Posted on 08/17/2008 7:15:46 PM PDT by indcons
Here's a prediction: Colin Powell is going to endorse Barack Obama.
I'm not pulling this out of thin air. I'm basing my forecast on a series of phone calls that I received this week. I can't say who called me, but I can tell you one of the questions I was asked:
"What do you think the reaction would be if former Secretary of State Colin Powell - a Republican - introduced Democrat Obama at his big acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium after being made the nominee?"
My reply: "It would seal the deal. It would be the presidency."
I don't think Powell will go to Denver for the Democratic National Convention, but based on the recent conversations, I have to believe that something big is in the works.
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The Dems would Boo Powell.
Have the GOP would Boo Powell.
My BS meter is approaching OVERLOAD!
Why would a Powell endorsement insure an Obama victory. Powell is not THAT influential. I wouldn’t change my vote base on anything he said.
I would say not right.
I can’t tell you who told me, but Wet Willie Brown is full of sh*t up to his brown eyes.
I have yet to understand why everyone thinks so highly of Colin Powell.
He was an average Secretary of State and General Swartzkoff was the one who did all the good work in Desert Storm, not General Powell.
I would think Colin Powell was a moron who is a Republican until a black candidate comes along. Which means he is a racist, because a racist is someone who votes for a person based solely on race.
But luckily I don’t think Colin Powell is that shallow or a moron or a racist.
My reply: I'd shake my head in sadness that Colin Powell had let race trump what it in the best interests of his country, and then I'd vote for McCain.
Knock me over with a feather.
Powell has worked so dilligently for eight years to destroy his credibility as a national leader. Does anyone believe it would make any difference whether or not he endorsed Obama?
Okay...who do I call for that?
Would Boog Powell Boo Powell?
Willie Brown! ROTFL! I wonder who he got to write this garbage for him.
..well, when you consider their military heroes so far have been Kerry and Clark...I'd be grasping at straws too
Willie Brown has never lied to us before. So this MUST be the Gospel.
Of course, most of America will presume that Powell endorsed Obama because he is black and not because he has something or knows something about foreign policy.
Powell is a Republican????? Who knew?
Ahem.
So what? People who know Powell's politics won't care or even be surprised. People who don't know Powell's politics but know his race won't care or be surprised, either. What would shock me is if Powell were to endorse a Republican.
Someone’s gotta tell Willie to stay away from the computer when he’s stoned.
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