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Re: Powell Endorses Obama
commentarymagazine.com - 10/19/2008
Re: Powell Endorses Obama
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John, I was struck by how little Colin Powell said on the substance of Barack Obama’s views. Was Obama right on the issues on which he opposed Powell (e.g. the decision to go to war)? We don’t know. Does Powell agree with Obama’s views on Iran (e.g. direct talks with ...
campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 10/20/2008
Obi Wan: 'Believe me, there is someone in the Obam...
— campaignspot.nationalreview.com — My mentor - who goes by the nickname Obi Wan Kenobi - has reappeared again, and remains... generally optimistic about McCain's chances. He felt the final... . . . (more) Obi Wan: 'Believe me, there is someone in the Obam...

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slate.com - 10/21/2008
Hello? We Hate to Interrupt ...
— slate.com — Recommended: Tim Noah's 2001 piece on William Ayers' memoir Fugitive Days . A searing and timely  review!  Noah certainly... seems like another pro-Obama Democrat who wouldn't have served on a board with Ayers. He ... (more) Hello? We Hate to Interrupt ...

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cqpolitics.com - 10/20/2008
CQ Transcript: Colin Powell on NBC’s “Meet the Press”
— cqpolitics.com — CQ TODAY ONLINE NEWS Oct. 19, 2008 – 2:35 p.m. CQ Transcript: Colin Powell on NBC’s “Meet... the Press” CQ Transcriptswire SPEAKERS: TOM BROKAW, HOST GEN. COLIN POWELL, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE [*] BROKAW: First, General Colin Powell, welcome back to ... (more) CQ Transcript: Colin Powell on NBC’s “Meet the Press”

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Hyscience:  Powell follows trend: Black voting for Black with no regard for substance

Pajamas Media:  Colin Powell vs. Joe the Plumber

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Powell follows trend: Black voting for Black with no regard for substance
Hyscience — ... back. The triggers in my mind that Powell would join Team Obama were that Powell is Black and a great majority of Blacks are for Obama (nothing racist about this, huh?), and Powell's wife had previously expressed her concern that he would become the target for "racist" assassins. At the time she said it I thought that comment a bit strange and yes, somewhat racist (I figured that both Powell and his wife shared similar distorted views of America). Related: Re: Powell ...

Colin Powell vs. Joe the Plumber
Pajamas Media — ... noted, at a weekend McCain campaign event in Virginia: “There was real anger at this rally, but it wasn’t, as some erroneous press reports from other McCain rallies have suggested, aimed at Obama. It was aimed at the press.” That anger is a powerful motivator for many conservatives to get to the polls. As for the Powell endorsement, the media swooned and assured us that this was a significant development. Among conservative commentators, it did not escape notice that Powell praised the surge (”We now see that things are a lot better in Iraq. Maybe if we had put a surge in in ...

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