For starters, it may be disheartening for some readers of this blog that Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama. Do not be dismayed--while Colin Powell purports to be a Republican, many of his liberal leanings have been under or unreported by the media. And while he owes much to the true Republicans who were instrumental in elevating him to the position of national prominence he enjoys, he has never born the stripes of a true conservative. Therefore, his endorsement of Obama comes as no surprise to us.
Rush Limbaugh, the well-known commentator, responded to the announcement with these comments in an email according to Politico.com: "Secretary Powell says his endorsement is not about race, OK, fine. I am now researching his past endorsements to see if I can find all the inexperienced, very liberal, white candidates he has endorsed. I'll let you know what I come up with."
Look at it this way if you are worried. Hillary Clinton had the endorsements of Jack Nicholson, Anne Rice, Cher, and O.J. Simpson (oh, we probably should have left the last one out) just to name a few--and she didn't win her party's nomination. Make no mistake, we aren't insinuating that Colin Powell is a Jack Nicholson or Cher equal (take that any way you'd like) but we do point out that it's not very likely that his support will greatly sway or alter this election.
As far as our girl Sarah is concerned, she continues to handle herself with class and dignity in the face of more scrutiny and vitriolic criticism than any Vice Presidential candidate since Dan Quayle.
According to a Washington Post Report, Sarah's appearance on SNL this weekend was a record breaker for the show.
"GOP veep candidate Sarah Palin continues to be the ratings magnet of the
TV season, most recently delivering "Saturday Night Live" its best preliminary
ratings in 14 years. It's hard to make predictions on how many viewers
watched Saturday's "SNL" based on overnight ratings in the so-called
"metered markets," but a rough estimate would put it around 14 million
viewers who watched Palin do her drive-by appearance on the NBC late-night
show. It's the top-scoring "SNL" in 56 of the country's top TV markets since
the March 12, 1994, edition, which, ironically, was not one of the show's
politically themed editions. "Here's a look at the SNL segment. For now...we will leave you with this: Way to Go Sarah!
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/update-palin-rap/773781/
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