Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama for president isn’t a big deal primarily because he is a Republican and former secretary of state for George W. Bush. It’s a big deal because Powell is so respected and influential among moderate Republicans and independents – the voters who are key to winning the election.
Powell said that his endorsement of Obama was “not out of any lack of respect or admiration for Sen. John McCain.” But he believes that Obama is better suited to handle economic problems and to improve our nation’s world standing.
Powell did criticize the tone of McCain’s campaign and the tactics of GOP operatives who spread false rumors about Obama being a Muslim. And to his credit, Powell also stood up for Muslim-Americans. “Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president?” Powell asked. There shouldn’t be.
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IJust as it is with any other endosment,people who can think for themselves think of it as no big deal. Having someone who says he supports canidate a over candidate b will in no way shape or form influence who I will vote for. I note the endorsement then move on,nothing to see there.
A great analysis of the various factors.
‘Halperin: How the Powell Endorsement Boosts Obama‘
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1851832,00.html
P-diddy also supports Obama.
Interesting. When Powell toed the Bush line, he was the voice of God.
But now when he speaks what he believes, the Cons can’t contain their bile for him.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Colin Powell’s endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama was as much a rejection of the Republican Party and Sen. John McCain’s campaign as an embrace of the Democratic presidential nominee, political analysts said Monday.
Colin Powell may have given voice to moderates unhappy with the GOP ticket, an analyst says.
Syndicated columnist David Sirota said Monday that the Powell endorsement was a troubling sign for McCain as his campaign enters its final weeks.
“The repudiation of John McCain by such a high-profile Republican certainly hurts John McCain,” he said.
David Gergen, a CNN senior political analyst who has advised the last four presidents, said the Powell endorsement may give voice to “disillusioned” moderate Republicans disappointed by the negativity of the McCain campaign.
“They’ve been muttering about [it], but they were afraid to give voice to, and he came out and said it, in a way,” Gergen said.
John McCain, the new neocon. Prolife, pro war, socialist liberal
CapnAmerica
Posted October 20, 2008 at 1:52 pm | Permalink
Interesting. When Powell toed the Bush line, he was the voice of God.
But now when he speaks what he believes, the Cons can’t contain their bile for him.
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When he toed the Bush line the left couldn’t stand him,now that he supports the “One” he is the voice of God.
“Freebird1971″ –
I think you miss the point.
If an endorsement were simply someone or some publication standing on the corner and saying, “I’m voting for Finster!” it’d mean nothing.
All endorsements I’m aware of come along with a case presented by the endorsers stating the reasons they arrived at such a decision.
We learned yesterday on “Meet the Press” General Powell’s rationale for balancing the pluses and the minuses of each candidates’ qualifications for the presidency… in his opinion.
How he came to the decision to endorse Barack Obama was clearly spelled out and, whether or not you buy into his analysis, he gave us a concise, reasoned, and thoughtful case which led up to his decision.
That some CONs ignored all that and came out and revealed their inner racist by claiming “Powell chose Obama because of the color of their skin” is a disgrace to conservatism; indeed, to America.
Okay, these are desperate times for the McCoot campaign. And desperate times call for desperate measures. So the CONs will ride the “Colin Powell is a n*gg*r-lover” horse as far as it might take them. It’s about all they have left.
I wouldn’t have been surprised if General Powell had announced on “Meet the Press” his support for Senator McCain. The two men are both ‘Nam vets, deeply concerned with international affairs, close to the same age, and have run afoul of what passes for Republic Party ideology these days.
Had he endorsed McCodger, I probably wouldn’t be swayed by the endorsement itself but I can pretty much guarantee you I’d be participating in this forum discussing the thought process that led up to that decision.
So all this talk that this paper or that guy endorsed the candidacy of this one or the other is a fool’s errand. It’s not about the last sentence of the editorial or column; it’s all about what led up to it.
Powell said a lot of things about McCain which revealed his long-standing respect and admiration for the Republic Party candidate. He also revealed insight about the way the senator from Arizona has conducted his campaign. Powell didn’t say the words, but it was obvious he felt betrayed.
