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RedditBarack Obama welcomed the endorsement of Colin Powell at a North Carolina rally on Sunday, linking the decorated veteran to soldiers serving today.
"With so many brave men and women from Fayetteville serving in our military, this is a city and a state that knows something about great soldiers," he told the crowd, according to remarks released by the campaign. "And this morning, a great soldier, a great statesman, and a great American has endorsed our campaign to change America. I have been honored to have the benefit of his wisdom and counsel from time to time over the last few years, but today, I am beyond honored and deeply humbled to have the support of General Colin Powell," said Obama.
Obama benefited from some of Powell's wisdom on Sunday morning, when the two spoke for about ten minutes. Robert Gibbs, a senior aide to the senator, said Obama told Powell that "he looked forward to taking advantage of his advice in the next two weeks and hopefully over the next four years."
At the rally, Obama also cited Powell's leadership as an inspiration for a spirit of service and community that transcends old divisions -- which Powell discussed as one of Obama's strengths during his Meet The Press endorsement.
"General Powell has defended this nation bravely, and he has embodied our highest ideals through his long and distinguished public service. He and his wife Alma have inspired millions of young people to serve their communities and their country through their tireless commitment and trailblazing American story," said Obama. "And he knows, as we do, that this is a moment where we all need to come together as one nation – young and old, rich and poor, black and white, Republican and Democrat."
UPDATE: I must add that it is truly saddening to see some conservatives respond to Gen. Powell's endorsement by impugning his decision with baseless personal attacks, or recklessly suggesting that race helps Obama's campaign, instead of responding to the Powell news for what it is -- the bombshell of a former senior Bush national security official endorsing the opposing party's nominee. (For more, see Sam Stein's report that Rush Limbaugh and George Will took those tacks on Sunday.)
Now Powell's endorsement may get Mr. Will thinking about "race," but thankfully most of the American public sees Powell differently, on the merits, as a decorated military leader and statesman. As I wrote on Friday, Powell remains the most respected person ever to serve in the unpopular Bush administration. That is precisely because most people assess his views and character based on his record. Other major national security figures in Bush's cabinet, from Don Rumsfeld to Condi Rice, have unfavorable ratings that quadruple Powell's. Yes, voters can tell Rice and Powell apart, even though they are both Republican secretaries of state who happen to be black. By the logic of Limbaugh and Will, however, that Rice endorsement should be just around the corner.
Finally, for further reading: I assessed the role of Powell, Rice and Obama in our segregated power structure in this Nation essay. It's long, but it explores the way some observers, like Will, misunderstand the challenges facing racial minorities in politics and government.
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Wow, who knew that Colin Powell...who George W. Bush selected for his first SecState, was a...
Marxist, Muslim, anti-American, socialist, terrorist-loving, Communist, Iraq surrendering......uh.....
I'm sorry, LVLIB, PONTI, SJCHER....what else should we call him?
LOL
Posted by Maskdelta at 10/19/2008 @ 2:50pm
I wonder how the glue sniffing crew is going to spin this one. I bet that Michele Bachmann is going to snort a large tube of gorilla glue and claim that Collin has spent a lot of time in the middle east without his pass port and should be deported immediately, after being water boarded. Old drunken Joe McCarthy would be proud of Michele Bachmann.
Posted by lachatte at 10/19/2008 @ 2:52pm
Posted by Maskdelta at 10/19/2008 @ 2:50pm
They are using the "race rationale" for the Powell endorsement to try to try to diminish it. They obviously didn't watch the Meet The Press segment where Powell made the endorsement, as Powell left little doubt that it was the Republican Party moving hard right to the Bircher lunatic fringe that left him no choice but to endorse Obama.
Powell also thought McCain was clueless on the economy and showed poor judgment for selecting Palin as his VP since she is obviously not prepared to step in as president should the occasion arise.
