Posted by
W. Austerman on Sunday, October 19, 2008 10:30:00 PM
Last night while looking at the latest headlines on Matt Drudge’s
Drudge report, I came across a surprise headline that I thought was bound to be a mistake (Not faulting the Drudge Report). The headline read that former Secretary of State Colin Powel, a strong Republican, would be endorsing Barack Obama’s Campaign. So you can imagine my surprise when I got up this morning to read on the Drudge Report that it was true. During Mr. Powel’s interview today on NBC’s Meet the Press he said he think Obama is a “transformational figure“ and, “He is a new generation coming ... onto the world stage and on the American stage. And for that reason, I'll be voting for Sen. Barack Obama.” Powel continued his defend his choice saying “I would have difficulty with two more conservative appointments to the Supreme Court” and criticized Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin saying “I don‘t think she’s ready to be President of the United States”. He also based his decision on the changes of the Republican Party saying “the party has moved even further to the right” and he “would have difficulty with two more conservative appointments to the Supreme Court”. He didn’t even point out any flaws in Obama. Now let’s break this down.
Colin Powel says
Barack Obama “speaks with great insight into the challenges we're facing of a military and political and economic nature.” HELLO, he wants to pull our troops out of Iraq as soon as he takes office and by doing so undermines exactly what they are doing and ensures that every soldier who gave their life for the freedom of the Iraqi People and the safety of our country will have died in vain. I would expect someone like Colin Powel, who served in a war where our troops were brought home before the job was done, like Vietnam to understand that.
Colin Powel says, “I think that [
Obama] has a definite way of doing business that will serve us well,”. Is it going to “serve us well” when he raises the taxes of the rich forcing companies to charge more and that in turn forcing his precious middle class to pay more for gas, food, and clothing??? Is it going to “serve us well” when a universal health care plan goes into effect forcing everyone to have their medical treatment limited and controlled by the government instead of themselves???
Colin Powel said he “would have difficulty with two more conservative appointments to the Supreme Court”. Yeah, God forbid we have another conservative justice or two who will make decisions according to the constitution and not legislate from the bench and do something constitutional, like ban abortion or not undermine the War on Terror.
This is not about race. This is not about a change in Washington. This is about doing the right thing for the good of the country. Neither candidate wants to do that. So we are stuck with who is going to come close to doing that. Raising taxes, forcing universal health care down our throats, making us look weak to both our allies and our enemies by withdraw from Iraq, and denying our right to bear Arms IS NOT in the best interest of this country. Now Colin Powel has a history of service to our country. Served in Vietnam, commanded a battalion of 101st, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a national security adviser, and secretary of state, and to top it all off he is a Republican. Now here we are with him endorsing the most
liberal member of the US Senate. Just last week Powell gave the McCain Campaign the $2300.00 maximum contribution allowed by law and now he’s giving Obama the one thing that matters most, his vote. I had great respect for Powel, but today I have lost my respect. I’m hurt, and I’m sure there is at least one man or woman serving in the Army, Air Force, Navy, Maries, and Coast Guard who feels the same way.