Greens Call Secretary of State Rice's Mention of Rosa Parks and Lech Walesa 'Hypocritical'

Green Party leaders called Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's mention of Rosa Parks and Lech Walesa 'hypocritical' after Ms. Rice invoked the American civil rights figure and Polish union leader and former president in a speech promoting President Bush's 'global freedom' initiative in Paris on Tuesday. "Ms. Rice's speech turned hypocritical when she tried to associate President Bush's dubious effort to promote freedom and democracy with Rosa Parks and Lech Walesa," said Pat LaMarche, the Green Party's 2004 candidate for Vice President. "During the past half decade, the Bush Administration has undermined everything that these two major 20th century figures stood for." [more]