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Jesus Christ on a Pop Tart, what has America become?

Canada's National Post

"I won't. How's that? Is that categorical enough?" she said one day before jetting off on her latest trip, a week-long tour of Asia that is to include stops in India, China and Japan.

Her disavowals were unlikely, however, to completely beat back speculation that she might seek to succeed her boss, Republican President George W. Bush, and make history by becoming both the first African American and first woman to run the White House, given the strength of the "draft Condi" movement.


It is still more than three years until the next presidential election, but the talk is already whether Ms. Rice could become the first woman to rule the White House, and whether her Democratic opponent might be U.S. Senator and former first lady Hillary Clinton.

Several Web sites and blogs are promoting a White House bid by Ms. Rice, including www.americansforrice.com and the Web site www.Rice2008.com, "dedicated to generating excitement about the possibility of a run for the presidency by Dr. Condoleezza Rice -- and persuading her to run!" the Web site says.

Meanwhile, among opposition Democrats, Mrs. Clinton has completely dominated the shortlist of potential contenders for the presidency.

"I think she'd be incredibly difficult to beat," Senator Joe Biden told U.S. television of Ms. Clinton last month.

"I think she is likely to be the nominee. She'd be the toughest person. And I think Hillary Clinton is able to be elected president of the United States," said the veteran Democratic lawmaker.

This one story is chockful o'nightmares.

So there's a Draft Condi movement. Nice to know, isn't it? She should be drafted, but "president" is not what I had in mind.

And every time I read a quote with lavish praise for this criminal, it ends with a says Biden thud. Maybe he's angling for a VP slot. I really don't like to take speculation any further than that without an anti-nausea pill and a handful of sedative-hypnotics.

Let's stop at those two. I lack a cool enough head to remark on the Hillary factor, so I'll save that for later.

Yes, it's wrong to pray for bad things to happen to people, but America's cast of bad actors is really testing my virtue.