Nowhere did I say public safety was an illegitimate purpose of government. What I said was that public safety was being used as the pretext for the Far Left to extend the scope of government into levels of authoritarianism that greatly violate the natural rights and civil rights of Americans.

Can you not see the difference in kind and degree between airbags, seat belts and liability insurance on the one hand and shutting down hundreds of thousands of businesses and vanishing tens of millions of jobs on the other hand? Do those two categories somehow seem equal to you?

First Four Facts You Should Know About Susan Rice

Then-National Security Advisor Susan Rice participates in a discussion on Oct. 14, 2016, at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C.Alex Wong / Getty Images

Foreign policy hawk and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, 55, is a top contender to become Democratic p**********l nominee Joe Biden’s running mate for the 2020 e******n.

Gearing up to officially announce his choice in the days before the Aug. 17-20 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Biden, 77, reportedly has held tight to Rice as a short-list candidate, according to Politico.

Here are the first four facts you need to know about her:

1. Rice has been subject to widespread public suspicion with regard to her role in “Spygate”
Rice has been the subject of off-and-on media attention for several years because of suspicions she and other high-ranking Obama administration figures played a role in sparking special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 p**********l e******n.

The years-long investigation into whether Trump campaign officials illegally conspired with agents in the Russian intelligence community to hack and release communications from Democratic National Committee servers in order to influence the e******n came up empty in March 2019 and is believed in conservative circles to have been born under false pretenses.

Rice was eyed throughout 2017 for potentially having helped high-ranking Obama administration officials push intelligence agencies to surveil the Trump campaign when she was revealed to have “improperly unmasked” the classified identities of American campaign operatives f**gged for alleged interaction with foreign assets, according to CNN.

Michael Flynn, retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and Trump administration National Security Advisor, was among those unmasked by Rice at the time.

The same controversy arose around Rice again in May, Politico reported, when President Donald Trump declassified a strange email the Obama adviser had sent to herself outlining a Jan. 5, 2017, discussion between Obama and then-FBI Director James Comey with regard to Flynn and the Russia investigation.

“The president stressed that he is not asking about, initiating or instructing anything from a law enforcement perspective,” Rice wrote. “He reiterated that our law enforcement team needs to proceed as it normally would by the book. … Director Comey affirmed that he is proceeding ‘by the book’ as it relates to law enforcement.”

The email raised eyebrows in the media, leading some to believe it had been an explicit attempt to craft a narrative in the written record that all Russia-related inquiries and discussions within the Obama administration had been legitimate.

2. Rice was under consideration for Secretary of State under Obama … until B******i
According to The Washington Post, Rice was “well positioned” in 2012 to replace Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State in Obama’s second term as president.

A Sept. 11 terrorist attack on American consulate and CIA b****site in B******i, Libya, just weeks before E******n Day, however, muddied the waters.

The resulting deaths of diplomat Christopher Stevens and three U.S. military contractors assigned to his security detail led to substantial criticism of the Clinton State Department for its mismanagement of strategic defense operations involving the victimized American assets.

The U.N. ambassador at the time, Rice did little to aid the Obama administration in quieting concerns, according to The Atlantic, instead turning the incident into a full-blown scandal when she and Clinton forwarded to the establishment media unsubstantiated CIA talking points alleging the attacks had been spontaneous.

Rice personally withdrew her name from consideration for the chief role at the State Department in light of the scandal, NBC News reported.

“If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive, and costly—to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities,” Rice wrote in a letter to Obama at the time. “Therefore, I respectfully request that you no longer consider my candidacy at this time.”

The position instead went to John Kerry, the 2004 Democratic p**********l nominee and former Massachusetts senator.

3. Rice has a long history of advising Democratic presidents and p**********l hopefuls
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Deemed too great an asset to let go, Rice was t***sferred to the national security advisor position several months after Obama’s second inaugural address.

Before her role in the Obama administration, Rice had been a recurring fixture in Democratic politics for roughly 20 years.

The aspiring stateswoman and Rhodes scholar made her first foray into the field in 1988, joining Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis’ p**********l campaign as a foreign policy aide.

