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Colin Powell Endorses Barack Obama
HollywoodGrind - Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors celebrity scandals Hollywood gossip blog — Colin Powell was on Meet the Press tonight where he officially endorsed Barack Hussein Obama. I have always respected Powell, but after hearing his reasoning for endorsing Obama, I now find Powell’s motivation suspect. I know Powell was sincere in his endorsement, but he should have stopped there. The more Powell said, the more he sounded like a liberal democrat who strongly identifies with Obama because they are both black, and they both have liberal values, not that there is anything wrong with either. Powell ...

POLITICS: POWELL ENDORSES OBAMA / PALIN’S SOCIALIST CLAIM / OBAMA RESPONDS
CONCRETELOOP.COM — On Sunday’s Meet the Press, former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced that he will be voting for Sen. Barack Obama next month. “I think he is a transformational figure, he is a new generation ...

Paul Jenkins: The GOP's White Supremacy
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog — When a 19 year-old white supremacist recently gained a seat on the Palm Beach County Republican Executive Committee, the election created such an outcry that embarrassed local politicians used a technicality to block his seating. The entire process was buffoonish, although the views of the spawn of a grand wizard of the KKK and his supporters were not. Events such as this, or the stunning success of David Duke in Louisiana in 1990, occur every few years within the GOP, a reminder of the party's racist faction. Even more standard for Republicans, especially in the year that saw Barack Obama's election, are the off-key comments about ...

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