The reaction:
"I guess that means I don't have kids. Was that the purpose of that?'' Rice said. "Well, at the time I just found it a bit confusing, frankly. But in retrospect, gee, I thought single women had come further than that. That the only question is, 'Are you making good decisions because you have kids?' "
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White House spokesman Tony Snow -- a former Fox commentator -- called the comments "outrageous" and opined that Boxer had made "a great leap backward for feminism.''
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Hanretty said political posturing "served little utility in the debate over the future of war in Iraq," and "rather than making statements about Rice's breeding history, the fine senator from California should have been asking serious questions" such as whether the Iraqi government is capable of asserting control in the ravaged region.
Really. By all means. THAT's what they want to change the subject to? Yeah, right.
