• Barack Obama,  Colin Powell

    Colin Powell Endorses Obama for President and Says It’s NOT About Race

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    It has been rumored since July that Colin Powell would endorse Barack Obama for President and he did this morning on NBC News, Meet the Press.

    Flap will post the video next but should it be taken down from You Tube the link for the NBC video is here:

    The transcript is here.


    Colin Powell said this:

    I’m an American, first and foremost, and I’m very proud–I said, I’ve said, I’ve said to my beloved friend and colleague John McCain, a friend of 25 years, “John, I love you, but I’m not just going to vote for you on the basis of our affection or friendship.” And I’ve said to Barack Obama, “I admire you.  I’ll give you all the advice I can.  But I’m not going to vote for you just because you’re black.” 

    Yet, then there is this:

    MR. BROKAW:  And you are fully aware that there will be some–how many, no one can say for sure–but there will be some who will say this is an African-American, distinguished American, supporting another African-American because of race.

    GEN. POWELL:  If I had only had that in mind, I could have done this six, eight, 10 months ago.  I really have been going back and forth between somebody I have the highest respect and regard for, John McCain, and somebody I was getting to know, Barack Obama.  And it was only in the last couple of months that I settled on this.  And I can’t deny that it will be a historic event for an African-American to become president.  And should that happen, all Americans should be proud–not just African-Americans, but all Americans–that we have reached this point in our national history where such a thing could happen.  It will also not only electrify our country, I think it’ll electrify the world.

    Well, six months ago it wasn’t even clear that Barack Obama would win the Democrat nomination over Hillary Clinton. Rush Limbaugh like Flap doubts Powell’s comments about race.

    “Secretary Powell says his endorsement is not about race,” Limbaugh wrote in an e-mail. “OK, fine. I am now researching his past endorsements to see if I can find all the inexperienced, very liberal, white candidates he has endorsed. I’ll let you know what I come up with.”

    Michelle Malkin says no to the race issue and says it is Powell’s social liberalism that leads him to endorse Obama.

    One last note: I see in comments that many believe Powell supports Obama because he is black. Powell has said electing a black president would be “electrifying.” He is a staunch supporter of government racial preferences.

    It’s a mistake, though, to attribute Powell’s endorsement primarily to some kind of race loyalty.

    It’s Obama’s social liberalism, not his skin color, that attracts Powell most.

    Flap thinks race played a prominent role in the rationale for the Obama endorsement but his treatment by the Leftist Washington elite and his hatred of George W. Bush is a close second.

    One prominent conservative who knows both McCain and Powell said that for all the secretary of state’s criticism of McCain and his praise of Obama, the move had less to do with the two candidates for president than the current occupant of the Oval Office.

    “Powell cares a lot about his reputation with Washington elites, and he thinks he was badly damaged by his relationship with the Bush administration,” said this Republican. “So this is a way to make up for what he regarded as not being treated well by the Bush administration, not being given the due deference he thinks he deserves.”

    And that Powell would make his decision known in the closing weeks of the election, as it becomes increasingly clear that Obama is the favorite, reflects a calculated political move, says this source.

    “Let’s be honest — do we think Powell would be doing this if Obama had been trailing 6 or 7 points in the polls?” the source asked, deeming Powell’s endorsement “a profile in conventional wisdom.”

    So, what will be the net effect of the Powell endorsement?

    Colin Powell will feel better about himself and will now be invited to the New York and Washington cocktail parties. But, beyond this –  as Flap said before – not much.

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    Colin Powell to Endorse Barack Obama on Meet the Press This Sunday?

    Colin Powell Says Barack Obama Win “Would Be Electrifying”

    John McCain Watch: Colin Powell for Vice President?

    Colin Powell NOT Attending Democrat Convention

    Colin Powell to Endorse Barack Obama in Denver?

    Barack Obama Watch: Colin Powell to Endorse Obama?


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  • NBC,  Sarah Palin

    Video: Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live

    There are two clips in which Alaska Governor and GOP Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin was featured on last night’s Saturday Night Live (SNL) on NBC.

