Comments on: Where’s the racial outrage when white generals endorse McCain? http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/10/20/wheres-the-racial-outrage-when-white-generals-endorse-mccain/ Train Wreck Politics-- a collection of humor, cynicism, pop culture, and semi-serious commentary-- is the 1,000,000th political blog to go online in 2008. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:19:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ron http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/10/20/wheres-the-racial-outrage-when-white-generals-endorse-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Ron Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:48:43 +0000 http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/10/20/wheres-the-racial-outrage-when-white-generals-endorse-mccain/#comment-879 <i>So where was this racial outrage when all those white generals endorsed McCain?</i> Who says that "we" are outraged by Powell's Obama endorsement? I, at least, am totally not surprised, because (a) you must be a "politician" to successfully negotiate the top ranks of the Pentagon, and (b) he's not stupid; he sees which way the hurricane is blowing, and (c) he's made pro-choice, pro-affirmative action statements in the past. So, why *shouldn't* he endorse Obama? So where was this racial outrage when all those white generals endorsed McCain?

Who says that “we” are outraged by Powell’s Obama endorsement?

I, at least, am totally not surprised, because
(a) you must be a “politician” to successfully negotiate the top ranks of the Pentagon, and
(b) he’s not stupid; he sees which way the hurricane is blowing, and
(c) he’s made pro-choice, pro-affirmative action statements in the past.

So, why *shouldn’t* he endorse Obama?

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