[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

You certainly picked an appropriate handle.

Damn straight. 'Cause I don't sugarcoat anything. I say that Powell is a chicken-feces fool who has undermined the administration from day one, with his listless, milquetoast stint as Secretary of State as a prime example C'mon. You know and I know that Powell was picked SoS purely because of his race. Alan Keyes would have made a great SoS and he's much more qualified than Powell.

Powell's a closet Dem/socialist, his military service is irrelevant (but respectable) to what he has accomplished outside of it.

[HairOfTheDog]

You know and I know that Powell was picked SoS purely because of his race. Alan Keyes would have made a great SoS and he's much more qualified than Powell.

Powell was National Security Advisor to Ronald Reagan (1986)

While Keyes was an ambassador to a UN Economics Council.

Powell went on to become a 4 star General, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Keyes went on to run unsuccessfully for office a couple times, and then to a couple of equally unsuccessful runs as a talk show host.

Yeah - I can see that their resumes aren't even ~close~

I'm biased, I've met Powell, and found him to be a remarkably impressive presence in a room. He has a manner and carriage that conveys confidence and control. I haven't met Keyes in person but he seems nervous and jittery and he talks too fast like he's jacked up on too many espressos. Not exactly the kind of personality I'd pick for negotiations with sensitive foreign dignitaries... but that's just me. :~D

[DougJ]

I have my problems with Colin Powell's stance towards the war in Iraw, but he has served his country with great distinction. Alan Keyes? I'm not so sure about him.