Both are intelligent men, both are Republicans, both have announced they support Barack Obama for President.
Watch the video please if you care to know Mr. Buckley’s reasoning – I particularly agree with his assessment of McCain as he is now.
Here is Colin Powell on Meet the Press
I have already decided for whom I am going to vote and the debate tonight did little to sway me away from my decision. I just wonder if there are those out there who are on the fence as to who they will be voting for at this point in the game. The one thing I enjoyed about this debate was that both candidates are capable of speaking intelligently to an issue without mispronouncing words or resorting to squinting and grimacing.
Obama makes so much sense to me that I’m surprised that anyone could disagree with him. And while, I do not agree at all with McCain’s views and tactics (and strategies – I too understand the difference, Senator, we all do), at least he can put a coherent sentence together.
In my opinion, for what it is worth, Obama is the best choice for President. I don’t trust McCain for a litany of reasons – see my previous posts. I think McCain came off as a bit of a drama queen this week with the whole “I’m suspending my campaign because of the economic crisis.” He couldn’t possibly attend the debate it was so urgent he be in Washington. ”But oh, wait, now I can attend the debate.” What changed? The crisis is ongoing – no decision has been made about the bail out. I think he just wanted the attention. Great now I have “Dancing Queen” by ABBA going through my head.
Can’t wait for the Palin/Biden debate. I think Palin may make Dan Quayle look like a genius.
By the way, sometimes I marvel at the ability offered to all of us in this country, to sit and put our thoughts down, no matter whether they are sane or not, and put them out for the whole world to read. Granted I have a readership of about two, not quite the whole world – but hey, you two readers, thanks for allowing me the opportunity to rant.
Yaa hoo! Its official – Obama is the Democratic candidate for president. Here’s something that has bothered me for a while about the way Barack Obama is represented in the media – he is constantly represented as our first major African American candidate for president. Well you know what? He is so much more than that! He is our first interracial candidate for president. He is half white as well as half black. Obama’s dad was an African student. Although I may be mistaken on this and I’m sure someone will correct me if I am, Obama will be our first “first generation American” president if elected. Of course, I suppose, you could get all technical about all presidents before Van Buren not being American citizens at birth and therefore Van Buren was the first, first generation American president.
I guess what I’m saying is Barak Obama represents my America – he’s white, he’s black, his father is/was not born in the U.S., he has worked hard to get where he is and he is willing to work hard to make a difference. Barack was not born with a silver spoon in his mouth, he did not have job after job handed to him by his rich father, he is intelligent and is able to speak intelligently without resorting to the sounds and grimaces and bumblings that is common in the speech of the current chief of the executive branch.
Obviously, what really matters in the Obama candidacy is not what the media has to say about him but what Mr. Obama has to say, what he plans to do and how he plans to get us out of this quagmire into which we have been placed.
