McCain Says Rice Is a ‘Great American,’ But Has Not Received VP Signals

RICE?! NO CHANCE! ZERO. ZIP… NADA.

If he doesn’t want to go to war in Iran, then tell me why we have moved battleships into the area and have a carrier there now. John… your LYING AGAIN!!! And as for Rice, how many people have gotten a job before it was even offered to them. A wee bit presumptious I presume, eh?

The best.

Why not? McCain is just a continuation of the Bush policies. Might as well have a number 2 who has already proved that she doesn’t give a fig about the American people doesn’t mind pushing these disastrous policies one bit.

For more wars, VOTE McBUSH in ’08!

Who cares about the ‘neocons’? Their policies have brought us more spending, more deficit and a loss of standing throughout most of the world. Indeed, they’ve made ‘conservative’ as dirty a word as ‘liberal’–and have destroyed the REAL values of the Republican Party.
The selection of Rice has other value–Rice is black AND female, covering both minorities that are coveted by the Democrats.
Bush’s administration can be criticized for many, many things, but it’s record for hiring all ethnic groups and it’s work against AIDS in Africa are outstanding.

Excellent choice “Condi”, without her he has no chance.–Pro-Democrat

McCain doesn’t have a chance unless he has Colon Powell on the ticket.

McCain will beat Obama.
Why? Because most Americans, both Democrat and Republican, do not want Radical Left Winger Obama to change America into the United Socialist States of America, or “an Obama nation”.

McCain would be better off
picking either John Kasich,Rob Portman,
JC Watts,Christopher Cox,
or Olympia Snowe.
Any of those above.
Rice has said she wants to go back to Stanford.

Of Condi would accept the VP postition, she could ease on into the talks to stop this cray war. They have dealt with her for years now, and she knows more than any Democrat candidate and perhaps even McCain. She could carry a true coalition of Republicans and Democrats. She could carry a presidential candidacy I think also ==
she is the one with experiece.

WOW !! THAT would amaze ME, as a Democratic Woman voter !!! THAT would steal all of obama’s Black-woman-vote !!! THAT would be COOL !!!!!

You have got to be kidding????? This DUD….She is the worst Secretary of State we have had in 232 years..

Astonishing that anyone can seriously consider this lying “mushroom cloud” criminal for any public office. That she can make overtures with a straight face is a testament to the continued collective amnesia and fundamental delusions of the American electorate about what the current administration has done to our country. On the other hand, her candidacy would surely demonstrate how McCain equals four more years of the nightmare. Every day I pray we come to our senses.

This was Democrats election to lose but now thanks to divisive Obama Republicans are feeling very good

If the Republicans want to run against Obama and Clinton as VP then he had best not take Rice. Obama would then ask Clinton and together they would be unbeatable. At this point he holds his nose around her but if McCain took Rice? He would have to take Clinton.

I got an Obama t-shirt and a poster. That’s why I’m jealous of McCain. I want Obama elected so I get my moneys worth.

Condoleeza Rice is a despicable pig. Good riddance to her kind of trash as the Bush reign comes to a close.

Ms. Rice is a great woman and American! I am a 51 year old white male and would be ecstatic if John McCain chose her as his running mate. It would be a stroke of genius!

I am African American and a democrat. If Hillary does not win, I will definitely vote for McClain/Rice ticket.

Get real people.
Whoever McCain chooses for a running mate, the rightwing vote is a lock. They won’t vote Clinton or Obama even if they grumble. So he doesn’t need to pander to them.
What McCain needs to win is the middle of the road voter who WOULD otherwise vote Obama or Clinton. And Rice is very little help in that.

Mc Cain will win even if he chose a beggar from the streets. No socialism allowed. It has nothing to do with race as some would like to lead us to beleive. Just the fact!