And, finally, Powell cited the tone of the McCain campaign and its effort to smear Obama with a person who was part of a terrorist organization 50 years ago but who is now a tenured professor at the University of Illinois, and their campaign's inability to acknowledge that being an Arab or a Muslim doesn't disqualify one from being President of the United States, even though Obama is obviously a non-Arab and a Christian.
Posted by Metteyya at 10/19/2008 @ 3:06pm
poell is a decent, moderate, and intelligent man.
of course he supports obama...
Posted by dexter666 at 10/19/2008 @ 3:11pm
Many on the right,like lvliberty, claim to love the troops and veterans,but that only applies to those who agree with their political views.They spew nothing,but hatred for those who don't,like can be seen on sites like Michelle Malkin's.These people are hypocrites and not patriots and do not love liberty.
Posted by i'm nobody at 10/19/2008 @ 3:15pm
i once had a dream that i and everyone i knew had been injected with some kind of poison...we all knew we had been poisoned, but nobody could admit it, and we just kept living with and talking to each other as if nothing had ever happened...but we all knew - you could see it in our eyes no matter what we said, no matter how normal we acted...
i think its like that with the higher up repugnants, perhaps, in terms of the obama smear...
poison...
Posted by dexter666 at 10/19/2008 @ 3:20pm
Metteyya at 10/19/2008 @ 3:06pm...
"...that it was the Republican Party moving hard right to the Bircher lunatic fringe..."
IMHO, Mett... the GOP hasn't moved anywhere...
GWBush simply gave them free reign to 'experiment' with their policies left unadulterated... on the American populace.
It was a disaster... as it was originally a polar response to it's 'better half'... but... after gaining all the hubris that power, weapons, and money could buy, they destroyed the only duality that could give the neo-cons 'meaning'... in a sense cutting off the hand that gave them a quasi legitimacy... thus more or less insuring that they would go off the 'deep end'.
That's what fascists do.
...which is why fascism is generally considered 'short lived' and violent...
"'Cause if you're talkin' 'bout destruction...
Don't you know that you can count me out?
Don't you know it's gonna be... alright..."
Posted by ttr at 10/19/2008 @ 3:32pm
We are at war and everyone should question whether Obama has the integrity and ability to lead this nation at this time. And, would he keep this country safe, or will his affiliations with radicals/terrorist lead to more devastation? In my opinion, I don't believe he has what it takes. Let me explain another connection to a radical/terrorist. In 2006, Obama campaigned for a relative in Kenya, who was running for the Presidency. Obama's cousins name is Raila Odinga. Subsequently, Odinga lost by 230,000 or so votes. He did not accept the loss. So he called for demonstrations by his political supporters who in turn committed ethnic cleansing and genocide. Point blank, this guy tried to subvert the election process and use blackmail until he got what he wanted. Here is a video that gives a good accounting of the events along with photo's as proof of Obama and Odinga campaigning together. And Obama, used U.S. taxpayer money for this and his Senatorial position to help this terrorist. Titled: Barack Obama & Raila Odinga - Link: - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ&feature=related
Posted by PRevere at 10/19/2008 @ 3:32pm
Powell blew his political credibility five years ago doing Bush's bidding. I'm not so sure his endorsement is a positive contribution for Obama and the Democrats.
Posted by jackwells at 10/19/2008 @ 3:39pm
PRevere-You guys sure are getting desperate.
Posted by i'm nobody at 10/19/2008 @ 3:41pm
(i'm nobody) "PRevere-You guys sure are getting desperate."
Is that the best you can do with real hard facts?
Try this one on too. "McCain now trails Obama by 2.7 points, down from the 3.9 point deficit he faced 24 hours earlier." http://zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1597
Posted by PRevere at 10/19/2008 @ 3:47pm
PRevere-You did not post facts that are relevant to Obama and I wasn't planning on moving to Kenya,but will keep your facts in mind if I do.Most polls show Obama with a much bigger lead and that is particularly true of electoral college polls which are the only ones that matter.
