The Secretary of the State picks my beloved Steelers:
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s travels usually take her to far-flung capitals, but this weekend she’s planning a journey closer to home and close to her football fan’s heart.
Rice says she will attend Super Bowl XL in Detroit, and she’s picking the Pittsburgh Steelers to win — even though she doubted the team in its run-up to Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks.
“I picked Pittsburgh to beat Cincinnati; I have picked against them every game since,” Rice ruefully told reporters Tuesday. “I’m not picking against them again.”
Let’s hope Condi Rice is better with her Superbowl picks than she was with the Palestinian election.
Jim Allen
I’m sure that, no matter who wins the game, Condi will insist that no one could have predicted the outcome.
norbizness
Better yet, swap her out with one of those sports bookies who are just GIVING away the NFL GAME OF THE YEAR pick. They seem to have the INSIDER INFORMATION that will BREAK the VEGAS SPREAD!
Marcus Wellby
Quote Condi:
” I don’t think anybody was anticipating a football game being played during the Superbowl”
CaseyL
“No one could have anticipated a pass play on 3rd and long.”
Smitty
I’m with Condi, and unbelievably for The Steelers since I live here in Kucinichville and was Modelled in the ’90’s and again by the City of Cleveland to build a new stadium that’s middling. The Steelers lines will do the job.
Signed,
Rustbelt Slim
DougJ
I believe the title of the memo was “Cowher determined to pass on third and long.”
Lines
If the Steelers lose will she tell Washington state to stop giving money to the Seahawks?
Charles Bird
I hate Condi Rice.
Smitty
Chuck:
Try Uncle Ben’s then.
The Disenfranchised Voter
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, John–but the Seahawks are going to win.
God told me so.
rilkefan
I take it this is evidence in favor of her running for President.
Jimmie
I bet that’s only because her Massa told her to root for the Steelers. You know those uppity black Republicans can’t think for themselves.
(that, folks, was *sarcasm*!)
DonnieJ
Steelers win! Condi Rice? National Security Advisor to the Prez on September 11, 2001. Head should’ve rolled down Penn Ave on 9/12 2001 AM.
Mean Gene
Does anyone have any info on how Dr. Rice’s previous Super Bowl picks turned out? While she may be habitually clueless about anticipating huge, history-changing political and societal events (which is rather unfortunate, given her current employement status) she may be more on the ball when it comes to football. I was close to shitting the proverbial milkshake when I read this, fearing that my Steelers were doomed, doomed, but maybe Dr. Rice simply has a blind spot for politics and diplomacy and is in fact an ultra-sharp handicapper. Let’s hope so.
CaseyL
But he didn’t say from which yard marker, or who his receiver would be, or what pattern the guy would run!
How could we possibly defend against something when our information is that vague?
Mike in SLO
As a Seahawks fan that makes me smile! Everyone’s giving it to Pittsburg, and now with Condi’s endorsement I guess it’s all sewn up! It will be sweet revenge, however, when Seatlle cuts through the fog and wins this thing. After all, Condi talks a big game, but she’s usually proven wrong in the end! Go Seahawks!
Lines
I’d love to mix shoe shopping into some sort of great joke, but I got nuttin
Bob In Pacifica
Remember, “hindsight alone is not wisdom…”
Psychotics live in a timeless loop, replaying their crazy fantasies over and over again without resorting to facts or measuring them against reality.
DougJ, “Cowher determined to pass on third and long” was just an historical document. I’m sure he only intends to run this year.
Tequila
This scouting report on the Steelers contains only historical info, and thus is absolutely worthless towards determining what they may be planning in the future.
Clever
But he didn’t say from which yard marker, or who his receiver would be, or what pattern the guy would run!
How could we possibly defend against something when our information is that vague?
Obviously you don’t pay any attention to it, stay in the huddle while they run the play, then on your next series of downs, pack up your shit and go to Denver for a rematch, because they are the real opponent.
[I like this metaphor]
Jim Allen
This is why I keep coming back here.
The Disenfranchised Voter
Isn’t that an indirect way of saying “Look, we fucked up–big time”?
DougJ
Well, Denver definitely gave Bettis and Roethlisberger s safe haven a couple weeks ago.
Nash
John,
You are nothing but a shill for the Bush Administration.
Oops, sorry, that was the macro that I usually use for substantive threads.
/humor attempt
Actually, Go Steelers!
Pooh
John, sorry to say, I’ve picked the Steelers to win, which is a bad sign for you. I’ve also named Joey Porter my Asshole of the Week.
Geek, Esq.
Yasser Arafat has never been associated with the Steelers, so I like their chances.
Sstarr
Just be glad that Rumsfeld hasn’t picked the Steelers.
Of course, now that everyone thinks the Steelers will win, they’re bound to lose. And when the Steelers lose we’ll all have to watch as NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue presents the Vince Lombardi trophy to … Paul Allen. And his amazingly stained teeth.
Go Seahawks!
CaseyL
I’m the furthest thing from an Allen Watcher, but I did see the NFC playoff game, and I did see Allen get interviewed afterwards by Terry Bradshaw (who had to get in the obligatory lame email joke), and I don’t remember thinking his (Allen’s) teeth looked amazingly stained. Or stained at all.
Maybe he had them cleaned for the game.
What kind of stains is he supposed to be famous for having? Chawin’ terbacky?
Uberweiss
Sunday is going to be a great day to be from Pittsburgh and a horrible day to be from Seattle, even if Condi is picking my boys to win. The only thing that could make me nervous about them not winning is if Bush came out and said he knew the Steelers were going to win. I might cry if that happened.
HERE WE GO STEELERS, HERE WE GO.
Tim F.
Breaking – Ahmed Chalabi has watertight intelligence proving that Seattle plans to deploy an enraged African water buffalo dressed up like a defensive lineman. We have no choice but to buy Seattle, fire their coaching staff and install Chalabi as NFL commissioner.
Pooh
Tim, that would be better if the person with the info was some Seahawks training camp cut. Other than that, quality snarkery.
Brian
All the more reason to support the Seahawks…
Go ‘Hawks!
demimondian
Tim F. — and Allen’s remaining Microsoft stock can be used to fund the recovery effort! Yes! His non-existent holdings will work as well as Iraq’s oil revenue did.
Better, in fact, since no one can blow them up.
ats
“Condi’s Going to the Super Bowl”
Is she going to do a Blue Angels flyover or merely a “Mission Accomplished” cameo? It matters to our “Shock & Awe” brown shirts. I hear Leni Riedenstahl is doing the documentary.
Sstarr
Casey,
Paul Allen’s teeth looked oddly grey at the presentation ceremony. People who watched the game on high definition TV clearly saw the grey color, while people who watched it on regular TV didn’t notice. It could have been an “artifact” of the high-def broadcast, or it could be an unforseen drawback of the higher quality transmission….