Mr. Obama: McCain and Powell Don't Qualify

Much has been made in recent days by Barack Obama's apologists in the mainstream media concerning his supposed 'bipartisan gestures of good will.'

This supposedly shows the new President sincerely 'wants to work with Republicans as well as Democrats' in forging a new spirit of cooperation in Washington.

Invariably, the 'proof' they offer for such an assertion is that Obama has reached out to John McCain and Colin Powell.

The fact that Obama kept Secretary Gates at Defense doesn't count because Gates never has been viewed as a political partisan in the first place.

Yet we are supposed to believe that Obama is 'being the bigger man' by 'reaching out' to Republicans.

John McCain and Colin Powell.

Excuse me, Mr. President, but, neither McCain nor Powell qualify.

And you should alert your foot-soldiers in the mainstream media of this fact as well.

John McCain is a RINO at best. Obama himself even stated on Monday of this week that had McCain been elected President, he would have made many if not most of the same choices for the Cabinet as Obama.

And we conservatives do NOT consider McCain to be one of us, particularly not after he made such a royal mess of his campaign and refused to do what was necessary to win. McCain is and has been a sellout. We expect him to continue.

As for Colin Powell, for heaven's sake, the man endorsed Barack Obama for President, although he has been close friends with John McCain for decades.

Again, Powell is a RINO. He has NEVER been one of us. He has admitted he doesn't like conservatives, particularly conservative Christians and conservative radio commentators.

In short, if John McCain and Colin Powell are the best Obama can do with regard to 'bipartisanship,' then relations between Democrats and Republicans in Washington are going to grow even more confrontational.

If Barack Obama is truly serious about 'reaching across the aisle' to work with the opposition, then let him reach out to real conservatives such as Senators Jim Inhofe, Jim DeMint, Tom Coburn, and David Vitter. Let him set up a fancy luncheon with House Minority Leader John Boehner, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California, or Governor Sarah Palin, for that matter.

Surely the new President is smart enough to know he can't placate us conservatives by rolling out the names of McCain or Powell as a sign that he is going to cooperate with us.

As an infamous ex-President was known to say, 'That dog won't hunt.'