Posted by i'm nobody at 10/19/2008 @ 3:54pm
Oh yes I did - I'll repost it again in the event you have a short attention span. - We are at war and everyone should question whether Obama has the integrity and ability to lead this nation at this time. And, would he keep this country safe, or will his affiliations with radicals/terrorist lead to more devastation? In my opinion, I don't believe he has what it takes. Let me explain another connection to a radical/terrorist. In 2006, Obama campaigned for a relative in Kenya, who was running for the Presidency. Obama's cousins name is Raila Odinga. Subsequently, Odinga lost by 230,000 or so votes. He did not accept the loss. So he called for demonstrations by his political supporters who in turn committed ethnic cleansing and genocide. Point blank, this guy tried to subvert the election process and use blackmail until he got what he wanted. Here is a video that gives a good accounting of the events along with photo's as proof of Obama and Odinga campaigning together. And Obama, used U.S. taxpayer money for this and his Senatorial position to help this terrorist. Titled: Barack Obama & Raila Odinga - Link: - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=S8QcpdUtxNQ&feature=related
Posted by PRevere at 10/19/2008 @ 3:56pm
Very pleased to hear Powell explain, to paraphrase, "In the first place, Obama isn't a Muslim, he's a Christian, and in the second place, it wouldn't matter if he were a Muslim -- this is America!" First Amendment 101 for the civics impaired.
Posted by RLawrence at 10/19/2008 @ 3:57pm
PRevere-You failed to show that Obama had anything to do with what happened after the election and people are not responsible for others actions just because they helped campaign for them.Of course,Obama would have little effect on such an election,as the results showed,and did a cousin a favor as we all do with family members..Sorry,you have nothing,but you already knew that and are desperate.
Posted by i'm nobody at 10/19/2008 @ 4:02pm
We are at war and everyone should question whether Obama has the integrity and ability to lead this nation at this time. And, would he keep this country safe, or will his affiliations with radicals/terrorist lead to more devastation?
Posted by PRevere at 10/19/2008 @ 3:32pm | ignore this person | warn this person
did you know that mccain, in the 80's, served on the BOARD OF DIRECTORS of the american chapter of WACL (world anti-communist league), a group whose membership consisted of ww2 nazis, neo-nazis, anti-semites, and latin american death squads?
or that his running mate was associated with a heavily armed rightwing seccesionist militia that masquerades as a legitimate political party (AIP - alaska independence party)? that this organization shares ideology with other such notorious groups and individuals as the OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBERS? that it openly suggests insinuating sleeper candidates into the republican party?
do a little gtooglin' and see for yourself.
now that you know your two candidates are BOTH associated with democracy and america hating rightwing terrorist outfits, i'm sure you will rethink your position.
i'm sure we will see a resurgence of these rightwing terrorist organizations after the election of obama. at least we have the USA PATRIOT act to deal with them, eh? hope you aren't on any of their mailing lists...
Posted by dexter666 at 10/19/2008 @ 4:20pm
PRevere contradicts his own claims...
on one hand, he acts like "McCain is BARELY losing to Obama"....
but his panicky spam on Odinga proves he believes the opposite to be true!
Posted by Maskdelta at 10/19/2008 @ 4:21pm
Posted by dexter666 at 10/19/2008 @ 4:20pm
Bring up McCain's "association" with G. Gordon Liddy who is a ex-felon and wanted to kill columnist Jack Anderson....
the Right's response?
"That's COMPLETELY different!"..."Why?"...."It just is!!!!"
Letterman led the way.
