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To: koan who wrote (61731)	8/31/2009 2:14:24 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

Powell has made amends. I support his getting upset on his COS. "Spilling beans" is not the way things are done. Instead, he did it the honorable way which is to quit. And he went a step further by supporting Obama over McCain. He is one who toiled his way up and like all right thinking folks, I accept his philosophy which, in his own words is "socially liberal, fiscally conservative." Unlike the one who said "compassionate conservative" during the campaign but turned out to be a neocon supporter once he got to the WH. Powell said it very powerfully when he talked about the fallen soldier in Arlington where "on his tombstone was not a cross or the Star of David but a star and a crescent moon." That, my friend koan, is what America is.

To: koan who wrote (61731)	8/31/2009 2:40:40 PM
From: Metacomet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Which takes us back to Powell and Rice. How were they able to overlook what their party did to their people. Come on Koan. Using Rice and Powell in the same sentence is racist. The only thing they had in common was race. Condi got her job by screwing Bush while teaching him 5th grade geography so could run for the presidency. senderberl.com Powell worked his way to the highest position ever held by a black man in our nations history. He was very much a trailblazer for Obama, and that trail was thru a much more race biased America than we have today. Powells training and instincts were grounded in military style, organizational loyalty. He did what he had to do when the order was given. He was very much aware of the historical import of his role as well as the predicament he was in. You diminish your own views and arguments by suggesting that they were equivalent simply as a matter of race.