On the other hand, he subtly expressed his respect and admiration of Barack Obama’s approach to facing the challenges this nation will face over the next four years. Powell talked about judgment, thought-process, demeanor, wisdom… and came out in favor of Senator Obama’s potential to assume the presidency.
If you’re not impressed, or even care about Powell’s thought process which led to his endorsement, fine. If you reduce it to “Nobody’s endorsement is going to sway me!” then why bother posting about it?
The CONs would love to reduce all issues to bumper-sticker slogans. Because deep down, they’re shallow.
“Powell said a lot of things about McCain which revealed his long-standing respect and admiration for the Republic Party candidate”
Perhaps, in their rejoicing and “vindication” by Powell’s endorsing Senator Obama, The above can be remembered as well and the “McCoot”, the “Mc#$nt”, and the “senie” can be dropped as well. No. WHo amd I kidding.
Funny. Both sides rant and rail about the unpleasantness of the other side, and engage in their own ugliness. They are each more like the other than they have any idea of.
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CapnAmerica
Posted October 20, 2008 at 1:52 pm | Permalink
Interesting. When Powell toed the Bush line, he was the voice of God.
But now when he speaks what he believes, the Cons can’t contain their bile for him.
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hehehe
Good afternoon Captain!
Interesting. When Powell toed the Bush line, the libs couldn’t contain their bile for him.
But now when he supports the Chosen One, the libs beleave he is the voice of God.
hehehe
nitwit
When a former General and Secretary of State endorse a candidate it is a ‘big deal’.
That’s why it’s so impressive that four former Secretary of States have endorsed McCain. Furthermore, over two hundred former Admirals and Generals have endorsed McCain.
Besides, GWB, Which person is arguably the one most associated with the selling of the decision to remove Sadaam from power?
Colin Powell.
McCain did not want nor need Powell’s endorsement. McCain is not Bush.
Obama is really not advantaged by having GWB’s Sec of state during the Invasion of the Iraq war on his side. It really clashes with Obama’s “McCain is McSame” campaign strategy.
Linda: What we should remember, is that American values have been degraded, that is what the world does not like. Americans as a people, are very well liked.
I loved the line about the supreme appointments. Who did he ever tell that he had a problem with Roberts or Allito? Does he also object to Thomas, the black man who is an ‘uncle tom’ to the left.
Such a weak man who hasn’t had my respect for a long time and now has my contempt. If you have convictions then stand up for them. Don’t make flimsy excuses to justify what you are doing.
Gaddafi has just endorsed Obama. What does the left think of that?
“HLP” –
I know Alexander (”I’m in charge”) Haig is in the McCoot camp. Didn’t know about the other three.
Don’t think one of them is Albright. So we’re going pretty far back — in the grand scheme of global reality — to make the other Secs-of-States’ opinions timely or relevant.
Unless, of course, you can present their thought processes which led them to their endorsements.
I’ll read Haig’s rationale if you provide a link. And I’m open to the other three former Secretaries of State who’ve endorsed McCodger if you can provide their statements of support.
So far I have Colin Powell — a Republican by nature, a fellow soldier-in-arms with McCain, a citizen of the world, and a respected voice of conscience (even, and especially, after his United Nations speech about Iraq was proven to be based on a smokestack of Cheney-manipulated lies about intelligence) — wrestling with his observations of the two candidates and deciding Barack Obama is the better man for the presidency.
George Will and Rush Limbaugh be damned. Powell’s decision was not made on the basis of pigmentation.
George Will and Rush Limbaugh be damned. Powell’s decision was not made on the basis of pigmentation.
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Nope, just job security! Any way the wind blows….
Monkey said:
“George Will and Rush Limbaugh be damned. Powell’s decision was not made on the basis of pigmentation.”
And Monkey how can you be so sure this is true? Are you in his head? Can you take this from the things he has said in the past?
Just another blast from the left that is full of hot air.
I frankly couldn’t care less who Powell ‘endorses’. But for you to make such an idiotic statement just makes the left look desperate.
