Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Hillary’s Secret Weapon: Colin Powell?

Hillary’s Secret Weapon: Colin Powell?




“I won’t even wait until I’m inaugurated, but as soon as I’m elected I’m going to be asking distinguished Americans of both parties — people like Colin Powell, for example, and others — who can represent our country well, including someone I know very well,” Mrs. Clinton said, according to a Fox News Web report. “Because I want to send a message heard across the world. The era of cowboy diplomacy is over.”

Would Mr. Powell be willing to carry water for Mrs. Clinton, and not-so-subtly rebuke Mr. Bush in the process? While Mr. Powell was chairman of the Joint Chiefs at the start of the Clinton administration, and served as a negotiator in Haiti for Mr. Clinton, there is no evidence that he is interested in serving Mrs. Clinton.

And how will anti-war Democratic voters in Iowa, New Hampshire and elsewhere feel about Mrs. Clinton’s suggestion that she wants one of the architects of the Iraq war to serve as a goodwill ambassador?

Mr. Powell’s assistant said he was out of the office today but had seen the news report from South Carolina. “He’s not been in touch with Senator Clinton in regards to this, and has no comment,”


This is the first thing Hillary has done that I approve of, but maybe she could choose a better republican for her bipartisan group.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Obama and Colon Powell are men of color, hmm sounds like a gimic to me seeing as how they are not even talking to eachother