Condoleezza Rice

Headlines across the nation declare that Ms. Condoleezza Rice will certainly be confirmed as Secretary of State. A few upstart democrats, headed by Senator Barbara Boxer from California, have questioned Ms. Rice's ability to adequately fulfill the awesome responsibility for this position based on her performance as National Security Advisor. All questions posited to the candidate were valid, but her confirmation is guaranteed whether or not her confirmation is what's best for our country. Our elected officials have decided that this confirmation is a party line issue, and therefore Ms. Rice's confirmation is as certain as George Bush's re-election as president. What will history books, a hundred years hence, write about this period of time in our nation? Will future historians judge this era as one of the best in American history or will future historians characterize this time period in our history as one filled with darkness and foreboding, a time when the practice of democracy slid precariously behind the desires of personal gain, profit, and the Orwellian need/grasp for power, at any expense? Will the compliant silence of the media in their support of the current administration's policies stand up under the harsh glare and examination of time? Where have all the men/women of good will and intention gone?