I found this “take” interesting as I’ve watched the Republican Party changes with dismay.
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“…Characteristically, Powell on Sunday used very forceful, deliberate — but polite and toned-down — language, choosing a course that would leave little room for anyone to pick it apart and suggest he was in any way hedging his bets.
But we know, from personal experience, that although adept at using nuanced language, he can make his point strongly, with no room for doubt, when he so chooses.
The former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Bush 41 and Bill Clinton has been a friend of John McCain for a quarter-century, but he decided that friendship could not be the determining factor.
Rather, he wanted to nudge the Republican Party away from its current course — one that he sees as having turned rightward particularly during the second Bush-Cheney term, which of course would be the period when he had already left the administration.
But in the end, the Powell friend, bursting out in a broad chuckle as he played off McCain’s campaign theme of “Country First,” said of Powell’s decision: “He put America first.”
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/presidentbush/2008/10/powell-obama.html
Powell may even yet get back some of his wasted credibility and integrity.
How many party cross over endorsements did mccain get from sec. of states?
That’s why it’s a big deal, it’d just been ho hum for one to support his party’s candidate.
CapnAmerica
Posted October 20, 2008 at 1:52 pm | Permalink
Interesting. When Powell toed the Bush line, he was the voice of God.
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When Powell “toed the Bush line” he was…
according to libtards….
wait for it….
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UNCLE TOM!!!!!
Welcome back to the fold colin…
bahhhhhh…..
bahhhhhh…..
If bush 41 had been any kind of man, he’d of endorsed Al Gore and John Kerry. Bush 41 didn’t love America. Who was in a better position to know of GW’s incompetence? The world will never forgive bush 41 or 43.
When you endorse someone you’ve known and been friends with for two years over someone you’ve known and been friends with for over two decades, it speaks volumes regardless of who you are.
On Fox News’ “Fox News Sunday”, Sen. McCain said, “I’ve admired and respected General Powell, we’re long time friends. This doesn’t come as a surprise but I’m pleased to have the endorsement of four former secretaries of states — Secretary Kissinger, Baker, Eagleburger and Haig. But I respect and continue to respect and admire Secretary Powell.”
“okobserver” tries –
“Monkey said:
“George Will and Rush Limbaugh be damned. Powell’s decision was not made on the basis of pigmentation.”
And Monkey how can you be so sure this is true? “
Oh, I dunno.
I pretty much rely on what General Powell said. That there was something about America electing an African-American that caught his attention.
But his long statement about his assessment of both candidates’ pluses and minuses led him to endorse Barack Obama.
You saw that, didn’t you? Or at least read the transcript, didn’t you?
Are you so “into his head” you know he was lying?
C’mon, “okobserver.” Even you are better than that.
Now y’all Libs accuse Powell of LYING about the WMD’s and supporting the Iraq invasion.
Now ALL OF A SUDDEN, you believe what Powell says and think he’s a great guy.
Hmmmmm……..
Was Powell LYING about the WMD’s or LYING about Obama? Or both?
The Dallas Cowboys, Mickey Mouse, and Donald Duck, ALL SUPPORT OBAMA!
“Powell may even yet get back some of his wasted credibility and integrity.” — Phantom
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Endorsement Seen As Powell Effort To Reshape Own Legacy The New York Times reports in a front page story that Powell’s endorsement of Obama “represented his own transformative moment in a lifelong journey through war and politics. It was not only an embrace of a presidential candidate from the other party, but also an effort to reshape a legacy that he himself considers tainted by his service under President Bush.” The endorsement “made clear Mr. Powell’s dismay at the Republican Party. He said he felt that the party had become too conservative under Mr. Bush, and that Senator John McCain’s campaign was not good for the country or its reputation around the world.”
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_081020.htm
Monkey I was talking about his statement about the supremes. Roberts and Alito were overwhelmingly approved by both sides of the aisle. For him to use this as his excuse was very suspect. Like he has looking for a good reason and this was the best he could come up with.
My opinion only. You are entitled to yours also.
Louis Farrakhan also endorses Obama…and calls him “The Messiah”….
duh dimocrats were ‘agin’ Colin Powell now they are ‘fer’ him.
