Hailing her longtime role as a “trusted adviser,” President Barack Obama formally named U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice as his next national security adviser on Wednesday.
Obama tapped Rice, a target of Republican criticism in recent months, to succeed Tom Donilon; the president also nominated Samantha Power, a longtime foreign policy adviser, to take over Rice’s role at the United Nations.
“I am absolutely thrilled that she'll be back at my side leading my national security team in my second term,” Obama said of Rice, a longtime confidant whose role in publicly explaining the administration’s initial assessment of last year’s terror attack in Benghazi, Libya, has made her a lightning rod for criticism.
This role will actually give Rice MORE access to the President, and she will be instrumental in helping to make virtually all of the foreign policy decisions, whihc means that in many ways it has more power than the Secretary of State position that, if she had been nominated, the Republicans threatened to filibuster.
Once again the GOP is playing checkers while the President plays a game of three tiered chess.
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The GOP has become the dumb bunch who scream moronically every time a democrat exhales. The only thing they have left is the noise . . . .
ReplyDeleteTheir scheme to get Scott Brown chosen as senator and destroy Susan Rice--- crashed. Now they have egg on their face; as always.
Now this is how you whup that GOP ass. Its on now bitches, that also includes the head Bitch, also known as the Wasilla Ho.
ReplyDeleteUN Ambassador Susan Rice... YESSS!
ReplyDeleteit is intriguing to see how Obama gets to the place he wants to be by first inviting cooperation and then either dragging them along or whistling right past their dumb asses.
ReplyDeleteExactly!
DeleteGOP blocked Warren as Director of the CFPB. She is now Sen. Warren. They blocked Amb. Rice as SoS. She is now NSA. GOP tears are delicious.
ReplyDeletehttp://theobamadiary.com/2013/06/05/introducing-susan-rice-and-samantha-power/
And one of these days it will be either Congresswoman or Senator Sandra Fluke.
DeleteThey are still falling for the fake while he's blown by them for an uncontested layup. Sorry for the BB comparison but he's clearly left these guys holding their jockstraps one more time.
ReplyDeleteBWAHAHAHA He broke their ankles with a Susan Rice Crossover.
DeleteAnd I think they had a blowout in their jocks, which are hanging around their ankles now. No worry, there wasn't much to support in those XS athletic supporters the Repugs were wearing.
DeleteObama’s Double In Your Face Appointments Suggest He’s Done with GOP Obstruction
ReplyDeletehttp://www.politicususa.com/obama.html
Obama Jabs Republicans By Calling Susan Rice a Patriot Who Puts Country First
http://www.politicususa.com/obama-jabs-republicans-calling-susan-rice-patriot-puts-country.html
The White House Smacks Around Fox News For Using Susan Rice to Revive Benghazi
http://www.politicususa.com/white-house-smacks-fox-news-susan-rice-revive-benghazi.html
Another sure sign he's done with them is his announcement that he absolutely. will. not. accept. any. more. piecemeal 'budget' deals. That is to say, the republicans' efforts to slip through increases for TSA, the Pentagon, or other pet areas while screwing every other American will now be denied; the only thing Obama will sign now is a comprehensive budget deal that turns off the sequester and also has a positive effect on the US economy. To use the President's words, the bill must pass Congress "in the context of an overall budget framework that supports our recovery and enables sufficient investments in education, infrastructure, innovation and national security for our economy to compete in the future." And yes, Congress IS stupid enough to play this game of chicken. And when this happens, just watch his poll numbers rise, and the GOP poll numbers plummet even further into the toilet. Go, President Obama!!
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Politically, Republicans are now in a serious bind. The woman that they spent months dragging through the conspiracy mud is now the person that they have to work with if they want action on Syria. The usually boring topic of foreign policy just took a very interesting turn.
ReplyDeleteCongressional Republicans may find themselves eating a lot crow because they just been served a heaping helping of Susan Rice by President Obama.
One thing this appointment brings to my mind is that by appointing Bush era Susan Rice to NSA only cements the fact that President Obama is NOT a progressive, but in reality is a centrist Republican in many, many ways.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry when did Susan Rice work with Bush?
Deletehedgewytch, I think you are getting your Rices mixed up.
DeleteSusan Rice is a democrat who is the United Nations Ambassador and a long time friend of the President. She worked for the Clinton
administration.
Condeleeza Rice is a republican who was Bushs SOS and National Security Advisor.
hedgewytch... you just had a momentary lapse.
DeleteWe are talking about Susan, the democratic Rice, not Condoleeza Rice, the compliant Bushie.
It's ok, we all blow some ill wind once in a while! ;)
This is a beautiful thing to watch. Obama has finally had it and it's about time. They made Warren a Senator, now Rice is more important than Kerry...
ReplyDeleteand Christie has blown it soooo big with his intimidation of Cory Booker, what a friggin joke. I love reading how there is now a giant conspiracy to get rid of Bohner. I hope and pray all those lousy GOPers get booted out in 2014. I also hope the state of NJ has the good sense to get rid of that lying bastard Christie and they elect Booker to the Senate.
