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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (428489)	10/20/2008 1:14:28 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570758

I think every one of your points is valid. The only way the "tone" will change is by not having any opposition for Pelosi & Reid. That is not a good thing.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (428489)	10/20/2008 2:12:24 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570758

"If he thinks McCain's campaign has taken a negative tone" You are missing a key item in what Powell said. Despite whatever mistakes he has made in the public realm, he is lifelong military. And the military in general and the Army in particular, is where is matters the least what your race or religion is. Eisenhower pushed that hard because of his observations during WWII with respect to blacks. They worked hard, and when allowed, fought bravely for a country that held them, at best, as second class. And Colin was offended by the whole "is Obama a Muslim" meme that many in the campaign have pushed. Not so much that it is false, but because it shouldn't matter. There are Americans of the Muslim faith who are fighting in dying in Iraq, not because they are Muslims, but because they are Americans. Which is what is supposed to unite us all. While he doesn't mention it, I am sure the campaign implying Obama isn't a "true" American or that there are entire swaths of the country who are anti-American also offends him. That goes against how the US military operates. Because you either pledge your allegiance to the military, like the Légion étrangère, or to the country. If you start dividing loyalties amongst little groups, then you don't have a military but an armed mob. That is what Powell was complaining about. And, I suspect, at the heart of his decision. Obama is not trying to divide Americans against themselves. McCain/Palin is. The pro-Americans against those that aren't. Muslims against everyone else. Small town America against those brutish ogres in the cities. Elitist intellectuals against regular folks. Hockey moms against pit bulls... Well, ok. The latter hasn't been a theme. But the others have been.