Well, just for starters, "I’m not surprised that you don’t understand " pretty much tells **Shayna **that, based on your posts, you think she’s pretty dense. So while blathering your opinions (of someone else’s private beliefs) you’re going out of your way to say that someone who doesn’t agree with your opinions is a mental defective.
But you don’t think you have anything to apologize for, and I’m cool with that. Should have listed that as an option, really. “I have nothing to apologize for” should always be an option. My bad.
Who *really *thinks Powell still has a general reputation for integrity? He threw that away at the UN.
Knowing that, he has pretty much stayed out of the public eye since, his reputation gone and his celebrity value with it. His endorsement would be toxic.
Exactly my thoughts. I have a great deal of sympathy for Colin Powell, who was hung out to dry in the most callous and coldhearthed fashion I’ve ever seen. I think many people have the same sympathy for him - a man who, out of loyalty to his president and his nation, did his duty while likely believing it was wrong. It is the worst thing I can think of to say about him.
Certainly Mr. McCain has no qualms about now repudiating his past actions - and he has much more to answer for than does Gen. Powell.
Gen. Powell seems to be a man of principle, however. It will be interesting to see what his principles now lead him to do.
Currently, that particular set of moderate Republicans may be small.
85% of Republicans view Palin favorably.
Almost 90% of all Republicans approve of her selection as McCain’s running mate.
74% of all Republicans believe that Palin is sufficiently prepared for the Presidency.
Doing a little math, it seems that about 15% of self-identified Republicans believe that Palin is not sufficiently prepared for the Presidency, but they nonetheless approve of her selection as McCain’s running mate.
Yeah. I thought this was an odd OP. Powell has nowhere near the level of public support that he did a decade ago, he’s tied to the Bush-Cheney Iraq WMD clusterfuck, and he’s probably much more interested in his nonprofit, America’s Promise, getting attention than him. For these reasons, I suspect he’ll be mum during this cycle.
And if he does endorse either candidate, I expect the effect will be… nothing at all.
Agreed. Wasn’t it about ten or so years ago when people thought he might be the first black presidential candidate that really had a shot? Not that ot matters now…I actaully shook hands with Powell way back in the 90’s. I wasn’t impressed.
I may not understand what you meant, but if I did, its loyal to the GOP but not classy, its slimy. Since Powell should have his loyalty to the US thats how he should vote. If he does it because of party loyalty I’m even less impressed with him than I previously was.
…and the reason I say I was unimpressed with him was because of the way I saw him act and treat servicemen in the Pentagon when he was visiting. I won’t go into detail, but it did change my opinion of him on the spot.
They can think whatever they want. It won’t matter if there are insufficient numbers of them to cast enough votes for her to win.
If you think all these new voters have registered only to sit on their hands on election day, think again. They’re organized, they’re mobilized and they’re motivated.
I called it very early on in the primary race, that the sheer volume of donors to Obama’s campaign would translate into actual votes, and voters motivated to convince their family and friends to vote. He came back from a more than 20 point deficit to beat the “incumbent front-runner” by organizing and mobilizing in the states and counties that would pay off in the only total that mattered at the end of the day; delegates.
The popular vote may have been relatively close, given that several states don’t count popular vote totals in their caucus figures, and two states had disqualified primaries, but Obama knew he didn’t have to win the popular vote by a landslide in order to win more delegates. He’s a brilliant tactician, and in a “winner take all” contest, even a close popular vote can mean a blowout in electoral votes.
And when you’re registering more voters than your opponent, while they are losing voters on their rolls, the odds of beating him improve dramatically.
85% of Republicans may be happy with Palin as the VP pick, but only enough of them cared enough to donate a mere $1,000,000 to the McCain campaign after her historic convention speech. During the same period, Democrats donated $10,000,000 to Barack Obama. Cite. If the same level of enthusiasm is followed to the polls, it’s not even going to be a contest.