Russell Chapman wrote:
>
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> >Had either Colin Powell or John McCain been the
> >Republican candidate for President in the last
> >election, I would have voted for him; being
> >ex-military makes a person more likely to understand
> >what it means to commit to a war (and less likely to
> >run headlong into one).
> >
> But the USA wasn't at war at the last presidential election. I think
> that in Y2000 the US population in general was looking for other
> attributes than the ability to lead a country through the current
> situation. Hell, half the population of the USA hadn't even heard of
> Colin Powell pre 9/11.
Do you have a cite for that statistic? I find it hard to believe. I
think the percentage of the population of the US that knew who Colin
Powell was was greater than 50%. But I could be wrong.
Julia
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