McCain/Rice, is so easily packaged, expect a July Palestian/Accord………. just 30 seconds in the microwave.
The CNN/BBC/ITV/FOX/CNBC/ whores will ejaculate a victory for St. John and the “virgin”.

Posted by: Cloned Poster | Mar 26 2008 21:43 utc | 4

besides the fact that she’s a worthless apple-polisher and joined at the hip with the wildly unpopular Chimpy, I wonder how this would play with the racist rethug base?
about as well as McCain allowing that undocumented aliens are still “God’s children” I suspect.

Posted by: ran | Mar 26 2008 22:58 utc | 6

P.S. Not feeling too well, but what I was trying to say in 2nd paragraph above is contrast the quality of the Presidents pre-Watergate & Post. What I wouldn’t give for a candidate the quality of LBJ. They’d NEVER allow it to happen. Can’t have anyone who knows enough to stand up to Elite Managers.
I finally figured out in recent weeks what so-called “Watergate” was about. Key is to understand that Nixon wasn’t tossed ‘cuz he violated a few laws. If that were both necessary & sufficient, they would have tossed Bu$hCo. But Pelosi, who is naturally advised by Robt. Rubin (& Rahm Emanuel), informed Conyers that he’d be removed of his Committee Chairmanship if he dared hold hearings. Hence we should have learned from that that committing Major Impeachable Crimes is merely nec. for Impeachment, but not sufficient. So, why was Nixon unceremoniously tossed?
Here’s my take. We know that Emperor David (Rockefeller), whose job is to run the Ship of State & translate the inchoate feelings of the Permanent Elites into State Policy, convened The Trilateral Commission, etc. w/Zbig as his right-hand man to commence the Counter-Revolution – ie. to return control of America to a handful of Wall St. Bankers & their lawyer assistants. Their hope was that the Dems. would take over in ’72 & begin the process. But the Democratic Party allowed too much room for actual democracy – ie. input from the actual Citizens of the country – hence McGovern was nominated. They certainly couldn’t allow that to come to pass. So, immed. after the election they began process of changing Dem. Party to structure they could control – see “Super-Delegates”. They wanted to begin regaining control of America immediately, while they formed Elite Planning Committees & drafted requisite planning documents. Had they allowed Nixon to stay in power for another 4 yrs. the mass movement toward actual democracy would have continued unabated, as he was a super-irritant to the masses. Easier to dump him & install basically a caretaker govt. in the interim while the wheels of Elite Management ground quietly in the background. They tip-off for the initiate is that David tossed a bone to his brother – giving him V.P. For the masses they were allowed to see this as evidence “democratic institutions actually working” – while in fact it meant exactly the opposite.
Anyone have any thoughts they’d like to share?? I’m curious, as it’s taken me forever to make any sense whatever out of “Watergate”; but when you put it together w/the equally inexplicable failure to even hold hearing on impeaching this bastard, some things begin to make sense – I think.

Posted by: jj | Mar 26 2008 23:52 utc | 8

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. If they could sell this, they could sell ANYTHING!

That’s the problem: They can sell anything. Anything.

Posted by: montysano | Mar 27 2008 0:50 utc | 10

pbs is state media, afaik. frontline is in the frontline of propagenda mgmt. ray mcgovern dissected that “special” in wednesday’s counterpunch
Too Timid, Too Little and Too Late

Notably missing was any allusion to the unconscionable role the Fourth Estate adopted as indiscriminate cheerleader for the home team; nor was there any mention that the invasion was a serious violation of international law. But those omissions, I suppose, should have come as no surprise.
Nor was it a surprise that any viewer hoping for insight into why Cheney and Bush were so eager to attack Iraq was left with very thin gruel. It was more infotainment, bereft of substantive discussion of the whys and wherefores of what in my view is the most disastrous foreign policy move in our nation’s history.
…
Frontline has done no timely reportage that might be looked upon as disparaging the George W. Bush administration-I mean, for example, the real aims behind the war, not simply the gross incompetence characterizing its conduct. Like so many others, Frontline has been, let’s just say it, cowardly in real time-no doubt intimidated partly by attacks on its funding that were inspired by the White House.

Posted by: b real | Mar 27 2008 5:19 utc | 12

U$ – Of course, PBS BW is Neo-Zi’s 1936 Olympics hindcast.
“We were just caught up in the WMD hysteria and bad intel.
There were all those flags, and new uniforms and MARCHING!”

Posted by: Peris Troika | Mar 27 2008 5:26 utc | 14

errrargh. i’m having one of those moments when i don’t really feel like posting but the synchronicity wins out.
i had the misfortune to watch pt 2 of bush’s war last night and it was a love letter to condi. needless to say that was my first thought when i read this post this morn but i was unable to fully express my disgust.
bear with me because my talents are weak.
condi saved the war and gave it ‘hope’ by listening to the glorious military guy responsible for our incredible success in talafar who defied all the wrongs of rummy(behind his back , natch) and dove into the population and really rescued them from the terrorists by invading , holding and then staying emmersed the troops into the population and protected them. it was this incredible revelation that eventually led to the surge concept.
all because of condi. the heart and soul of our success in iraq thus far.
can i go now.

Posted by: annie | Mar 27 2008 6:15 utc | 16

bravo annie… your talents are NOT weak, love your mind, hun…lol
Can I buy ya a drink, perhaps a Chinese apothecary?…lol
Wait, do we serve that here at da moon?…
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we’re being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I’m liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That’s what’s insane about it. -John Lennon
p.s. an apt quote, as with even my open minded friends, there is no understanding by them of how layered and deep the twisted rabbit hole goes, you just can’t articulate it to em, they can only walk with ya so far… you know, lead a horse to water kinda thing…lol geez…
Speaking of rabbits…

Posted by: Uncle $cam | Mar 27 2008 6:50 utc | 18

Uncle#18 (and John Lennon), not maniacal, just businesslike.