Or maybe Colin Powell for VP. I do not want to pick the republican party VP but I am strongly planning to vote for McClain if Hillary does not beat Obama. I should leave it up to the republican supporters but McClain is my second choice. This is my way to protest against the DNC for their poor handling of the democrat race and allowing the media outlets to push Obama on us without being tested and other reasons. We do not know ### about Obama. The DNC is just supporting Obama because of the money he is being into the party.

bobby – How do you go from supporting Hillary to McCain? They are polar opposites ideologically. Do you care nothing for Senator Clinton’s politics? Are you just voting for her as a person? Because the difference between a Clinton and Obama presidency would be one of style, not substance. The difference between a McCain presidency and either of the Democrats would be numerous and profound.

If McCain Picks Rice for Vp Thinking he would hit two birds with one stone. He will found out that he was greatly mistaken. the black voters or the females with not vote him in because of the VP and for sure the concervatives will for sure stay home in GE

your right bobby, a lot of people feel that way, millions of people. And if Obama steals the nomination, which he probably and unfortunately will because of media bias and the undemocratic caucus process, mainstream America will come out and vote in the general election. The working class white people, the elderly, the real people of America. The democratic party blew it again by selecting a loser. Add Obama to the scrap heap of history along with Ted Kennedy, Kerry, McGovern, etc.

Erik: I am an American first then democrat. I have three choices Hillary, Obama, McCain. I am not going to blindly give my vote to Obama. What little I know of him I do not like. I definitely do not believe in his church and this black value system and I am black. I also will not let the media outlets pick the next President for me. This concern me the most since the media outlets are pushing Obama on us as our only hope. When the media outlets get involve, you better believe it not good for us. I know Hillary and McCain since the media outlets have taken the time to run them into the ground. I strongly feel that African American are being used for a greater plan that does not benefit the America.

I like McCain-Hagee

silvo – how are you going to say Obama stole the nomination when he has more overall votes and more delegates? The caucus process is undemocratic? Then every President and every Presidential nominee of recent memory has been illegitimate. That would include Bill Clinton, George Bush (both of em), John McCain, Bob Dole, every single last one of them. They all used caucuses to win the nomination. The reason Senator Obama has won most of the caucuses by wide margins is, he has an INTENSITY of support that Senator Clinton does not have. Obama’s supporters are willing to stand for hours, knock on hours, open their wallets, work the phones and basically do whatever it takes. Does Senator Clinton have those types of supporters too? Absolutely. She just doesn’t have as many of them. It also explains why she doesn’t raise as much money as he does.

Yes, Obama has the dedicated fanatics willing to caucus for him…so did Howard Dean and other netroot heroes. Most caucus states involved very small numbers of voters. The big states with regular primaries went mostly to Hillary, California, Ohio, New York, Texas, Florida, probably PA. The white vote in these states went overwhelmingly for Hillary. Obama won’t get all those votes, many will defect to McCain. Democrats who think Obama is a stronger candidate are drinking the KoolAid. He is a train wreck looking for a place to happen.

bobby: I don’t understand what you mean when you say Obama is damaging the minds of African American communities. Explain. If anything I think he’s giving us hope and symbolizing how far this nation has come in fifty years….

EXCUSE ME ERIC, but this is not true. I am black and I am an Obama supporter. I chose Obama. I am an independent. I chose him because Hillary is a pathological liar, and McCain is going through post traumatic stress. No one tells me how to think. It is my opinion that you and others are racially motivated and this is bad news for the future of this country. Because of your ignorance America may have to suffer at least 4 more years of leadership by a yahoo. I hope that you do not have any sons to be sent to war, O and there will be one in Iran with McCain.

SORRY ERIK, this message is for BOBBY
What you wrote is not true. I am black and I am an Obama supporter. I chose Obama. I am an independent. I chose him because Hillary is a pathological liar, and McCain is going through post traumatic stress. No one tells me how to think. It is my opinion that you and others are racially motivated and this is bad news for the future of this country. Because of your ignorance America may have to suffer at least 4 more years of leadership by a yahoo. I hope that you do not have any sons to be sent to war, O and there will be one in Iran with McCain.

@Ben:
If it’s Huckabee then I think McCain will have a great chance. The Democrats, though, will have a field day with some of the religious stuff. But it would make for a very interesting campaign.

