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BzaDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 05:14 AM
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Look how Fox is covering the potential endorsement of Colin Powell.
And look what they are trying to imply.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/15/colin-powell-fuels-speculation-possible-endorsement/

Hip-Hop-Dancing Colin Powell Fuels Speculation He'll Endorse Obama

Colin Powell showed off his hip-hop moves at an 'Africa Rising' celebration in London Tuesday, fueling speculation that the former secretary of state is about to endorse Barack Obama for president.

--snip--
The normally staid former U.S. secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff performed an impromptu hip-hop dance alongside well-known rap stars Tuesday following a speech at a festival in London celebrating African-American music and fashion.

His address at the "Africa Rising" celebration inside London's Royal Albert Hall fueled speculation that an endorsement of Barack Obama is imminent.

Powell -- who has yet to back a candidate -- told the audience: "I stand before you as an African-American. Many people have said to me you became secretary of state of the USA, is it still necessary to say that you are an African American or that you are black? And I say yes, so that we can remind our children."

"It took a lot of people struggling to bring me to this point in history," Powell told the audience. "I didn't just drop out of the sky. People came from my continent in chains."
--snip--
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d_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 05:16 AM
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1. haha
I was hoping they'd go that route.

It's like they want to lose this election...
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DemocratSinceBirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 05:16 AM
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2. I Saw That
I don't know how any African American can work for that network unless he's a Tom...
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 05:27 AM
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3. Too bad their beloved Sarah was enjoying a little hiphop on SNL last night
Or they may have a point.
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RTFirefly Donating Member (235 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:48 AM
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7. Nevermind MC Rove.
I don't recall Fox News talking poorly about that. Or any time Bush has been caught tapdancing while Rome burns.
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Mike Nelson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:40 AM
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4. not too subtle
FOX "News"
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Cr4sh Dummy Donating Member (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:42 AM
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5. Race baiting much?
Leave it to Faux Noise to do it...:puke:
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TooRaLoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 06:45 AM
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6. I almost don't even raise my eyebrows anymore.
They're so blatant and scared.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 07:10 AM
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8. I don't care what Faux is trying to do, it's good to see Colin realizing he has roots
Edited on Sun Oct-19-08 07:12 AM by HughMoran
I was actually a little bit inspired to read that - even if Faux is trying to spin him into "one of them". Good for Colin if he is remembering who he is again - as if rising from a life-long fog that he couldn't see out of.
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Cali_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 07:11 AM
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9. Fixed News doesn't even attempt to be subtle anymore
It's so blatant now.
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Democat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 07:33 AM
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10. This election is beyond belief!
Black, black, terrorist, terrorist, sexist, sexist, socialist, socialist.

If McCain wins, the Republicans should only run talk radio hosts from now on and maybe the rest of us should just let them destroy the country and eat themselves.

Who would have believed the Republicans would have fallen this far this fast. At least they used to try to hide their racism, sexism, and the rest.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 08:06 AM
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11. Powell is black so he just doesn't count as a Rethug
or so Faux says.
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