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In response to "Wow. Rush Limbaugh really is a fucking douche. "Powell endorsement totally about race." -- nm" by TWuG

It depends on how it came about, really. If Powell went public with it, it's much different than some media outlet asking him. -- nm

Posted by GJOSHGREEN Oct 20 '08, 18:15

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I don't see that. -- nm - ty97 Oct 20, 18:17 31
- no? the media has no impact? -- nm - GJOSHGREEN Oct 20, 18:19 30
  - Ir I read what you said properly (please correct me if I'm wrong) - ty97 Oct 20, 18:27 4
    - Yes, I'm saying that it would be the PC response, were he cued by the media. Endorsing McCain would cause an uproar. -- nm - GJOSHGREEN Oct 20, 18:33 3
      - there would be no uproar if Powell endorsed McCain. -- nm - Die Incognito Oct 20, 18:49
      - I see no reason he can't choose to endorse on his own. - ty97 Oct 20, 18:37
      - do you think it never occured to anyone to ask him until now? -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 18:34
  - it only counts if it's on his show? -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 18:24 24
    - absolutely not--my point is media impact has 100% driven this election. Without it, Obama's "cult of personality" wouldn't exist. - GJOSHGREEN Oct 20, 18:31 22
      - was i foolish to hope the trolls wouldn't make it over to ST? -- nm - Die Incognito Oct 20, 18:44 1
        
        They let you in, though, so the bar was already low - TWuG Oct 20, 18:48
      - I like the Biblical reference followed by the balls cut off thing. It's hard to mix a message that much. -- nm - David Oct 20, 18:41 2
        
        Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth, testicle for a testicle. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 20, 18:45 1
        
        "A testicle for a testicle leaves all men cringing." -- nm - TWuG Oct 20, 18:49
      - and how does this go towards what motivated Powell's decision? -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 18:34 16
        
        the stage is what is in question...if he had Olbermann in his face, asking whom he was going to endorse, it's a lot different than Powell coming out - GJOSHGREEN Oct 20, 18:37 6
        
        Did you just suggest that Obama supporters don't know who Condoleezza Rice is? - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 20, 18:48 2
        
        dont you know? all liberals are festering idiots who have no clue how great things are under W. -- nm - Die Incognito Oct 20, 18:50 1
        
        Signed, the scary, scary people in those YouTube videos. -- nm - David Oct 20, 18:55
        
        "if they know who she is in the first place" are you for real? you really think the "Obama crowd" doesnt know Rice? -- nm - Die Incognito Oct 20, 18:48 1
        
        I'm a proud member of the Obama crowd. I know who Condi Rice is. -- nm - TWuG Oct 20, 18:51
        
        And Powell would have had the option of no comment - as Rice has done. - Reagen Oct 20, 18:39
        
        Easy. Powell saw the media lining up behind Obama and forcing hundreds of thousands of people to turn out at rallies and he decided - TWuG Oct 20, 18:35 8
        
        Couldn't he have, oh, I dunno... said "no comment" and not given an endorsement to either candidate? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 20, 18:37 7
        
        I think that would've caused an uproar. One of my profs was married to a guy working for Powell years ago, and Powell's wife didn't want him running - GJOSHGREEN Oct 20, 18:42 5
        
        an uproar from whom? -- nm - Reagen Oct 20, 18:43 4
        
        the African American community and probably the media as well, seeing as how in the tank they are for Obama -- nm - GJOSHGREEN Oct 20, 18:45 3
        
        so the fact that he hadn't said anything until now and no one had criticised him in the slightest doesn't register? - Reagen Oct 20, 18:47
        
        "Powell Endorsement Watch: Day5! Colin Powell still has not endorsed Barack Obama! Why?! What the fuck is wrong with the man!? More after the break" - TWuG Oct 20, 18:47 1
        
        L4! -- nm - Die Incognito Oct 20, 18:54
        
        He could have. He chose not to. Is he obligate *not* to endorse? No, so why not endorse the person he sees as the most fit? -- nm - TWuG Oct 20, 18:39
    - wait, I misunderstood. but still. - Reagen Oct 20, 18:28

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