Bush will rank high, Rice says

[JI7]

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

<WASHINGTON -- As President Bush begins a week of foreign diplomacy, national security adviser Condoleezza Rice insists that he will one day rank alongside such towering pillars of 20th century statecraft as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

"Statesmanship has to be judged first and foremost by whether you recognize historic opportunities and seize them," Rice said in an interview with Cox Newspapers.

"When you think of statesmen, you think of people who seized historic opportunities to change the world for the better, people like Roosevelt, people like Churchill, and people like Truman, who understood the challenges of communism. And this president has been an agent of change for the better -- historic change for the better."

Her assessment, as Bush leaves Thursday for Europe, stands in stark contrast to the election-year critiques of the president's political opponents and many policy analysts. They charge that he has pursued a go-it-alone approach to diplomacy that has strained U.S. alliances and divided world opinion rather than uniting it.

"The United States has been dismissive of our allies," said Samuel "Sandy" Berger, who served as national security adviser under President Clinton and now is advising Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who is challenging Bush for the White House. "There's not been much diplomacy in this administration." >

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[rooboy]

1. It's not uncommon for women to say nice things about their husbands. n/t

[LittleApple81]

2. Ummmmm... not always. "Familiarity breeds contempt". It seems to me that

this is more that she has tied her reputation to his and it seems to be sinking faster than before.

[ozymandius]

20. HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!! n/t

[msmcghee]

57. Soon we'll see headlines that say . .

"Bush will hang high."

[Tellurian]

73. Bush is just RANK and for the better part of his time..*high*! nt

[OKNancy]

3. No Bush won't rank high...he IS high

hiccup........

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. About the only thing he has in common

with Churchill is that they both loved to drink. The big difference is that Churchill could drink anyone under the table, including Roosevelt and still make good decisions. Bu$h is more the falling down type drunk that turns into a slobbering idiot.

[peekaloo]

87. sweet Jebus that picture! needs to be juxtaposed with his Ricky

Martin dancing pic. :puke:

[MrsMatt]

65. and he's rank!

n/t

[kcwayne]

4. How can people this stupid be elevated to high positions?

Goebbels said the same things about Hitler. In their view they were changing the world for the better as well.

[Just Me]

72. Because they are sick,...very, very sick people. n/t

[zydeco]

5. Does this woman live in a vacuum?

The list of screw ups is so long they qualify for a short story standing on their own. Imagine where this would have gone if we had a responsible congress. This whole cabal would be jailed.

[trogdor]

19. Nope.

Just smoking some really good ganja.

[Generator]

61. Apparently ideologues live in their own head

I guess that constitutes a "vacuum" in Condi's case. Well they get it on their deathbed, or be an unrepetant follower of the cause to the end?

[Kool Kitty]

69. The short answer is that she IS a vacuum-

as a NSA, she certainly sucks. (Just like a good vacuum should, IMO.) In the Vanity Fair article about the rush to war, the author said that she hasn't got an original thought in her head, her only reason for being is to keep a close relationship to the President. Which says it all, as far as I'm concerned. (Welcome to DU, zydeco.)

[LiberalFighter]

71. If I was a Hoover I would be offended by that.

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[UpInArms]

6. one word:

delusional

[Don_G]

8. Dimwit Does Rank High

Like a landfill on an August afternoon.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

24. yes. he stinks. also a RANK AMATEUR

in most anything.

[Ganja Ninja]

9. It's always one member of this administration patting another ...

on the back. Just like Bush calling Rummy "a really good Secretary of Defense." You never hear it from any one outside of the administration that doesn't have something to gain. Never have I heard anyone that isn't a republican, media whore, political, religious or corporate hack, or a foreigner with his hand out of money say what a wonderful job these clowns are doing.

[Zynx]

10. If 33rd out of 41 rankable presidents is high, then sure.

That's about the highest I would put him.

[Pert_UK]

11. 'He wanks as high as any in Wome!'

:evilgrin:

(Monty Python, for those sad individuals who didn't already know!).

P.

[sniffa]

12. deLusionaL

she can't possibLy beLieve that.

[PfcHammer]

13. Churchill, Truman, Roosevelt, shrub. Makes sense to me. Not.

more
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=1705966&mesg_id=1705966

[louis-t]

88. Bushie re-enacts the Mary Poppins skit...

that had them rolling in the aisles at Harvard.

edit my use of isles (aisles).

