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The Bush administration is well known to be as slippery as a bucket of eels, when it comes to owning up to even the slightest responsibility for any deed done or not done, but Condi Rice is the prima donna of the lot. Watching her testify before a congressional committee is more unpleasant than extracting teeth.
Bush gets by with his "misstatements," because he just seems to be sincerely foolish or just plain ignorant, but Condi Rice is too clever to get that same free ride. She must be aware of her own tendency to deceive, obfuscate, and, if all else fails, run out the clock. These are active dispositions, not accidents of temperament. Rice gets up in the morning and sets about manipulating and scheming, and she must have a terrible time falling asleep while she frets about all the tracks she'll have to cover the next day.
There couldn't be a more frightening team than Bush, Cheney, Rove, and Rice. Wait, there could: Bush, Cheney, Rove, Rice, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz --- well, you get my drift.
