A Theory of the Negroponte Switch-a-Roo
WHAT IF: John Negroponte, with 37 years of State Department experience, was nominated to the #2 spot at State this week in order to have a quick and easy replacement for the current secretary, when she is "Gerald Forded" into the Vice Presidency? Rumors of Rice becoming VP have been around since at least early '05, but now with Negroponte in position to succeed her, this looks "less unfeasible", as Bertie Wooster might say.
If this way-out scenario happens and Rice becomes VP, the GOP may wish to pull off an even more fantastical coup and perhaps Bush, using a bogus excuse, will also resign, thus robbing Hilary Clinton of the chance to be the first woman president and robbing Barack Obama of the chance to be the first black president. Also, if this were to happen soon, it would steal attention and thunder from the Democratic Congress.
posted by Paul Devlin @ 11:19 PM
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If Rice were VP, then perhaps what would happen is what Chris Rock predicted in his "Bring the Pain" DVD:
"You ain't never gonna see no black Vice President. Not while the President is white. You know why? 'Cause some black guy would kill the President, that's why. Shit, I'd do it. If we got a black Vice President right now, I couldn't wait to kill the President. What are they gonna do? Put me in jail with a bunch of black guys that will treat me like a hero for the rest of my life? Shit, even if they had the death penalty, what would happen... I'll get pardoned by the black President!"
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