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Colin Powell's Obama Endorsement May Raise Uncomfortable Questions
radioequalizer.blogspot.com - 10/20/2008
Colin Powell's Obama Endorsement May Raise Uncomfortable Questions
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COLIN'S FOUL Why Powell's Obama Endorsement Could Actually Backfire Remember the good old days, when the left saw Colin Powell as a bloodthirsty warmongerer? Now, with his move to endorse Barack Obama for the presidency , he's somehow a hero to our "progressive" friends. If the Dear ...
More Challenges for McCain, From Ayers to the Palin Pick
abcnews.go.com - 10/20/2008
More Challenges for McCain, From Ayers to the Palin Pick
— abcnews.go.com — More challenges for John McCain: Likely voters overwhelmingly reject his effort to make an issue of Barack... Obama's association with 1960s radical William Ayers. Fallout continues from McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for vice president, with 52 percent ... (more) More Challenges for McCain, From Ayers to the Palin Pick

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Cartoonist equates Powell's endorsement to Benedict Arnold in blackface
politicker.com - 10/20/2008
Cartoonist equates Powell's endorsement to Benedict Arnold in blackface
— politicker.com — Gordon Campbell's cartoon from Sunday featuring Colin Powell as a modern-day Benedict Arnold, with a twist: (click... to enlarge) Gordon Campbell's cartoon from Sunday featuring Colin Powell as a modern-day Benedict Arnold, with a twist: (click to ... (more) Cartoonist equates Powell's endorsement to Benedict ...

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Cartoonist depicts Colin Powell as Benedict Arnold in blackface.
thinkprogress.org - 10/20/2008
Cartoonist depicts Colin Powell as Benedict Arnold in blackface.
— thinkprogress.org — A new cartoon by syndicated cartoonist Gordon Campbell hits Gen. Colin Powell for endorsing Sen. Barack Obama... (D-IL) . The cartoon shows a picture of Revolutionary War general Bendict Arnold — who infamously committed one of U.S. ... (more) Cartoonist depicts Colin Powell as Benedict Arnold in ...

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Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog:  Jonathan Garthwaite: Backfiring Endorsements?

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Jonathan Garthwaite: Backfiring Endorsements?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — ... Posted by: Jonathan Garthwaite at 9:21 AM Could the Powell endorsement backfire ? Because many Americans suspect Powell endorsed Obama primarily because of a shared ethnic identity, the move raises fears that his candidacy really is about division, rather than unity. ...

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