Unwilling to Have First Black Presidential Loss Laid at His Door, Powell votes Race

Bloggers and Personal ^ | 20 Oct 08 | Xzins

[xzins]

It is impossible to comment on the experience of Sarah Palin without looking at the experience of Barak Obama. When one looks, it is also impossible not to see the total lack of executive experience in the resume of Barak Obama. Anyone with half an ounce of political sense knows that is why democrats launched such irrational attacks on the experience of Sarah Palin. It was a diversion from the total lack of experience on the part of Barak Obama.

Being a military man, Colin Powell would understand diversion.

In his concession to BHO, Powell engages in diversion with his comments about justices. What did Roberts and Alito have to do with his endorsement of Barak Obama? Absolutely nothing. Therefore, it was a diversion.

What did it accomplish?

It enabled Powell to discuss some liberal disagreements he had with conservatives rather than discuss Obama's nonexistent executive experience.

Never in a million years would Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Powell, have put an inexperienced Lieutenant, or EVEN an experienced Lieutenant Colonel, in command of an Army Corps. Never. It would not have happened.

Yet, he would promote Obama, a man with zero executive, zero military, and zero business experience, to be Commander in Chief.

Only a fool would not look for another answer to Powell’s peculiar decision. The ONLY rational answer lies in politics and in legacy.

Not wanting to have anyone say in the history books that he voted against Jackie “Obama” Robinson being the first black presidential player, Colin Powell has voted race.

This is the failed Secretary of State Powell, roundly rejected by both conservatives and liberals, and not the General Powell of the first Gulf War. That general Powell had lieutenants in charge of platoons, not of divisions and corps.

[Tax-chick]

I was joking, but serious, too. Mr. Blackwood has been a successful schoolteacher, school principal, school board member, and most recently state representative for the last 8 or 10 years. (Sort of like a Sarah Palin who didn’t aspire past being Mayor of Wasilla :-).

Obama has accomplished nothing, except getting people to give him a lot of money for doing nothing.

[CodeToad]

So, Obama says he will consider Powell in his administartion. Funny thing, as other FReepers point out, Powell was in two Bush administrations and sold the Iraq war to the American people, that’s Obama’s “change”???

[xzins]

Every experienced retiree or military member on Free Republic...heck, in the whole country...knows that General Powell never would have promoted even a Lieutenant Colonel to lead a Corps.

It wouldn’t have happened. It wouldn’t have been considered.

This was a race-based decision and it’s obvious.