More On That Colin Powell Endorsement

What is wrong with some of you people. Ayers now work for the Board of Education and is a Professor with the Univ. of Illinois. He helps many charities in the Chicago Area.

Response to MM who says McCain is using racial tactics in his campaign?
Are you blind and deaf? Obama pulled the race card months ago and everytime McCain says something Obama doesn't want to answer with honesty, then McCain gets the racist blast.
And for all who feel the higher taxes for corporations and 'the rich', hope I get to see you all in the welfare and unemployment lines. When corporations and the rich take their work elsewhere, say goodbye to your jobs.
I think many supporting Obama are little Oliver Twists...please may I have more?

Statesman like assessment, stamp of approval cant get any higher up.
He envision an America that makes positive changes, inclusive, reaching out to friends and foes, restore leadership in the world, Roe vs Wade uphold, better education and a fairer society. Instead of compassionate conservatism that failed, time for real change and not same old with a different name tag, and some slogans of maverick and an VP that is claerly not ready to be president.

Impressive intellectual interview and statement of Powell, cant find any fflaws except the statement we have alleviate poverty through development since it also prevents acts of violence;
this cause and effect is wrong since many terrorists are / were middle class and definitely not poor. Rest of assessment of campaign and GOP tactics are spot on.Only hardcore rightwing still may feel some atachment, center conservatives are the ones that will notice,they are the ones left out.

Powell articulated quite well what we all know: John McCain is erratic, indecisive, shows poor judgment, and flat-out does not have the temperment to be President.

Why are powell and obama anti-women?

I have read a bit of this and Powell contends that we are all anti-muslem racists. First of all most of America loves this muslim kid who gave his life for us. We are not against muslims.

We are against people who hate America and want to kill us. Powell goes on to say that we should forget about the weather underground who till this day continue to hate America.

Powell covered up the massacre at My Lai in Vietnam. Those poor people were kill by true monsters - who Powell defended. The soldiers who killed those Vietnamese people (women and children) were turned in by Americans who detested that sort of monstrous racial behavior. Americans are not racists as much as Powell would like to paint us.

The story of the Muslim American soldier brought tears to my eyes.

I'm glad someone finally had the courage to call out the racism against Muslims in this election.

According to Alex Cockburn, over at counterpunch (subscription only, unfortunately), one of McCain's campaign chairs actually harbored Ayers while he was on the run from the FBI. I wonder how this is going to play out?

Funny how Brokaw never brought up the surge and all of the al Queda terrorists who have been killed in Iraq since the surge began, and how all of these terrorists who are intent on killing Americans would still be alive if Obama had gotten his way and we retreated out of Iraq in Spring of 2008.

But we couldn't have that could we? Because then that would have shown that Obama has really poor judgment and is pathetically weak on national security. And Powell would look like an even bigger idiot than he already is (remember his UN speech?)

"I know who failed history.... I bet you don't know how extremist your views are."
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Who fails RECENT history is whoever thinks raffling off the Democratic nomination to the highest corporate bidder was a good way to go.

Maybe being a social democrat IS "extremist", these deluded days. But the mob-friendly Obama machine doesn't look like the Promised Land to me.

What American would call for a voter strike. "I don't like this person so I will not let my voice be heard."
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Well, that's probably not the voters strike for which some determined patriot may call.

Then again, revolutions usually begin in the spring.

Powell is "a man who I admire as much as any man in the world, any person in the world" and the "most credible, most respected" man in America. Quote by Barack Obama? NOooo, John McCain. Bet McCain is sorry he lost this endorsement.

"It is only race that can be holding people back."
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Sure: that, or The One's bad politics, Stalinist campaign, and media-manufactured personality cult.

Belle Starr

mob problems? Not even McCain has said Obama has ties with the mob..... No Research, just smears.

"Not a lot of black people like Jackson and his funneling money to mistress during his Operation Push tenure. Many black people think Jackson is way to self-absorb and less honest. At least Rev. Sharpton is loud for a reason, to push for attention to issues."
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You think so? Well, I think if Jackson called for a voters strike or whatever, based on Obama's mob problems, misrepresentations during the primaries, "bailout" vote, or whatever, that he could turn this pig in a poke into tasty bacon in about 48 hours.

Never thought Powell's endorsement will be big as it is turning out to be. Was thinking it may be the discussion for today but it will definitely be the discussion for the whole week. It looks like the last steam has been sucked from the Mccain's candidacy. So the Republicans hold Powell in high regards like this and yet he was treated unfairly. Nobody is talking about Joe the Plumber, nobody is talking about Sarah Palin. Ehhnnnnnnnnnn. The Republican party shot itself on the foot. Can you say President Palin? How does it sound. General Powell is spot-on. She is not ready. Nobody was bold enough to say it until he did. A Republican General. Now i understand but really politics aside, after watching the three debates, and polls taken, who do you think was better? Obama- 54%, Mccain- 30% but yet some polls are showing only a 3% gap difference. It is only race that can be holding people back.

McCain is trying to create a political racism in this country. Attempting to link Democrats, and liberalism to socialism, and terrorism. Guess what Hitler did the same thing with Jews to win his election during there economic turmoil. Lets not have history repeat itself.

Obama/Biden 08

Belle Starr

Not a lot of black people like Jackson and his funneling money to mistress during his Operation Push tenure. Many black people think Jackson is way to self-absorb and less honest. At least Rev. Sharpton is loud for a reason, to push for attention to issues.

I don't think this is a Christian nation, emphatically, I think it's un-American to think that any religion owns us.

America's religion is the Constitution.