Final Reason I’m Voting for Obama – 3 of 3 – John McCain

I can remember during the Republican primaries in 1999 – 2000 thinking that John McCain is a Republican I would consider voting for. He distinguished himself by rejecting party dogma on a few important issues. He set himself apart as an independent operator who talked straight and seemed like he would put the needs of his country first and the special interests and big business last in line. Finally, he rejected the right wing of the Republican Party’s efforts to divide America over issues of faith and morality.

That was then, this is now. Read more

Colin Powell – The Real Republican Maverick

What did John McCain do after the Bush-Rove political machine ground his good name into the South Carolina mud in 2000? Something very unmavericky – he played ball with them all the through eight years of failed policies. What did John McCain do after who he called the “agents of intolerance” besmirched his name in that same 2000 campaign? He gave a commencement address at Liberty University. Why did John the Maverick lose his straight-talkin’ ways? He figured he had as good a chance as any to be the Republican nominee in 2008. John McCain sold out for a job.

What did Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell do when Dick Cheney and George Tenet fed him bad information and sent him to the United Nations a la Adlai Stevenson? He waited an appropriate amount of time because he’s a gentleman, he packed up Dick Armitage, and left the Administration that stabbed him in the back and left him out there hanging. Now that was Mavericky. Not relying on the broken down Republican Party, Powell took his own counsel this weekend and endorsed Barack Obama for president. In part, on Meet the Press he said: Read more