Sunday, December 2, 2012

Susan Rice: "A Very Typical D.C. Animal"

John R. Schindler, professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, writes:

[U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice] would be a terrible choice for Secretary of State and President Obama is really blowing necessary political capital here. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Rice has a well-honed reputation for self-promotion considered excessive even in DC, where throw-granny-under-the-bus ambition is a sine qua non, she plays poorly with others, and is too blatantly beholden to the President to be effective at Foggy Bottom. She is a very typical DC animal: a bright person with proper pedigree who excels at excelling and gets places fast through personal loyalty more than skill (see: Paula Broadwell, who despite her perfect Bond-girl name is actually a lower-rent, semi-wannabe variant). If this marks me as a racist and/or sexist in the eyes of bien-pensants, by saying what is well known to countless persons inside the Beltway, so be it.

6 comments:

  1. This post made me feel better about Rice.

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    1. What exactly made you feel better about her?

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  2. Schindler must have recently gotten tenure! :)

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    1. I've been thinking the same thing!

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    2. Saw an interview (well, parts of it) on some news show, and she's pure bureaucrat. Scary, maybe worse than Warren.

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