{"id":12742,"date":"2007-01-12T10:44:31","date_gmt":"2007-01-12T10:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=12742"},"modified":"2017-11-15T12:58:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:58:19","slug":"project-21-press-release-senator-boxers-insult-of-condoleezza-rice-condemned-by-black-conservatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2007\/01\/12\/project-21-press-release-senator-boxers-insult-of-condoleezza-rice-condemned-by-black-conservatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 21 Press Release: Senator Boxer’s Insult of Condoleezza Rice Condemned by Black Conservatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is being criticized by members of the black leadership network Project 21 for implying that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lacks a proper perspective on the War on Terror in Iraq because she does not have children. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Barbara Boxer is a feminist who is attacking the feminist dream,” said Project 21 member Kevin Martin.\u00a0 “But Condoleezza Rice’s achievements are disqualified because she is a black conservative, and her rise was not blessed by the liberal establishment.\u00a0 Former attorney general Janet Reno was also unmarried and childless, but I don’t remember insulting questioning like this regarding her handling of Elian Gonzalez or the deadly raid on the Branch Davidian cult.” <\/span><\/p>\n

During a January 11 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Senator Boxer asked Secretary Rice: “Who pays the price?\u00a0 I’m not going to pay a personal price.\u00a0 My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young.\u00a0 You’re not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Secretary Rice replied: “I visit them.\u00a0 I know what they’re going through.\u00a0 I talk to their families.\u00a0 I see it.\u00a0 I could never and I can never do anything to replace any of those lost men and women in uniform, or the diplomats, some of whom…”\u00a0 Senator Boxer cut her off, saying in response: “Madam Secretary, please.\u00a0 I know you feel terrible about it.\u00a0 That’s not the point.\u00a0 I was making the case as to who pays the price for your decisions.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In an editorial about the incident, The New York Post noted: “The junior senator from California apparently believes that an accomplished, seasoned diplomat, a renowned scholar and an adviser to two presidents like Condoleezza Rice is not fully qualified to make policy at the highest levels of the American government because she is a single, childless woman.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Project 21 fellow Deneen Borelli added: “I am deeply appalled by Senator Barbara Boxer’s cruel and callous attack on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.\u00a0 Senator Boxer’s absurd comments are inexcusable and immoral.\u00a0 The debate should have been about the war in Iraq and not a platform to demean Secretary Rice, who is one of the finest examples of a leader and is well qualified for the nation’s chief cabinet office.\u00a0 No matter what her views are, Secretary Rice is a noteworthy public servant who should be treated with respect.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Project 21, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization sponsored by the National center for Public Policy Research, has been a leading voice of the African-American community since 1992. <\/span><\/p>\n

Project 21, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research, has been a leading voice of the African-American community since 1992.\u00a0 For more information, contact David Almasi at (202) 507-6398 x11 or Project21@nationalcenter.org<\/a>, or visit Project 21’s website at http:\/\/www.project21.org\/P21Index.html<\/a>.<\/span>
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