[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL- Is the Powell Endorsement Important for Us?

[Brad Haslett]

Ben,

I'll cut right to the chase - I'm not in the 5% who is being asked to
pay for Obama's grand plans, I'm in the 1%.  "Share the wealth?"  I'd
rather share it with my elderly parents who live on a street where 80%
already receive government aid and yet beg from my parents. And yes,
unlike Obama who can't spare a dime for his blood brother, I
financially support my parents and could easily move them to a better
town.  They've lived in Brownstown for 60+ years and don't want to
move.

Isn't it interesting how the same people who a few years ago condemned
Colin Powell for his very persuasive speech at the UN on WMD now think
he has perfect insight?

Ben, Obama, Ayers (unrepentant terrorist), and Michael Klonsky (open
communist) all had offices on the same floor of the same building at
115 South Sangamon in Chicago for years.  If Obama wants to run as a
communist/marxist/socialist, fine, let's vote on that. Maybe he will
be good for your law practice, I don't think it will be good for this
highly compensated, hourly paid, blue collar worker - or for the
nation for that matter. The Ayers thing is all about honesty.  Obama
is lying.  It was the lying that took down Nixon and got Clinton
impeached.  Are we a nation of laws or not?  Does honesty matter? Are
we re-writing the constitution to eliminate perjury as a legal
construct?

Look at the evidence, Man!  Isn't that what attorneys do?

Brad

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Ben Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com> wrote:
>
> Colleagues;
>
> As those of you who follow the political posts on this list undoubtedly
> know, Gen. Colin Powell (ret.)endorsed the candidacy of Sen. Obama yesterday
> on the NBC Sunday news show "Meet the Press".
> Is this an important development worthy of sober reflection and
> reconsideration by those who have heretofor supported Sen. McCain, or is it
> simply a matter of expected racial politics, or something else?
>
> My view is that this endorsement represents a very important development.
> Here's why:
>
> Colin Powell is an indisputably loyal American.  He served as Chairman of
> the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest ranking uniformed military position
> in our Country during the first Gulf War. He was President Reagan's National
> Security Advisor, on of the most sensitive intelligence posts in our
> Country. He was Secretary of State under President GW Bush, the first
> Jamaican/American to serve in a Presidential Cabinet. His personal courage
> is beyond question having been personally decorated for bravery during
> service in Vietnam.  In 2007 he donated the maximum amount allowed by law to
> the McCain campaign.
>
> While there are those among us who discount endorsements, and say that they
> make up their own minds, I am not so sure of my own opinions on these
> subjects that I am unwilling to consider the opinions of others, especially
> when the others are in a position to make better judgements than mine, and
> where the others are people who I have good reason to respect.
>
> And so, what about Powell? He said about Sen. Obama on "Meet the Press":
>
>  "his ability to inspire, because of the inclusive nature of his campaign,
> because he is reaching out all across America, because of who he is and his
> rhetorical abilities", in addition to his "style and substance." Powell
> additionally called Obama a "transformational figure."[45][46] He was also
> "troubled" by the "false intimations that Obama was Muslim." Powell stated
> that "[Obama] is a Christian - He's always been a Christian...," and
> continued, "But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there
> something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no, that's
> not America." Powell later stated, "I look at these kind of approaches to
> the campaign, and they trouble me [...] Over the last seven weeks, the
> approach of the Republican Party has become narrower and narrower."
>
> This observation of the Republican Party's narrower approach is completely
> consistant with the remarks I have previously posted by the NYTImes
> columnist David Brooks. Powell also opined that the choice of Sarah Palin as
> a running mate showed poor judgement by Sen McCain.
>
> I frankly, see all the talk of "Joe the Plumber" and whether he is actually
> a plumber as a bit off the subject.
> We are at war in two countries.  The economy is in terrible shape by any
> measure.  Health care insurance is not available to what, 40 million?,
> Americans. We have no energy policy other than developing more fossil fuels.
> Lots more people in the world hate us, than used to hate us. To borrow the
> joke, my 401k is now a 201k.  The Republicans will not tell me who is going
> to pay for the wars, bailouts, the health care, etc, except that apparently
> they don't think "Joe the Plumber" should have to kick in his share.
>
> And so we argue about whether gays and lesbians should be able to marry,
> whether women in crisis prgnancys should be able to abort them, whether it
> is OK to be a muslim-American, whether science or creation-science should
> inform our students, and Rome continues to burn.
>
> So getting back to Colin Powell, if Obama is OK with him he's OK with me.
> Apparently, Powell (like most Americans) doesn't give a rat's ass about Mr.
> Ayres.
>
> Best,
>
> Ben C.  "s/v Susan Kay"  Highlands, NJ
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