Colin Powell has endorsed Obama for President

[Silence]

According to MSNBC, this morning on Meet the Press Gen Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama for President of the United States!

That is incredible and will certainly silence (no pun) a lot of the "he's too risky" bullshit coming from McCain & Co.

I was hoping for this since Colin Powell is probably the ONLY Republican I'd ever vote for!

 

[Red Dawn]

Nice.

But how could a decorated vietnam vet, respected Republican, and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs support a secret radical muslim socialist, who pals around with terrorists?

 

[BlackAsCoal]

Powell should be led before a firing squad and shot to death for his role in getting tens of thousands of US soldiers killed, maimed, and critically wounded with false "evidence" he KNEW was false.

SO, the Powell fraud endorses the Obama fraud .. big deal .. America still loses

 

[Annie]

According to MSNBC, this morning on Meet the Press Gen Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama for President of the United States!

That is incredible and will certainly silence (no pun) a lot of the "he's too risky" bullshit coming from McCain & Co.

I was hoping for this since Colin Powell is probably the ONLY Republican I'd ever vote for!

How much 'courage' does it take to endorse the person most likely to win? Do you think Powell would have done this if McCain was ahead? Pretty hard sell, since it may have mattered much more to Powell/Obama supporters back when he was taking a pounding from Hillary.

 

[rayboyusmc]

No, America loses the most if McCain wins. There is a difference between the too. That is why I can't understand ever not voting.

But that is just my opinion.

 

[rayboyusmc]

So we have heard our first disparaging word?

How much 'courage' does it take to endorse the person most likely to win? Do you think Powell would have done this if McCain was ahead? Pretty hard sell, since it may have mattered much more to Powell/Obama supporters back when he was taking a pounding from Hillary.

Maybe, now that he sees to what extent the Palin/McCain ticket will stoop, he felt he needed to stand up and redeem himself for having been with the Asses of Evil.

 

[Silence]

Powell should be led before a firing squad and shot to death for his role in getting tens of thousands of US soldiers killed, maimed, and critically wounded with false "evidence" he KNEW was false.

SO, the Powell fraud endorses the Obama fraud .. big deal .. America still loses

wow. you're insane

How much 'courage' does it take to endorse the person most likely to win? Do you think Powell would have done this if McCain was ahead? Pretty hard sell, since it may have mattered much more to Powell/Obama supporters back when he was taking a pounding from Hillary.

perhaps instead of just throwing his endorsement out there without much reflection, he waited and actually weighed the candidates carefully. Novel concept I know, someone who actually THINKS before he acts. Something Obama and Powell seem to have in common.

and yes, I do think Powell would've endorsed Obama if McCain were ahead, especially if he were ahead having used the nasty, negative tactics he's employed recently.

I'm quite sure this will cause no small amount of distress to the conversative republicans. Although I'm sure there will be those who will now summarily dismiss this American Hero as a traitor and anti-american.

 

[BlackAsCoal]

wow. you're insane

When you can figure out how to counter an argument without smelling like a right-winger and using their brain-dead tactics .. come see me

Let me guess .. you claimed you were against the Iraq invasion.

 

[sealybobo]

No, America loses the most if McCain wins. There is a difference between the too. That is why I can't understand ever not voting.

But that is just my opinion.

I suspect because he's black, this endorsement won't matter much, except with some military votes and some repubs that respect/like powell.

Ps. I went to a wedding last night. 2 repubs tried to argue for mccain. We totally made them look wrong.

They tried to say it doesn't matter, so we listed a bunch of diference. Tax breaks to companies going overseas, $10 bill a month spending in iraq, spending.

I love when they say they worry obama won't be able to do everything he says he'll do. So we pointed out mccains plan makes even less sense.

And they tried to distance themselves from bush, but then that would assume mccain is any different on major policies.

Ok, now after listening to cnn, this endorsement may be huge.

All you republicans out there that said you would vote for powell or condy, I guess that means you respect his opinion?

 

[BlackAsCoal]

I suspect because he's black, this endorsement won't matter much, except with some military votes and some repubs that respect/like powell.

Ps. I went to a wedding last night. 2 repubs tried to argue for mccain. We totally made them look wrong.

They tried to say it doesn't matter, so we listed a bunch of diference. Tax breaks to companies going overseas, $10 bill a month spending in iraq, spending.

I love when they say they worry obama won't be able to do everything he says he'll do. So we pointed out mccains plan makes even less sense.

And they tried to distance themselves from bush, but then that would assume mccain is any different on major policies.

Ok, now after listening to cnn, this endorsement may be huge.

All you republicans out there that said you would vote for powell or condy, I guess that means you respect his opinion?

Surely you didn't actually believe them when they said they'd vote for Powell or Rice.

 

[rayboyusmc]

There will some honest Republicans (not those who worship at the altar of the Bush NeoCon Idol) who will now vote for Obama. The real republican party has been hi-jacked by the extreme right and doesn't reflect what their party once stood for.

This is a big endorsement no matter what the right says.

When the real conservative pundits and now Powell won't back up McCain and his Sarah Doll, that is telling evidence.

Now if we can sweep this election in the Whitehouse, Congress and Senate and then have Dems who don't act like Repubs, we might be able to get back on America's real course.

No spying on all of US, No condoning torture for convenience. No tax cuts for the rich and screw the middle class. No wars for the sake of making a lot of fucking money and killing our troops in the process. No socializing of banks. (That ones is for you, Ali. Bush already started that.)etc. etc. etc.

