Tweet Untweet: Palin Comparison

What's the difference between Susan Rice and a pitbull with lipstick? A 5.0 Stanford GPA, a Rhodes scholarship and an Oxford education.

— kara vallow (@teenagesleuth) December 14, 2012

Tags: Sarah Palin, Susan Rice, Tweet Untweet, Twitter

Tweet Untweet: Social Media #Fail

Ultimately, the Susan Rice nomination failed because she did not tweet enough.

— Fake Jeff Jarvis (@ProfJeffJarvis) December 13, 2012

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Jon Stewart on John McCain's Anti-Susan Rice Agenda

"This isn't racism or sexism. It's indiscriminate bile, meaning it does not discriminate." – Jon Stewart, on John McCain and Lindsay Graham's attacks on U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice

Coverage continues with Rep. Marcia Fudge's emotion-infused defense of Susan Rice after the jump.

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Tags: John McCain, Jon Stewart, Kelly Ayotte, Lindsey Graham, Marcia Fudge, Senate, State Department, Susan Rice, The Daily Show, Video

Quote Unquote: Blocking Secretary of State Rice

John McCain on congressional promises to block Rice from being appointed Secretary of State…

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"I wonder why we are starting this new Congress with a protracted debate about a foregone conclusion. I can only conclude that we are doing this for no other reason than because of lingering bitterness over the outcome of the election."

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Sorry, I wasn't clear. That was McCain eight years ago discussing Democratic efforts to block Condoleezza Rice. Not McCain's own efforts to block Susan Rice earlier today.

Tags: Condoleezza Rice, John McCain, Quote Unquote, State Department, Susan Rice

But Will the U.N. Protect Us from Giant Gorillas, Rolling Barrels?

As you've no doubt read in this not altogether engaging article from the New York Times, it seems that Barack Obama will be elevating the power of the Ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice…

To reinforce his intention to work more closely with the United Nations after the tensions of President Bush's tenure, Mr. Obama plans to restore the ambassador's post to cabinet rank, as it was under President Bill Clinton, according to Democrats close to the transition.

And I gotta say that I am fully on board with this decision. Because now is not the time for the United States to take a sideline seat as global policy is decided all around us. We need to be in there, contributing to the conversation. Because now, more than ever, the world's nations need to be united so that we can hopefully defeat our biggest common enemy.

I speak, of course, of gigantic rocks falling from the sky…

The UN's leading asteroid scientist–

Stop! What? The United Nations has a leading asteroid scient–

Stop! What? The United Nations has an asteroid scientist?

…says the international community must prepare to act to prevent asteroids colliding with the Earth–

Stop! Oh, wait, no. Please, go. I don't want that to happen. Really. Sorry for the interruption.

In the ASE report, the group of scientists and former astronauts… say the next major threatening event could occur in less than 20 years. Asteroid Apophis is due to pass close to the Earth and analyses suggest a one in 45,000 chance of a collision.

An impact by Apophis would generate the equivalent of a 500 megatonne blast–

Stop! I mean, Stop! That! Asteroid!

Seriously. 45,000 to one might seem like long odds, that's also about equal to Sarah Palin's chances of winning the presidency in 2012.

But when you put it in those terms, they don't quite seem long enough, do they?

Tags: Barack Obama, Susan Rice, United Nations