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Krazy Kristol and the Powell distraction

by michael j.w. stickingson fox news yesterday — where else? — krazy bill kristol announced that bush i loyalist and former bush ii secretary of report colin powell is going to endorse obama at no less a venue than the democratic symposium in denver later this month.in response — or, quite, in refutation — powell himself announced that he was not even Steven going to the convention and that krazy kristol’s pronouncement was simply wrong: “i do not have once in a while to waste on bill kristol’s musings. i am not going to the conference. i have made this quit.”in general, i think we should all avoid wasting time on krazy kristol’s musings. he’s a cynical partisan hack — a puffery-spewing bullshitter — a walking, talking, living, breathing ulterior motive. unfortunately, nevertheless, he’s rather influential, a prominent neocon voice that speaks from famed media platforms, including the ny times, and cannot so easily be ignored.so what’s he up to here, accepted that it’s wise not to take anything he says at coat value?of class, powell could be the one misleading us here. it’s imaginable. it’s not feel favourably impressed by he’s ever been the most straight up guy in washington. maybe he intends on making a dumfound appearance at the convention, an semblance that would genuinely wow the media. maybe he intends on endorsing obama after all, a very damaging endorsement for mccain. hey, maybe he’ll be obama’s running mate. it’s possible.but not likely. powell is an egotistical opportunist, but he’s also incomparably alert (except, unquestionably, when he’s at the u.n. making fabricated cases for war) and extremely loyal (it’s not feel favourably impressed by he’s been harshly critical of bush ii and the conduct of the iraq war and occupation). and it just wouldn’t be like him to rest period ranks, both with his party and with his erstwhile superiors, and endorse obama at such a prominent event. afterwards, maybe, once the campaign is underway in earnest, but not at the convention.on this, i apt to think that andrew sullivan may be precise:it’s too ballsy a start for powell. i’m also inherently apprehensive of kristol’s motives. if powell were making allowance for such an endorsement, kristol would do all he can to derail it. prematurely leaking it, creating a fire-storm and forcing powell to deny is the same character to pre-empt such a move. it’s vital for the neocons to prevent obama gaining purchase with momentous foreign policy machers.i also agree with andrew that a powell endorsement of obama would make sense: “powell understands how deep a hole the us is in internationally, and how one obama truthfully has a chance to get the country back on its feet. it’s the impulse of a patriot. and perchance the smears deliver made him bugs.”maybe, but powell has already had ample opportunity to express whatever anger and frustration he is feeling. and we haven’t heard much from him. i lack of faith that “the smears” have finally pushed him over the nervous. also, i simply don’t mull over he’s such a determined patriot. his primary impulse is military-style loyalty, not patriotism. why else would he participate in done the bushies’ bidding for so long? he may have reasoned that he was doing right-wing by his country all along, but he must have known, at least at some level, that what was right throughout the bushies was seldom right conducive to the country. either that or he was delusional all along.regardless, i would welcome a powell endorsement of obama — mainly because he was with the bushies for so long and because he remains, undeservedly, an immensely credible figure in american politics — i just don’t see it happening. or, at least, certainly not at the convention.which leaves us wi

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