I have to chuckle…
What’s funny to me is the irony of The Clinton Dynasty. The two individuals who, in recent years, have been so quick to take credit for anything positive coming from the Democratic party (and made a hell of a small fortune doing it), are the ones who currently are ripping the party to shreds while John McCain travels the world like a rockstar, reaching out diplomatically and comfortably eyeballing a Republican victory that would have been, could have been, should have been out of reach, if not for a stubborn, Dynastic, pig-headed and elite socialist senator from the state of NY deciding to take the destruction of a party and platform into her own hands.
Hillary Clinton is finished. Her chances for beating Obama are a statistical zero. If the Clinton Dynasty truly cared about the American Public and Democratic party, it would end this ridiculous joke of a campaign and allow Barak Obama to make a real run at the White House, and fade quietly into the private sector where the hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars it has plundered would be used for more philanthropic purposes.
IF the Clintons cared. That’s the problem…

I thought Condi said she was planning on going back to Stanford and wouldn’t even consider a VP position…she said that a couple weeks ago. If chosen as the VP, she might take votes from white people who support obama because they are in “awe” that he is brown AND articulate. However, she won’t pull any votes from black Americans. Even if Hillary somehow beat Obama…and didn’t choose him for VP….black Americans still wouldn’t vote for McCain/Condi. This whole discussion irks me. I’m still mad at the Republican party for sending Alan Keyes to run for the senate in Illinois in ’04 (even though he didn’t live there) to try to “split” the black vote during Obama’s campaign. It’s like saying, ‘we would never even think of electing a black person to office…but since the democrats have someone…let’s go find a negro of our own and support him.’ That’s how a lot of black people would feel if Condi was chosen as the running mate-despite her qualifications.

Some of these comments merely confirm how uninformed some of you Obama-haters are. You think that Rice is a good choice because she’s black and therefore blacks would vote for her. Duh! No logical person would vote for someone just because their race is the same. If so, blacks wouldn’t haven’t voted in a lot of elections, would they? Do your hoemwork! Condoleeza is a smart lady, but she has some VERY heavy baggage as far as an in-depth article about her feelings toward her fellow blacks.

Condoleeza and McCain. Definitely a winning combination!!

I can’t stand Condolezza Rice. She’s played a big role in the Bush administration in helping lead this country on the path to ruin. She also has an exxon tanker named after her. Ugh.

Rice on the ticket would probably cause Obama to reshuffle the race card deck.

Some of your posts are rather scary. People posting about how Obama is going to be a tax and spend liberal, drive our national deficit off the charts, make our country less secure, ect…ect..
Isn’t that exactly what Bush has done? Terrorism world wide is up BIG, our national deficit is worse than it has EVER been, the US government has expanded more under bush than at any other time since the great depression, the patriot act has blatantly stripped Americans of constitutional rights, and our borders are as insecure as they have ever been.
I Just don’t understand how you can claim McCain will be any different than Bush when he basically endorses every policy that Bush has been in favor of. He even admitted he doesn’t understand the economy. What kind of president doesn’t “understand the economy.”
God save our country if McCain wins.

Rice is a great woman and great American but if this happens the Republicans would certain be defeated in GE.Obama will have a better chance to defeat them. I hope it happens. OBAMA ’08.

UM – RELAX. THAT’S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. LOL…
WOW !! THAT would amaze ME, as a Democratic Woman voter !!! THAT would steal all of obama’s Black-woman-vote !!! THAT would be COOL !!!!!

McCain is ahead of both Clinton & Obama in the national polls. This with a tough economy, a war, and ties to Bush.
Wow. Looks like McCain will become president and make history at the same time.
Yeeehaw.

