Samantha Power has resigned due to the leak of her off-the-record comments to The Scotsman on Monday. I think that's a real shame, and I would be proud if the Obama campaign organization would refuse to accept it, and convince her to stay on. Ms. Power is a valuable asset, and I don't think we need to kowtow in any way to the demands of the Clinton camp.
Ms. Power's remarks were not, of course, the most "politically correct" things to say, by any means, but here's something else she said, to the graduating class of Santa Clara in 2006:
... if the shapers of US foreign policy looked out for the human consequences of their decisions, the world and the United States would be far better off. ... the trick is never to confuse means and ends. Cold-blooded reason is a tool that you can employ on behalf of what you believe in. But if you employ reason too soon, it can pre-empt feeling, and you can end up believing nothing at all. Lesson Number Two, then, is "Let reason be your tool, but let justice be your cause."
I can't condemn Ms. Power because she expressed her feeling. The truth is, I feel exactly the same way. She has apologized for the remarks, and the demands from the Clinton camp are, as usual, petty and self-serving. Why should we listen to them?
I will have my differences with Ms. Power, and Senator Obama for that matter, in the future. But I know a valuable asset when I see one, and I urge Senator Obama and Ms. Power to reconcile and continue working together in this campaign.
Don't let them win, folks! Don't let them win anywhere! The apology is sufficient, and Ms. Power is the same positive influence she was before. Would I be so passionate if she were less beautiful? Don't confuse me! Yes, I believe I would be, because you and I can make decisions based on principle, and I strongly believe that Senator Obama and Ms. Power are better when they work together.
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