Colin Powell supports Obama

A strong member of the Republican Party and the former secretary of state under George W. Bush says he supports Barack Obama because:

1. Colin Powell on Sarah Palin: " I do not believe Palin is ready to be the president of the United States which is the job of the vice president" - Colin Powell

If we are looking at Sarah Palin's track record she has been a mayor and a governor in Alaska, and if we are going to talk about expierence, she has more expierence dealing with Alaska than Obama has in dealing with Illinois.

Talk show radio host Reese Hopkins from "Reese on the Radio" asks in an interview with CNN "Is this Colin Powell endorsing Colin Powell?" This raises a good point, is Powell trying to secure a position in Obama's administration because he believes that Obama is going to win?

2. Colin Powell on William Ayers: "To focus on people like Mr. Ayers for the purpose of suggesting that he would have some terrorist inclinations, I thought that was over the top."

Again, Hopkins replies to Powell by saying"The association between Bill Ayers and Barack Obama is the socialist comment that you have been hearing. William Aires is associated with a movement that wants to destroy capitalism in this country, as Obama has claimed in his 'spread the wealth around' to joe the plummer."

If a person's background can keep them from being hired for a job in the federal government, then why should we even consider making an exception for a man running for president who has a history or relationship with a man who is a socialist. A common person would be questioned, so why is it a problem that we are questioning this situation for a man running to lead our country?

3. Colin Powell on Obama as a Socialist: "The message this week is that we are going to call him a socialist, Mr. Obama is now a socialist because he dares to suggest that maybye we ought to look at the tax structure that we have. Taxes are always a redistribution of money." - refferring to Obama saying it is a redistribution of money.

Hopkins states "If Barack Obama would have made a stronger claim for raising taxes on the rich had he not said he was raising taxes on the rich. There is a way of redistributing without saying that you are going to raise taxes on the rich. He blatenlty said that rich people in this country who make over 250,000 dollars should spread the wealth around. He said that the people who dont make as much money as the people who make over 230,000 dollars, that they should start earning off of what rich people make, that they should reap the benfits off of somebody elses hard work."

I agree, if Obama is going to base his economic systems on the same fundamentals that define that of a socialist, then it is fair to make the claim that he entertains the idea behind this form of government. I see no difference between Obama drawing parrallels between Bush and McCain's policies and McCain drawing parrallels between Obama and William Ayers policies. Obama suggests that we should change and venture away from the Bush administration, this may be true but is he now suggesting that we venture towards socialism? It is only fair to assume if we are going to use the same logic the Obama campaign is using for making conclusions that McCain's administration will be the same as Bush's.