Monday, October 20, 2008

General Powell's Endorsement Of Obama

This item found in the comments section of Gayle's blog:
One day after the former secretary of state endorsed him, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says if elected, he would offer formal or informal role to Colin Powell.

WASHINGTON -- Colin Powell will have a role as a top presidential adviser in an Obama administration, the Democratic White House hopeful said Monday.

"He will have a role as one of my advisers," Barack Obama said on NBC's "Today" in an interview aired Monday, a day after Powell, a four-star general and President Bush's former secretary of state, endorsed him.

"Whether he wants to take a formal role, whether that's a good fit for him, is something we'd have to discuss," Obama said....
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1 comment:

Mark said...

Like all politicians, Colin Powell is out to line his own pockets.

That he has endorsed Obama sickens me. In fact, I find the US celebrity endorsement thing undemocratic. They should keep their noses out of the election campaign, and let the people decide. Now that would be democratic.

Colin Powell has lost more than he will ever gain - his soundness of character. I shall never look at him in the same light again.