October 16, 2006
Palestinians and Founders
You need a to have a lobotomy before become Secretary of State?
Jeez
Rice compared the vision of Palestinian statehood to that of American independence and the civil rights battles in one of the strongest endorsements from the Bush administration to the idea of an independent Palestinian state.
"I should never have grown up in segregated Birmingham, Alabama to become the secretary of state of the United States of America," Rice said, adding that eventually, once these visions do come true, "we wonder why did anyone ever doubt that it was possible."
Remind me again of who plays the role of George Washington, Patrick Henry, Martin Luther King? I guess the by any means necessary Malcolm X strategy is evident. Benedict Arnold?
Flashback: Some Condi '08 debate here.
(tip to HotAir)
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Second Bush Administration
Posted by AlexC at October 16, 2006 10:55 AM
Yes, Hot Air. I've had my fill, Ms. Malkin, thanks.
You suggest that Rice’s rhetoric is over the top, which may be fair but you open your post with the lobotomy assertion.
Secretary Rice is talking about THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. Not Arafat. Not Hamas. She is saying that THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE have the same right to liberty as did the American colonists. And that the United States is committed to providing THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE with democracy.
She is also right to claim it as a huge accomplishment of the current administration. While Madeline Albright broke high heels chasing Yasser Arafat out of peace talks, in a post-Saddam world, the Palestinians are living under a government freely elected. And Rice points out that many of THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE are getting buyer's remorse about their choice (and let’s not forget who the other guys were).
Rice did not compare the founding fathers to terrorists, that was contrived by Ms. Malkin.
Lastly, the photo in the JP is not adjusted very well. If she were saying something they liked, would she get a better processed photo?
I still believe in Sharansky. I still believe that the promotion of freedom is the only solution to MidEast terrorism (more so after Lawrence Wright's "The Looming Tower"). Secretary Rice is still a forceful and eloquent advocate of promoting liberty in the MidEast. Representing the State Department (the Senior Partners' envoy on Earth now that Wolfram & Hart has closed), she must advocate the diplomatic line.
She is the best Secretary of State in modern history and a compelling promoter of liberty.
Yes, Hot Air. I've had my fill, Ms. Malkin, thanks.
You suggest that Rice’s rhetoric is over the top, which may be fair but you open your post with the lobotomy assertion.
Secretary Rice is talking about THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. Not Arafat. Not Hamas. She is saying that THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE have the same right to liberty as did the American colonists. And that the United States is committed to providing THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE with democracy.
She is also right to claim it as a huge accomplishment of the current administration. While Madeline Albright broke high heels chasing Yasser Arafat out of peace talks, in a post-Saddam world, the Palestinians are living under a government freely elected. And Rice points out that many of THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE are getting buyer's remorse about their choice (and let’s not forget who the other guys were).
Rice did not compare the founding fathers to terrorists, that was contrived by Ms. Malkin.
Lastly, the photo in the JP is not adjusted very well. If she were saying something they liked, would she get a better processed photo?
I still believe in Sharansky. I still believe that the promotion of freedom is the only solution to MidEast terrorism (more so after Lawrence Wright's "The Looming Tower"). Secretary Rice is still a forceful and eloquent advocate of promoting liberty in the MidEast. Representing the State Department (the Senior Partners' envoy on Earth now that Wolfram & Hart has closed), she must advocate the diplomatic line.
She is the best Secretary of State in modern history and a compelling promoter of liberty.
Posted by: jk at October 16, 2006 11:45 AMNow now JK.
1) Hotair != Michelle Malkin. It's mostly other guys. As is the post I linked. But no matter. It's the messenger, not the message, I suppose.
2) Hyperbole is one thing. An absurd analogy is another.
3) Palestinian people, fine. Where are the equivalent leaders? Who's bravely throwing tea over the side of a boat? No one.
4) Here's the speech: http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2006/73895.htm
Posted by: AlexC at October 17, 2006 1:15 PM1) mea culpa, I thought HotAir and the post were both Michelle Malkin’s. She is innocent and ThreeSources regrets the error. "Bryan" echoes bad reporting from Nathan Guttman at the JP.
2) It is not an analogy. She did not draw the parallel or analogy, that was the work of Guttman. She compared them in terms of difficulty. She ponders the "impossibility" of MidEast peace, noting how hard the revolution, civil war and civil rights struggles looked before America made them happen.
3) You’re asking about Bryan's misrepresentation of Guttman's misrepresentation. Rice never said anything close.
4) Thanks for the link. Perhaps Bryan at Hot Air and Guttman at JP might read it.
Sorry for the all caps but I strongly feel Secretary Rice does not deserve the opprobrium dished out by Guttman, Bryan, and ThreeSources. She calls for freedom and is attacked from three unlikely sources.
Posted by: jk at October 17, 2006 3:35 PM | What do you think? [3]