[LiberalCat]

14. He'll rank high, like Hitler...

who was also able to "recognize historic opportunities and seize them".

[aquart]

56. Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan...great seizers all.

Or is this just a spelling problem, and George simply wants to be hailed as "Caesar!"

[ilovenicepeople]

81. If Georgie resigned like Tenent

WE could call him QUITLER!

[DemExpat]

15. OMG......the delusion is astounding.

:puke: :puke: :puke:

Only if the Fundies are still in control of the Media, and take more control of school textbooks/historical records will Bush rank high among the best statesmen....

:scared:

:nuke:

DemEx

[Jacobin]

16. Yeah. Just below John Wayne Gayce

:eyes:

[pinniped]

17. The only place where this SOB will be is on a future...

installment of the "Madmen of History" series.

The POS will be in good company alongside other high ranking leaders of the free world.

Leaders such as:

- Hitler
- Stalin
- Pol Pot
- *
- Idi Amin

Rank high, must some sort of sick joke.

[Stew225]

18. Condosleeza is not only drinking the cool aid

but she must be snorting it.

[0007]

21. What else could anyone expect to hear from this women named Rice

[dusty64]

22. Like she would be

impartial about her husba.., I mean her pResident.

[grl2watch]

23. So HER rank in history is....

Like Eleanor Roosevelt?

After all, she is holding his coattails as he goes about
with no clothes. And isn't she always on him like white on rice,
or is it it rice on white? :evilgrin:

[Eurobabe]

25. wtf is she drinking these days?

[NashVegas]

26. Condi, You Misspelled "Tank"

..

[molly]

27. Just like Nixon - infamous

[ixion]

28. if she means rank as in stinky, then I agree

That Bush is one of the rankest pResidents of all time.

[Claire Beth]

29. pfffffffffft!! n/t

[lil-petunia]

30. CNN Larry King

Anyone see Bill Maher last night? He was devastating. His comments to condi were right on point:
" Stop, it already, Condi. Quit saying that no one could have predicted the 9/11 attack with hijacked planes. The FBI predicted it. The CIA predicted it. Heck, even Tom Clancy wrote a book on it. The only person who could not predict it was you. And it was you job to do so."

the rest of his comments were also fantastic.

[Joanne98]

31. OHHHHHHHH PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZEEE

I'm sooooooooo sick of her. Go away Condi. Your fan club in Europe is waiting to greet you with big signs that say, "War Criminal Bitch"!!!!!!!!!!

[gristy]

32. Ha ha ha ha ha...snort..ha...snort...snort... HA HA HA HA HA..

HO HO HO AH SNORT...COUGH...HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA ...WHEEEZE..SNORT...HEE HEE HEE HA HA SNORT SNORT....SNORT...HEEE....WEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee.....

Thanks, Condi, for the laugh. You lying sack of shit.

[gasperc]

33. does she do crack?

:silly:

[Jim Sagle]

45. Yeah...w's.

[amber dog democrat]

34. Yeah, he ranks high as the best example of a worst case scenereo.

No way I would include him with Trueman, Churchill, or Rossevelt... that goes for Teddy too. Rice is a liar too.

[salin]

35. Keep telling him that, Condi

it is part of how the cabal keeps manipulating him - play the ego... you will outdo your father... you will be more beloved than Reagan... echo Cheney et al as they advise the intellectually lazy bush who wants to hear it and be absolved of having to actually read briefings/news and think critically about them in order to actually question whether things are a good or bad idea.

[Defecit]

36. Mike Moore

Since I cannot make my own post and knew a lot of you would be interested in this, here's the link to Michael Moore's new film and it's trailor. http://www.michaelmoore.com/
If anyone can start a thread about this I'd appreciate it. Sorry if this is off topic, but I can't start a thread yet.

[Stuckinthebush]

37. God, these people are delusional!

Nobody believes this crap...I'd venture to guess that not even the strongest supporters of W believe this.

Jeez....

[DFWJock]

38. Isnt Kindasleazy

one of the chimp's "filters"?
"The people love you sir...just like Churchill."
Keep it up Condi.

[Andrushka]

39. She's really gone

"historic change for the better"

You've got to be friggin' joking. Get this woman locked up, quickly. Not because she lies or is incompetant, no, she's truly lost her mind and that she really believes this shit is damn scary.

