[Palin]“What part Charlie?”[/Palin]
Agreed. I never imagined Powell to be so passionate. Who else in the whole political world has the guts to say “so what if he WAS Muslim?” with such frankness.
I honestly believe that if people like him said what they think more often, Democrats vs. Republicans would be more about political issues and less about demonizing the opposition. Whether you or anyone else agrees with his decision is irrelevant. If he had endorsed McCain at the end of that speech, it still would have been a pretty heroic thing to say.
As The Daily Show pointed out tonight, like Obama, Powell has associated with terrorists. Obviously, it was Powell’s love of terrorism that inspired him to endorse Obama.
Also from Powell’s appearance:
Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer’s no, that’s not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president?
A classy elegant guy who will spend the rest of his life atoning for his appearance at the Security Council.
(http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/colin_powell_endorses_barack_o_1.html <==Why can’t I make nice links any more?)
For me, he’s already atoned, since he finally said what nobody else (even Obama) has had the balls to.
The reason he is for Obama is because he is black. Therefore the reason he backed Bush for 4 years was because he is white. There has to be some logic in there.
This is heartening. It’s been a couple of days since the announcement; is there any evidence the needles on the pollsters’ meters have been given a twitch by the news?
Sometimes Bush wore black shoes.
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But he speaks some Yiddish. Wouldn’t that mean he’s in the hip pocket of the International Jewish Bankers?
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The way its going McCain s going to endorse Obama,at least that way he’ll be on the winning side and will be able to disassociate himself from the cringe making embarassment that is Palin.