The drama of the last minute announcement reeks of choreography(poor, at that) with the Obama campaign. An October surprise, amateur-style.

Truth is, I am not sure how many people were on the edge of their seats waiting to see who Powell would endorse; I surely wasn’t. Many of the people who did take note may have been the type who do not hold Powell in high regard due to his act of leading us into Iraq then bailing out when the going got tough, or among the crowd who referred to him, Chondoleza Rice, and Clarence Thomas as ‘house n*ggers’ <– their words not mine, during the early days of the Bush II administration.
With their skewed ‘wannabe’ view of the world, Obama and his neurotic handlers may have counted on this more than they should have, as this may appeal more to their base (e.g Andrea Mitchell-Greenspan, Chris Matthews, Letterman,etc;) as a little rush to the loins, than to the independents or undecideds who should be the real target of an October surprise.

I was listening to Meet the Press while in the ‘reading room’ and must confess I didn’t interrupt my serious business to run to the TV.

BTW, excellent initial post ‘what do you do…’ Very well stated.

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Mark Foley endorsed him? Well BHO, that’s another feather in your Robin Hood cap isn’t it? Well have fun with your gay, I mean Merry Men. A suggestion though; if you invite Barney Frank and Mark Foley to the gym for some male bonding, don’t drop the soap in the shower. They might confuse you with a Congressional page. Foley likes them bent over. That’s some “pork” we would all get a hearty chuckle over and for once it wouldn’t cost the taxpayers a dime.

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And yet another Republican steps out in favor of Obama. Thrilled by the Powell endorsement, ex-Cong., Mark Foley, still stung at being rightfully booted from the Grand Old Party(imo), is now saying “me too.”

He’s all yours, Obots, add him to the Hamas, Chavez, Castro, etc. collection of Obama endorsements.

http://www.wilshireandwashington.com/2008/10/spotted-mark-fo.html

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More on this whole Palin-isn’t-qualified-thing — so I’m wondering: We’re into our eighth week of a full-court media press against Sarah, plus now how she doesn’t live up to Powell’s high standards for foreign policy (but Biden does). Yet we’ve seen nothing from the McCain campaign questioning things like Biden’s hallucinatory claims about Hezbollah (just to cite one example).

I hate to say it folks, but if it happens, I can already see the stories that are going to be written about the incompetency of the McCain campaign machine. Sure, the MSM has been a strong adversary – but the real story is going to be missed opportunities by the McCain campaign. A day late and a dollar short, usually, *if* there’s any response at all. The only way to fight a steamroller is something on the order of a nuke attack. Are we gonna see it? Ever?

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SoCal Chris,

You’re most welcome! I love Flopping Aces.

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mlajoie2,
Thanks for posting this article!

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I doubt very much that when General Powell was gearing up to go to war and a young 6 year captain with just staff experience walked in to his office that he would have appointed this captain to command one of his combat divisions or any division as a matter of fact.

Bill

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Honestly, I just wish he’d switch parties and get it over with. He’s been a RINO for so long, I can’t say I’m the least bit surprised at this. I am so tired of the liberal/leftists in this country. They are so utterly boring and predictable it is pathetic. This country will be ruined for generations if BHO gets elected, especially if the Dems make the predicted gains in the House and Senate. We will be completely Socialist if they get their way, and the dumbed down idiots who support them will be perfectly content as they “spread the wealth” which others have worked hard to attain. I look for the Dems to try to do away with the amendment that limits Presidential terms. (right after they get rid of that pesky Electoral College thingy) Can’t remember which one at the moment…22 or 23 maybe. Of course they will want their little darling to continue to rule over us for as long as he so chooses, as they’ve already made it perfectly clear that the constitution is just an inconvenience to them. I am so disgusted. Many bloggers are saying that the polls are not to be believed bcause they overly weight them with democrats. I am sure some of that’s true, as John Kerry was ahead in the polls at this time in ’04 too. We can only hope enough people wake up to who and what this liar really is and what he has in store for us IF he wins. God help us all!

I AM JOE!

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If you go back to Desert Storm/Desert Sheild. Powell was against the “Spheres of Control” strategy the Checkmate think-tank came up with for conducting the original war through surgical attacks on key command and control infrastructure. It was orginally solely an air battle. The Army hawks were outraged that they would not be involved. Schwartzkopf was one of the few that would take it on, but he too wanted ground forces involved.

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