Clearly Colin Powell will not be McCain's Vice Presidential pick. That goes without saying, no matter what fuckwittage the Senior Senator from Arizona's surrogates are bullshitting. Rumor has it, in fact, that Powell may even endorse Obama (one of Novak's last scoops), or, equally likely, just plain sit this one out entirely. And who can blame him? The former Secretary of State was used by the present administration for his sterling reputation and international credibility to help sell the spurious Second Persian Gulf War, and then, after the ceremonial resignation at the end of his first term, was not renewed for a second. The Republican Party giveth and the Republican Party taketh away ..
The pendulum swings. The Presidents post-September 11th popularity has evaporated. It was only out of a military sense of loyalty to the Bush family that Powell did not speak out and publish his memoirs -- as Scott McClellan and Paul O'Neill did -- while Bush 43 was still in office. Still, we cannot wait to read Powell's memoirs. They should be .. informative. Juicy, even. And the obligatory "60 Minutes" pitstop should be magnifique. From the NYDailyNews:
"Pay no attention to the latest round of titillating rumors that John McCain is mulling Colin Powell as a possible running mate. They're totally bogus - and McCain and his senior advisers know it.
"Informed sources told the Daily News that when McCain called on the retired general and national icon a few weeks ago, the veepship was raised by the candidate - and Powell emphatically squelched the idea.
"'Colin was absolutely unambiguous,' said a source aware of the conversation. 'It will never happen, and John and his people know it.'"
Understandable. We'd float a lie like that as well if our political back-bench was so anemic as to include goddam sorry asses like Joe Liberman and Mitt Romney (Exaggerated cough suggesting feigned detachment). No "Joe-mentum" in the world is going to alter the fundamental weakness, comparatively speaking, between their list and the all star list of back-benchers within the Democratic Party this go-around (The Corsair sips a "naive Zin". The change-momentum is with the Democrats.
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