McCain will not choose Condi. Not only would she be a bad choice, but his comments in the article pretty much confirm that he will not.
Also, to all the people who keep saying that Clinton is dividing the Dems – what a joke. The party is divided because both candidates have deep support. Obama people cannot fathom someone – especially a Dem – not voting for him, so they say that Clinton is dividing the party, because Clinton’s supporters won’t vote for him. Stupid.
Now, Obamaniacs, feeling threatened by the anti-Obama backlash among Clinton’s supporters keep preaching that the candidates are indistinct in terms of policy. LOL. We don’t hear a lot of that on the campaign trail. Obambi says she will just bring more of the same, is a war-lady, and doesn’t have good judgment. If she doesnt have good judgment, then how will their policies be identical? Please stop insulting our intelligence. Just face it: Obambi faces mass defection. Say hello to President McCain. But don’t blame Clinton. Blame the Dems for succeeding in losing yet again. I have never seen a party squander as many opportunities as the Dems. The last time we won two terms was with a Clinton. Other than that, we hadnt achieved that since Harry Truman in the 40s. Wow — but you blame Clinton for losing? What a joke. Of course, since most Obama supporters are 18, they know very little about history. The older ones are so souped up on kool-aid, that they are conveniently forgetting the losers called: Carter, Dukakis, Mondale, Kerry, and Gore. LOL. Dont blame Clinton for this party’s losses. The Dems are PROFESSIONAL LOSERS.

Lastdance probably drives a minivan or suv…..

I’m black. I support Clinton. But I won’t vote for McCain. Yuck. But I won’t vote for Obambi either. Sorry — I don’t endorse candidates that the media try to shove down our throats and who get unfairly biased treatment….The Dems as a party need a lesson in this. The way they treated Clinton and the way they approved the Democratic media’s bashing of Clinton and worship of Obama is what has divided the party. Obama lost my vote months ago – right before Super Tuesday. I realized at that point, that the media had picked a candidate, and that there was nothing the voters could do to stop it.
Well, the general election will change that. Republicans and independents do not drink Dem kool-aid, and Fox News will not just worship Obambi. Try telling that to the wealthy white people and teenagers who support Obambi, and you get silence.

McCain/Gore? Fred, I think you need some sleep….

Considering that it’s looking like we are going through a “rough patch” with Russia right now, it wouldn’t be a bad thing to have Condi Rice nearby… but as Veep? I dunno? The “optics” might look good, but her very close connection to Bush may hurt McCain. I also don’t know their working relationship. She, according to her last book, adores (really) Bush… and Mac and Bush have not been the closest of buddies. I don’t know if McCain can get past that.
McCain really is in a great position right now… he will have a good amount of time to vet and “test out” VP candidates. Plus it will be fun to ponder and pontificate over all the possible nominees as they come along. This will be like some weird pantomime performance since the candidates will demure and the McCain camp will be hush-hush. “I’m running, but I’m not running for VP”. It will be interesting to see who courts him and who he courts.
I think that so far Crist has the best shot at it right now (barring some unforeseeable/unknown scandal – like a Spitzer or something). But Mac has the luxury of time so he can make us all wait and wonder.

The American public will vote for Sen. John McCain for two simple reasons… hope and change!
I think after along hard look at both candidates we will vote for a candidate whose experiences back up their claims. Soaring rhetoric without the experience to support is means very little. As we celebrate Martin Luther King and his wonderful speeches we are moved by his words and DEEDS. It’s not just how well he said them. Yes he had a dream, yes he was eloquent, but he also “walked the walk” – each word was crafted by great accomplishments… that’s why they are so meaningful.
So expect a very competitive contest in the fall. By November we’ll all be sick and tired of hearing Hope and Change… it will sound as hollow as “new and improved”, “but wait there’s more”, and “act now for a free gift”! In the end, we will vote for the best qualified candidate… Sen. John McCain.

It would be a hugh mistake to pick someone from the Bush administration. Get some new blood and you’ll steamroll over obama or clinton. Doesn’t matter which as neither are electable!

