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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: 240 is Back on September 15, 2008, 07:58:37 PM
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AP:
WASHINGTON — Five former secretaries of state, gathering to give their best advice to the next president, agreed Monday that the United States should talk to Iran.
The wide-ranging, 90-minute session in a packed auditorium at The George Washington University, produced exceptional unity among Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Warren Christopher, Henry A. Kissinger and James A. Baker III. But they didn't agree on who should move into the Oval Office next January.
Albright, a Democrat, surprised no one by endorsing Barack Obama. "It would be sending a message of diversity" to the world, she said, drawing cheers from an audience of dozens of diplomats and hundreds of students.
Baker, a Republican, said he wished to send a "powerful message" to America as well as abroad. After a dramatic pause, he evoked applause and some laughter by saying tersely, "But I am for John McCain."
Powell, the first African American secretary of state, said he had not decided yet. "I am an American first," Powell said.
He said he had told Obama, "I am not going to vote for you just because you are black." The critical issue, he said, "is who is going to keep us safe."
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Good meeting. I wish they would do this kind of thing more often. The Powell endorsement will be pretty important.
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The Powell endorsement will be pretty important.
I believe many republicans have already discounted his word.
The Coach called Powell a traitor, didn't he?
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I don't know what Coach called him and don't recall many Republicans discounting Powell's word. He's a great American in my book, regardless of which candidate he supports.