[Snellius]

40. They're all living in Bush World

A strange kingdom where fictions are reality and reality is false.

[gratuitous]

41. And I thought you had to be smart to go to Stanford

But apparently their hiring practices aren't as stringent as their admissions policy.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

42. Only if Orwell's 1984 scenario happened in real life.

........he loved Big Chimpy.

[Solly Mack]

43. Hey, Condi.....Have you been huffing again?

Move away from the can of whipped cream. Put the spray paint down. Glue doesn't go in brown paper bags.

Just say NO...to Bush!

[Blue_Roses]

44. This is such total bullshit

Bush will be remembered as one of the worst Presidents this country has ever had and to compare him to Roosevelt who actually cared about the little people is a slap in the face. And Churchill--this one is so laughable. If Bush had been in Churchill's place during WWII, Britain would be a total mess. Churchill was extremely intelligent and knew how to lead unlike Bush.

[Neshanic]

46. Condi, you can make money taking part in new drug studies.

[The empressof all]

47. Yeah, Yeah, Yeah--Let's get Mt Rushmore Ready

What a load of crap-

[1monster]

48. These people are extremely delusional. They need

serious intervention FAST. Let's hope they can get it while they are wearing the very chic prison orange jumpsuit.

[Skittles]

49. the ultimate Bush whore

f***ing sad

[progressivebydesign]

51. Could he be THAT good in bed? N/T

[CBHagman]

50. GIMME AN H! GIMME A U! GIMME A B! GIMME AN R!

GIMME AN I!

GIMME AN S!

What's it spell?

HUBRIS!

What's it spell?

HUBRIS!

Say it again!

HUBRIS!

[CO Liberal]

52. Bush is Pretty Rank, All Right

Like three-week-old fish.

:-)

[Catfight]

53. She's so smart she's stupid.

[Tight_rope]

68. ^5!!!!!!!!!!!!

It seems that history has proven that the more book sense you have the less common sense you maintain. :shrug:

[Blasphemer]

54. Good God!!!

And just the other day a had a bunch of female Bushies telling me how I should admire CondiSleeza even if I disagree with her politics and what a great role model she was for women because of her intelligence and having such a high powered job. Now I can counter with hard evidence of severe mental deficiency. ANYONE who thinks the * can be ranked with FDR is seriously delusional and should be committed.

[Submariner]

55. Let's landslide the entire repug admin out of congress and the WH

and send this whore packing to Crawfish, TX with her mental-midget husband so they can write their memoirs together and screw each others brains out down by the c-e-m-e-n-t pond. Those two pieces of trash deserve each other.

Hey Laura do you watch when they do the nasty?

[Pachamama]

58. Yeah, rank high up there with Hitler, Saddam, Pinochet, etc.

That's how he will be remembered....

How delusional to actually think that they can compare Bush and his administration to great Presidents like FDR etc. and especially their attempts lately to draw similarities between WW II and the War on Iraq and why America needs to unite...

Shameless Sh*ts....

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[truthisfreedom]

59. bush will rank highest...

among unelected presidents. 8^)

[rumguy]

60. Hey Rice, answer me this:

What is it like to give a soulless fascist a blowjob?

[ElementaryPenguin]

62. Lost my breakfast over this one!!!

:puke:
:puke:
:puke:
:wtf:
:argh:
:mad:
:crazy:
:silly:
:spank:

[Ganja Ninja]

63. Condi calling Bush a "Statesman"!????

Who says she doesn't have a sense of humor.

[Tight_rope]

64. I been wondering where Rice has been!!!!!!!!!

Rice finally decided to come out from under the rock that she's been hiding under. And she came out talking shit too. Where is your resignation letter Condi. I thought that that was what you were working on.:kick:

[Betty The Younger]

66. I hope they name a street after him someday.

It will be the most littered street in America. Or a school. It'll have to have private security, not because of unruly students but because it'll be the most graffiti'd school in America. Or an airport. It'll have the most terrorist threats called in.

[Tight_rope]

67. Condi has been hitting the crack pipe again!

Damn, Condi just got out rehab. and is already hitting the crack pipe.
Somebody tell her to leave that stuff alone and to start working on her resignation letter because she may be next in line after Tenet. :beer:

[davidinalameda]

70. rank high as a war criminal

I used to have respect for Condi

she's shown herself to be as bad as the rest of them

[Q]

74. Hitler 'seized' such 'opportunities'...

...and perhaps Bush* will be ranked on his level?

