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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (30166)	5/20/2002 7:30:35 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) of 281500

John Derbyshire Definitely a columnist I shall avoid wasting time on. And, given that the National Review published him, yet another reason to skip lightly over its issues at Barnes and Nobles. The following paragraph is reason enough to skip. Which brings us to the Colin Powell problem. Bringing Powell into the cabinet will, I believe, come to be seen as a classic error by George W. Bush — given a whole chapter to itself in future textbooks on how to form a cabinet, or how to get a new administration off the ground. Powell has a huge constituency, far larger and more committed than the President's own. To be sure, a lot of people don't like him. Blacks don't like him because he's not "authentic" enough (which is to say, he shows no sign of hating white people). White liberals don't like him because he escaped from their plantation somehow. White conservatives don't like him because he's squishy on a lot of issues they care about: affirmative action, abortion, the Second Amendment, and so on. Who knows now whether this Bush administration will be the better or worse for including Powell. But none of us need this kind of red meat language to help us make up our minds.

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