    Do you think Lorne Michaels and the LEFTISTS at NBC sandbagged Palin? Here is the second clip:

    Ace thought they sandbagged Palin. I agree but NBC and Michael’s did not wish to kill off their MEME that has brought them three times their normal viewer traffic. And, the contrasts between the real life Palin with Tina Fey are astoundingly pro Sarah.

    Here is the script from the rap in the second clip:

    One, two, three
    My name is Sarah Palin
    You all know me
    Vice President nominee of the G-O-P.
    Gonna need ya vote
    In the next election
    Can I get a “What What” from the senior section?

    McCain got experience,
    McCain got style,
    But don’t let him freak you out
    When he tries to smile.
    ‘Cause that smile be creepy,
    But when I’m V-P,
    All the leaders in the world gonna finally meet me!

    Howz it go Eskimos?
    (Eskimos!)
    Tel me, tell me what you know, Eskimos!
    (Eskimos!)
    How you feel Eskimos?
    (Ice cold!)
    Tell me, tell me what you feel Eskimos
    (Supa’ cold!)

    I’m Jeremiah wright
    ‘Cause tonight I’m the preacha
    I got a bookish look and ya all hot fo’ teacha
    Todd lookin’ fine on his snow machine,
    So hot for each other need a go-between.

    In Wasilla we just chill, baby chilla,
    But when I see oil it’s “Drill, baby, drilla!”

    My country ’tis of thee,
    From my porch I can see,
    Russia and such

    All the mavericks in the house put ya hands up!
    All the mavericks in the house put ya hands up!

    All the plumbers in the house pull ya pants up!
    All the plumbers in the house pull ya pants up!

    When I say Obama you say Ayers
    Obama!
    (Ayers!)
    Obama!
    (Ayers!)
    I built me a bridge it ain’t going nowhere!
    Ohhhhhhhhhh!

    McCain/Palin gonna put the nail in
    The coffin, of the media elite
    (She likes red meat!)
    Shoot a motherhumpin’ moose eight days of the week!

    [gunshots]

    Now ya dead!
    Now ya dead ’cause I’m an animal!
    And I’m bigga than you!

    ‘Hold of a shot gun, walk in the pub
    Everybody party, we’re goin’ on a hunt

    La-la-la-la
    la-la
    la-laaaaaa

    [gunshots]

    Yo, I’m Palin, I’m out!

    Should McCain-Palin win on November 4 the laugh will be on NBC when Palin as Vice President of the United States demands she host the show with her own selection of guests and some skits parodying the Left. If she loses, they will have her back to host the show when she runs for re-election for Alaska Governor in 2010.

    Sarah Palin wins with SNL.


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    • With an African-American running for president this year, there has been a lot of chatter about the "Bradley effect," allowing the media to wail about institutional racism in America.

      Named after Tom Bradley, who lost his election for California governor in 1982 despite a substantial lead in the polls, the Bradley effect says that black candidates will poll much stronger than the actual election results.

      First of all, if true, this is the opposite of racism: It is fear of being accused of racism. For most Americans, there is nothing more terrifying than the prospect of being called a racist. It's scarier than flood or famine, terrorist attacks or flesh-eating bacteria. To some, it's even scarier than "food insecurity."

      Political correctness has taught people to lie to pollsters rather than be forced to explain why they're not voting for the African-American.

    • A former Illinois bank official, now claiming whistleblower status, says bank officials replaced a loan reappraisal that he prepared for a Chicago property that was purchased by the wife of now-convicted felon Tony Rezko, part of which was later sold to next-door neighbor Barack Obama.

      In a complaint filed Thursday in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Kenneth J. Connor said that his reappraisal of Rita Rezko's property was replaced with a higher one and that he was fired when he questioned the document.

      Mr. Connor, a real estate and commercial credit analyst at the Mutual Bank Corp. in Chicago, also noted in the complaint that the bank received a grand jury subpoena in October 2006 requiring it to produce information concerning Mrs. Rezko's purchase, including the bank's files on the property.
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      Crickets from the MSM.

