Belated endorsement note

Al-Qaida endorses McCain

Colin Powell endorses Obama



I think Obama wins this round.

But on a serious note, I'm surprised this came out from Al-Qaida supporters. Any person who pays attention knows that Al-Qaida likes Republicans in power. Bush hasn't gone after Bin Laden or Al-Qaida and instead attacked one of the most secularly run countries in the middle east (basically killing a bunch of the least threatening Muslims). This drives up recruiting for them and puts them in no real danger.

That being said, I think Bin Laden handled this better in 2004 with reverse psychology by addressing Americans and saying he supported Kerry, knowing that people would vote for Bush. These Al-Qaida supporters essentially gave away the whole mind set.

For those who haven't heard Powell's endorsement it is awesome. He finally offers the proper answer to the charge "Obama is a muslim." After noting that he is not he says 'well what if he is?' and goes on to say that a person's religion shouldn't matter and that American Muslim boys and girls at home shouldn't be made to believe that they aren't allowed to be president.

For those who claim Powell had to endorse Obama because he's black I think that is absolutely ridiculous. Are they going to stop inviting him to black conventions? Being a republican probably did that enough.
He's a military man, a republican, a former member of this administration, and has known John McCain for over 20 years. That's like saying Bill Richardson had to endorse Obama over Hillary because they're both minorities. Many more reasons for him to go the other way