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October 19, 2008

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

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... which, in my mind, is racist - any way you cut it.

And as I predicted back in August in my 'Birds Of A Feather': Powell To Jump On Obama Bandwagon:

I never thought otherwise from the very first time I read about this at telegraph.co.uk a while 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).

And I'm not the only one not surprised. Mike Long over at Political Mavens writes:

What we also did not know is how little Gen. Powell follows the news. In his interview this morning he mistakenly "falsely" attributed the worst rumors about Sen. Obama to the McCain campaign, and without evidence. (Perhaps those who criticized his judgment over the UN presenation and its dubious evidence will see a pattern here? Nah.) And while he criticized Sen. McCain for his "negative" campaigning, he simply ignored the perpetual misrepresentations of the Obama campaign about Sen. McCain's positions, especially his health plan, and seemed unaware of how the Obama campaign and its allies have cried "racism" at every other criticism.

How can a man who risked his life for his country endorse a man whose friends hate this country? I have always admired Gen. Powell, but today I cannot. I am not sure if I will again.

I espect this sort of thing out of ex-military men such as Jim Webb and Gen. Wesley Clark; after distinguished careers they proved themselves rank opportunists, and long ago. But not Gen. Powell.

For once, I agree with the left. After Iraq, they doubted his judgment. After the endorsement, so do I.

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Posted by Abdul at October 19, 2008 12:28 PM

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