Posted by Maskdelta at 10/19/2008 @ 4:26pm
Watch this video of the conflict in Kenya. Odinga and Obama are of the Luo. Odinga and his American counterpart and strategist Obama both campaigned on this canard of "change". Obama has been in Nairobi politicking more than he's been to Iraq. Why now does Obama pretend he doesn't know him? (warning: very graphic violence in video) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ws5cdiTFa4
Posted by PRevere at 10/19/2008 @ 4:28pm
Posted by Maskdelta at 10/19/2008 @ 4:21pm | ignore this person | warn this person
i suspect that his over the top patriotic moniker may be a typical outward manifestation of the america and democracy hating leanings of exactly the sort of rightwing terrorist organizations i alluded to above.
he's going to ride into here sounding the warning to all that the enemy is nigh and whipping us all up in his america hating faux patriotism to vote against our and our country's best interest...
hopefully once these america and democracy hating fascist treasonous, seditious, seccesionist, traitorous terrorists resume their anti-american holy war a la the 90's...
obama and the legitimate government of the USA will respond as they should have in the 90's - with overwhelming, deadly force...
Posted by dexter666 at 10/19/2008 @ 4:29pm
"That's COMPLETELY different!"..."Why?"...."It just is!!!!"
Letterman led the way.
Posted by Maskdelta at 10/19/2008 @ 4:26pm | ignore this person | warn this person
"Liddy's connections to John McCain In 1998 Liddy hosted a fundraiser at his house for John McCain's re-election campaign at which guests could have their pictures taken with McCain and Liddy.[6] Over the years, Liddy, who has referred to McCain as "an old friend," has made at least four contributions totaling $5,000 to the senator's campaigns -- including $1,000 in 2008. When David Letterman asked McCain about his relationship with Liddy, McCain said, "I know Gordon Liddy. He paid his debt. He went to prison and paid his debt, as people do. I'm not in any way embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy."[7]"
Source: Wikipedia
I'll say its "different".....you bethcha!
Posted by OneVote at 10/19/2008 @ 4:31pm
Posted by PRevere at 10/19/2008 @ 4:28pm | ignore this person | warn this person
what about mccain's past associations with terrorists and criminals? how bout palin's?
seriously, PRevere...you should beware the dogs with whom you lie...fleas and ticks galore!
Posted by dexter666 at 10/19/2008 @ 4:33pm
Posted by Metteyya at 10/19/2008 @ 3:06pm
"They are using the 'race rationale' for the Powell endorsement to try to try to diminish it. They obviously didn't watch the Meet The Press segment where Powell made the endorsement, as Powell left little doubt that it was the Republican Party moving hard right to the Bircher lunatic fringe that left him no choice but to endorse Obama."
What an utterly credulous dupa you are! I watched Press The Meet and listened to this contemptable slime, how obviously uncomfortable he felt with his own rationalizing. I mean here is a man who was present in early meetings called to authorize waterboarding, a position with which he, like Rice and Cheney, went right along. And you take this lying sack of caca seriously? The man - a Republican and friend of McCain's - is voting for Obama for one reason, because he's black, period. In any world but that of the DNC, that's called racism.
Progressives who find supporting racism uncomely should vote Nader.
Posted by john lowell at 10/19/2008 @ 4:40pm
Progressives who find supporting racism uncomely should vote Nader.
Posted by john lowell at 10/19/2008 @ 4:40pm | ignore this person | warn this person
oh yeah? which of nader's positions are you most passionate about?
or are you another of these thinly veiled repugnant posers who assume those obama supporters here are just as stupid as your base and will go throw their votes away on nader?
hmmm...
Posted by dexter666 at 10/19/2008 @ 4:46pm
PRevere-The GOP in Washington state wanted to run Ted Bundy for congress.Does that make them sexual serial killers?I understand that you are desperate and want to change the subject.I,also,understand that you do not wish to discuss the issues,but your posts are ludicrous and nonsensical.Do you,also,go by Ponti?
Posted by i'm nobody at 10/19/2008 @ 4:52pm
johnlowell-So,in order to fight against racism progressives should vote for the white guy?
Posted by i'm nobody at 10/19/2008 @ 4:59pm
So the agent of change is endorsed by the Neocon's most effective weapon of mass deception. War without justification? Yes we can!
Posted by SkepticalPoet at 10/19/2008 @ 5:05pm
Posted by dexter666 at 10/19/2008 @ 4:46pm
Oh, come on IBBLE....you know looney lowell.
