest Jerry Rice for the job, let alone Condi the war criminal.

[davidn3600]

41. For those claiming that the NFL needs a "female commish".....

....be careful what you wish for.

[madinmaryland]

42. No. Just NO! Perish that thought.

[Corruption Inc]

43. Maybe she'd set up torture training camps huh? Remember TORTURE?

It's a war crime, a crime against humanity and she was all for it.

Unbelievable...

[alp227]

44. No. Put Condi before a UN Commission. nt

[951-Riverside]

45. Hmm a CEO who covers up domestic violence or a woman responsible for the deaths of thousands....

How about neither?

There are 300+ million people in this country, we can do better in government and in corporations.

[daleo]

46. As long as this gives the NFL the right to invade Iraq.