Posted by: plushtown | Mar 27 2008 7:08 utc | 20

Think of the millions of liberal Americans who cannot decide whether to vote for a negro or a woman: having Condi Rice on the ticket would allow the Republicans to tap into that vein big-time…

Posted by: ralphieboy | Mar 27 2008 12:09 utc | 22

Can I buy ya a drink, perhaps a Chinese apothecary?…lol
Wait, do we serve that here at da moon?…
luverly
turning over in the middle of the night i noticed the orb in the sky perfectly framed in my window. i thought, ‘moon over basra’. the same moon is watching over the carnage there providing propaganda cover as american airpower plummets other regions in the guise of called in support of Iraqi forces
bbc,last 3 paragraphs…
It is not clear what has prompted the government crackdown at this time. The government says its campaign aims to re-impose law and order in Basra.
However, Sadrists say the government is attempting to weaken the militias before local elections scheduled for October.
At stake, analysts say, is control of Iraq’s only port city and the region’s oil fields.
da
moon over basra, say another prayer
OT, sorry. just going crazy on ya

Posted by: annie | Mar 27 2008 13:10 utc | 24

I don’t see that McCain’s selection of anyone from the Bush administration would be a viable strategy. Choosing Rice as his running mate would absolutely doom his candidacy.

If Chris Matthews and the other bobbleheads decide that they like the narrative, that the “She’s black! She’s a woman!” story will attract viewers, then they’ll go to work selling it.
I just bought “Network” on DVD, and am in the process of inflicting it on any of my friends that will watch, so Howard Beale is much on my mind lately:

This tube is the gospel, the ultimate revelation.
This tube can make or break presidents, popes, prime ministers.
This tube is the most awesome goddamn force in the whole godless world.
And woe is us if it ever falls into the hands of the wrong people.
And when the 12th largest company in the world controls the most awesome goddamn propaganda force in the whole godless world, who knows what shit will be peddled for truth on this network.

Posted by: montysano | Mar 27 2008 14:56 utc | 26

However much the rightwing loves the enabling Rice, she has been too obviously and publicly incompetent for them to nominate her to anything.

I hope you’re right; I fear you’re not.

Posted by: montysano | Mar 27 2008 15:33 utc | 28

Give them all an opportunity.

Posted by: curious | Mar 27 2008 17:14 utc | 30

At this point in time being incompetent is a virtue. Her marketing value is high, so she’d do. The puppeteers will decide.

Posted by: Ben | Mar 27 2008 17:56 utc | 32

b real, peris stroika & others
watched that piece of shit last night – what a waste – singular in its absence of abu ghraib except as a sort of parenthesis
if i was left with anything it was simply that they were the dumbest bunch of motherfuckers i have ever had to witness in a 4 hour documentary. dumb as all fuck. dumb beyond belief
cofer black- did he enter the world through the arsehole of james jesus angleton ?
they are all covered in their own faeces but it is we who feel dirty
& all the lawyers – fuck me dead – the honorable thing would be to lock them up in a cage on rikers island – with a special hannibal lecter room for torture lawyer john yoo

Posted by: remembereringgiap | Mar 27 2008 18:51 utc | 34

I’m getting really tired of the whole genre of “Condi is really a man in drag, Condi is not really a girl, Condi must be a dyke” slurs… as would anyone be who has seen exactly the same kind of slurs aimed at the first female mechanic in the shop, the first female technician in the lab, the first female pilot in the fleet, etc. it’s always the same set of tired old “jokes” — “so which bathroom does she use?” — “I thought you’d stand up to pee, you seem to want to a guy’s job” — “say hi to your wife for me” — or to a boyfriend “say, does she make a good husband?” — and so on.
what makes her “not really a woman” eh? too tall? not pretty enough, not enough of an infantilised Barbie doll for the guys to feel comfortable around her? too smart? too many educational creds, too many talents? or is it that she’s out of her “place” in a “man’s job”? ain’t nothing progressive about dissing her on those grounds, that’s just plain old bog-standard sexism.
enough already. Condi is a woman — and Condi is a wealthy wingnut: there are female privileged wingnuts in Richistan as well as old boys in suits. just like there are a few select privileged wingnuts who are not melanin-deficient, permitted on camera and in the club only so long as they toe the whiteboys’ line. that doesn’t make her a nice person, not admirable or any kind of role model — but these dissy little digs about her appealing to “log cabin republicans” (a gay rightist political club) and so on imho speak more to the gender anxieties of both lefty and righty boys, than to Condi’s own gender.
she’s a woman, and she has power, and she’s an ideological opponent — get over it. homophobic and sexist slurs cast in her direction only identify the caster as a homophobe and sexist. they don’t do her any damage. they do, however, imho alienate potential allies and weaken the left/opposition. women of little political conviction but much workplace experience of harassment are likely to feel some sympathy and solidarity with Condi in face of this kind of heckling, and surely that’s the last thing we need…

Posted by: DeAnander | Mar 27 2008 19:27 utc | 36

Considering McCain’s health and age, we might get a black, female President before we get either a black male or a white female President, I suppose. How ironic.

Posted by: mimi | Mar 28 2008 2:21 utc | 38

Ok – it looks likely that the Democrats have finally moved against Clinton’s desasterous campaign and are demanding her retreat. According to TPM a lot of ‘superdelegates’ and party functionaries are now coming out against her. Breaking Free.
Good, its about time, let’s hope she listens …
(JJ – I know you don’t like this (I don’t either) but maybe this is the less wreaking path?)

Posted by: b | Mar 28 2008 20:58 utc | 40