[bayourod]

Allbright certainly wouldn't mis a chance to get her ugly face before a camera.

[RoseofTexas]

Oh my,... watch the RATS and pressWHORES go wild with speculations!!

[VOA]

Powell to Skip GOP Convention

Funny, even with his big-time presentation at the UN, I've not heard a reporter
say "Powell Lied".

[dawn53]

I read this earlier, but also wondered if this was similar to leaving a cabinet member out of the State of the Union address.

In the event of terrorism, there would be a cabinet member in a secure location.

And since Cheney and Bush will both be at the convention, I think it's a good idea.

[jennyp]

Darn, neither Powell, Rumsfeld, nor Condi will be there!

I was wondering if that's how the tradition went. Oh well.

[RightWhale]

As secretary of state, I am obliged not to participate in any way, shape, fashion, or form in parochial, political debates

I like that, a strong ethical sense.

[mabelkitty]

Isn't this a requirement?
Didn't the House just make him third in succession?
Guess he'll go to Cheney's undisclosed location.

[billhilly]

It is a crazy, upside down world where blacks, in the political sense, can do no wrong. Democrats love them because they can be depended upon to stay on the plantation and vote for them. Media, being democrats, elevate black Republicans only as exemplars "of their race" and always superior to their "masters who have elevated them to positions of tokenism." The rest of the population, sensitive to the lash of the charge of racism, buys in and goes along.

Is that fair to black people who prize excellence? Sacrifice and achievement? Noble lifestyles? I think not. Our system, on the one hand, awards non achievement, even celebrates it, then demeans others whose life's work leads them to prominence in the "wrong" philosophy.

Try applying those standards in a family environment. On the other hand, please don't. One of the most frightening things in politics is the possibility of someone like Opra Winfrey becoming a republican. How, then, would the demonizers demonize her?

[putupjob]

Unlike fat Albright, Powell will never be politically involved.

[TBarnett34]

Secretary of State Colin Powell will not break the unwritten rule despite his status as the most popular Republican in the country, according to the Washington Post.

Argh, you mean I'm only the #2 most popular Republican in the country?! :(

[Valin]

Traditionally cabinet officials do not speak at the conventions -- or other campaign events. Secretary of State Colin Powell will not break the unwritten rule despite his status as the most popular Republican in the country, according to the Washington Post.

This is news?

[ohioWfan]

Bummer. Condi's speech in 2000 was one of my favorites.

[montag813]

Powell has integrity. I repsect this man and am thankful for his service to our nation and 6 Presidents.

[Piranha]

Kind of a non-story, isn't it? President Bush's cabinet members will follow the universal custom and not attend the convention?