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3 Points About Powell's "endorsement"
10/19/2008 | Gopsterinma

Posted on 10/19/2008 7:14:12 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA

Three points about this:

1. Is Powell going to profit (vis-a-vie) Ifill's book?

2. Who has more stature - a sitting US Senator (J. Lieberman) or a retired AA general/SOS suporting the candidate of the opposing party for president?

3. Is there any differnce between Colin Powell and Wesley Clark?


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KEYWORDS: 2008; chat; mccain; obama; palin; vanitypalooza; vanityrepublic; yetanothervanity
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Think about these questions - I don't think this will make a spits difference, IMHO.
1 posted on 10/19/2008 7:14:13 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA
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To: GOPsterinMA

Three points:

1. It was predictable

2. He has shown himself to be gutless when it comes to politics

3. Who gives a rat’s behind what he thinks anyway


2 posted on 10/19/2008 7:17:17 AM PDT by Mrs.Z ("...you're a Democrat. You're expected to complain and offer no solutions." Denny Crane)
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I agree. Powell is a has-been, and did a lousy job as SOS.

I don't know why anyone would be surprised that he will vote racist.

3 posted on 10/19/2008 7:17:34 AM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Powell can't endorse McCain...he doesn't have a valid plumbing license..(AmericanUnited))
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Always a gentleman, Powell was also a light weight. He will go with race before he will go for country. (so will many others)
4 posted on 10/19/2008 7:17:55 AM PDT by yoe
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To: GOPsterinMA

I think you are right. There is a difference between Powell and Clark. Clark aspired to political office. Powell declined every opportunity to run for political office. At any rate, the only place you will see the Powell endorsement talked up as important will be MSNBC/NBC. He made it on their network and they are in the tank for Obama anyway. Watch Morning Joe, tomorrow if you want to puke.


5 posted on 10/19/2008 7:18:55 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: yoe

Agreed. Powell is race before country. Shame on him.


6 posted on 10/19/2008 7:19:38 AM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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To: GOPsterinMA
Colin Powell - Affirmative Action General..
Also; All Generals/Admirals appointed by Bill Clinton should be re-vetted..
7 posted on 10/19/2008 7:20:41 AM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Wesley Powell.

I like it.


8 posted on 10/19/2008 7:21:31 AM PDT by Laserman
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That’s it...Obama has the Black vote locked up. <>


9 posted on 10/19/2008 7:21:34 AM PDT by blam
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On 2, clearly the latter.

How do I know?

Because the MSM makes NOTHING of former Dem-VP candidate, Clinton-butt-saver Lieberman’s endorsement...

...but it’s going to make a HUGE DEAL of this.


10 posted on 10/19/2008 7:21:39 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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So, Colin, what you think of the Jimmy Carter presidency since you served in the military during his term in office?


11 posted on 10/19/2008 7:21:42 AM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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Remember; if now for Powell, we would not have had to go into Iraq a second time. Schwartznegger wanted to finishe the job the first time and Powell as Chairman of the Joint Cheif of Staff convinced GHWB to call off the dogs.


12 posted on 10/19/2008 7:22:21 AM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: blam
That’s it...Obama has the Black vote locked up

LOL, good point. "Blam" indeed. Thanks for that.

13 posted on 10/19/2008 7:22:32 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: GOPsterinMA
1. Is Powell going to profit (vis-a-vie) Ifill's book

Don't know.

2. Who has more stature - a sitting US Senator (J. Lieberman) or a retired AA general/SOS suporting the candidate of the opposing party for president?

According to MSM, anyone that supports BO.

3. Is there any differnce between Colin Powell and Wesley Clark?

Hard for me to say that Clark actually is less of a weasel than anyone, but at least he never pretended to be a Republican.

14 posted on 10/19/2008 7:23:41 AM PDT by Anti-MSM
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Colin Powell - Affirmative Action General, endorses Affirmative Action Candidate... Shocking I say!


15 posted on 10/19/2008 7:23:50 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: SeaHawkFan

General Schwartznegger?


16 posted on 10/19/2008 7:24:46 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
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To: Question_Assumptions

Powell gives some cover to 0bama to those who say he is weak on defense. Nice going, backstabber. Not only betraying his country but also presidents he said he admired like Reagan and both Bushes.

So now as soon as some international crisis blows up in 0bama’s face, or God forbid when we are attacked again because 0bama weakens our defenses, we can thank (blame!) Powell and the other “patriots” who helped get him elected.


17 posted on 10/19/2008 7:24:51 AM PDT by TNCMAXQ
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Powell, Pollin, not that Colin Powell — Why yes I believe it is the same guy. Wasn't he the one who sat at the UN Security Council telling the world about all the WMDs we would find in Iraq? And didn't he basically end his hours long briefing with something like Saddam, your time is up?

Yes that's him.

So how does this policy square with That Ones ‘Iraq was a bad idea from the beginning and should never have been undertaken”.

The next time I hear someone say they are voting for Obama because of agreement on policy, my TV is at serious risk.

It's all about race, and it's nice to see the racists step forward and acknowledge that fact. What else can it be when 95% of the blacks vote for the black candidate.

18 posted on 10/19/2008 7:25:05 AM PDT by Tarpon (Barrack Obama will ban all the guns he has the votes for ...)
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Powell lost me after he didn’t say anything about the Armitage-Plame-CIA-”leak” thing.

He’s a Jerk


19 posted on 10/19/2008 7:25:39 AM PDT by rdax
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Just watched the Powell interview on MTP. His reasoning sounds plausible, but it is the things he doesn’t say that say the most.

He completely falls for the line that Obama and Ayers only had limited connections.

Goes against his own statements about troop withdrawals on arbitrary deadlines, instead saying that the current situation makes that moot. Well, it wasn’t any action of Obama, particularly with regard to the surge, that got us here.

He keeps hemming and hawing. Pretty unconvincingly to me.

I think he has gone for a positive image in black posterity rather than a good choice.


20 posted on 10/19/2008 7:25:41 AM PDT by SpinyNorman (The ACLU empowers terrorists and criminals, weakens America, and degrades our society.)
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