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| salafibrigades |
Rice: Single Women Can Understand War
By ANNE GEARAN
AP Diplomatic Writer
AP Photo/PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS JERUSALEM (AP) -- Condoleezza Rice let out a heavy sigh when asked Saturday whether as a single woman with no children she had difficulty appreciating the ramifications of war. It's a topic that has inflamed the Internet and talk radio in the U.S. since a Democratic senator challenged the secretary of state's personal stake in the Iraq war.
"No," Rice answered when asked if her status hinders her understanding of the sacrifices involved. "I also think that being a single woman does not in any way make me incapable of understanding not just those sacrifices but also that nothing of value is ever won without sacrifice."
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., told Rice during a testy Senate hearing on Thursday that without an immediate family Rice will pay no personal price for the Bush administration policy in Iraq.
Rice has said she was at first perplexed by the exchange, and later told Fox News, "Gee, I thought single women had come further than that."
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh accused Boxer of hitting "below the ovaries."
Standing with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Rice jokingly noted that as a woman with children, Livni is qualified to "make the decisions."
Livni leapt to Rice's defense, saying Rice's strong emotions about the Iraq war toll are clear during their private conversations.
Rice, 52, has never married. She is an only child and her parents are dead.
Boxer's comment came during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in which Rice was questioned about President Bush's new war plans.
"Who pays the price?" Boxer asked Rice. "I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old and my grandchild is too young. You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with immediate family.
"So who pays the price? The American military and their families."
Boxer, D-Calif., defended herself in a statement Friday.
"I spoke the truth at the committee hearing, which is that neither Secretary Rice nor I have family members that will pay the price for this escalation," she said. "My point was to focus attention on our military families who continue to sacrifice because this administration has not developed a political solution to the situation in Iraq."
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Good for her!!! Hope she is enjoying her trip to Israel our friend in the Middle East!! |
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| JTProcess |
Quote: Originally posted by salafibrigades
Rice: Single Women Can Understand War
By ANNE GEARAN
AP Diplomatic Writer
AP Photo/PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS JERUSALEM (AP) -- Condoleezza Rice let out a heavy sigh when asked Saturday whether as a single woman with no children she had difficulty appreciating the ramifications of war. It's a topic that has inflamed the Internet and talk radio in the U.S. since a Democratic senator challenged the secretary of state's personal stake in the Iraq war.
"No," Rice answered when asked if her status hinders her understanding of the sacrifices involved. "I also think that being a single woman does not in any way make me incapable of understanding not just those sacrifices but also that nothing of value is ever won without sacrifice."
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., told Rice during a testy Senate hearing on Thursday that without an immediate family Rice will pay no personal price for the Bush administration policy in Iraq.
Rice has said she was at first perplexed by the exchange, and later told Fox News, "Gee, I thought single women had come further than that."
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh accused Boxer of hitting "below the ovaries."
Standing with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Rice jokingly noted that as a woman with children, Livni is qualified to "make the decisions."
Livni leapt to Rice's defense, saying Rice's strong emotions about the Iraq war toll are clear during their private conversations.
Rice, 52, has never married. She is an only child and her parents are dead.
Boxer's comment came during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in which Rice was questioned about President Bush's new war plans.
"Who pays the price?" Boxer asked Rice. "I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old and my grandchild is too young. You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with immediate family.
"So who pays the price? The American military and their families."
Boxer, D-Calif., defended herself in a statement Friday.
"I spoke the truth at the committee hearing, which is that neither Secretary Rice nor I have family members that will pay the price for this escalation," she said. "My point was to focus attention on our military families who continue to sacrifice because this administration has not developed a political solution to the situation in Iraq."
© 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our Privacy Policy.
Good for her!!! Hope she is enjoying her trip to Israel our friend in the Middle East!! |
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA... Republicans are such whiney pussy's.
Let me paraphrase that article:
RICE: "Waaaaa Barbara Boxer pointed out that I haven't had to sacrifice anything for this bullshit war I've been pushing on the public... waaaaaa.... all I can do to respond is try and spin her remarks as derogatory towards single women... waaaa waaaa
Let's all get together and cry about those mean mean democrats pointing out what a bunch of insulated self-righteous cunts we are." |
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| patcracker |
| Its not our fault nobody wants to fuck Condi. Now if the Iraqi's bombed a designer shoe store that would really piss her off. She could feel the pain. |
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| WillowGlen |
| Why should we care what she thinks? Shes a fucking programmed manequin that they just parade out to blurt out what shes been told to say. If I had to hear her use the Karl Rove sent "Augmentation" talking point one more time I would have tossed something at the uescreen. Shes nothing but a wind up toy in a bad hairdo. Glue a really small penis on her and shes NCMiike. |
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| kali |
btw, i'm single, Never wanted children, but I have been against the waste and stupidity of war for as far back as I can remember.
giving birth doesn't change your thinking about the basic values of life.
the problem with rice is her robotic brain, not her unused overies. |
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| FatesWebb |
I for one know for a fact, that someone that has never had a child, could never understand what the loss of a child means. whether it were to war of not. not that I am trying to make a point against condi. It is true. if you have never had a child, you do not even understand the word LOVE for that matter. You may think that you do. but you dont. This is something that you will not understand unless you feel it. I am not trying to argue with anyone, just I know it is true.
This is not to say that there are not "bad" parents that just dont get it, or that there are not people that havent had children that have felt love. It is a whole different thing altogether. Love of a child adds definition to the word love, whereas, you can only speculate upon its meaning without experiencing the love for a child. (of your own blood)
It is very hard to explain. |
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| Robinsmuff |
| It is my understanding that Boxer was not suggesting that Rice could not understand the sacrafice not because she is a single woman, but a woman with no immediate family members that will be put in harms way. The greater issue that Boxer was getting at is that this war has asked for the sacrifices of a very small percentage of Americans. Unlike every other war or large scale conflict our nation as ever been involved in, Iraq is not altering the lives of the majority of Americans. |
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| nunpuncher |
Quote: Originally posted by FatesWebb
I for one know for a fact, that someone that has never had a child, could never understand what the loss of a child means. whether it were to war of not. not that I am trying to make a point against condi. It is true. if you have never had a child, you do not even understand the word LOVE for that matter. You may think that you do. but you dont. This is something that you will not understand unless you feel it. I am not trying to argue with anyone, just I know it is true.
This is not to say that there are not "bad" parents that just dont get it, or that there are not people that havent had children that have felt love. It is a whole different thing altogether. Love of a child adds definition to the word love, whereas, you can only speculate upon its meaning without experiencing the love for a child. (of your own blood)
It is very hard to explain. |
well said |
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