He's a Hard Right pro-lifer...but for SOME reason he's dedicated his blog time to trying to convince the Left to vote for Nader...he doesn't LIKE Nader. It's just his "calling" or "mission" to try to get Nader some votes...
and act all innocent that it gets McCain elected and looney gets the judges/justices that he wants...just a co-inky-dink.
Regardless, he'll be gone by November 5th and nobody here buys his crap.
Posted by Maskdelta at 10/19/2008 @ 5:26pm
Posted by Maskdelta at 10/19/2008 @ 5:26pm | ignore this person | warn this person
man...except for the old standbys...i get 'em mixed up after a while.
haven't heard jack nor shit from maasch or hap...hope they r ok and didn't have massive infarctions or strokes when the market crashed...
btw...i think i saw rio on a clip from one of those palin rallies...lol...
i DID want to see lowell try to hit us with some nader creds though...
Posted by dexter666 at 10/19/2008 @ 6:14pm
Posted by john lowell at 10/19/2008 @ 4:40pm
Caca? The man cannot post without bring up poop. It's just wierd.
Posted by eggman at 10/19/2008 @ 6:30pm
Posted by Maskdelta at 10/19/2008 @ 4:21pm
Obama is BARELY (almost typed BARLEY) losing to McCain??
Posted by A_Pax_On_Your_Houses at 10/19/2008 @ 6:55pm
(warning: very graphic violence in video) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ws5cdiTFa4 Posted by PRevere at 10/19/2008 @ 4:28pm
hey, man, do you just sort of surf the web for this stuff or does someone send you a link?
Cause if you are surfing for African violence cause you dig it you are twisted. And if you are passing violence along because someone told you to then it occurs to me: a) you are a "retransmitter," a rantificus or b) trying to connect the idea of *African* with the concept of *violent* , *corrupt* , *terrorist* , etc. It won't work, dude.
Posted by A_Pax_On_Your_Houses at 10/19/2008 @ 7:09pm
I don't think George Will meant at all what he's being accused of saying here. At least, I didn't interpret the video clip that way. I thought Will was speculating on the mentality of certain segments of the American electorate, and the effect Colin Powell's comments might have on them - he was not attributing racial motives to Powell himself.
George Will showed great integrity and courage in being one of the first prominent conservatives to break ranks and denounce McCain bluntly as unfit to be President. (I'm referring to Will's article "McCain loses his head.") We ought to be rolling out the blue carpet for him, not hastily interpreting his words to mean the worst thing possible. I'm sure he's getting plenty of punches below the belt from his own side, just as Christopher Buckley and Kathleen Parker are; he doesn't need any more from the Left.
Posted by Sebastos at 10/19/2008 @ 7:53pm
Having watched George Will this morning, I am puzzled.
George Will commented on the influence of race on how people are likely to vote. He did NOT, in my opinion, refer to race being a factor in Colin Powell's endorsement.
Sam Stein's report in Huffington Post is wrong.
Please view the video of the roundtable with George Stephanopoulos and see if you don't agree.
Shame on Sam Stein for his sloppy reporting.
Somebody should give George Will a call to clear this up. Go for it!
Posted by LightPoetry at 10/19/2008 @ 9:01pm
Nice comment Sebastos.
I hope this gets corrected.
George Will, whose views are often counter to mine, is an honorable and honest man. It is distressing that Sam Stein has gotten this distortion circulated widely, due to his sloppy reporting. Kind of reminds me of the Ayers slurs going around...
Posted by LightPoetry at 10/19/2008 @ 9:08pm
johnlowell-So,in order to fight against racism progressives should vote for the white guy?
Posted by i'm nobody at 10/19/2008 @ 4:59pm
if you wanna get technical,
mr. nader is an arab.
from qwiki::::
"Nader was born in Winsted, Connecticut. His parents, Nathra and Rose Nader, were Maronite Catholic immigrants from Lebanon. His family's native language is Arabic,[2] and he has spoken it along with English since childhood."
