Posted on 10/17/2008 10:41:10 PM PDT by Maelstorm
Powell, who served as President Bush's secretary of state, is to appear on NBC's "Meet the Press," prompting some to suggest that he might use that platform to make the announcement.
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I wonder if Sec. Powell will be referring to Obama's campaigning for Raila Odinga, using Senatorial resources, and to Obama's responses to both Columbia and Venezuela.
(It's not as if Colin Powell does not know, Mr. "Jounalist.")
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Thanks, I understand now.
Very informative. I didn’t know about him. My ADD is showing. I should do a little more digging into issues. Not just the surface.
IMHO Powell will look like a huge jerk to the informed if he endorses 0bama. But of course the media won’t give the history and the uneducated masses will just accept that a Retired General is supporting their false messiah.
At an Obama rally yes, but at a McCain rally?
The MSM wouldn't cover it.
But then MTP is the MSM and they can't bury that can they?
Either he ‘s going to vote for the black Muslim or the white geezer...um, which one will he give his overrated, useless endorsement to...hmmmm. Did I mention Powell’s black?..
He stepped forward and donated to McCain back when he was out of money, down and out and everyone said he was going to have to quit the primary race.
yes, but obama is more caucasian than black
Many mushy middle independants do.
HA HA!!! LOL!!!
Why would Powell endorse Obama now?
Might want to be on the record if Obama wins.
Bucking for another job?
Maybe he will show solidarity with the military and
support McCain.
If he doesn’t brand him as another politically driven opportunist like Gen. Wesley Clark
What are your thoughts on this?
“Powell will endorse Obama. Everything is based on race for the black voting bloc.”
Does that mean Clarence Thomas, Condoleeza Rice, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Armstrong Williams, Larry Elder, Alan Keyes, Niger Innis, Roy Innis, etc. are all constitutionally required to support Obama? I think not.
You don’t really think he’d support McCain, do you?
Exactly why he's most likely to endorse Obama. Powell is a eunuch.
POWELL, COLIN L. THE HON.
MCLEAN, VA 22101
SELF-EMPLOYED/SPEAKER
MCCAIN, JOHN S.
VIA JOHN MCCAIN 2008 INC.
08/08/2007 2300.00 27931391281
From FEC
I don’t believe it’s a fait accompli one way or the other.
Here’s what Powell said back in September:
[T]o send that kind of a message (having a black president), I think would be electrifying, he said, but at the same time, we have to make a judgment here ... which of the candidates blends a right measure of experience and judgment? I have been watching both of these individuals, and I know them both extremely well and I have not decided who Im going to vote for yet.
Powell said he wants to watch the debates, look at the party platforms, and focus on substance. “We’ve got to get off this lipstick on a pig stuff,” he said to loud applause.
When one of the moderators asked Powell whether this vote was personal to him since he was the first African-American Secretary of State, his answer sparked wild applause. “I’m an American first and foremost,” he said.
Powell explained to the audience that he told McCain he would not vote for him just because they have been friends for 25 years, and he told Obama he would not vote for him just because he is black. He said he will look at who has the best economic policies, who inspires the most confidence in the country and around the world, and who will keep America safe.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/15/1403219.aspx
He contributed the max ($2300). But that was last year and this is now. O No.
Rumor has it he is endorsing Obama. At best he may just keep quiet. I would love for him to extend the hand of friendship to McCain but I don’t see it.
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