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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Joins CBS News

Jan. 20, 2013 3:53pm Erica Ritz

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(TheBlaze/AP) — Just in time for inauguration coverage, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has joined CBS News as a contributor.

Rice, who served as secretary of state during President George W. Bush’s second term, made her debut on “Face the Nation” Sunday and will be included in inauguration coverage on Monday.

CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager and president David Rhodes made the announcement Sunday, saying Rice “will use her insight and vast experience to explore issues facing America at home and abroad.”

Rice was the first African-American woman to serve as secretary of state, following Colin Powell in the office. She was Bush’s national security adviser during his first term and worked on the National Security Council under his father, President George H.W. Bush.

Rice was also part of the team offering Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney general strategy and advice on foreign policy.

Her primetime speech at the Republican National Convention in August received raves. She did not mention President Barack Obama by name, but spoke of the crisis in education and the need for immigration laws that protect the country’s borders while meeting economic needs. She also said that although it may seem that America has carried the burdens of supporting free people everywhere, if the United States does not lead, no one will.

Speaking on “Face the Nation,” Bob Schieffer presented his new colleague: “Everybody knows Condoleezza Rice was President Bush’s Secretary of State, but I’m highly pleased to announce she has a new job. As of today, she is joining CBS News as a contributor.”

Watch Rice’s response and the rest of the interview, below (skip to around 7:00):

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Comments (98)

Wannabee
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 7:51pm
Boy, are we “dumb and dumber” not being able to spot a switch artist playing a game with us.

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- Stelex
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 9:15pm
  Its all a game. The show in washington and the media is just to distract. We’ve been played for fools for 30 plus years. The longer we play the game the less ground we have. And we ain’t got much left.
  
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- IndyGuy
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 10:37pm
  If her aim is to give CommyBullStuff(CBS) some street cred,she will fail miserably…
  
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- TrUe.AmEriCaN
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 11:17pm
  so
  
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- betterpart
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 3:34am
  Ya got that right. Any which way the mop flops.
  
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TRILO
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 7:46pm
A Bush appointee on a liberal progressive network, who could have imagined?

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- Gonzo
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 7:24am
  It’s a perfect match really.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 7:28pm
All together now let’s ask Condi if she voted for Barry again!

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- myrwo6
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 10:35pm
  Of course she did. Color of skin means everything.
  
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hugo65hsv
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 7:28pm
Where else could she go but to a alphabet liberal media organization.. surprised it wasn’t MSNBC..

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- Onc_RN
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 7:57pm
  I’m a Conservative and I thought her comments were thoughtful and fine. We have to have our side on other networks besides FOX.
  
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- USA5
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 2:41am
  I heard Condi’s comments on illegals. She says she lives in Ca and Americans want to unite
  on this issue. She has no clue to what is happening here in Ca. She drank the koolaid.
  She speaks of Sec State from her experience, this just Normalizes Hilary/Behganzi
  It is a narcissistic tool…normalize bad behavior.
  
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OBAMA IS A FOUL EVIL TRAITOR
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:57pm
CUNALINGAS RICE, The Racist RINO!!

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- Red Meat
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 7:23pm
  More Bush gifts that keep on giving.
  
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denkat56
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:45pm
Condi stay true to yourself.

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- IndyGuy
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:44am
  I think she just did…
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:37pm
Condoleezza is another Demoncrat in Republican clothing, just like Colin Powell.

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- TrUe.AmEriCaN
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 10:38pm
  And isn’t it just a coincedence that they are both black?
  
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- vtxphantom
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 2:27am
  She always was a moderate. Many people, wrongfully, thought she was a conservative.
  
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FaithfulFriend
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:30pm
cbs is just trying to get ahead of the curve to have the first mainstream evening news presented in our new language. Chinese.

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SuperX1
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:23pm
Why? Can’t tell the truth on anything on CBS. Sell out in my mind, buying into the black savior BS.

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honeydijon13
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:01pm
When is she coming out?
It’s all the rage these days.

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IDIDBUILDTHIS
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:41pm
If you can’t beat ‘em then join them? Is that your strategy Condi? Sad.

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- jungle J
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:59pm
  Maybe she wants to try to bring some reason to the show albeit an uphill battle…or is it you just don’t like black women that may be smarter than you?
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:23pm
  Could be a good thing
  having someone in the enemy camp
  I guess we’ll see.
  
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lassiegirldawn
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:41pm
Look how Colin Powell shifted his views on last Sundays Meet The Press. I smell a rat here.

