good comeback :tuQuote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
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good comeback :tuQuote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
My God, man!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
Ok, there is conjecture around here that you eat shit and molest farm animals.
Sure, your "official story" is that you don't, but what do we really believe?
The answer is clear: you eat shit and molest farm animals.
Obama can have Powell. Heidi Montag of The Hills fame has endorsed McCain.
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Originally Posted by ChumpDumper
Yep, I own you.
Now I have your shit coming out your mouth... Wrong end fool!
Ooops, I think you broke Wild Cobra.
It's too easy these days, really.
[QUOTE=Wild Cobra;2836798]Well, I hope General Powell and Senator Govornment make a nice couple.[/QUOTE
I guess Powell and his son can find a middle ground. Powell's son
endorsed McCain. Not that it matters.
Powell isn't what you would call a real anything. But no doubt in my
mind why he supported Obama.
[QUOTE=xrayzebra;2837064]rush overdose?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wild Cobra
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Powell isn't what you would call a real anything.
He only supports Obama because he's black.
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.
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.
Powell's endorsement may also sway some voters who were hesitant to vote for Obama because they felt he was not ready to be the nation's commander in chief, said Bill Schneider, a CNN senior political analyst.
"It was extremely reassuring for this experienced military leader, a general, someone who is chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who was secretary of state, to endorse Barack Obama and say, 'His world experience, his commitment and knowledge of national security are fine. You can vote for him without those kinds of reservations,' " Schneider said.
And CNN contributor Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist, said "Colin Powell ... is a warm glass of milk and a cookie for those voters who have a hard time going to sleep at night."
On Monday, Obama said Powell would advise him if he becomes president.
"He's already served in that function, even before he endorsed me," Obama told NBC. "Whether he wants to take a formal role, whether there's something that's a good fit for him, I think is something that he and I would have to discuss."
Powell, a former secretary of state for President Bush as well as a former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said Sunday he decided, in part, to back Obama because he was troubled by the rightward direction the Republican party had taken in recent years.
Powell told NBC's Tom Brokaw that he was troubled by the McCain campaign's attempts to associate Obama with former '60s radical William Ayers and some within the Republican Party -- but not McCain -- were making the assertion that Obama is "closet" Muslim.
"On the Republican side, over the last seven weeks, the approach of the Republican Party and Mr. McCain has become narrower and narrower," said Powell.
In contrast, Obama's "inclusive" approach that crosses "ethnic lines, racial lines, generational lines" is what the nation needs right now, he said.
Powell said he made his choice to back Obama after watching both presidential candidates' reactions to the financial crisis that has gripped credit markets in recent weeks.
Calling the crisis a "final exam," Powell said he found McCain "a little unsure as how to deal with the economic problems that we were having, and almost every day, there was a different approach to the problem."
"That concerned me," Powell added.
After Powell's announcement, McCain told FOX News he considered Powell and himself "longtime friends" and that he respected him, but that the endorsement of his rival did not come as a surprise.
"I'm also very pleased to have the endorsement of four former secretaries of state: Secretaries [Henry] Kissinger, [James] Baker, [Lawrence] Eagleburger and [Alexander] Haig," he said. "And I'm proud to have the endorsement of well over 200 retired Army generals and admirals."
Tara Wall, the deputy editorial editor of the Washington Times, said that moderate and conservative Republicans have been skirmishing throughout this election year, and that the Powell endorsement had brought that fight into the open.
While it energized conservatives, McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate may have alienated moderate Republicans like Powell, Wall said.
Powell said he did not feel Palin was ready to be president and that factored into his decision to endorse Obama.
"[McCain] took the calculated risk of putting Palin on the ticket to pacify the conservatives, and it did re-energize the base. And for that reason, you're going to have some of those moderates within the party feel a little disenfranchised, and I think that was the case for Colin Powell," Wall said. "So it is significant. I think it does send a message to Republicans."
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/...ent/index.html
10 questions that should have been asked of powell.....
Since Tom Brokaw was tongue-tied on Meet The Press on Sunday and Andrea Mitchell was unable to think clearly about a man she covered for 4 years, I thought I should suggest some questions for any other reporters who get a chance to interview former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
1. First and foremost, if you are so concerned about the direction of
your so -alled party, why didn't you get involved or even speak out during the Republican primary?
2. Why did you wait for the last 16 days of the GENERAL ELECTION to speak out if you were truly troubled about "your party's direction"?
3. As the man who presented the facts to the UN Security Council on the U.S. intelligence in Iraq, does your endorsement of Obama mean that you agree with Obama that it was the biggest mistake we ever made by going into Iraq?
4. And if you don't agree with Obama on Iraq then how do you square endorsing a man that thinks you are the leader of the stupidist foreign policy blunder the U.S. has ever made?
5. Does your desire "for a fresh set of eyes" leading America mean that you will commit to not taking a job in the next administration?
6. While we appreciate your economic assessment that McCain doesn't seem to know how to respond to the economic crisis facing America, should we take financial advice from a Secretary of State that was billions of dollars over budget on his spending in Iraq and Afghanistan?
7. And while we are at it, did you or did you not tell the president we should liberate Iraq?
8. Since Obama has made an issue of the sleazy tactics used to out former CIA agent Valerie Plame, did you tell him before you endorsed him that it was your long term deputy that was the leak?
9. Obama has said that he would sit down with Ahmadinejad without conditions and you have said that it is foolish to do so, is Obama foolish or have you changed your mind?
10. You authored, recommended and still advocate for the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell policy. Does your endorsement of Obama (who doesn't agree with it) mean that Obama has agreed to break his promise to change the policy?
Richard Grenell spent 8 years working at the department of state (4 of which were under Powell).
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Damn, always somebody around with difficult questions. :lol
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Good endorsement but it really goes both ways so Republicans shouldn't feel so bad. Obama gets Powell and McCain gets..................................Joe Lieberman.......
What's the point with all the YouTubes?
Both Liberman and Powell should be considered independents honestly they are not straight party line on either side.Quote:
Originally Posted by gameFACE
I'm surprised Barack would accept due to his staunch opposition to the war, and Colin was pretty much the main seller in going to Iraq in the first place.
Bush & Cheney were the main architects of the Iraq war.Quote:
Originally Posted by T Park
Collin Powell was basically the only moderate voice regarding Iraq in that administration - he was far from the voice of war.
You guys are acting like he was The Decider.
Powell was one of the few who actually gave Bush a realistic opinion of the consequences of an invasion, but Bush never asked him whether he thought the US should invade.
Rumsfeld pretty much fucked up every step of the way in Iraq, and Bush was the idiot who put him in more or less compete charge of the whole thing.
Nobody forced Powell to go the UN and lie about mobile weapons labs.
I think his own staff were extremely doubtful about the fairy tales from NSA/CIA, but Powell went to NY and repeated the fairy tales anyway.
colin powell is about as useful as Bush 43. he's a man that is bitter over what he could've/should've handled better. and i read that obamessiah will welcome this man as an advisor.
I'd much rather have Powell as an advisor than Bush or Cheney.
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