Posted by frosty zoom at 10/19/2008 @ 9:35pm
Posted by eggman at 10/19/2008 @ 6:30pm
are you a walrus?
Posted by frosty zoom at 10/19/2008 @ 9:38pm
no, I am the walrus
he's koo koo kedoo
Posted by winyahn at 10/19/2008 @ 9:53pm
A sorry sight to see Obama pander to the blood-spattered war criminal, Iran-Contra stooge and career liar Colin Powell, but that's politics, I suppose.
Posted by rykart at 10/19/2008 @ 9:56pm
colin powell?
hmmm?
my lai.....
iran contra......
grenada....
panama.....
highway of death....
targeting civilian infrastructure......
"We burned the thatched huts, starting the blaze with Ronson and Zippo lighters ... Why were we torching houses and destroying crops? Ho Chi Minh had said people were like the sea in which his guerillas swam. We tried to solve the problem by making the whole sea uninhabitable. In the hard logic of war, what difference does it make if you shot your enemy or starved him to death?"
-- colin powell.
≤≤≥≥
i understand the practicality of mr. powell's endorsement, nonetheless, ¿at what price?
Posted by frosty zoom at 10/19/2008 @ 10:02pm
frosty-Don't let that woman with the messed up hair that thought that Obama was an Arab know.
Posted by i'm nobody at 10/19/2008 @ 10:16pm
Factual sources for information about Obama, his trip to Kenya, Odinga: http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/kenya.asp
Factcheck.org refers to numerous reports by reputable news sources in this report on Corsi's inaccurate book about Obama (alleges the same false claims of Obama & Odinga) http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/corsis_dull_hatchet.html
Using the following "sources" for your information is unsound, they only support your already extremely biased & dangerous views. Just because a website exists does not make it Truth or Fact. "youtube" - video sharing website allows public posting of all manner of videos (does not view or check for accuracy or legality before going online); not a news source "ztruth.com" - a personal blog, not a news source "obamatruth.org" - scathingly biased web site with questionable research methods and sources "zogby.com" - a pattern in Zogby polls that trend towards McCain in every announcement
It's your right as an American to believe in falsehoods and inaccurate information. To disseminate false information is also your right, to claim it's truth is pretty close to illegal. For others to believe your false information as truth is just plain moronic. Still, a right. Intelligence can't be legislated - we've all seen that with the troll-ish comments posted here. We get it - some people are racially motivated to hate Obama and will use thinly veiled code words like calling it fear for America because of "terrorist" connections or "socialism" to support your VERY Anti-American ideas. Unfortunately, this election has shown the truly disturbed nature of many Americans and has given uninformed people more "code words" for racism and hate. Avg numbers among 7 recognized polls show Obama 10.28 pts ahead. Not Zogby, though. Huh.
Posted by Facts at 10/19/2008 @ 10:18pm
Wow, a community oprganizer wants to change the world! Spare me. 8 yrs ago some obscure governor also pledged to turn Washington upside down and what'd happened? all wrackage everywhere.
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Barack Obama vows to 'change the world' Barack Obama has vowed that he will "change the world" even as he urged his supporters to guard against complacency.
Posted by HelenDAO at 10/19/2008 @ 10:18pm
money man Obama: $150 million is no joke. About Colin Powell, as I've said here, blacks will always vote black no matter what. But as far as the man himself is concerned, he is nill in politics now.
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FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama won the support of former Republican Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday and announced he raised a record $150 million last month, dealing a double blow to rival John McCain's U.S. presidential campaign.
McCain, despite trailing in opinion polls and fundraising, said he still expects to win the November 4 election and could sense "things are heading our way."
Posted by HelenDAO at 10/19/2008 @ 10:58pm
And it's BINARYMAN!
Dividing and dissin' - heaven/hell, with us/against us, left-right...
