Raw Story:
The night before presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) left for Afghanistan, Iraq and Western Europe for a tour of US bases overseas, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a cable to US missions forbidding them from holding events for presidential candidates or arrange meetings for them.
The night before presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) left for Afghanistan, Iraq and Western Europe for a tour of US bases overseas, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice issued a cable to US missions forbidding them from holding events for presidential candidates or arrange meetings for them.
Rice issued no such cable prior to foreign excursions by presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).
In a cable sent late Thursday, according to a copy leaked to the Washington Times, Rice enjoined American diplomats to treat the candidates as "members of Congress visiting in personal or semi-personal capacities," but "with additional restrictions based on rules related to political activity."
"Provide de minimis assistance to the candidate with logistical arrangements," said the cable, according to the Times. "If the campaign staff wants to rent a bus for press, tell them where they can rent a bus."
3 comments:
It is really amazing to me how SMALL people like Rice can be. Small meaning petty, mean-spiritied, arrogant with a peculiar blindness to how selfishly they come off to others in the world.
Connie is a loyal Bushie but she knows she will need the next President for her to stay out of jail. I look forward to Connie using the race card.
Girlfriday Rice sould her soul to the Bushie. She is working hard for the CBA bucks (covering Bush's ass). Rice will be yesterday's laundry afer January 20. The real question is what will the Bushes do with Connie when she is no longer in office. Will she still be a member of the family?
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