> world is "our soil." After all, we are "special," as Condi says, qnd
> uniquely fitted to bring democracy to everywhere, even Florida. jks
And, mark my words: as the Empire consolidates and closes in on its goals (even as chaos, insurrection and terror mount from below), and as soon as Shrub is out of the picture, Condoleezza Rice will emerge as the GOP's shining, effervescent candidate for President of the United States. We've arrived at a moment in history that positively aches for someone with precisely her characteristics to plunge into the limelight, front and center. All the unrequited love for Colin Powell will be redirected doubly at Condi, where it will be gracefully and eloquently accepted, only to be transmogrified by some mysterious process into missile silos and wide-ranging, nuclear-powered subs. All the malice and resentment toward Hillary Clinton will be inverted into undying support for Condi. The semi-conscious genuflection on the part of the public at the feet of grizzled, windy, corpulent old statesmen, a paradigm already well on the wane that reeks of the musty past, will be put to rest once and for all. And it could only happen at this time and place under the auspices of the Republican Party - the Democrats will drool at the sidelines. Mark my words!
Of course, if Cheney kicks off or drops out of the picture, things could happen even quicker.
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/ dave /