Powell's getting the Nixon treatment. Once again, binaryman maintains his binaryworld, binaryuniverse with one fell swoop of the binary axe: he's not a REAL conservative.
Posted by winyahn at 10/19/2008 @ 11:39pm
One hopes that after dominating this news cycle, Powell will, good old soldier that he is, simply fade away, never to return to govt again, enjoying his govt pensions & speaking fees.
Powell's spotted record began with orchestrating the cover-up of the MyLai massacre on the ground in VN as PIO of the Americal Div, protecting colonels & generals. This brought him to Nixon's appreciative attention, and a slot in the Nixon White House as a Fellow.
For knowingly lying at the UN, thereby facilitating what he knew was an illegal war of aggression, Powell qualifies as a war criminal, all of his wiggling since the Iraq war flopped notwithstanding.
Posted by sloper at 10/20/2008 @ 01:28am
It would be enjoyable to watch if Hagel also endorses Obama. The more the Bush/Hannity/McCain/Kristol wing of the Republicans talk these days, the worse they look. Keep them talking!!
Posted by masussman at 10/20/2008 @ 01:52am
So much for "support the troops." Hypocrite right-wingers only support the troops in the abstract, and as long as they keep their mouths shut.
Posted by takemyveepplease at 10/20/2008 @ 02:48am
RE: Change the World
You can't change the world -well, except to make it worse- with $150 million a month.
Posted by HelenDAO at 10/20/2008 @ 04:10am
This should help a lot
Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 10/20/2008 @ 07:31am
Sam Stein's story has now been updated; he has backed off from the claim that Will attributed Powell's endorsement to racial motives. Ari Melber should now update this story to reflect the change; I feel that an apology to George Will might also be in order.
The link on the home page of the Huffington Post now reads "Limbaugh, Buchanan: Powell Endorsed Obama Based On Race", and it now shows an image of Pat Buchanan instead of George Will. The title of the article has also been changed; it now reads "Some Conservatives See Race in Powell's Obama Endorsement". And the sentence commenting directly on Will's remarks now reads: "The esteemed conservative columnist George Will did not go so far, but he did seek to explain the impact of Powell's decision as part of a larger, more psychological sway that Obama held over other African Americans."
Posted by Sebastos at 10/20/2008 @ 08:44am
It must be a real coup to get the endorsement of a man who was a key figure in leading this country into the reckless and dangerous quagmire of Iraq.
Posted by abell12ct at 10/20/2008 @ 09:32am
I bet Obama is calling "W" right now for his endorsement.
Posted by abell12ct at 10/20/2008 @ 09:43am
I think he would be more comfortable as a Democrat. Posted by lvliberty1 at 10/19/2008 @ 11:01pm
So predictable it's amazing.
Posted by Cccomfo1 at 10/20/2008 @ 10:04am
Posted by Facts at 10/19/2008 @ 10:18pm
" ...Intelligence can't be legislated... "
This is not completely true. Though you can't suddenly impose 'intelligence' onto the citizenry at large... it is possible to create and support the conditions that encourage intellectual curiosity and conscientious consideration of the issues facing humanity.
This has been largely forgotten in our social discourse... of late, and needs to be brought back to the table for the welfare of this great nation.
It is far too easy for a government to 'lower the bar' intellectually... by tightening up the economy, turning the frustrations outwards towards wars of aggression, and polarizing the population around trivial side issues.
These tendencies can be quickly reversed... and reverse them we shall.
At this point... it will benefit everybody!
Posted by ttr at 10/20/2008 @ 11:11am
>>>He is a very decent and honorable American who just holds views that are not compatible with the Republican party. I think he would be more comfortable as a Democrat.
Posted by lvliberty1 at 10/19/2008 @ 11:01pm<<<
This is the Republican problem - they are alienating all of the moderates, which pares the party down to the Bircher hard-right lunatic fringe that Palin represents.
Politics is about ADDITION, not subtraction, or breaking even.
Posted by Metteyya at 10/20/2008 @ 12:38pm