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Briefing Book! Powell Says Rush Limbaugh's Ruining GOP
- Colin Powell: All Rush's fault? Colin Powell says conservatives have to stop shouting at the world and the country. — Gawker
- Blagojevich: Would Obama be more likely to pardon Blagojevich if he didn't look like a male hustler from 1974?
Does Calling Obama a Socialist Cross the Line?
In 2001 John McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts, part of which Barack Obama now wants to let expire (while keeping some in place). In 2000, McCain shared a take on the progressive tax system, which deviates from the one he has now. He confronted a question from the daughter of "Joe the Doctor" who asked McCain at a 2000 townhall: "Why is it that someone like my father, who goes to school for 13 years, gets penalized in a huge tax bracket because he's a doctor?"
Reactions to Powell's Endorsement: Race, Elitism, & Legacy?
After Colin Powell's thorough endorsement of Barack Obama yesterday on Meet the Press the reactions and analysis flew in the media and your comments. Here are some of the standout reactions:
- Michelle Malkin called "Powell’s embrace of Barack Obama is a triumph of hope over reality," but is careful to say she doesn't think it's an issue of race. "It’s Obama’s social liberalism, not his skin color, that attracts Powell most."
- Rush Limbaugh and Pat Buchanan didn't come to the same conclusion, saying, "I am now researching his past endorsements to see if I can find all the inexperienced, very liberal, white candidates he has endorsed," and "look would Colin Powell be endorsing Obama if he were a white liberal Democrat..."
Gen. Colin Powell Endorses a Candidate on Meet the Press
On Meet the Press moments ago, former Secretary of State Colin Powell laid out first his reasons, and then his much-anticipated endorsement. Powell said that Obama had been showing intellectual vigor and displaying concern for all of the country and the issues people care about, while he was concerned by McCain's seeming constant changing of ideas on how to solve problems. He said though Gov.
Colin Powell Gets Down — and Could Be Ready to Endorse?
Glee. This pictures of Colin Powell getting down with his soberly respectable self fill me with utter glee. The former secretary of state hip-hopped on stage with the Nigerian group Olu Maintain at the Africa Rising Festival at the Royal Albert Hall last night.
Joseph Wilson: Obama Has Not Proven Better Judgment
Joseph Wilson, who personifies the dissent surrounding the build up to the Iraq war, profoundly resents Barack Obama's distortion of George Bush's folly into Hillary Clinton's responsibility.
On the Huffington Post, the husband of ex-CIA agent Valerie Plame and former ambassador, systematically deflates Obama's argument that he possesses superior judgment, evidenced by Obama's 2002 speech against the war. For some of the arguments made by Wilson, read more
The Most Terrifying Dropped Call Ever
Holy guacamole! Those Cingular ads underline how important getting clean reception on your cell phone is. Otherwise, dropped calls cause wives to think their husbands are cheating on them, workers to think their bosses don't get their bad jokes, or boyfriends to think their girlfriends have other boyfriends.
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Do Endorsements Factor Into Your Voting Decision?
Is it the voting equivalent of jumping off a cliff? If well-known people/newspapers/terrorist organizations are endorsing a candidate, does it make you want to do it too? With less than two weeks left, endorsements of varying pedigrees and celebrity are piling up.
Front Page: Israel Keeps Withdrawing Amid Fragile Ceasefire
- Israel continued to withdraw from Gaza today, as a cease-fire pausing the 22-days of fighting holds. — New York Times
- Civil rights leaders and other African American activists who participated in Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March On Washington, are back this week to attend Barack Obama's inauguration. — ABC News
- India's foreign minister has put pressure on Pakistan, maintaining today that countries that fail to stop terrorism would pay a "heavy price."
Clinton Met With Obama About His Administration
A Democratic official has confirmed that Sen. Hillary Clinton met with President-elect Barack Obama this morning to discuss her role in his administration.
Clinton's trip to Chicago was described as "personal business" in a press release, but happened after a request from Obama.
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