Comments on: UPDATED – P.P.E. (Powell’s Political Effect) – Let My Moderate Republicans Go

By: Lit3Bolt

Lit3Bolt — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:30:47 +0000

Pat Buchanan, George Will, and Rush Limbaugh are only voting for McCain because they're white.

By: Below The Beltway » Blog Archive » Conservative Pundits: Powell Only Endorsed Obama Because He’s Black

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:02:35 +0000

[...] Campbell at The Moderate Voice seems to think that Obama, and Powell, should welcome the attacks: Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama is one of the big tea leaves of this election cycle. [...]

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:03:29 +0000

DLS

"Plenty of us wanted Powell to be our President in the 1990s and in earlier years in this decade, and we view what he has to say very, very highly."

So does that mean you're planning to vote for Obama?:-)

And I do think the GOP has become toxic--- they have worked to divide us against ourselves at a time when unity is important. Plus they incite the ugly emotions inside voters during campaigns. Its not simply disfunction that is causing Powell to cross over- and it certainly isn't race. Its because the GOP has allowed the dominance of the extreme right wing over the moderates and centrists. These extremists are not happy with compromise; they want to crush their opponents- both domestically and internationally. Powell is the first prominent moderate to come forward and say he's had enough (I'm not counting Bloomberg and Hagel here-because they have not endorsed Obama)

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:57:50 +0000

There is no need to be childish about the GOP-voter “crossover” for Obama this year. The GOP is dysfunctional, not deadly, toxic, or the equivalent. Not all GOP-leaning voters are so silly they, for example, adore Bloomberg (the “moderate” idol of the Silly Set) and support his current debased effort to subvert election laws.

As to Powell and what I called the Powell Effect, it's a great PR and electoral boost for Obama. Plenty of us wanted Powell to be our President in the 1990s and in earlier years in this decade, and we view what he has to say very, very highly.