Colin Powell endorsing Barack Obama for president by saying it’s not about race reminds me of pro athletes who sign gigantic free agent contracts with new teams and then go to the press conference and say their signing wasn’t about money. Sure it wasn’t.
My favorite part of Powell’s endorsement is when he said had to take rhetorical abilities into account when choosing who to vote for. That’s nonsense, of course, but I guess Powell likes the idea of a president who can bullshit you into thinking you’re getting a pat on the back and not a knife in it.
There was an editorial in the Wall Street Journal last week about what the impending democrat president with a democratic super majority in Congress will do. It scares the shit out of me, and if there is no balance to counteract the democrats (or to counteract the republicans if it was them taking over) I believe we’ll be slaves to the government even more than we are now much sooner than later.
Even scarier than that, however, is that there are bright, educated people who can’t wait for it to happen.
But you know what they say: be careful what you wish for because you just might get it.
Squee! I can’t wait!
HaHa - mostly just rubbing your nutz here but it would be pretty awesome! I do like your analogy but I don’t think Powell was a huge fan of Condi Rice was he? So you can’t lay it all on race.
Condi Rice isn’t running for anything. I bet if she was his attitude toward her would be a bit different. It’s not like Powell has been on the Obama bandwagon for the last two years.
Screw it all! Let’s just make out.
I think Powell is angling for a new job and he’s already burned his bridges with the GOP. Nevertheless, I’m certain McCain is the next president. Even if I’m wrong, you don’t have much to worry about with Obama–he won’t be that different than McCain. They both are bought and paid for by much of the same entities. See for yourself: http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/index.php