http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=5824
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I was planning on refraining from commenting on http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=5831’s endorsement of Barack Obama for the simple reason that I don’t find it particularly surprising–just another member of the establishment center endorsing the ”establishment messiah.” Rush is, of course, right that race probably played a key factor–Powell hasn’t endorsed any “inexperienced, very liberal, white candidates” recently. But then again, nothing new here.
There is one aspect of the Powell “defection” that hasn’t been brought up yet, however. From all outward signs, Powell doesn’t seem to be endorsing Obama on the basis of any newfound opposition to Republican foreign policy. Indeed, in making the case for Obama, Powell talks about “judges,” McCain’s supposedly “hateful” campaign tactics, Palin’s “not being ready,” and McCain’s awkward suspension of his campaign during the economic crisis. Lots of boring, conventional opinions are on offer, but foreign policy doesn’t seem to be in the mix–outside a few vague gestures towards “working with our allies” (towards what?) and the like.Larison mentions that Powell “fits the profile of a moderate Republican foreign policy ‘realist’ pushed away by the aggressive posture of McCain and his advisors and the social moderate alienated by social conservatism and vulgar Americanism.” True. But then I wonder how much Powell actually opposes McCain’s foreign policy, or indeed, has much of a foreign policy philosophy at all.
http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/the_colin_powell_myth/