Colin Powell endorses Barak Obama
Yesterday morning on NBC’s Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw interviewed former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who presented his unequivocal endorsement of Barak Obama for president. Coming from a former Army General, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a staunch member of the Republican party, this is a pretty big deal. This is the most balanced and well-reasoned endorsement of Senator Obama I’ve yet heard. Colin Powell specifically brings attention to Obama’s “intellectual vigor” and “rhetorical ability,” two areas in which he is clearly superior to Mr. McCain, two areas that the press and the people love to ignore, and two areas that can, in my opinion, make the difference between a poor President and a great one.
RATM will play Target Center in Minneapolis during GOP convention!
Looks like Rage will be playing the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis. Tickets go on sale Saturday morning – I’m getting a buddy to try to score some for me since I’ll be camping. Anyone know if this is a BYORS (Bring Your Own Riot Shield) event, or will the 98273409238 cops there have extras, considering the result last time they played a political convention?
Hit me up if you wanna go…
UPDATE: got two presale tix. They’re seats, which sucks, but there was no GA available. Still trying to get some GA ones.