Get ur ‘Obama doo-rags’ and kommie flags in the back while they’re at a discount.
RFL posted October 20, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Obama is really not advantaged by having GWB’s Sec of state during the Invasion of the Iraq war on his side. It really clashes with Obama’s “McCain is McSame” campaign strategy.
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MaxGrobnik posted October 20, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Now y’all Libs accuse Powell of LYING about the WMD’s and supporting the Iraq invasion.
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Really?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Powell#View_of_the_U.S._war_in_Iraq
View of the U.S. war in Iraq
In July 2007 Powell revealed that he spent two and a half hours trying to persuade George W. Bush not to invade Iraq but that he did not prevail. At the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado[37] Powell stated, “I tried to avoid this war. I took him [Bush] through the consequences of going into an Arab country and becoming the occupiers.”[38]
90% of Black folks are voting for Obama.
Colin Powell is voting for Obama.
It’s not about race.
FLEET !!!
How the hell are ya?
I’m the hell fine and dandy!
“There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more.”
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“Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing that he or she could be president?”
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As an Army officer, Powell’s superiors considered him a consummate “team player.” They could count on Powell to haul their water despite any contradictory feelings he may have had. Powell’s blind loyalty was demonstrated during a second tour in Vietnam (1968-1969), where as deputy assistant chief of staff for operations G-3 at Americal Division headquarters in Chu Lai, he was asked to handle a potentially embarrassing letter a young soldier had written to Gen. Creighton Abrams, commander of all U.S. forces in Vietnam.
The soldier had written about rumors of a massacre that Americal Division soldiers had committed in the hamlet of My Lai 4 in South Vietnam. Although he did not mention My Lai in the letter, the soldier complained that Americal soldiers were indiscriminately killing Vietnamese civilians. Such acts, the young soldier warned, “are carried on at entire unit levels and thereby acquire the aspect of sanctioned policy.”
Several days after he received a copy of the letter, Powell sent a memo to his superior, the adjutant general, making the outrageous claim that the young soldier had not given enough specifics upon which to base an inquiry. The purposely blind Powell said the soldier’s charges were false except for “isolated instances.” He wrote that “relations between American soldiers and the Vietnamese are excellent.” Powell’s damage control efforts soon proved fruitless and the My Lai massacre burst onto the world stage like an atomic explosion, severely damaging the U.S. war effort in Vietnam. On the orders of Lt. William Calley, soldiers from the U.S. Army Americal Division had indeed indiscriminantly gunned down an entire village of men, women and children.
Although Powell’s attempt to cover up the massacre was unsuccessful, he had at least proven his willingness to do what was necessary to please his bosses. For his two tours of duty in Vietnam, Powell, who was never exposed to serious combat, was awarded the Purple Heart for a minor foot wound he received after stepping on a “punji stick.” He was later awarded a Bronze Star for heroism and the Soldiers Medal for pulling two men free from a non-combat related helicopter crash.
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The two Supreme Court Justices most likely to be replaced during the next president’s term lean progressive. If conservative judges replaced them the court would be less balanced. I think that’s what Powell meant by, “I would have difficulty with two more conservative appointments to the Supreme Court, but that’s what we’d be looking at in a McCain administration.”
Most moderate Americans of both parties would see the current balance as being better than a shift to either direction.
Here’s a article that addresses the judicial consequences of the next president.
http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/682zjean.asp
fistbumps Fleettwood…
If powell can cast off the blinders and make the leap to sanity, you can too, youbetcha.
http://www.usvetdsp.com/story13.htm
Right back at you, guys!
‘Senator Barack Obama Receives Endorsement of Flag Officers from Army, Navy and Air Force’
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080312006068&newsLang=en
“Citing his judgment and ability to lead, admirals and generals from the United States Army, Navy and Air Force that together have served under the last nine Commanders-in-Chief today announced their endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for president.
In offering their endorsement, the generals and admirals recognized Obama’s judgment to oppose the war in Iraq before it began, his respect for the Constitution and rule of law, his leadership on behalf of America’s servicemen and women and his ability to conduct the diplomacy necessary to restore America’s standing in the world.”
