washingtonmonthly.com - 10/20/2008
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THE RIGHT REACTS TO POWELL.... Colin Powell offered a detailed, reasoned, and eloquent endorsement of Barack Obama yesterday, explaining how and why he came to this conclusion. In response, leading conservatives considered Powell's analysis, reflected on the merit of his...
abcnews.go.com - 10/20/2008
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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 ...
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More Challenges for McCain, From Ayers to the Palin Pick
politicker.com - 10/20/2008
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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 ...
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Cartoonist equates Powell's endorsement to Benedict ...
thinkprogress.org - 10/20/2008
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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. ...
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Cartoonist depicts Colin Powell as Benedict Arnold in ...
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... by a few prominent conservatives that former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama because of his race has liberal bloggers pushing back, while conservatives debate the substance and efficacy of John McCain’s attacks on Obama’s association with former Weather Underground co-founder William Ayers. Conservative figureheads Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan, and George Will have all suggested that race motivated Powell’s endorsement, and according to Political Animal’s Steve Benen , they are simply trying to dismiss the importance of Powell’s support. Firedoglake’s ...
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Tennessee Guerilla Women —
... Colin Powell's condemnation of the small-minded lunacy of the reigning political discourse came right after his endorsement of Barack Obama. Some conservatives cry that Powell's ...
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washingtonmonthly.com 10/19/2008 — POWELL, REDUX.... After his "Meet the Press" appearance, during which he endorsed Barack Obama, Colin Powell stopped to answer reporters' questions outside the studio. As it happens, his remarks were nearly as interesting after the program as they ...
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CNN.com - Politics 10/20/2008
Colin Powell's endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama was as much a rejection of the Republican Party and Sen. John McCain's campaign as an embrace of the Democratic presidential nominee, political analysts said Monday.
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