Posted on 10/19/2008 8:00:58 AM PDT by jokyfo
Kerry was much closer to Powell on many issues than Obama is. Especially national security. Kerry was in Vietnam like Kerry was. Obama/Biden have never served a day in the military in their entire lives. Kerry at least wanted to finish the job in Iraq. Obama wants to surrender.
Now why did Powell NOT endorse Kerry but DOES endorse Obama?
Oh wait...oh yeah, that's right.
“Now why did Powell NOT endorse Kerry but DOES endorse Obama?”
Kerry missed a few days at the “tanning salon”. Had he showed up, Powell would have endorsed him as well.
LOL!
Kerry wasn’t black.
incorrect pigmentation?
No doubt Powell judged Kerry by the color or his skin and not by the content of his character!
I’m sure race had nothing to do with it. //Sarcasm off//
See the 4:30 Point
Colin Powell and Condi Rice Traded to the “Whites”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrwG6_Z0sjU
Colin Powell says, “Always bet on black and half black is good enough also”
All John McCain has to say is...
“I am not at all surprised that Colin Powell supports Sen Obama..”
Period...
Because Kerry wasn’t a “transformational figure.” In other words, because Kerry wasn’t black.
Simple answer: he was a sitting cabinet secretary. Now move along.
If all the blacks vote for the black guy, that is not racist.
If all the whites vote for the white guy, what do you call that?
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.
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.
This kind of judgement shows us why he was such a lousy first African-American Secretary of State.
At first I was truly angry! But now the more I think about it the more I’m beginning to think this ENDORSEMENT is going to be a NEGATIVE affect for the EMPEROR!! Powell only confirmed to the nation what we were scared to say in public...this election is about RACE!! I think this will only enrage those who were sitting on the face..this CONFRIM what the mediaPUKES unwilling have being spewing for 2 years...thing is they fell into their own trap...IT’S ABOUT RACISM and bigotry and the american folk are getting fed up!! IT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US FOLKS!! BLACKS DON’T LIKE WHITES or HISPANICS, they’re racists!!
OOOPS..face should read FENCE
My guess is the general perception out here in flyover country will be that Powell endorsed Obama because he’s black.
I can see that a Powell endorsement might have some impact among non-jaded white suburbanites, for Powell is every such white person’s favorite black guy.
Still, at the end of the day, I think the juice from Powell’s star is gone. Mostly, because the Angry Left ran him down on Iraq. He’s no longer the most popular figure in American politics as he was during the mid-90s. He’s a has been and his participation in the Bush administration has diminished him, at least in the mainstream media. Out in the country, time has passed Colin by already.
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