[新聞] Colin Powell endorses Obama

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標題:Colin Powell endorses Obama


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包威爾將軍接受msnbc的訪談:
http://tinyurl.com/5t78pb

Retired General Colin L. Powell, one of the country's most respected
Republicans, stunned both parties on Sunday by strongly endorsing Sen. Barack
Obama (D-Ill.) for president on NBC's "Meet the Press" and laying out a
blistering, detailed critique of the modern GOP.

Powell said the election of Obama would "electrify the world."

"I think he is a transformational figure," Powell said. "He is a new
generation coming ... onto the world stage and on the American stage. And for
that reason, I'll be voting for Senator Barack Obama."

Powell, once considered likely to be the nation's first African-American
presidential nominee, said his decision was not about race.

Moderator Tom Brokaw said: "There will be some ... who will say this is an
African-American, distinguished American supporting another African-American
because of race."

Powell replied: "If I had only had that in mind, I could have done this six,
eight, 10  months ago. I really have been going back and forth between
somebody I have the highest respect and regard for, John McCain and somebody
I was getting to know, Barack Obama. And it was only in the last couple of
months that I settled on this."

"I can't deny that it will be a historic event when an African-American
becomes president," Powell continued, speaking live in the studio. "And
should that happen, all Americans should be proud — not just
African-American, but all Americans — that we have reached this point in our
national history where such a thing could happen. It would also not only
electrify the country, but electrify the world."

Powell, making his 30th appearance on "Meet the Press," led into his
endorsement by saying: "We've got two individuals — either one of them could
be a good president. But which is the president that we need now — which is
the individual that serves the needs of the nation for the next period of
time.

"And I come to the conclusion that because of his ability to inspire, because
of the inclusive nature of his campaign, because he is reaching out all
across America, because of who he is and his rhetorical abilities — and you
have to take that into account — as well as his substance — he has both
style and substance, he has met the standard of being a successful president,
being an exceptional president."

Powell, speaking live in the studio, told moderator Tom Brokaw that he is
"troubled" by the direction of the Republican Party and said he began to
doubt Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) when he chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his
running mate.

"She's a very distinguished woman, and she's to be admired," he said. "But at
the same, now that we have had a chance to watch her for some seven weeks, I
don't believe she's ready to be president of the United States, which is the
job of the vice president. And so that raised some question in my mind as to
the judgment that Senator McCain made."

The endorsement is likely to help Obama convince skeptical centrists that he
is ready to handle the challenges of commander in chief, and undercuts McCain
argument that he is better qualified on national-security issues.

McCain, appearing on "Fox News Sunday," sought to minimize the endorsement by
noting his support from other former secretaries of state and retired
military flag officers.

"It doesn’t come as a surprise," McCain said. "I'm very pleased to have the
endorsement of four former secretaries of state, well over 200 retired
generals and admirals. I've admired and continue to respect Secretary Powell."

Powell, 71, criticized McCain and his campaign for invoking the former
domestic terrorist William Ayers.

"They're trying to connect him to some kind of terrorist feelings, and I
think that's inappropriate," Powell said. "Now I understand what politics is
all about — I know how you can go after one another. And that's good. But I
think this goes too far. And I think it has made the McCain campaign look a
little narrow. It's not what the American people are looking for. And I look
at these kinds of approaches to the campaign, and they trouble me.

"And the party has moved even further to the right, and Governor Palin has
indicated a further rightward shift. I would have difficult with two more
conservative appointments to the Supreme Court, but that's what we'd be
looking at in a McCain administration."

Powell said he has "heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion
[that Obama's] a Muslim and might be associated with terrorists."

"This is not the way we should be doing it in America. I feel strongly about
this particular point," Powell said. "We have got to stop polarizing
ourselves in this way. And John McCain is as non-discriminatory as anyone I
know. But I'm troubled about the fact that within the party, we have these
kinds of expressions."

Powell, a four-star Army general, was national security adviser to President
Ronald Reagan; chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 1991 Persian
Gulf war, when George H.W. Bush was president; and President George W. Bush’
s first secretary of State,

Powell has consulted with both Obama and McCain, and the general’s camp had
indicated in the past that he would not endorse.

Powell said that as he watched McCain, the Republican “was a little unsure
as to how to deal with the economic problems that we were having, and almost
every day, there was a different approach to the problem, and that concerned
me, sensing that he didn't have a complete grasp of the economic problems
that we had."

Powell said a big job of the new president will be “conveying a new image of
American leadership, a new image of America’s role in the world.”

“I think what the president has to do is to start using the power of the
Oval Office and the power of his personality to convince the American people
and to convince the world that America is solid, America is going to move
forward … restoring a sense of purpose,” he said.
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※ 編輯: swallow73       來自: 122.127.70.207       (10/19 22:36)
→ dblsesame:同時GOP中的black leaders such as Powell and Rice
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→ swallow73:跟那些接受訪談的黑人女性有不盡相同之處.
※ 編輯: swallow73       來自: 122.127.70.207       (10/19 22:37)
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