I was impressed that Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama today. I thought he was a little evasive about the reasoning behind his part in the Iraq war but maybe in some time to come he will be able to rectify that.
It is my understanding that the Bush administration used Colin Powell's good reputation to get their war going and then didn't even call him in for consultation after making him Secretary of State. He was "out of the loop" all together. It serves the Republicans right. Now they will see the damage their actions have caused as Obama has Powell on his side now.
From Koz:
Among the key points Powell made against McCain's campaign:
* On the Ayers smears: He thoroughly repudiated McCain's "Obama associates with terrorists" smear job.
* On the religion smears: He not only affirmed the fact that Barack Obama is Christian, but he also rejected the idea that it would be a problem if he weren't, defending religious freedom in passionate terms.
* On the "anti-American" smears: He even targeted Michele Bachmann's divisive rant claiming that there are "anti-American" Members of Congress
* On McCain's judgment and readiness: He destroyed the notion that McCain has either the judgment or policy acumen to serve as president, citing McCain's selection of Sarah Palin and his unsteady response to the economic crisis
* On Republican extremism: He slammed the GOP's rightward tilt, specifically noting that it would be unacceptable to nominate two more hard-right justices to the Supreme Court
Powell didn't just decimate the McCain campaign rationale, however. Powell also offered up an endorsement of Barack Obama in the strongest possible terms, saying that Obama would be an "exceptional president" and that he had the capacity to be "transformational."
Furthermore, The New York Times will break new ground on the health of the presidential candidates and their running mates in a major expose set to be published in Monday's print edition.
Lawrence Altman -- the veteran Times reporter, George Polk Award winner, and one of the few medical doctors working as a full-time journalist -- has spent weeks working with the campaigns and medical professionals on the piece, sources say.
Much of the speculation centers on new questions about the status of John McCain's cancer raised by the story. The Washington Post reported last week that a growing number of doctors believe that McCain's melanoma is "more advanced than his physicians concluded and that the chance of recurrence is consequently higher."
Watch this video: It'll scare you to death!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=243gXtXtEwc
3 comments:
McCain won't release his full medical report. That's the #1 reason why people should NOT vote for him. If he's too afraid to reveal to the American public the details of his medical report, he has no right to ask for our vote.
I think it's over for McCain. When so many Republicans are bailing, I think they are willing to let him lose and try again in 2012. Many are probably hoping that the problems will prove too big for Obama to turn around, so the Republicans will be able to come back to the American people with a "better" candidate (though I can't imagine who it might be...I'm thinking Jeb Bush will still run just to redeem his family name).
I would move the rose bush april 1.
Thanks, Patsy, for the rose bush advice.
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