Colin Powell Endorses Obama: "'I come to the conclusion that because of his ability to inspire, because of the inclusive nature of his campaign, because he is reaching out all across America, because of who he is and his rhetorical abilities -- and you have to take that into account -- as well as his substance -- he has both style and substance,' Powell said. 'He has met the standard of being a successful president, being an exceptional president.'"
The ability to inspire is the benchmark of an exceptional president??? Today's Republican Party is too far right for Colin Powell? First of all, if Colin Powell has truly known John McCain for the last 25 years, then he would know that McCain is definitely not the most conservative Republican in Washington. Although overall, Senator McCain's voting record has been relatively conservative, his support for embryonic stem cell research, campaign finance reform, and immigration reform has put him at odds with right-wing conservative Republicans, including myself. However, as much as it pains me to say this, there is a flip side to McCain's bad choices. John McCain is the only candidate who is willing to risk his political career to reach across the aisle to the other party. This shows that John McCain places personal conviction, right or wrong, over his career. Where is the tangible evidence of Obama ever taking such risk?(Obama On His Reach-Across-The-Aisle Record - Marc Ambinder); therefore, it is an absolute oxymoron for Colin Powell to apply the quality of "reaching out in a more diverse, inclusive way" to Obama, rather than John McCain. On a side note, if the current Republican ticket is too far right for Colin Powell, does this make Joe Lieberman (an Independent-Democrat and McCain-Palin endorser) a Republican?
Colin Powell should also understand McCain's logic in selecting Sarah Palin. McCain knows that the only chance he has is by selecting a running mate who is a Pro-life conservative. Anything less would have alienated most of the right-wing conservatives, whose support he desperately needs if he is to have any chance of becoming the next president.
Don't get me wrong; although I have some concerns with some of McCain's previous bad decisions, he is still the right candidate to lead this country out of it's current economic distress and keep us safe from those that want to see America destroyed. However, if all you care about is personality, style, and inspiration, why bother with Obama? How about someone like Oprah? After all, Oprah is a great listener and supposedly 'people just love her'. Even better yet, how about Joel Osteen? He has no experience, just like Obama. Joel is kind of like a community organizer, just like Obama, since he runs a huge "I'm OK, You're OK" type of church. But Joel Osteen has one quality over Obama; there is no one in this world who can preach a 'cotton-candy' feel-good message like Joel. As much as I am unable to stomach Joel Osteen's frosted flake sermons, I would have to agree that Joel Osteen is more inspirational than Obama. But on the other hand, Obama is a quick study. I am quite sure that just as Joel preaches his feel-good/no-judgment/no-responsibility/all inclusive message to his congregation, likewise Obama will apply the same principles and use his superb toastmaster skills to spread his feel good message to the world so that we'll all be happy, the economy will spring like a blooming desert, the Muslims will love America, and we can all sing Kumbaya...YEAH RIGHT!!!
Amy J.
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