rssLawrence O’Donnell Says Colin Powell Will Endorse Obama
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 11:34 am
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Who knows if this is true, frankly. But at The Huffington Post, Lawrence O’Donnell kinda-sorta says that Colin L. Powell, the former general and former secretary of state, is on the verge of endorsing Sen. Barack Obama.
How does O’Donnell know this? He never makes that clear, preferring to write with a cat-got-a-canary coyness that suggests authority but could easily conceal total ignorance:
The recent ugliness of the McCain-Palin rally audiences cannot be lost on Colin Powell. And Powell is not one to ignore a 14 point lead in a New York Times poll. But most important for Powell and the press will be his explicit rejection of the Bush-McCain approach to Iraq, Iran and the rest of the world.
Maddening stuff. Is O’Donnell saying that Powell will endorse Obama or that he should? Despite the depths to which his service to George W. Bush plunged him, Powell remains a massively popular and respected figure, and if there’s any undecided voter left in the country, Powell’s endorsement would push him or her to Obama.
But that’s not the same thing as being able to report that Powell will endorse Obama! Allison, if I ever wrote anything like O’Donnell just wrote, would you ever in a million years publish it?
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Comment posted October 15, 2008 @ 11:56 am
Hope to GOD that doesn't happen. But if it does, I can understand why, I guess. Colin is probably still miffed at selling the Iraq war.
Comment posted October 15, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
If Powell does choose to endorse Obama, that would be the second prominent Republican/Conservative to endorse Obama this week (Christopher Buckley endorsed Obama just a few days ago).
I personally am an unaffiliated voter, but I can't help feeling that party affiliation means next to nothing this year. While a Republican president was in office copious amounts of the private financial sector were nationalized, the budget deficit ballooned to dangerous levels, and there has been an enormous expansion of government. What could possibly go wrong with a Democratic president now? Everything that the Republicans feared they have basically helped bring to a reality (big spenders, big government, big deficit). The Republicans aren't to blame for everything, though. There is plenty of blame to go around.
What to do? The Republican party really needs to get its act together, because while I am in no way supportive of the Republican presidential or vice presidential candidates, I don't want a one party system either. The parties' unfettered agendas could be a real problem, regardless of which party is in power.
Comment posted October 16, 2008 @ 10:21 am
The Huffington Post is one of the most crooked, story twisting sites online today.
Comment posted October 17, 2008 @ 10:27 am
Republican are evil and selfish people that only care about themselves. They are willing to step on the rights and live rich at the expense of the poor. May god has mercy on their souls. McCain is as evil as Bush and what is worse: McCain only knows war, he knows nothing about domestic policies. I am glad I woke up and changed from a Republican because it is truely the wrong side.
Comment posted October 17, 2008 @ 5:27 pm
Republican are evil and selfish people that only care about themselves. They are willing to step on the rights and live rich at the expense of the poor. May god has mercy on their souls. McCain is as evil as Bush and what is worse: McCain only knows war, he knows nothing about domestic policies. I am glad I woke up and changed from a Republican because it is truely the wrong side.
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