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- labrayne
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:57pm
  All about the color for Powell–
  Bows at everything Oblamer does. If he cannot see the incompetence & acknowledge it over Benghazi, he has had way too much kool-aid.
  Military hero? Not!!
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:49pm
  lassiegirldawn
  
  Colin Powell is a RINO through and through. This guy who used to be my hero endorsed Barack Obama in 2008 and again in 2012.
  
  Allen West on debt ceiling and Colin Powell
  Date Jan 15, 2013
  http://video.foxnews.com/v/2096808063001/allen-west-on-debt-ceiling-and-colin-powell/
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 7:17pm
  Could it be that Allen West may be the Nation’s hope in 2016 … 2016 when real Conservatives unite and reveal that ideology … not race … is the issue.
  
  Allen West:
  “My parents kept the promise of America alive for me. Now it’s time for me to keep the promise of a better life alive for my children’s generation and future generations. It’s time to stand up for our future. Join us”. – http://www.nextgeneration.tv/
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 9:07pm
  Allen West ‘focused on something far greater’ than running again for Congress in 2014
  01/16/2013
  
  Allen West says he’s not interesting in coming back to Congress in 2014. “The conversation should not be about me, but what is the legacy we shall leave to our children and grandchildren? Greater debt, a less secure Country and world, diminished opportunity? Shall we be the first generation to fail to ensure the American dream for future generations? So if all you want to know is if I am running for [The 18th] Congressional District, the answer is no. MY SIGHTS AND OBJECTIVES, POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE, ARE FOCUSED ON SOMETHING FAR GREATER.”
  
  http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/16/allen-west-focused-on-something-far-greater-than-running-again-for-congress-in-2014/
  
  ALLEN WEST FOR PRESIDENT 2016!!
  
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spfoam1
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:03pm
You have to engage the enemy to defeat them. She is smart, and possibly smart enough to give them an asskicking on their own turf. The reason CBS would bring someone like her on, is to survive. The media is and has been our enemy, and CBS knows we are starting to catch on. CBS will try to feed us just enough that’s good, so they can continue to slip in the progressive poison, drop by drop.

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- Small World
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:11pm
  Are you really going CBS now??? I’m not .RINOS are coming out of the woodwork .
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:25pm
  @SMALL WORLD
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:11pm
  Are you really going CBS now??? I’m not .RINOS are coming out of the woodwork .
  ——————————————–
  Yes, we have infiltrated and infested your ranks to a degree unimaginable.
  We did this while your greed kept you diverted. Enjoy your McMasions.
  You are finished believe me.
  Our Communist victory is within grasp.
  
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- True2The_Word
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:50pm
  I had a lot of respect for Ms. Rice. I will have to see her explanation for why she signed with Commie Bull Sling-er. I will not be watching them, too many lies and I will not stoop to that level. Though I have learned a lot from them and this PRESIDENT. I had no idea I was a racist, bigoted, UN-American,bible-clinging, gun-sick, tea-bagging, worthless, hateful non-contributing piece of S@#t. And if it was not for the lame-steam media I would still be thinking I was a patriotic American, who served his country and just had a different opinion about the direction this country is heading.
  
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- spfoam1
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:36pm
  I won’t be watching, but democrats will, and that is the point. Maybe some of them will see the light.
  
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- mrunner
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 2:41pm
  Gotta agree. If she is who she has portrayed herself to be- and I believe that she is- she will will present her views well enough that even a liberal may actually gain a small amount of electrical activity in their noggin. The added plus- she is polite and proper- when they come after her (and they will) they will look like ignorant, racist bullies…
  
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Triple7
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:47pm
Democrats/progressives are indeed Marxists. The Republicans are a majority of one world government types. There is really not two parties.
I read the headline and laughed. Will Limbaugh and Hannity slobber excuses and love for her, or will they realize they have been exposed again as shills for the GOP? If they spoke the truth about these former Bushites maybe we wouldnt be in this mess. Not when thier ratings began to wane and were forced to step out of the GOP talking points.
I blame them for allowing the rise of the marxist obama.

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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:19pm
  Triple7
  
  Your words apply to a many conservatives hosts/spokespersons who I hailed as heros prior to the election … hailed as heros who stood firm in exposing the Marxist and Islamic agendas that are destroying America from within …. the Marxist and Islamic agendas that were being furthered by Barack Obama through Executive Orders and appeasement. Not all … but some … are straddling the left/right fence or focusing in other directions. I feel so betrayed. I feel so discouraged.
  
  CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: I give the president credit for sincerity of this. There’s not a lot of political advantage in this as there is in a lot of other stuff he’s pushing. He didn’t have a plan to do this. This was not what he campaigned on last year, it wasn’t on his agenda. It was, I think, a genuine response to the massacre in Newtown which, I think, moved him.
  
