Posted on 10/20/2008 1:26:14 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Powell has endorsed McCain. Huh? Is that some sort of typo? Nope. It is the Powell endorsement that the mainstream media is ignoring. Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama which was widely heralded in the MSM. However, his son, former FCC Commission Chairman Michael Powell has endorsed John McCain. The MSM is conveniently ignoring it but here is the report of this endorsement in The Hill:
Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, has put him at odds with his own son, former Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Michael Powell.
Michael Powell, who served as a policy adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney, is a surrogate for John McCain and represents the GOP nominee on the campaign trail.
He endorsed McCain early in the Republican primary in January, and said the Arizona senator was the best candidate to “calm the turbulent economic waters and to steer the new economy in a direction that will bring growth, opportunity and prosperity to all Americans.”
Powell contributed $1,000 to McCain the day of the Iowa caucuses and another $1,000 before the Florida primary. In August, he defended McCain, who had said he rarely uses the Internet, as someone who “understands technology very well” from his time as chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Technology.
...He has addressed the media as a technology adviser to McCain’s campaign, and told National Public Radio in August that McCain has the experience to help create the economic and social conditions for tech businesses to thrive.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
PING!
To bad Fox News doesn’t follow suit. They are screaming it all over the place. They are asking all the guests about it.
Another poster with too many pronouns and a dearth of antecedents...
Ain't communications wonderful?
While I have not looked at any poll numbers on the question, I would imagine that Colin Powell may have a bit higher name recognition than Michael Powell.
Eggshually, Colin Powell did endorse John McCain on Friday.
The MSM ignored that one.
So he endorsed the O-man on Sunday.
Now listen to the wires sing his praises.
Which is all he ever wanted.
There have been a few newsworthy endorsements recently as some high-profile Republicans have publicly moved to Democratic territory. Christopher Buckley, William F. Buckley's son, endorsed Barack Obama (and subsequently lost his column at the National Review over it). Colin Powell did the same this weekend. Republican talk show host Michael Smerconish announced he'd be voting for a Democrat for the first time in 28 years.
Interesting in that MP was once the head of the FCC who, under Opossum, would be tasked with enforcing the so-called “Fairness Doctrine”.
Interesting...
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