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Zbigniew Brzezinski discusses the Colin Powell endorsement, Barack Obama's qualifications, and the terrible state of our nation, on "Morning Dead Intern" this morning. He leaves Joe Scar sputtering.

Powell Decimates McCain Campaign

A compilation by Jed Lewison of dailykos, with Powell's statements contrasted with the Republican behavior he is decrying.

Powell to Republicans: Stop Dividing Us, Stop the Negative Campaigning

This is the photograph Colin Powell referred to this morning in his endorsement of Barack Obama. From the transcript of the Meet the Press appearance:

I'm also troubled by not what Sen. McCain says but what members of the party say and it is permitted to be said. Such things as: well you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim. Well the correct answer is he is not a Muslim. He's a Christian. He's always been a Christian.

But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is no. That's not America.

Is there something wrong with some seven year old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be President? Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop this suggestion -- he's a Muslim and he might be associated with terrorists' This is not the way we should be doing it in America.

I feel strongly about this particular point because of a picture I saw in a magazine. It was a photo essay about troops who were serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. And one picture at the tail end of this photo essay was of a mother at Arlington Cemetery and she had her head on the headstone of her son's grave. And as the picture focused in you could see the writing on the headstone. And it gave his awards: Purple Heart, Bronze Star. Showed that he died in Iraq. Gave his date of birth, date of death, he was 20 years old. And then at the very top of the headstone, it didn't have a Christian cross, didn't have a Star of David. It had a crescent and a star of the Islamic faith. And his name was Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan. And he was an American. He was born in New Jersey. He was 14 years old at the time of 9-11. And he waited until he could go serve his country and he gave his life.

Now we have got to stop polarizing ourselves in this way. And John McCain is as nondiscriminatory as anyone I know but I'm troubled about the fact that within the party we have these kinds of expressions.

Powell was even more pointed in his remarks to the press after the Meet the Press appearance:



This is the brief clip of the crazy Congresswoman, Michelle Bachmann, with her McCarthy-esque claims.

Obama Has Good Weekend

yahoo: US Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks at a campaign rally at The Gateway Arch in St. Louis, October 18, 2008. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008
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Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama on Meet the Press this morning.



Obama speeches draw 100,000 in St. Louis, MO, and 75,000 in Kansas City, MO. Wow. Click on both those links for photos.

Obama campaign announces that the campaign raised a stunning $150 million dollars in September, from 632,000 new donors, both record-breaking numbers.

I just watched the morning talk shows and they are all talking about what President Obama will do. Wow.

I'm going to do some phonebanking this afternoon before I head to my friend's house to watch the Red Sox win the ALCS. Go Jon Lester.

Here's a short video of Jill Biden demonstrating how you, too, can affect this election in swing states by phonebanking.



Let's get out the vote and crush the Republican Party on election day.

Go Directly to the Dock at the Hague

ABC reports that war criminals Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, George Tenet and John Ashcroft discussed and approved of specific methods of torturing prisoners during meetings in the White House situation room. And though the reporters do not mention him, I have no doubt that the Master of Disaster himself, the psychopath-in-chief George W. Clusterfuck was right in there with them, gleefully discussing violating the most fundamental of human rights, the right not to be tortured.

Under the rules of their own religions, they will certainly go to hell. Before, that, I hope most sincerely that they are taken to the Hague in shackles and paraded in front of the world as the monstrosities that they are. I think the fact that each of these church-going hypocrites approved of torture proves that there is no God, for if there was a God, surely she would have struck each of them down by now.

ABCNews: Top Bush Advisors Approved 'Enhanced Interrogation'
Detailed Discussions Were Held About Techniques to Use on al Qaeda Suspects

ABC cited a top official as saying that Ashcroft asked aloud after one meeting: "Why are we talking about this in the White House? History will not judge this kindly."

Reuters: Top Bush aides approved interrogation tactics: report

"Highly placed sources said a handful of top advisers signed off on how the CIA would interrogate top al Qaeda suspects -- whether they would be slapped, pushed, deprived of sleep or subjected to simulated drowning, called waterboarding," ABC reported.

In addition to Rice, the principals at the time included Vice President Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell, CIA Director George Tenet and Attorney General John Ashcroft, the report said.

Anniversaries

Entombed exit ramp from Route 290 to Routes 12/70, 30 years ago.
February 5th: 5th Anniversary of Colin Powell's Lies to the World to Pimp Bush's War

February 6th: 22nd anniversary of National Girls & Women's Sports Day

February 6th: 30th anniversary of Blizzard of '78 (which I spent in the Boston Garden, and walked home to Boston College the next day through 2 feet of snow.)

Worcester Telegram: Blast from the past
30 years after Blizzard of ’78, region is better prepared today

Boston Herald, Images: Blizzard of '78

Boston Globe: A look back at the Blizzard of 1978

Watch This Video: "How to Create an Angry American"