She went on to serve on the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton between 1993 and 1997 before filling the role of assistant secretary of state for African affairs until the outset of Republican President George W. Bush’s first term.

In moments of Republican executive leadership, Rice worked brief stints as a management and political consultant and spent roughly seven years as a senior fellow at the left-of-center Brookings Institution on Think Tank Row in Washington, D.C.

4. Rice already wants a crack at Vice President Mike Pence
Despite failing to explicitly and publicly mention an intent to serve as vice president if Biden wins the e******n, Rice seems more than aware she remains a serious contender for the role, highlighting her credentials and fighting spirit in recent moments with the media.

According to CNBC, Rice told radio host Rickey Smiley last week that she welcomes the idea of a debate with Pence.

“Bring that one on; that’s all I’ll say,” she said.

The potential vice p**********l candidate went on to suggest her experience in Washington would be indisposable on Pennsylvania Avenue.

“I have served in the executive branch in the White House at the top levels of the federal government for almost two decades,” Rice said. “I know how to make things work and how to get stuff done.”

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Is there an unwritten rule stating that Democratic female have to be unattractive???
Inquirin minds wanna know

*** I think that her position on c*****e c****e is correct,

You do know, that is well known as one of her wackiest positions, don't you. C*****e C****e is a natural process of the Sun and the earth going through natural cycles. This has been going on for hundreds of thousands of years now and is accurately recorded in ice cores from the Antarctica. We are now reaching the peak of the latest warming cycle. These cycles create a rise in Carbon Dioxide from Perma Frost and from the depths of the ocean, etc. Carbon dioxide follows warming, it doesn't precede it. We will soon, next year(?) a hundred years(?), start entering another ice age that may take hundreds of years. The earth has been a lot warmer and the proof is found throughout nature. Read and learn. And AOC is a complete nut.

Old, I am no fan of Ocasio-Cortez, she is too far to the left for me. I don't like many of her positions on foreign policy, and many other policies, but I think that her position on c*****e c****e is correct, if not a bit exaggerated. It is a real existential issue for this country and the world. I was against her opposition to the new Amazon headquarters built in Long Island City in Queens, but share her concern about poor people being kicked out of their homes. It would have created a lot of jobs for middle class techies, but really screwed the poor.

AGREED 100%
And we knew from previous postings (Especially Mine) That this was surely going to happen Obama is the king, when it comes to trying to Fundamentally Change The Culture of America

Issues which Americans should consider in discussing the current fashionable concept of "White Privilege.

What really is Privilege?

1). Privilege is wearing $200 sneakers when you've never had a job.

2). Privilege is wearing $300 Beats headphones while living on public assistance.

3) Privilege is having a Smartphone with a data plan, which you receive no bill for.

4). Privilege is living in public subsidized housing where you don't have a utility or phone bill and where rising property taxes, rents, and energy costs have absolutely no effect on the amount of food you can put on your table, which is largely covered by Government Food Stamps.

5). Privilege is having free health insurance for you and your family that's paid for by working taxpayers who often can't afford proper health coverage for their own families.

6). Privilege is having multiple national organizations promoting and protecting just your race alone --- that are subsidized by federal tax dollars.

7). Privilege is having access to a national college fund that supports only your race.

8). Privilege is having a television network that supports only one race. BAT

9). Privilege is having most of the media news networks refuse to cover incidents wherein one race (one-eighth of the population) commits 50% of the crimes.

10). Privilege is the ability to go march against and protest against anything that triggers you, without worrying about calling off from work and the consequences that accompany such.

11). Privilege is having as many children as you want, regardless of your employment status, and be able to send them off to daycare or pre-school you don't pay for.

12). Privilege is being able to v**e in many states without showing a driver's license, v**er ID card, or other credentials -- just because your race claims they should be exempt from such requirements.

13). Privilege is being able to r**t, l**t, commit arson and tear down historic monuments without consequences --- just because you don't like folks such as Christopher Columbus, U. S. Grant, or even Abraham Lincoln.

14). Privilege is having most of your life paid for by the working men and women who do have to deal with rising taxes and costs!
So, v**e for the Klan that will keep giving them more Privilege on your dime!

You should know, those you now call PRIVILEGED.