[JawJaw]

75. birds of a feather

Well, Churchill dropped bombs on Iraq with impunity and killed thousands in the 1920s much like RuntBoy, so I guess the comparison isn't too far out.

Like the British empire, the US empire will also have to abandon Iraq or face endless troubles.

[oklahomapride]

76. Sometimes I ball my fists up and pretend

like I'm punching people --- I have SO MUCH ANGER ABOUT BUSHCO/HALLIBURTON/REAGAN/CNN it makes me want to puke!

How can I deal with this stress!? Its killing Me! :mad:

[OilemFirchen]

78. Where's Waldo?

I'm prolly not the only one thinking it odd that she compares the little pissant to Roosevelt, Truman, and Churchill. Where's the demigod Reagan in all of this? Isn't he their standard-bearer? Didn't the fuckup-in-chief run as the second coming of Ron?

Who is she trying to appeal to here?

[struggle4progress]

79. I can hardly wait for my copy of "The Collected Speeches"

:evilgrin:

[GOPBasher]

80. Bush will rank as accumulating the highest debt in his Presidency.

[swinney]

82. Condi suck Peggy Noonan's lemon same cast

--------------------------RONALD REAGAN RECORDS AS FIRST---------------------------
(1900-1989)

(Peggy Noonan pay attention)

1.First to turn America into a DEBTOR nation
2. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of national income in eight years
3. First to increase DEBT faster than growth of gdp over eight years
4. First to double the deficit in just eigh t years
5. First to “almost”: triple the national DEBT in just eight years
6. First to increase SPENDING by 80%--over 8 years.
7. First to SPEND more in eight years than was spent in prior 50 years.
8. First to have “real” INTEREST RATES of 8% after averaging 1% over 35 years.
9. First to keep PRIME INTEREST RATES at 20%.
10.First to over value the dollar to the yen at rate of 262 yen to 1 dollar.
11.First to have served as Governor and increase STATE SPENDING by 112%
12.First to have HOME LOAN INTEREST RATES as high as 16%
13. First to CUT TAXES by 60% for his rich pals
14. First to allow the SAVINGS AND LOAN INDUSTRY to be raided after signing a deregulatory bill and proclaiming “I think we have hit the jackpot”. Come and get it the vaults are unguarded.
15. First to deal with TERRORISTS
16. First to send an AUTOGRAPHED BIBLE to a man he called “The Satan of Terrorists”.
17. First to have an ADMIRAL plead the Fifth Amendment.
18. First to have a stealing, lying, gutless wife abusing MARINE LT. COLONEL plead the Fifth Amendment.
19. First to have a “sitting” CABINET MEMBER INDICTED
20. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE INDICTED.
21. First to have an ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE SENT TO PRISON.
22. First to have over 100 MEMBERS OF AN ADMINISTRATION CHARGED WITH CRIMES..
23. First to have more members of his administration charged with crimes than CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF ALL OTHER PRESIDENTS in the twentieth century
24. First to set a record for the LARGEST ONE DAY PERCENTAGE DECLINE in the DOW in history. 10-19-87
25. First to have over $10,000,000 INCREASE IN WEALTH from serving for 8 years as president.
26. First to testify ”under oath” 130 times that ”I DON’T REMEMBER” .
27. First to have an Admiral with a photographic memory testify 128 times “ I DON’T REMEMBER”.
28. First to undergo BRAIN SURGERY a few months after leaving office. No pain no gain.
29. First to, repeatedly, FALSIFY HIS WIFE’S AGE. As tho anyone cared.
30. First to promote his religious faith and never have an ACTIVE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP.
31. First to never use the term JESUS CHRIST in speeches.
32. First to seek GUIDANCE FROM THE STARS not from God
33. First to have had a SHOTGUN WEDDING.
34. First to have worked as a SHILL in Las Vegas.
35. First to call a Stealing, Lying, Psychotic, wife abusing Marine a “LIAR.
36. First to have been OPENLY ALIENATED from his children.
37. First To have served with ALZHIMERS
38. First to have UNEMPLOYMENT AT 10.8% since great depression.
39. First to attack a small unprotected nation with 88,000 inhabitants and 10,000 bb guns then PROCLAIM -“America stands tall again”— “we have whipped the Vietnam Syndrome”-we have defeated communism”. Gosh! What if we had whipped Cyprus?.
40. #1-in FARM FORECLOSURES
41. #1-In BANK FAILURES
42. #1-In SAVINGS AND LOAN FAILURES
43. #1-In Percent increase in PERSONAL BANKRUPTCIES
44. #1-In recorded MISSTATEMENTS
45. #1-In never having a single press conference in which he did not make at least one or more INCORRECT STATEMENTS.
46. #1-In needing a staff person standby during press conferences to tell the press “WHAT HE REALLY MEANT”.
47. #1-In having SERVICEMEN KILLED during peacetime.
48. #1-In largest DROP IN POPULARITY in one week.
49. #1-In being first to HONOR NAZI STORM TROOPERS by calling them” Innocent Victims”
50. #1-In being first to be labeled “BRAIN DEAD AFFABLE DUNCE’ by this writer.
51. First to lie-over and over-to reporters “I DO NOT DYE MY HAIR my barber uses a special shampoo”
52. First to have a wife who ”forced” him to WEAR THREE SUITS in one day
53. First to boast “Not bad for a DUMB GUY who worked only 20 hours per week”.
54. First to have his wife sit nearby and WHISPER ANSWERS to questions
55. First to FALL ASLEEP while the Pope spoke
56. First to invite the Pope to visit the White House and “BRING THE WIFE AND KIDS”
57. First to have his press secretary remove him from the microphone because he could not answer questions. Then, as the reporter
yelled out “answer my question” he replied “MY HANDLERS WON’T LET ME SPEAK”. Quick get the white coat.
58. First 20th Century president to have historians RATE HIM BELOW every president of the 20th except for Richard Nixon. 1994 Poll.
59. First to give us a First Lady with a past reputation for giving the BEST BJ in Hollywood.
60. First to suggest his eldest son undergo PSYCHIATRIC examination
61. First to have been voted in British polls (twice) as the ”MOST FEARED LEADER IN THE WORLD” sic em Rambo.