“Regular” advises –
“Get ur ‘Obama doo-rags’ and kommie flags in the back while they’re at a discount.”
Where’s this “discount” you’re talking about?
Once I take power as Grand Commissar of the Democratic People’s Republic of WE Blog on November 5th, “…ur ‘Obama doo-rags’ will be free when you report to get your mandatory Chairman Mao suit. (That comes with a cap, nimrod. Please try to keep up with the agenda. Sheesh.)
And we’ll probably execute you in the street if you’re out of uniform. But not on Sundays before noon; as a sop to you “christians.”
What you really should stock up on is Big Macs.
I’m thinking, once I take power, McSocialism will offer
twoall-beefpatties, special sauce, lettuce,cheese, pickles, & onion on asesame seedbun.And the only coke available will be stuff you’ve gotta snort.
(I’d opt for the “milk” shake. Especially if you’re lactose intolerant.)
“‘Senator Barack Obama Receives Endorsement of Flag Officers from Army, Navy and Air Force’”
Being flag officers, they know which side of the bread gets buttered. Obama will be the next President. Time to jump on the wagon.
Too be fair, I am sure many have solid convictions for Obama. However, my previous statement holds true for many. Flag officers are politicians as well as warriors, or they would never become flag officers.
“When he toed the Bush line the left couldn’t stand him, now that he supports Obama he is the voice of God.”
Not at all. I still hate his guts: he has blood on his hands for sending brave Americans to their deaths for a pack of lies.
But, he shows that even a lying sack of sh it can sometimes do the right thing.
BTW, all you Bush backers are guilty of sending brave Americans to their deaths for a pack of lies too.
But of course, you can equivocate and rationalize it for a month of Sundays.
Try equivocating your way into heaven. Let’s see how that works out for you . . .
Hank,
“Furthermore, over two hundred former Admirals and Generals have endorsed McCain.”
Assuming there are over two hundred retired generals and admirals, wouldn’t those numbers suggest that maybe the ratio of chiefs to indians could be one of the real problems with our war effort?
And so it starts: The swiftboating of an American Hero.
From the start, I have been a big fan of Colin Powell. When he gave that speech in front of the UN, I about sh** my pants. Pretty much any thinking person knew that was crap. I have also felt that Powell was thrown under the bus by the big three, Bush, Cheney and Rove. Anyone who couldn’t see Powell’s political career taking a bottomless dump after that, had their head in the sand.
And there were a multitude of belt-way bandits who would like you to think they had their heads in the sand as well; both Democrats and Republicans. Being accused of plain stupidity was much easier to take, than, heaven forbid, the truth actually coming out.
Nope, truth is, the Bush cadre was already working on successive HMFWAIC, and Powell didn’t fit the bill. He was black, of that they were sure, but he just wasn’t white enough. So they threw him under the bus, and this week, Powell got his revenge.
GEN. POWELL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE REPUBLICANS THROW AT YOU, I CONSIDER YOU AN AMERICAN HERO!!!!
Hell, even if he backed McCain, I’d feel the same way. But this swiftboating crap has got to stop. Sometimes sh** don’t float, and it just clogs the pipes.
When he toed the Bush line the left couldn’t stand him,now that he supports the “One” he is the voice of God.
Au contraire. I was sorely disappointed and wondered what BushCo had on him. As a soldier, he followed orders, without question. I understood that. I would imagine there are many of us non-soldiers who have done things our superiors have told us must be done, and we did it. I wasn’t surprised when Powell bowed out of the Bush administration. I think he’d seen all the garbage he could stand to see. Most people have a limit to what they can take. Powell obviously reached his, even after he did as ordered against possible his own priciples.
In an interview AFTER the Meet the Press show, Powell went on to say that the Republicans and McCain were helping the terrorists with their negative rhetoric.
Guess that makes some of the wackjob CONS on this board terrorist sympathizers.
BTW, there is nothing wrong with a former general supporting Obama. Particularly a black general.