  January 16, 2013
  http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/01/16/krauthammer_obamas_gun_proposals_are_useless_and_wont_go_anywhere.html
  
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- labrayne
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:34pm
  While I did not agree with everything GW did, & especially with his not answering all the out-of-bounds lies launched against him, he did try to halt or curtail the unsecured mortgage problems at Freddie & Fannie. The Dems blunted that attempt, & the economy took a nosedive. All blamed on Bush, of course.
  Oblamer was able to take advantage of the crisis, beat out Hillary, & waltzed over McCain’s ‘I cannot possibly beat Obama’ campaign.
  Here’s to hoping Rice will speak up for the GOP to the slobbering CBS Oblamerites.
  
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- grimmster
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 6:00pm
  Rice is, like Bush,a progressive,and going to cbs proves she has no principles what so ever,its all about race. I’ll bet a dollar to a doughnut one of her first stories will be, “racism in the repub party”,or,right wingers are”gun toting,bible huggin,buck toothed rednecks”………Everyone is jumping ship, believing that odumbass will become a dictator,so they want to be in good favor when he declares himself der fuehrer,just hide and watch……
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 7:15pm
  grimmster:
  “…. Everyone is jumping ship, believing that odumbass will become a dictator,so they want to be in good favor when he declares himself der fuehrer,just hide and watch……”
  
  +++++
  
  BINGO!!!
  
  Considering the writing appears to be on the wall concerning the direction the Republic is heading …many prominent conservatives within and without of Congress will selfishly retreat from opposing … will no longer challenge Barack Obama’s Marxist – Islamic appeasing agendas that is destroying America from within. Keeping a low profile … conforming … will be where it is at.
  
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JeffMT
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:42pm
It’s all about the Benjamins – I bet she gets a nice fat contract in the neighborhood of about $500,000/year for being the designated pseudo-conservative on the CBS set.

As I said when posting about the story about the CBS political director, where are all the CBS celebrities and on-air personalities calling out CBS and this political director for his remarks? I haven’t seen one, and Rice, of all people and on her first day on the job, should have been front and center calling him out. I didn’t see her on CBS this morning but I suspect she didn’t say a word about it to Schieffer, did she? She also didn’t say anything about Schieffer’s comments last week about gun owners, either, did she? That’s why she got hired, she won’t say a thing about that behavior.

ALL of these people, libs and conservatives, dems and repubs, are all cut from the same cloth. If there is enough money to be made, they will sell themselves for it. They are all prostitutes and none of them has any hesitation in doing so. And we wonder why our country is in the shape it is in???

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justangry
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:40pm
She’s as good of a spokesman for a global technocratic government as anyone I suppose.

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pugczar
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:34pm
I don’t comment often, but this headline surprised me. She appeared to be intelligent and patriotic, the sort of ‘old school’ American you could count on. They must have done some dirty work on her..like a lobotomy.

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Marine25
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:18pm
Taking a job makes her a RINO?
There seem to be fewer and fewer Republicans-in-deed left. The tea -driven GOP has recently provided more reasons to leave the party than to join it.

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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:23pm
  John Dickerson
  September 19, 2012, 5:39 PM
  John Dickerson was named CBS News’ political director in November 2011. Dickerson joined CBS News in April 2009, as an analyst and contributor, providing on-air political analysis and contributing to CBS News broadcasts across the network
  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18564_162-6415145/john-dickerson/.
  
  Go for the Throat!
  By John Dickerson
  Jan. 18, 2013, at 6:13 PM ET
  The president who came into office speaking in lofty terms about bipartisanship and cooperation can only cement his legacy if he destroys the GOP. If he wants to transform American politics, he must go for the throat.
  http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/01/barack_obama_s_second_inaugural_address_the_president_should_declare_war.single.htm
  
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- eat-more-bacon-USA
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:24pm
  @MARINE25 – Signing on with obama’s state-run media proves (if there was any doubt) that Rice is a raging progressive, and is not to be taken seriously.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:36pm
  CBS is so infected with the likes of John Dickerson that I won’t watch it if Glenn Beck, Laura Ingraham or Condeleeza Rice were all on CBS.
  
  “Why if he wants to transform American politics, Obama must declare war on the Republican Party ”
  - John Dickerson
  
  http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2013/01/barack_obama_s_second_inaugural_address_the_president_should_declare_war.single.html
  
  http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/01/19/CBS-News-Political-Director-Obama-Destroy-GOP
  
  One thing needs to happen to CBS. It needs to go bankrupt.
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:40pm
  Marine25
  
  Joining CBS is just icing on the cake in affirming the Rice is a RINO.
  
