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Originally Posted by irishgrl
Maybe you can think of a better term to describe someone who is not only working against the best interests of this country but has apparently forgotten her own roots and seems to be doing her best to blend into the Good Old Boys enclave  |
Merriam Webster defines "Uncle Tom" as --
Main Entry: 1Uncle Tom
Pronunciation: -'täm
Function: noun
Etymology: Uncle Tom, pious and faithful black slave in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1851-52) by Harriet Beecher Stowe
1 : a black who is overeager to win the approval of whites (as by obsequious behavior or uncritical acceptance of white values and goals)
2 : a member of a low-status group who is overly subservient to or cooperative with authority
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Sec. Rice fulfills none of those criteria. So, the use of that term, though visually interesting, is incorrect.
I suggest a more appropriate adjective would be a dangerously incorrect woman with a deliberately incorrect view of how to handle the global threat of terrorism.