A black man cannot be on the wrong side of this deal, particulary when your race can make history.
Not to mention rich and evil general$ want to garner a lucrative federal job with the winner.
Powell is a coward for waiting so long to declare.
Unless of course, he was waiting to see who might win. He is a former democrat anyway.
I guess Powell lied to the UN when he briefed the world on Iraq having weapons of mass destruction.
It was following Powell’s convincing presentation that the world endorsed the invasion of Iraq.
Heh? Powell a liar?
In the end Powells endorsement doesn’t mean anything. The majority of black Americans were voting for Obama anyway.
I always considered Colin Powell a good soldier.
He followed orders and obeyed them.
He even helped cover up the Me Lei Massacre in Vietnam.
He was a good soldier and, when he rose to the level of 4-Star General during George HW Bush’s Mid-East War, Powell established the “Powell Doctrine.”
Basically — someone else can look it up — it involved developing overpowering forces (through allies and keen strategic planning) and going for the jugular of the enemy, wiping them out and dominating the field.
It became complicated when Pere Bush lost his nerve and decided he couldn’t keep the coalition that waged the First Gulf War into unseating Saddam Hussein in 1991. Even worse, the first Bush “put his manhood up against anyone” with the bluff that the coalition would come to the rescue of insurgents who’d independently rise up against Saddam Hussein. Result: they were murdered like traitors of any nation. Even ours.
Colin Powell was no longer top dog when he was Secretary of State. And I think, good soldier that he is, he couldn’t imagine (The Big) Dick Cheney would cook the books and sell the UN speech with all its falsehoods, distortions, and neo-con propaganda.
Thereafter, Powell resigned his post as Secretary of State and, ever the good soldier, did not tell tales out of school about how the Shrub Administration used and burned him. Is that a good soldier or a man with a weak moral compass? Your mileage may vary.
But when Limbaugh comes on the air and shouts, “IT’S ONLY ABOUT RACE!!!” the swift-boating of Colin Powell began. Powell acknowledged ethnicity was an obvious consideration in the grand scheme of things. But Powell then succinctly and eloquently spelled out the grand scheme of things.”
A longtime friend and colleague of Powell, John S (for Senile) McCain the Third (for Shrub’s 3rd term) has proven himself to be too volatile, too irresponsible, too unreliable, too willing-to-lower-himself-to-the-lowest-common-denominator in search of votes.
The year 2000 Colin Powell would have endorsed the year 2000 John McCain. But, like the year 2000 John McCain, the year 2008 Colin Powell cannot bring himself to vote for what’s turned into the 2008 John McCain.
MaxGrobnik
Posted October 20, 2008 at 3:13 pm | Permalink
Now y’all Libs accuse Powell of LYING about the WMD’s and supporting the Iraq invasion.
Now ALL OF A SUDDEN, you believe what Powell says and think he’s a great guy.
Hmmmmm……..
Was Powell LYING about the WMD’s or LYING about Obama? Or both?
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I don’t think Colin was lying when he went to the UN to make the case for going to war with Iraq. I think Powell genuinely believed at that time that George W. Bush and Dick Cheney to be honorable men. That was where Colin Powell made his mistake – to think that GWB and Cheney were honorable.
And when the truth came out about Bush and Cheney cherry-picking the intelligence, that is when Colin Powell became the unwanted step child in the Bush fold.
Bush and Cheney could not dump Powell any faster when the truth hit the fan!
Colin Powell is a man of integrity and someone that global leaders respect. When the truth finally did come out about the run-up to the Iraq War – the entire world knew who was to blame and Colin Powell was not on that short list!
HDChaplainCorps
Posted October 20, 2008 at 5:19 pm | Permalink
In the end Powells endorsement doesn’t mean anything. The majority of black Americans were voting for Obama anyway.
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If Powell’s endorsement doesn’t mean anything, then why are you getting your panties in such a wad?
“90% of Black folks are voting for Obama.
Colin Powell is voting for Obama.
It’s not about race.”
As a post script, it should be noted that neither one of these men are “African-Americans”.
