Colin Powell endorses Obama

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

This may be a bit wider than our main content column, but thought it would be worthwhile to put here so that anyone who cares to can review a video of Colin Powells remarks.

I lost a great deal of respect for Colin Powell as he was Bush’s point man for selling the war.  I would guess that those reservations against him don’t apply for those of you in support of Bush, McCain, and the war.  I think his argument here is well thought out and well stated, and would hope you would give it some thought.

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  • on October 23rd, 2008 01:33 AM Kristen said:

    I still have great respect for Colin Powell. He is smart, patriotic in the best way, and not afraid to consider contrary ideas and act on them.

    He was in a terrible position as Secretary of State - he didn’t believe in the war he was asked to sell, but he believed in the team and in the nation. His personal integrity won out in the end. I’d want him on my team, for sure.

  • on October 23rd, 2008 01:38 AM UltraBob said:

    Glad to hear it Kristen, hopefully this helps you to make your informed decision on who to vote for.  Have you and Tod received your ballots yet?

  • on October 23rd, 2008 04:36 AM UltraJessica said:

    First of all, I would like to apologize for offending Bob with my comment about farms (in a post a lot further down - I didn’t want to make anybody scroll way down) . It was not intended to cause insult. Let me clarify here. Small farms will always need help because they lack the economies of scale that would make them truly competitive against large farms. I never meant to insinuate that your family did not work hard on your farm. I meant to recognize the hard work that goes into both running and expanding a farm. Concerning the subsidies, I would prefer to have the money spent on things like education and healthcare rather than on subsidies. I hope that you now understand what I meant to say. I’m sorry for offending anyone.

    I read the interview where Colin Powell endorsed Obama. While I do admire Powell, I do not agree with him. In my opinion, McCain would make a better President.

  • on October 23rd, 2008 08:49 PM John said:

    I certainly didn’t expect that his endorsement would cause you to change your mind, but I do think that he rather eloquently addresses a few points you had raised.  Such as the “old terrorist”

  • on October 24th, 2008 06:54 AM UltraBob said:

    No need to apologize Jessica, I knew you didn’t mean it.  It just took me a day or two to cool down.  Not to run through all of this again, but if you want improvements in education and health care, Obama’s your man.