 

[MichaelCollins]

]wow. you're insane[/B]



perhaps instead of just throwing his endorsement out there without much reflection, he waited and actually weighed the candidates carefully. Novel concept I know, someone who actually THINKS before he acts. Something Obama and Powell seem to have in common.

and yes, I do think Powell would've endorsed Obama if McCain were ahead, especially if he were ahead having used the nasty, negative tactics he's employed recently.

I'm quite sure this will cause no small amount of distress to the conversative republicans. Although I'm sure there will be those who will now summarily dismiss this American Hero as a traitor and anti-american.

Is that better or worse than being a gullible fool like yourself?

Of course Powell was part of the BUSHTEAM liars...and should always be shamed as such.

 

[BlackAsCoal]

Is that better or worse than being a gullible fool like yourself?

Of course Powell was part of the BUSHTEAM liars...and should always be shamed as such.

What forever amazes me is the number of people who call themselves "antiwar" and shout and scream at Bush .. but absolve Powell of his complicity in the worst military and political disaster in American history.

They call that bullshit .. progressive.

go figure

 

[editec]

Nice.

But how could a decorated vietnam vet, respected Republican, and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs support a secret radical muslim socialist, who pals around with terrorists?

You need to be careful when you post things like that.

If you push that technique too hard, your tongue acually can explode right through your cheek.

 

[editec]

What forever amazes me is the number of people who call themselves "antiwar" and shout and scream at Bush .. but absolve Powell of his complicity in the worst military and political disaster in American history.

They call that bullshit .. progressive.

go figure

You know normally I'd agree with you on this point, BAC.

But Collin Powell was so contrite and so candid about how betrayed he'd been; his condemnations of the current administration and his role in it, too, were so damning, when he could have simply kept quiet, that I'm inclined to think him a man driven by an high ethical code.

When I tally up all the anti-war Dems who voted to go to war, I find few of them who didn't try to absolve themsevles completely of their responsibility for it.

Collins calls his moment when he testified before the UN on behalf of going to war, the lowpoint of his career, and one for which he can never excuse himself.

Please show me ANY DEMOCRAP who voted for the war, who has accepted that level of personal guilt for their part in the war.

There are none that I know of.

They ALL absolve themselves of their part by saying they were lied to.

Collin Powell strikes me as a true man of honor.

There are damned few people in the public arena that I can say that about.

Collin Powell is one of those Republicans that I often allude to as being truly patriotic and thoughly decent people.

Sadly, few such Republicans (or Dems for that matter) ever seem to attain any power in this painfully corrupted society we live in.

 

[PeterS]

Nice.

But how could a decorated vietnam vet, respected Republican, and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs support a secret radical muslim socialist, who pals around with terrorists?

Maybe because he thinks he will make the best president. Scary, huh!

 

[Silence]

When you can figure out how to counter an argument without smelling like a right-winger and using their brain-dead tactics .. come see me

are you actually claiming I'm a right winger? seriously? you might want to look around here before you assume you know someone's political views. I'm for abortion, for gun control, and various other "left wing" ideas.

I've never voted for a Republican president so please explain to me how I'm a right winger Black?

Let me guess .. you claimed you were against the Iraq invasion.

and yes, I was against the Iraq war. I'm generally speaking, against ALL war since I'd consider myself to be a pacifist.

Colin Powell is a man of deep integrity IMO and high intelligence. He, I think, believed in the intelligence he presented for the case for war. I don't think he was in on the lies and manipulations, but rather was lied to and manipulated by the Bush administration and used to make the case BECAUSE of the respect the American people had for him.

He took the hit for the Bush administration and I think that was their plan all along.

I suspect because he's black, this endorsement won't matter much, except with some military votes and some repubs that respect/like powell.

Powell has an 80% favorable rating with Americans according to Gallup. To insinuate that his endorsement is somehow lessened because he's black is just idiotic but not unexpected from you sealy. You make some of the most outlandish remarks and you actually, at times, make me ashamed that we are on the same side.

but absolve Powell of his complicity in the worst military and political disaster in American history.

I don't absolve Powell of anything. He fucked up. But like I said I believe he was used by the Bush Administration.

 

[PeterS]

According to MSNBC, this morning on Meet the Press Gen Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama for President of the United States!

That is incredible and will certainly silence (no pun) a lot of the "he's too risky" bullshit coming from McCain & Co.

I was hoping for this since Colin Powell is probably the ONLY Republican I'd ever vote for!

Powell is solid center right. This is the last nail in McCains coffin...

 

[PeterS]

are you actually claiming I'm a right winger? seriously? you might want to look around here before you assume you know someone's political views. I'm for abortion, for gun control, and various other "left wing" ideas.

That kind of ideological confusion certainly explains all the problems in the republican party. But that's ok Silence. I'm a liberal and I accept you anyway...

 

[rayboyusmc]

"And I come to the conclusion that because of his ability to inspire, because of the inclusive nature of his campaign, because he is reaching out all across America, because of who he is and his rhetorical abilities — and you have to take that into account — as well as his substance — he has both style and substance, he has met the standard of being a successful president, being an exceptional president."

Powell said that he is "troubled" by the direction of the Republican Party, and said he began to doubt Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) when he chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.

"Not just small towns have values," he said, responding to one of Palin's signature lines.

"She's a very distinguished woman, and she's to be admired," he said. "But at the same, now that we have had a chance to watch her for some seven weeks, I don't believe she's ready to be president of the United States, which is the job of the vice president. And so that raised some question in my mind as to the judgment that Senator McCain made."

He was too kind in her description of Sister Sarah.

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