Posted on 10/17/2008 11:57:58 AM PDT by Publius804
Signs that Republican Colin Powell will support Barack Obama for president
By THOMAS M. DeFRANK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF
WASHINGTON - After months of playing political Hamlet, Colin Powell is finally ready to tell America who he likes for President - and the smart money says Barack Obama is Powell's choice.
Sources close to the retired four-star general and American icon cautioned that Powell's support for Obama over John McCain might stop short of a formal endorsement when he's interviewed on NBC's "Meet the Press" Sunday.
Given Powell's cautious nature, he might decide to make his endorsement of Obama implied, rather than explicit. Even so, a well-informed source told the Daily News:
"After Sunday people aren't going to have any doubt who he's voting for."
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
wasn’t he just on a music video with PDIDDY?
Powell is unpopular and mistrusted by the left and right.
Therefore, his endorsement of Obama is a negative factor for the The One.
YAWN!
Implied is all the MSM need.
I never liked Powell - he always struck me as a diva.
So basically, in the end, it comes to race for Powell. How sad.
Doesn’t surprise me. Watch the rats embrace this endorsement after bashing him for lying about the WMD. They are all hypocrites and this endorsement means nothing.
So... A moderate liberal is going to support a lunatic left liberal. The MSM will go nuts over this and try to make it into a 3 day news story, I can hardly wait.
Sorry, I just had to do that.
IMHO, much ado about nothing. Powell is, thankfully, no longer mainstream. I don't see this as having much of an impact.
“American icon”. What nonsense.
In fact, having a Black Republican like Colin Powell endorse Obama gives credence to the theory that blacks will vote for a black man over a white one.
I wonder how that will go over in Murtha’s “racist” district? LOL.
McCain does not want or need an Endorsement from Colin.
A 95%er . . .
Probably 0bama’s strong support of our millitary , right ?
Oh no this might push obamas support among african americans from 97% to 98% or even 99%
“So basically, in the end, it comes to race for Powell. How sad.”
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The bottom-line on this mediocre and highly forgettable, affirmative action no-talent.
General, we are grateful as a nation for your service.
With that being said, I don’t give a fig who you endorse. Especially at this late stage of the game - could you be any more of a front runner?
Your chance to play in the big leagues of presidential politics ended in 1995 or so.
Powell has already donated the max to McCain. He has given nothing to Obama.
I wouldn’t worry about Powell.
“So basically, in the end, it comes to race for Powell. How sad.”
Exactly...
“So basically, in the end, it comes to race for Powell. How sad”
Ding Ding Ding....we have a winner
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