62. First to serve as Governor on a ”conservative” platform and INCREASE SPENDING BY 112%.
63. First Governor TO INCREASE personal income taxes by 60%, tax increase on cigarettes by 200%, state tax collections by 152%.
64. First to have a Special Assistant say on national TV “sometimes you had to HIT HIM ON THE HEAD with a 2 x 4 to get his attention”
65. First to have his official biographer state on national TV ‘After he was shot in 1981he GOT SLOWER AND SLOWER EACH YEAR. His speech got slower. He deliberated more and he hesitated more when he spoke. He lost his physical quickness and would not make decisions on the spot. It was a very, very slow and steady mental and physical decline”.
66. First to have a POPULARITY RATING OF ONLY 35% after his first two years in office.
67. First president to have been DIVORCED
68. First president to have the Geriatrics Department of a major
university study his behavior and conclude that AFTER THREE YEARS IN OFFICE HE HAD ALZHIMERS.

------------------------------------ THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE-------------------------------------------
Clarence Swinney—Burlington NC.—[e-mail]

[Geo55]

83. LOL

"Condoleezza Rice insists that he will one day rank alongside such towering pillars of 20th century statecraft as President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill."

lolol....good one Condi !.....now go back an' sit in the corner.

""

[stickdog]

84. Bush is rank and Rice is high.

[Raster]

85. one word: BULLSHIT!

Sisterwoman, you been hittin' the pipe again???

[peekaloo]

86. hmmmm....FDR and Churchill....because his drinking has crippled him?

My post is no further a reach or insult than Condiliar's statement! :P

[curse10]

89. that's the funniest thing I've heard in a while- maybe Condi should try

stand-up.

[Mace]

90. He will rank high..

as the dumbest president ever.

[renegade000]

91. yeah sure...and-

kim jong il is the son of god...

[SayitAintSo]

92. Rank high as the worst president in American History ...

A paid shill or a blind devotee ..... maybe a little of both - her rep is toast .... "ho'ing for the man" ....

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

93. Rice is high

on crack

[NewYorkerfromMass]

94. Cokeheads tend to be high

if that's what she meant.