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    Powell to Endorse! (Remind Me Why I Care)

    Posted Saturday, October 18, 2008 2:09 PM | By Melinda Henneberger
    Apparently, it is a big darn deal that Colin Powell might, just possibly, sorta orta endorse Obama tomorrow on "Meet the Press.'' To which I say: Whoop-dee-damn-do. Who cares what Powell, the "loyal soldier'' - if by loyal you mean willing to betray the American people - thinks? It was on his no-good word that a lot of people believed we had an other-than trumped up reason to go into Iraq, when Powell by his own (much later) admission knew all along that we did not. The way I read Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack, Powell was so flattered to have been asked to make the case for war at the U.N. that he was willing to put tens of thousands of lives at risk by buffing up the cherry-picked intelligence, and presenting it with a flourish. So my questions are: Why does he continue to get the Great Man treatment from the press? Whose vote could he possibly sway? This piece makes it look like he's giving Obama foreign policy advice, which I hope is not the case. (Remember Somalia?) I know that I've argued endlessly that Democrats oughtn't disparage a single voter anywhere ever, but as Emily Y. points out in her excellent piece on the evolution of umbrage, hyper-rationality is not only overrated, but is in fact a hallmark of brain damage! So for you, General, I make an exception: Keep your old semi-endorsement. (I am not Barack Obama, and he did not approve this message.)

     

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