Actually, the ones Obama gave the middle finger are US, Gryphen. Susan Rice would not have been out of place in the Bush administration. Her continued presence in the Obama administration simply highlights how little his foreign policy differs from Bush's. Susan Rice a pro-war one-percenter.
ReplyDeleteRice was confirmed as UN ambassador by the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent on January 22, 2009.
DeleteNot a single Senator voted against Rice.
"out of place in the Bush administration"
DeleteAll the Bush administration people that lied about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq are a great little club.
The people that lied about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq gave the middle finger to the entire world.
DeleteAnd, 5:19 and 5:20, Susan Rice swallowed the Bush administration's WMD lies hook, line and sinker. Great national security adviser SHE'S going to make.
DeleteAs for her being confirmed for UN ambassador by unanimous consent? Well, I would expect Democrats to vote for her. Of course they would rubber stamp Obama's pick. I would certainly NOT expect Republicans to have voted for her, unless they already knew she was a whole lot like them. Which she is.
So 5:15, I hope you weren't trying to compliment her.
As regards the headline.....ABOUT TIME.....
ReplyDeleteRemember Susan Rice criticized Johnny Mac back in the 08 election which is the only reason he got all hot and bothered about Benghazi.
ReplyDeleteOnce again while the gop played tiddly winks President Obama played 3D three-player chess, and won.
ReplyDeletePresident Obama even had gop rooting for Kerry for SoS. HAHAHAHA rotf gop got played as usual.
Now Amb Rice is where she should be. And it has nothing to do with condi rice either. Amb Rice is well qualified while condi rice was a crony appointment.
I Love It! President Obama gamemanship.
The president does not give "a giant middle finger" to anyone. He appoints the best person for the job and the media immediately thinks it is an anti-GOP event. The President has never been anti anyone. He is doing his job. The GOP - on the other hand has been anti the President since the day he was elected. Never should anyone put GOP words and ideas into the President's mouth.
ReplyDeleteWatched this on T.V. today....nominated: two, very well educated, smart, strong women and I'm pleased as hell that President Obama picked them.
ReplyDeleteHe truly is working circles around the obstructionist Republicans in Congress and it's delightful to watch.
Well, she did risk losing her career to cover his ass, which includes telling the public huge lies.
ReplyDeletethat would necessitate a cushy job.
Hopefully shes learned: how to be competent and not lie.
Whoops. Somebody's been getting double teamed by Fox News and Right Wing radio.
Delete8:31 your white hood is showing. racist much? or is it the fact that she's a woman that makes you hate her and make stuff up about her?
DeleteScandals? What Scandals?
ReplyDeleteHe carries himself with such grace while whooping butt!
Why can't I wipe this grin off my face?
Ok, Mr. Fancy Pants Alaska Librul Blogger, you think your so-called President Barack Hussein Obama is so smart. Well, he REALLY stepped in it this time, buddy boy!
ReplyDeleteFirst, that Susan Rice was DEEPLY involved in the web of lies concocted to get us into Obama's Iraq War in 2003!! Yellow cake uranium, my ass!!
Second, I'm pretty sure the Drudgery Report is about to reveal that Susan Rice was the hidden gunman on the grassy knoll in Dallas in 1963! SHE KILLED KENNY!! I mean, Kennedy!!! And that's who Obama appoints to important positions in government??? How sick is that!!!
Third, Obama is now ankle deep in the LARGEST number of trivial non-scandals in American presidential history!! ANKLE DEEP!!! He may have somehow wriggled out of the "ego-gate" scandal in 2009 when he named his new dog after his own initials "Bho" but he ain't getting out of the rest of it now. BENGHAZI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And furthermore, why am I even bothering to comment on your defunct blog, anyway? How many visitors do you even get - and DONT count The Screechy Wretch(tm) and her family and paid trolls? I bet it's not more than 15-20. 30 tops! Is there a visit counter on this thing? lemme check....
HA HA HA!!!! 18!!!! HA HA HA!!!! EIGHTEEN VISITORS!!!!!! FACE IT, DUDE, THIS BLOG IS DEAD!!!
Wait. What?
Eighteen MILLION? Oh....
Well... That's different, isnt it...
Never mind.
Now that was priceless.
DeleteI just decorated my computer screen with the dark chocolate mocha...not a pretty sight...but the laugh was priceless!!
Beldar... keep going, you are that proverbial light and laughter we all need when reading about the insanity called politics.
DeleteI just choked on a pop chip. Thanks for the laugh. The scary thing is I can actually imagine one of Sarah's leg humpers writing something like that. These people are unhinged!
DeleteAnd with that last photo I totally have "We're Off to See the Wizard" playing in my head. I know President Obama and Samantha Power are very tall, but Susan Rice must be positively tiny.
So, let's imagine we're tiny cameras on the walls of the dungeons where McConnell, Grampy McSame and Lindsay Grahamhamham hang overnights and we can hear the three-way phone call between them tonight !!!
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!
Love that photo of President Obama getting out of the car w/his sun glasses on. I really like the guy and the job he is doing in spite of the Republican U.S. Congress!
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is, "oh god" in the voice or Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.
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