Earlier in the race, Powell contributed to McCain’s campaign. Yesterday, as you know, he endorsed Barack Obama for President. Here’s the clip.
It was interesting that Powell also repudiated the Muslim-baiting that’s become so common in American politics, and is practically required in his own party:
I’m also troubled by, not what Senator McCain says, but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said. Such things as ‘Well you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.’ Well the correct answer is ‘He is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian, he’s always been a Christian.’ But the really right answer is ‘What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?’ The answer is ‘No. That’s not America.’ Is there something wrong with some 7-year old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she can be president? Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion he’s a Muslim and he might be associated with terrorists. This is not the way we should be doing it in America.
Suddenly because Powell is endorsing obama he is not as evil as he used to be? Yet, Powell was the one encouraging the Iraq war claiming they had WMD. Anyone with intelligence knows that Powell is endorsing based on race.
98% of black people are voting for obama just because he is black. White people are split between obama, nadar, and McCain. Think about it.
The truth is this is a race campaign. The Democrats control the senate and congress and have the lowest approval rating in US history. The Democrats couldn’t even beat Bush in the elections thus why they are going after the black vote in the US, about 45 million blacks. Thus, why obama voted present over 130 times, avoided the tough issues, and never challenged his party leaders on senate to preserve his political career. Only 143 days on state senate when he decided to run for office.
The Democrats lost because the US is not a socialist/communist system. Americans fought against Nazi Germany, their socialist party, and communist USSR for decades, just to name a few.
Again, Clinton supported deregulation and introduced FTAs like NAFTA. That is why the US economy was strong during his administration. McCain also supports deregulation and fights for FTAs like NAFTA. These initiatives will help our economy. Our economy is very important, McCain is better for our economy. I hope people get educated before they vote.
US businesses create US jobs. obama wants to limit the growth of US businesses, which is limiting the growth of US jobs. If you increase tax on US businesses they will either just relocate to a lower tax country taking American jobs with them, pass the added tax cost to consumers or go bankrupt. GM and Ford can barely compete globally and obama wants to tax them more. The smaller businesses that are reliant on GM and Ford will also be greatly affected, destroying more US jobs.
The US is the land of opportunity not the land of equal outcome. Why should government take your money and give it to people who are already on welfare to spread the wealth?
What Caused Our Economic Crisis? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RZVw3no2A4
Sarah, I’m not convinced you’re in any position to say what people with any intelligence know or don’t know.
This is the first time I’ve mentioned Powell in this blog, and I merely noted that he endorsed Obama. I didn’t say a word about whether he was evil or whether endorsing Obama made him less evil. Please don’t confuse me with the voices in your head.
I’m sure that there are some African-Americans who are supporting Obama because of his race, but I doubt that there are as many as you imagine, and I doubt that Powell is one of them. The majority of African-Americans support the Democratic Party for the same reason the majority of LGBTs support the Democratic Party: because you have to be a fool or a quisling to be a black Republican, or a gay Republican. Powell, a Republican, has elaborated on his reasons for endorsing Obama, which just goes to show that even Powell has limits.
I’m sure, though, that this is indeed a race campaign for racists like yourself, who make up such an important part of John McCain’s support.
Your ideas about both history and economics would be laughable if they weren’t so tragically common, and it hurts my head even to think about trying to respond to them.