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Among the campaigns represented will be those of nine Republican candidates, President Clinton's reelection campaign and a group trying to convince retired Gen. Colin L. Powell...
...list of possible third party presidential candidates is a familiar one. General Colin Powell, former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Steve Forbes, the irrepressible Ross Perot and crusading consumer Ralph Nader have been raised as possibilities...
...looking more and more likely that the Republican and Democratic nominees will be joined by a third challenger in this election. Of the various possibilities that have been tossed around, perhaps the most well-received is that of General Colin L. Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Despite the glowing press coverage he has received, Powell does not merit our support should he choose to run for the presidency...
Such an approach to security issues conveniently frees the military leader from having to make tough choices between national interest and human lives. The only problem is that many very necessary courses of action have very real costs. This raises an important question: Does Colin Powell have what it takes to make the difficult choices that a president must make? Is he willing to make decisions that may be in the nation's best interest but aren't necessarily popular or easy to defend...
...answer is precious little. Powell has shown military leadership, but he has no experience in the very different businesses of government and politics. We should respect Colin Powell for his dedicated service to our military. We should respect Colin Powell for his dedicated service to our military. We should admire him for his rise from the streets of the South Bronx to the hallowed halls of the Pentagon. But whether we should elect him the next president of the United States is another question entirely...