Altercations and Brushes with Greatness
Eric Alterman has a good round-up of the latest news on those unpatriotic liars who suggest that “this administration is both incompetent and dishonest.”
The Washington Monthly’s blogger formerly known as Calpundit has a chilling item about Condi Rice and Clarke.
There is part of me that–well, not feels sorry for Rice, but hates to see the uses to which she puts her apparent intellect. In my case this is not because, as the recent book “Bushwomen” suggests often happens with Rice’s potential critics, her sex and race make me want to give her a pass.
No, I feel whatever I feel about her because I once worked with a guy who went to Stanford at a time Rice was on the faculty there. I think she was his advisor or somesuch. But I always remember how highly he spoke of her and how impressed he was with how smart she was. I think I even met her once–not for longer than it takes to say hello and shake a hand, but still.
But it seems to me undeniable that however good she was as Stanford, at her current job…not so much.