  Rice hails Obama’s win as a ‘step forward’
  November 06, 2008
  
  WASHINGTON — An emotional Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reveled Wednesday in Barack Obama’s election, calling it an “extraordinary step forward” for the nation. …
  
  She called the Democratic president-elect “inspirational” and said his victory was proof of America’s promise.
  
  “This was an exercise in American democracy of which Americans across the political spectrum are justifiably proud,” she said.
  
  “As an African American, I’m especially proud,” said Rice, her eyes glistening with emotion, “because this is a country that’s been through a long journey, in terms of overcoming wounds and making race” less of a factor. “That work is not done, but yesterday was obviously an extraordinary step forward.
  
  http://articles.latimes.com/2008/nov/06/nation/na-rice6
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:44pm
  Marine25
  
  Condoleezza Rice is far from politically naive. Her position within the Bush administration implies that she realizes it is not about race when electing the President of the United States … it is about ideology. I cannot comprehend why anyone who claims to embrace a conservative position on the political spectrum would hail the election of Barack Obama as a step forward for American … Barack Obama whose left wing ideology extends far beyond liberalism.
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:46pm
  Mildly Pro Choice?
  
  Jul 12, 2012
  Drudge Report Lists Condi Rice as Top Romney VP Candidate
  
  Also, there’s the question of her policies. While she has the foreign policy experience to complement Romney, some of her domestic positions could be an issue. ….
  
  On abortion, she is well to the left of Romney, who in mid-life turned against abortion rights.
  
  In a 2008 interview with CBS News’ 60 Minutes, Rice described herself as “mildly pro-choice.”
  
  “I myself am someone who believes strongly in parental notification. … I’m against late-term abortion, which is, I think, really very cruel.” But she said she’s not for overturning Roe V. Wade. “I have not wanted to see the law changed because it’s an area that I worry about the government being involved in.”
  
  http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/drudge-report-lists-condi-rice-as-top-romney-vp-candidate/
  
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- Polarized America
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:25pm
  .
  …OUCH,,,,looks like –> MARINE25 <— got SPANKED lol
  
  don't feel bad Marine ,,i had a similar opinion earlier……………………
  
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- barber2
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 5:34pm
  Marine is indulging in that popular Democrat Media Game called : Divide the Dumb Republicans ! Worked swell in 2012 !
  
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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:28am
  The Repub’s are doing a very excellent job of dividing themselves without any help. In fact I doubt that anyone could have come up with a better plan to marginalize the Republicans than is in play now.
  
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BODYBAG
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:06pm
Yes, as our pillaging & destruction of the Imperial Kingdom continues we have assimilated one
of your most prominent spokespersons. She has joined out ranks voluntarily under the tutelage of CBS upper-level operatives who just yesterday stated:

CBS News Political Director’s Astonishing Advice: Obama ‘Must Go for the Throat,’ ‘Pulverize’ & ‘Declare War’ on the GOP
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/19/cbs-news-directors-astonishing-advice-obama-must-go-for-the-throat-pulverize-declare-war-on-the-gop/

Such fools you are. Welcome to the OCCUPATION.

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eat-more-bacon-USA
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:04pm
Well, this pretty much strips away any remaining credibility that Rice may have had.

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- CatB
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:22pm
  Yes .. yes it does.
  
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- Polarized America
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:23pm
  At first i thought it was a good idea to bring a Right wing voice to the left media
  but then i remembered Bush had a 22 % approval rating when he left office ..;-(
  
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- honeydijon13
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:30pm
  Is she going to apologize for lying us into Iraq?
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:37pm
  honeydijon13 never read the Iraq war resolution. Something tells me that reading comprehension & honesty are not his strong points.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:41pm
  honeydijon13
  
  Dora… What”s up with the ole-time mustache?
  
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- honeydijon13
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 10:31pm
  Just another closet donut-bumper,
  
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blanco5
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:02pm
She’s a rino. And who watches cbs anyway?

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MisterSarcastic
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:01pm
Oh well…

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- Advection
  Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:07pm
  Another one joins the Dark Side. You can always tell because their light sabers change color.
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 4:00pm
She is another Colin Powell. Just come out of the Democratic Party Closet already. We know who you really are.

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raderby
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 3:59pm
as I always suspected, a progressive dem…..

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kickagrandma
Posted on January 20, 2013 at 3:57pm
Any doubt now about where her loyalty lies?

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