Posted on 11/25/2005 9:58:25 AM PST by Carl/NewsMax
An angry former Secretary of State Colin Powell is blasting the Bush White House for attacking Rep. Jack Murtha, who undermined troop morale and encouraged al Qaida last week with his call for an immediate U.S. pullout from Iraq.
"To attack him the way he was attacked, accusing him of being a Michael Moore, was disgraceful and was not worthy," a Powell told the New York Post's Deborah Orin, who described him as "livid."
"Jack Murtha is great friend of mine," Powell declared. "He's a great patriot.
"I don't agree with his position," the former top Bush diplomat said. "But he has started a debate which is a good debate to have as to how long we should be there."
Hours after Murtha called for an immediate pullout last Thursday, White House press secretary Scott McClellan compared him to Michael Moore. Two days later, however, both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney went out of their way to describe Murtha as "honorable."
Still, Powell focused instead on the earlier remark, and said nothing about the olive branch offered by Bush and Cheney.
The one-time chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also suggested that the war on terror wasn't quite as serious as other challenges the U.S. has faced.
"We're not facing a world war anymore," Powell told the Post. "We have pretty much convinced the world that democracy is a better system than communism or fascism or totalitarianism."
A "C" student who still doesn't grasp the big picture.
"Former Secretary of State" is the operative phrase.
Calling a congressman Michael Moore is a bit juvenile. You would think the President's spokesman could come up with something better than that. How about saying "We heard the Congressman's statement..and he is wrong."
No surprise there.
Powell....
Gee, I wonder if the Lamestream Mediots would object if we called Powell "Uncle Tom" or threw Oreos at him?
Seems to me that it applies to this opportunist traitorous POS than Steele...and remember, it's OK to race-bait "Conservative Blacks", so "Uncle Tom" Powell MUST be an OK target...right?
I think Powell played GOP just for effect and opportunity.
Thanks for your comments, Colin Blow...now crawl back to your hole.
My neighbor said Mr Powell was just an unfortunate "diversity hire".
Michael Moore is deeply offended.
Michael Moore sat next to Jimmy Carter in a special box provided by the Democrat party at the DNC. Why would any Democrat consider the comparison offensive? Unless, of course, even Democrats find Moore offensive.
Colin Powell: Decent Military General... Disastrous Sec. State.
Sounds like he's well into the third stage of Lib/Dem Seduction and Assimilation.
Jack.
Powell was a loser from the gitgo, now be gone, totally. Adios.
Who in the White House accused Murtha of being Michael Moore?
"accusing him of being a Michael Moore, was disgraceful and was not worthy,"
At least it is now universally recognized that being compared to Michael Moore is very undesirable.
*VERY SHARP!
Well put. Changed my tagline to reflect what I believe we'll be seeing more of.
"Calling a congressman Michael Moore is a bit juvenile. "
Murtha advocated the same thing as Moore - immediate retreat and surrender (aka immediate withdrawl.)
The comparison is 100% valid.
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