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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (95998)1/20/2005 8:49:25 AM
From: unclewest  Respond to of 794310
 
Condi does not have the stature to stand on her - lacking in the necessary gravitas. She owes too much to the Bush family.

I agree with your... Condi is smart assessment. And I also believe she is well qualified for the job.

My point is that in a "beat the drums of war" climate we do need some battlefield experience at the highest levels and particularly in the cabinet. Not because they are likely hawks (though some are), but because they will be reluctant to get into war or expand war without absolutely clear provocation and even then only as a last resort.

Presidents JFK and LBJ filled their cabinets with (inexperienced but so-called brilliant) hawks too. It proved to be a terrible mistake.



To: Mary Cluney who wrote (95998)1/20/2005 7:40:47 PM
From: Bridge Player  Respond to of 794310
 
<< Condi does not have the stature to stand on her - lacking in the necessary gravitas.>>

Ah, so. As I recall, this is the same crap they tried to throw at Bush in 2000. "He doesn't have gravitas."

Guess what? Bush showed a hell of a lot of "gravitas" and some balls too, after 9/11. I suspect Rice will do the same (absent the balls, of course).


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