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July 24, 2008

Sigh...we're about to hear a bunch more about the "Obamacans"

Over at The Hill, they have an article up about how the Obama campaign is trying to put together a "publicity blitz" with a bunch of people whose [ahem] solid conservative judgment has led them to endorse Teh Lightworker:

The campaign recently held a conference call with a small group of officials who are or who have previously been identified with the Republican Party, according to sources who were on the call.

The initiative to highlight the backing of “Obamacans” is in its infancy. But campaign events featuring Republicans praising Obama are seen as an effective counterpunch to Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-Conn.) aggressive backing of Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) White House bid.

The list of GOP superstars they might tap includes Allahpundit's favorite punching bag, Doug Kmeic, not-even-a-RINO-anymore Lincoln Chafee (what a winner!), Dwight Eisenhower's granddaughter Susan, some dude from Texas I'd never heard of before, and, of course, the only man who can out-Maverick John McCain by sucking up to the MSM:

There has been a lot of conjecture that Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will endorse Obama. Hagel, a critic of the Iraq war, is the only senator who has not endorsed a presidential candidate. Hagel is traveling with Obama and Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) on their congressional delegation trip to the Middle East.

God, what a crushing defeat it would be for conservatives if Hagel or Chafee were to endorse the Obamessiah! Seriously, the only person mentioned who has a little bit of credibility with conservatives (emphasis on the "little bit") is Colin Powell, and the article notes that he's donated to McCain, if he hasn't endorsed him.

Seriously, if that's the best they can do, all they'll end up achieving is peeling off the few RINOs who figure McCain's too conservative for their tastes anyway.

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Posted by: Sean M. at 02:19 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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Seriously, the only person mentioned who has a little bit of credibility with conservatives (emphasis on the "little bit") is Colin Powell, and the article notes that he's donated to McCain, if he hasn't endorsed him.

And I know I can't be the only one who hears that and thinks "Gee, I wonder why Colin Powell wants to vote for Obama? I wonder what they could possibly have in common."

**eye roll**

Posted by: It's Vintage, Duh at July 24, 2008 02:47 AM (mv8F7)

2 "Gee, I wonder why Colin Powell wants to vote for Obama? I wonder what they could possibly have in common."

Uhhhhhh...they both have at least one immigrant parent?

To be fair, Powell hasn't formally endorsed either candidate yet and hasn't said which he's going to vote for, but he's at least donated to McCain. I haven't heard anything about him throwing so much as a dime Barry's way.

Also, I would imagine a man like Powell respects McCain's military service and experience as a POW in Viet Nam, as well as his involvement with the Senate Armed Services Committee.

We're just gonna have to wait and see.

Posted by: Sean M. at July 24, 2008 04:23 AM (e6v7s)

3 I think one of the reasons Powell didn't run for President before is that he's got somewhat liberal socially tendencies. He's for affirmative action, and I don't recall him articulating a position on abortion. I think he understood that after his positions came out he wouldn't get the GOP nomination.

I have had a great deal of respect for Powell for being one of the few honest and forthright individuals in the public sphere despite whatever policy disagreements I might have. Though he's been critical of the handling of the Iraq war (understandably), he never backed down on the original justifications for taking action. He resisted all efforts to say that people lied us into war, instead saying that the WMD intel was an honest but tragic mistake.

Supporting Obama would put a chink in the armor though...

Posted by: Sockless Joe at July 24, 2008 08:11 AM (w4mWq)

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