By is own admission (the one he made on 60 Minutes in 1997, not the one tortured out of him), McCain is a “war criminal” for his aerial attacks on Vietnamese civilian infrastructure.
Despite his “conscience”, he continues to give full-throttle support to the fraudulent “war on terror” and the criminal war of aggression in Iraq.
McCain is a disgrace to the legacy of Dr. King, who was murdered on April 4, one year to the day after his speech at Riverside Baptist Church in which he denounced the war in Vietnam and called the US government “the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today”.

jimbo Apr 7, 2008 7:27:25 AM
911 was in the planning stage during the security consciencious Clinton Administration – remember Richard Clarke?
Bush kept Clarke as a security advisor. But in spite of all the B-S to the contrary, Richard Clarke was the one person who had the benefit of the most information regarding security threats from Al Qaeda and other known terrorists. Richard Clark admitted that the Plan he created and gave to Clinton prior to January 20, 2001 would not hav e prevented 911.
Blaming Bush and Rice is the height of absurdity and stupidity…which come to think are the keynotes of Michael Moore and MoveOndotORG…leftwing wackazoids.

As a frustrated Clinton supporter, having Rice on the ticket might move me from a non-vote to a vote for McCain. The GOP could show they are not afraid of gender. Don’t think for a second that all Clinton supporters are going to go for BO. Give us a reason to join the GOP this time around and you just might get it.
And yeah, I’d be doing almost solely because she is a woman.

I am definetly not voting this election. In stead, I’m heading for the hills

It is not about McCain getting all the black votes. If may be necessary for McCain for pick some of color so Obama can not play the race against him as Obama successfully did against Hillary. If McCain mentions anything of true about Obama, Obama and the media outlets will play the race card on him. Obama can not play that game if a black person is on this ticket. Obama is planning to go all the way with the race card game because it works for him. Media outlets stated no other candidates can talk about race but Obama.

I think this may just be a politicial move to ease Neo con anxieties over McCain. He won’t pick Rice as VP, or at least if he did he would lose. Its a surefire way to make his campaign seem like a foreign policy campaign, and with the economy in a fragile state, people are going to vote this time with their pocket books. I also don’t think he can pick Rice, given he was critical of how the occupation of Iraq was run between 2005-2006 when she was Secratary of State.

I would love to see a McCain-Powell ticket. Great choice!

She would sure get my vote, she is kind and polite. I have never seen her be rude to others. Coni, she is a well Educated and a true person to help any president. With the age of the future president, it looks like Coni could be the first female and Black president sooner than we just might think. She is the best qualified, the best look vice president or President at this time.
James Staley
Michigan

I will vote for Rice over an inexperienced but cute politician everyday. LOL.

Race or sex should not be an issue – but unfortunately looking at these blogs, it is. I think Rice would be fine. I find her most competent. For those on these posts that don’t think a Republican would endorse people because of race or sex, they need to take a closer look at past appoinments. I look forward to seeing who McCain does pick. I look forward to seeing who Obama picks as well.

redicate; You are right, I am not a republican but I am planning to vote for John McCain if Hillary does not win. However, if the republican party does not want us (Hillary’s supporters) to vote for John McCain, let us know. We can stay home during the general election. At this point, we (Hillary’s supporters and McCain’s supporters) must work together to stop Obama.
I am willing to cross party line for the good of my family and America. If is not about making history for the first black president or first woman president.

LOL all of you MCain head really Think you have a chance I PROMISE YOU that If MCain takes Rice as his VP OBAMA and whoeevr is his VP will TIe MCa to George Bushes Economic and Foriegn Olicy and you will Lose bye a landslide. RIce is Not accpeted bye the black community and Any white person that belives that she is as crazy as some who belives the the moon landing was done on a film lot. You People are amazing you no nothing about the black community or anyone in nor do you under stand any culture but your own. Obmama raisie more money than clinton and Mccanin combined consistantly. No matter how much you wnat him to win unless our economy shifts ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN I CANT WAIT to read the blogs the day after the election I have a geree in this the NUMBERS AND THE CASH SUPPORT OBAMA AND THE PEOPLE VOTING FOR MCAIN VOETED FOR BUSH TOO. lOSER LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL. OBAMAIS GOING TO DESIMATE MCAIN IN DEBAT AFTER DEBAT LOL LOL LOL AND AND THE LEFT WING MACHINE IS UNITED BABY.