Lets see. An Orthodox Jew running America? Never happen. Doesn't matter how
tech friendly I am. Doesn't matter who I get along with. Wouldn't happen.
Lets put things in proper perspective. There are some people who have a
totally false belief that its America's support of Israel that caused all
this. If there was a visibly Jewish president then we'd be saying to all the
people who hate Jews "attack America". We'd be giving the anti-Semites from
all nations and even from our own a reason to attack, as insane as the
reason may be. It's attack by association. Think of the people who have been
hurt by having their names associated with mine as is. Now multiply it by
millions.
> Maybe Michael D. should run. He's been the fearless leader of all the cf
> lists and seems to be neither right nor left. What we need is a techie
> as president - That would set this country straight! :-)
>
> Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2001 12:03 AM
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: President Colin Powell
>
>
> I disagree with those who say he couldn't win.
>
> First, he is greatly admired across the political spectrum. He is a
> classic
> moderate in that he is neither right nor left, but down the middle, but
> down
> the middle without being squishy. He knows what his principles are. He
> carries a mantle of leadership that people could rally around. The vast
> majority of Americans fall squarely in the middle if not slightly to the
> right of center, which seems to be where Powell is. Also, his personal
> story of rising from poverty resonates with all Americans. We're always
> looking for another Lincoln.
>
> Second, racism in this country is not what it once was. There are not
> nearly
> the number of hard core racists any where, including the South, that
> there
> once was. They are there, but rarely heard from and not much of a
> political
> force. Probably, the majority of Americans are more racists than they
> would
> care to admit. Many of these closet racists, I believe would vote for
> Powell. Frankly -- and some people are going to blast me for this --
> many of
> these-pure-bred white types are in the GOP and I believe their racisms
> is
> such that they would vote for Powell as the Republican nominee before
> they
> would cross party lines.
>
> But who would cross party lines in droves to vote for Powell would be
> all of
> the minorities who are registered Democrat.
>
> The biggest hurdle for Powell, I believe is that he's pro-choice in the
> anti-abortion party. He would not likely have the war chest GWB had,
> which
> helped him overcome his own pro-choice position (along with the fact
> that
> there were no credible anti-abortion candidates in the primaries).
>
> I also agree that Hillary Clinton has a good shot at the presidency some
> day.
>
> H.
>
>
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