Okay, fleetwood, I’ll bite. What are Powell and Obama if not African-Americans?
(I’m sure I’m going to regret this.)
Obama’s mom was white…why insist that he’s “African” American? Why not just an American? He was born in Hawaii. I was born in Kansas, I don’t consider myself “European” American.
Why make an issue about race at all? It has nothing to do with anything.
Powell is also of mixed heritage. Who the heck cares, and why should it matter?
Exactly Mary, but then again why does McCain and Palin insist on calling Obama a terrorist loving Muslim – other than to stir the hatred pot?
The media has always called him African-American, when he is really Kenyan-American. But with Obama being the first real black presidential candidate that has made it this far – I do think it should mentioned as a factor, but not the major factor. After all, it will be history-making if Obama is elected.
I know some white people that like Obama and I know some black people that don’t like Obama because they do not feel he is one of them. Racist overtones are what people make of them based on their own perceptions of race.
What concerns me more than his race is his ability to bring this country together – and I’m afraid that is a much more next-to-impossible task for anyone – not just Obama.
It IS a big deal.
It’s a big deal because it draws a good portion of the cons out for what they really are.
Rush Limbaugh for instance. His LOUD cry that the endorsement is about race demonstrates that he himself is a racist and desperate. We will see more of this as McCain/Palin circles the drain.
WHY OBAMA SUSPENDING HIS CAMPAIGN TO HEAR GRANNY’S DEATHBED CONFESSION IS A BIG DEAL ……
http://WWW.BJBROWNSBLOG.BLOGSPOT.COM AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE GREEN GORNET IS ABOUT TO FLY IN TO SAVE THE DEMOCRAT’S AND TURN THIS NATION MORE BLUE THAN IT HAS BEEN IN 70 YEARS.
Florida congressman facing sex scandal
Tim Mahoney, who replaced Mark Foley after the Capitol pages episode, is accused of paying a mistress to keep quiet.
From the Associated Press
October 14, 2008
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-Fla.) declined to say Monday whether he had carried on an affair with a former aide and paid her to keep quiet, but he then called on the House ethics committee to investigate his conduct.
Mahoney, who is married, issued his statement hours after ABC News reported on its website that he had agreed to pay $121,000 in March to a former mistress and staff member after she threatened to sue for sexual harassment. Mahoney said he would be vindicated.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also called for an investigation.
The network, citing unidentified current and former Mahoney staff members, said the congressman began his affair with Patricia Allen, 50, in 2006 while he was campaigning for Congress on a pledge to return morals to Washington.
Mahoney won after former Rep. Mark Foley, a Republican, resigned when it was revealed that he had sent salacious messages to male teenage pages who had worked on Capitol Hill. He did not face charges due to insufficient evidence.
A Mahoney spokesperson told ABC that Allen resigned willingly and “has not received any special payment from campaign funds.”
Regular
Posted October 21, 2008 at 12:24 am | Permalink
Florida congressman facing sex scandal
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Having posted the same thing on three different threads, reg has finally convinced himself the above is true. To what extent that means anything is only available in regs tiny mind.
It couldn’t have involved a Republic Party congressman. They guy was having sex with women!
Quoted:
“CapnAmerica
Interesting. When Powell toed the Bus line, he was the voice of God. But now when he speaks what he believes, the Cons can’t contain their bile for him.”
Excellent point. I am not even going to post an original comment, as this guy is dead on.
Powell has always had my respect.
Powell’s endorsement is important because it “crosses the line” – that is he is a Republican and Bush appointee endorsing the “other side.”
Suppose, for example, Madeline Albright had endorsed McCain. THAT would be big news. Or if someone like Bill Richardson did so. That might make some wavering move to McCain. Powell’s endorsement will have a similar effect – help those wavering go to Obama.
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Florida congressman facing sex scandal”
Then perhaps residents of that District should consider voting him out. What does that have to do with Colin Powell?
It was big news in the Eagle when Colin Powell endorsed Obama. Powell’s son endorsed John McCain and is campaigning for him. I seemed to have missed it being mentioned, in this paper.