The Old Eighteen

Condoleeza Rice advocates repealing the Second Amendment

I think Condi may have just lost the NRA endorsement to be John McCain's running mate:

Rice used her visit to praise Maliki's choice to take on the militia. Fighting Sadr, who has declared that resistance against U.S. forces is legitimate, is an "internal Iraqi matter," she said.

"But clearly, the prime minister has laid down some ground rules which any functioning democratic state would insist upon, having to do with, you know, arms belonging to the state, not to -- not in private hands," she said. "The current circumstances come out of what I think is a very important and indeed appropriate action that the Iraqi government has taken."

Then again, since Bush took power here, it might be a bit generous to call the US a functioning democratic state.

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"This is your baby. Go do it."

All the talk from Condoleeza Rice and others in the Bush administration about how we "don't torture" was just empty rhetoric - not only was it happening, but it was hapening with the approval of Condi and other high-ranking officials in the Bush administration, including the president himself.  Condi's resignation as Secretary of State is the least that should happen to her - she and the others responsible should resign or be removed from office, if they haven't already left, and they should all be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

That said, it's nice to see that we're getting ahead of a possible VP nomination for Condi and making it clear how deeply she's implicated in the Bush administration's incompetence and criminality:

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