>>> joseph noonan
You need to find a whole transcript or video or something. He was polite, but quite blunt about his reasons. They included: the rightward drift of the party, the tone of the McCain campaign, including the racism (he specifically called McCain on that "he's not a Muslim, he's a good family man thing"), that he did not want to see two more right wingers appointed to the supreme court. This is off the top of my head w/o looking anything up.
He said empty nice things about Palin, but said she was not ready to be president and that that is the only job of the VP.
I thought he was crystal clear and concise and he didn't pussyfoot around about his reasons. I just think its sad he waited this long to find his voice (or 'nads) to speak out against the neo-con cretins. Too bad he didn't do it in time to save Iraq from the shit storm he helped deliver there.
^^^^ CB: On television I heard someone say that Newt Gingrich said that Powell had gone "tribal". Natch. He was Chair of the Joint _Chiefs_ .
( smoke peace pipe , joint chiefs; make world peace)
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