    • It's unlikely that the American media will produce the "penetrating exposé" into whether members of Congress are "pro-America or anti-America" that Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) called for Friday, but there has been at least one consequence she may not have expected: Her congressional opponent, Democrat El Tinklenberg, has been showered with cash from all parts of the country — America, that is — as apparently insulted Americans respond to Bachmann's request.

      "I can absolutely confirm that we have had in the last 24 hours donations from hundreds and hundreds of people from all over the country," said Tinklenberg campaign manager Anna Richey. "It's coming in so fast I can't get a hold on it and can't give a precise number. It's still coming in." At minimum, she said, $150,000 has so far been donated and she expects the total, which the campaign will release later today, to be far higher.
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      Again, why is anyone from the GOP bothering with Chris Matthews or MSNBC?

    • It might be a good idea for the folks from the McCain campaign to take a day off, take a breath, and then return to work. Republicans unaffiliated with the campaign tell me the "bunker" mentality there is really starting to hurt them.

      To wit: McCain senior adviser Nancy Pfotenhauer on MSNBC today.

      "As a proud resident of Oakton, Virginia, I can tell you that the Democrats have just come in from the District of Columbia and moved into northern Virginia," Pfotenhauer said, speaking of Democratic gains in that part of the state. "And that's really what you see there.

      "But the rest of the state, 'real Virginia,' if you will, I think will be very responsive to Senator McCain’s message," she continued.
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      Why is anyone from the GOP going on MSNBC? Just boycott them and NBC news.

    • Sarah Palin has arrived in New York and will head to NBC headquarters at Rockefeller Center at 4 p.m. ET for an afternoon of rehearsals before making her much-anticipated debut on 'Saturday Night Live' this evening.

      An aide to Palin said Saturday that "there are multiple scripts," but would not elaborate.

      "Things are in the works," said Palin spokesperson Tracey Schmitt. "Stay tuned."

      As of Friday evening, Palin had yet to see a script for the sketch show, according to another campaign adviser.

      UPDATE: Palin has arrived at SNL's studios, accompanied by three aides. She is expected to spend the rest of the evening in rehearsals.
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      Flap can hardly wait – NOT….

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    • The Chicago Tribune, on the day it announced an endorsement for Barack Obama, quietly slipped a potential bombshell story about The One on its Swamp blog as the day was ending.

      Just weeks before Election Day, a former banker has filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court claiming he was fired for reporting to his bosses that there had been some shenanigans with the paperwork on a loan involving the purchase of Barack Obama’s South Side home and its neighboring lot.

      Kenneth Conner claims in the suit that an appraisal found the vacant lot purchased by Obama fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko was worth $125,000 less than the bank’s first appraisal. The Republican National Committee was peddling the suit today with the apparent hope that Conner’s allegation would lend credence to the suggestion Obama needed Rezko’s help to finance the purchase of the Kenwood home–something Obama has denied.
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      The MSM ignores Rezko and The One – He is their Messiah. Get it?

      (tags: barack_obama)
    • Over at Tapped, A. Serwer, fresh off calling me a racist for saying that Gwen Ifill should not have moderated the debate because she didn't tell the Commission on Presidential Debates about her book on "The Age of Obama," declares that I am paranoid, too.

      He writes, "there isn't a single instance of organized voter fraud that Geraghty can actually point to, despite being up in arms about it. That's "paranoia"."

      Today, news out of New Mexico, the state GOP looked at information for 92 newly-registered voters in one district, and found 28 had "missing or inaccurate Social Security numbers or birth dates. In some cases, more than one voter was registered using the same Social Security number. In others, people who the Republicans said had no Social Security number on public record were registered." All of these are of individuals who have already cast ballots in the June New Mexico state legislative Democratic primary.

    • A host of well-known figures, including some Republicans, have indicated they would be willing to serve in some capacity as Obama begins to acquire a winner’s glow. From Senator John Kerry, the 2004 presidential candidate with hopes of becoming secretary of state, to Larry Summers, a former US Treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, and Chuck Hagel, the Republican senator who has been tipped as defence secretary, there are plenty who have signalled their availability.
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      Sorry to disappoint this Brit writer but these are not stars and Chuck Hagel is not even considered a Republican anymore.
      (tags: barack_obama)