This morning, a friend of mine, Marwan Kreidie, has a passionate and smart oped in the Philadelphia Inquirer that challenges the slur that John McCain indirectly embraced when an elder woman at a McCain rally said “I don’t trust Obama. . .He’s an Arab.
Oakley, Annie, and Buddy send their best.
Powell’s statement on the young American Muslim killed in Iraq is incredibly powerful and poignant. Like me, Powell agrees that this embedded racism and bigotry against Muslims who are American and Muslims abroad has to be reversed.
(This article appears today at Tina Brown’s “The Daily Beast.” Here is the actual link to my piece.) This morning, about a nanosecond after Colin Powell gave his endorsement of Barack Obama for President, I called his long-time aide and former State Department Chief of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson.
This morning on Meet the Press, Colin Powell endosed Barack Obama for President of the United States. Take that, Bill Kristol. . .
Obama has raised a breathtaking $150 million over the last month. Incredible. But Obama campaign manager David Plouffe, who reported the take said enough isn’t enough. According to CNN: In a video to supporters, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said a record 632,000 new donors gave to the campaign, with the average contribution under $100….
More and more conservatives — real conservatives — are abandoning John McCain. They respect his service to the nation. They revere him for his patriotism, his POW past, his willingness to break with party leaders to do what the country really needed at key moments.
This is very cool. Thanks to the blogger who did it.
(photo credit: Steven Clemons) I am participating in an excellent two day forum in Chicago organized by the Global Business Policy Council of A.T. Kearney. On Thursday, A.T.
