Rice: Joe Biden is 'a true, true patriot'

[sabra]

Source: USA Today

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had some kind words for Sen. Barack Obama's running mate during a press briefing today in the Middle East.

"I am not going to comment on the politics of it," Rice says. "I’ll just say that Senator Biden is obviously a very fine statesman. I’ve known him for a long time. He’s been a really very supportive committee chair for – and before that, ranking member for the State Department and for our diplomatic efforts. And so he’s a – you know, he’s a true, true patriot."

Read more: http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/08/rice-joe-biden.html

[dbonds]

1. Is this reverse psychology?

[gateley]

5. No - it's an indication of how highly respected Biden is in Washington.

It's hard to find someone who honestly does not respect him.

This is why he'll help us get things done in the Congress.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

17. Joe Biden, in Washington,

is sui generis. There are no others like him. He is so universally respected, he's an absolutely brilliant choice by Obama. The guy's had a career comparable to that of Ted Kennedy, in terms of doing good for our country. Rice - oh, man, I'm about to agree with her, so kill me after you read this, please - is right: Biden is a first-rate American patriot.

<thud>

[bean fidhleir]

23. "This is why he'll help us get things done in the Congress."

Like bankruptcy giveaways, NAFTA, Clarence Thomas, IWR votes, things like that?

[gateley]

26. Like voting against FISA, Women Protection Act, Funding for AIDS, Help for

Darfur, voting AGAINST Clarence Thomas. Things like that.

[bean fidhleir]

27. Like trashing Anita Hill, trying to eliminate network privacy by forbidding encryption

things like that.

[gateley]

28. Yeah. Stuff like that. I can hardly wait!

:eyes:

I'm supporting this ticket, so I won't encourage you to trash our VP candidate any longer. Carry on with your quest, although I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish.

[bean fidhleir]

29. Dennis Kucinich would have been a good choice. Biden isn't.

It's just that simple. The choice of Biden reflect's Obama's values, and I think it would be a bad idea to lose sight of what that choice implies about those values.

[Alexander]

36. I agree but we still need to vote for the Obama/Biden ticket...

Because the alternative is too horrifying to consider.

[DS1]

6. In the Bush Admin, double true = false

;)

[Art_from_Ark]

35. Sort of like "double plus good"?

[napi21]

2. How come the Pubs are being so nice? It's so out of character!

I hate to be so suspicious, but something's wrong when the Pubs make all these nice statements about a Dem!

[Bok_Tukalo]

3. Rice has been non-partisan toward the current campaign

I believe she will vote for Obama.

My opinion only.

[napi21]

7. Yea, maybe, but McNuts had nice things to say about Joe too!

I just don't trust them!

[BR_Parkway]

14. I have wondered what she thought of a black man being POTUS

and if that's caused her to look backwards and re-evaluate the fact that the administration and their agenda have failed so horribly. She saw her own path to power, but maybe Obama's forcing her to look at other ways she could have gotten there.

[lark]

25. No way, the woman has an oil tanker named after her..........

She was shoe shopping during Katrina and lied her ass off about Iraq - she's no Dem! She's even called "W" her husband and he's referred to her as his wife - she's inbred Repub and doesn't even know that she's black. All she knows about is the color of money, oil money at that!

[sakabatou]

8. Well you have to get behind someone

before you stab them in the back.

[Demeter]

30. Words To remember! Thanks!

You have just explained some parts of my varied life experience.

[Klukie]

12. They are afraid of him.

[Nickster]

4. She's setting herself up for some nice defense sub-contracting when the Obama admin takes office.

[Grinchie]

9. Republicans Love DLC Democrats

The Kiss of Death.

[chiefofclarinet]

11. Your point doesn't matter here

Neither Barack Obama or Joe Biden are in the DLC. So, this post is pointless.

[apnu]

15. But Biden isn't DLC.

[darthmix]

10. Apparently...

...it doesn't take one to know one.

[defendandprotect]

13. Now I'm really, really worried --- !!!

[apnu]

16. I wonder if she's planning on defecting (nt)

[Raster]

18. She's not a stupid woman. I don't think she'll wait around for the war crimes trials.

[daggahead]

19. I agree with Rice, but ...

what the f*ck does she know about patriotism?

[BrklynLiberal]

20. Who was that lady..and where is Condi Rice?

[guitar man]

21. Condi looking to the future?

It kinda makes me wonder if she's planning to jump ship. I have always had the feeling that Condi is out for Condi and noone else, and would dance to whatever puppetmaster's string pulling would get her the farthest. I think she would have signed up for the Ringling Brother's circus if she thought it would make her star shine the brightest.

[Burma Jones]

22. She's making nice before all the investigations get started

We can probably get her to flip........

[fla nocount]

24. Her comments are based on his voting record. She likes the other Joe too. n/t

[qwlauren35]

31. I'm proud of her.

At long last, she's seeing the light and distancing herself from the Bush administration. She's also sending a clear signal that she won't be McBush's running mate.

Call it as you see it, but Condaleeza Rice is currently one of the two most powerful black women in our country. (Oprah has a different kind of power.) Her endorsement of Obama and Biden is going to go a long way in our community. She's sold out on a lot of things over the last 8 years, but she hasn't "forgotten who she is"...

Now if only Clarence Thomas would get a clue!

[fla nocount]

32. You might start looking for one of your own...clue.

She has an oil tanker named after her, courtesies and acknowledgments from a former employer. Kindasleezy has missed the boat on this one. She's toast and if she's not, it sorta shows what the Dem. party has sold us...We the People.

[unkachuck]

33. how good....

....can Joe be if rice likes him?

"...you know, he’s a true, true patriot."

....if I knew nothing else about Biden, the fact that rice likes him, would would cause me to dislike him....

[kskiska]

34. Who knew?

[Vidar]

37. I have no opinion of Biden myself, but what a horrible endorsement!

[timtom]

38. Now, THERE'S an endorsement that gives me comfort...

Unfortunately, his commitment to America is in question:

http://204.186.93.178/pdfs/ShalomTV_Biden_PR.pdf