Did Powell sell out for a high level job in an Obama White House?

American Thinker ^ | October 20, 2008 | Rick Moran

[jazusamo]

Listen to what Obama himself is saying:

Colin Powell will have a role as a top presidential adviser in an Obama administration, the Democratic White House hopeful said Monday.

"He will have a role as one of my advisers," Barack Obama said on NBC's "Today" in an interview aired Monday, a day after Powell, a four-star general and President Bush's former secretary of state, endorsed him.

"Whether he wants to take a formal role, whether that's a good fit for him, is something we'd have to discuss," Obama said.

Being a top presidential adviser, especially on foreign policy, would be familiar ground to Powell on a subject that's relatively new to the freshman Illinois senator. Obama has struggled to establish his foreign policy credentials against GOP candidate John McCain, a decorated military veteran, former prisoner of war and ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Powell wouldn't be the first to cross party lines and endorse a candidate with the promise of future job opportunities. And from Obama's standpoint, it makes perfect sense. Powell as Secretary of Defense or State (or even National Security Advisor) could be seen as Obamama "reaching out" to Republicans to staff his administration.

Just how "Republican" Powell is might be open to debate. But what would the truth matter by then? Powell would have little chance for a high level job in a McCain administration and if he is inclined to get back to being a Washington mover and shaker, Obama was realistically his only choice.

Barack Obama: Change you can buy and sell.

Hat Tip: Ed Lasky

[messierhunter]

Good things are promised to those who kiss the ring of the anointed one.

[NetSurfer]

Captain Obvious bump

[jersey117]

Gee, didn’t Powell serve in TWO BUSH ADMINISTRATIONS? I guess that’s what Obama calls change you can believe in.

[Redleg Duke]

“Are the bears Catholic?” “Does the Pope poop in the woods?”

[Salamander]

“You get the devil you deserve”

[BigEdLB]

Do dogs like to smell each others backsides?

[silverleaf]

We can only hope for a continuation of the Bush foreign and
military policies under one of his key former advisors

Maybe Powell can go show the UN where Iran’s WMD’s are hidden

sarc

[Puddleglum]

Colon is a transparent opportunist. His rationale was beltway through and through.

[newheart]

Quid Pro QuObama?

[jazusamo]

Yep, Powell finally did something on his own and he played the race card.

[noname07718]

I guess Hillary couldn’t get such an endorsement from the (N)one.

[Cyclone59]

obama needs a strong foreign advisor because he has NO foreign experience....

[WKUHilltopper]

“Did Powell sell out for a high level job in an Obama White House?”

Of course that’s what they do...Caroline Kennedy is gonna be the Ambassador of England—LOL! Her uncle will probably be the head bourbon taste tester.

Powell will probably be chief of staff and head butler.

[unspun]

Those lines by Obama show him keeping a “safe” distance from Powell.

Powell is too dangerous for a stealth Marxist, to be a part of his administration.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Did Powell sell out for a high level job in an Obama White House?”

Are pigs made from pork?

[Girlene]

It appears that way.

[Lumper20]

Powell made a huge mistake, and; vets who were on the ground the day he got a PH and SM will prove he is as bad or worse then Kerry.

[SteamShovel]

Did Powell sell out for a high level job in an Obama White House?

Didn't the Kook Left RAT constingency say that Powell LIED to the UN about Iraq's WMD?

Using their own mental illness against them......