Nobody, and I mean nobody, gets a job that high in the government without taking some favors.
I'm not fond of Condi at all but I don't like all this 'House Nigger' talk. Say what you will about Bush (and I probably have said it) but I don't accuse him of being a racist. A racist wouldn't give a black woman that job.
Is Bush guilty of economic injustice? Hell yes. But he's not a patent bigot.