Agree on not being mean. I don't even understand how it could be considered reprehensible? She's a successful, smart, black woman, raised in the deep south by educator parents. Her success is to be lauded. I'd think the pages of the more liberal HN would be the place her success could be appreciated.
I suppose it depends on your political views. She was a core part of the administration that invaded an entire country on false premises and resulted in thousands of deaths.
Good point about the rest of her story though – she is a successful women and came from statistically unlikely circumstances.
Tough to balance those things out. In my view the participation in war crimes outweighs all other possible successes.
Edit: forgot to mention her role in authorizing torture.
>> administration that invaded an entire country on false premises
"Clinton also stated that, while other countries also had weapons of mass destruction, Hussein is in a different category because he has used such weapons against his own people and against his neighbors."
Are you publicly accusing Condalizza Rice of war crimes? Do you have proof? Does HN support your claims and are willing to fight a legal battle on your behalf or testify in your defense?
Condoleezza Rice has been instrumental in pushing for the US government to bypass personal privacy on the internet, and they hired her to help run a company that stores people's private documents on the internet. How does that make sense?
Her involvement in the Iraq war, the Bush torture program, and so on are also reprehensible in my personal opinion, but in this case we can leave those aside; I would think that her position on warrantless wiretaps alone would be sufficient for anyone who cares about privacy to want her kept far away from Dropbox.
(And there's nothing about being liberal that requires one to mindlessly support everything any woman or minority says or does. It does you no credit to hold such a childishly simplistic view of your political opponents.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condoleezza_Rice#Early_life