On Colin Powell and his Endorsement of Barak Obama

N/A | 10-19-08 | Self

[Anti-Bubba182]

Colin Powell today revealed himself as a craven and slimy individual in endorsing Barak Obama. He is endorsing him on the real grounds of racial solidarity and not the Horse Manure he spread this morning about fixing infrastructure, Ayers, etc. And the conduct of the war and the UN not voting right is more scatology. He was for it before he was against it. We've heard it before. Powell was against the war and did not have the courage to go to the wall against it.

I understand his pride in the success of a fellow black, but detest a prevailing culture that instead of saying racism is wrong wherever it appears, says it is the fault of white people and allows any non-white group to pack up on racial lines and pursue racial grievances. Obama is a part of these groups, not that he will not deny the depth of the association when expedient.

Barak Obama is a creature of total cynicism. No matter how close or how much you have done for him expect to be thrown under the train when it suits him. Don't believe me, ask Rev. Wright and Rev. Jackson, hell, ask his Grandmother. A soldier should respect loyalty, especially when that loyalty costs. That is the kind of loyalty George Bush has, maybe to a fault, definitely to his political detriment. Powell can be certain his rewards under Obama will last exactly as long as it is good for Barak.

Colin Powell, unlike Obama, was in the highest echelon of the administration at the time of the decision to go to war. His strident opposition would have given pause to the process. If he thought the war and prevailing leadership was wrong he should have resigned and fought it and them for all he is worth. He might have prevailed. Instead he functioned like a lackey and bided his time to stab his long time, "friend" John McCain in the back.

I really don't know what Powell thinks he can acheive by this. He is never going to be a darling of the Obama crew or the racial grievance industry. Oh they will give him some public compliments but they probably look on him as an Uncle Tom trying to get back in with the, "brothers", especially after working for the Bush administration. He can never erase his association with the war or diminish his failure to oppose it to his best ability if he thought it was wrong.

Powell will go down in history as the first black Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff and Secretary of State marking him as a leading expert in bureaucratic survival and infighting, but not as a leader who fought the fight he should have.

[Anti-Bubba182]

That is wishful thinking. Authoritarian regimes are the most typical form of government in world history and an economy only has to work well enough to support a group of sufficient
size to maintain power. The rest can starve if they get out of line or are no longer useful. Liberalism, Collectivism, etc. are merely labels fronting a process of unscrupulous people and their thugs gaining and holding power.

[x]

I'd have to agree that it's pretty shabby to have helped make policy and then throw everything over to join the other side. A lot of White Rockefeller Republicans have gone over to the Democrats over the years, though, like those Eisenhower and Nixon descendants.

But it's usually not the one's who've held high government positions. As prominent a Republican official as Powell probably wouldn't jump ship under most circumstances. A Baker or Scowcroft probably wouldn't.

So race is most likely a factor in Powell's decision, but not the only one. If someone with Colin Powell's views had been a private citizen he might have jumped over before this, White or Black.

[pray4liberty]

Colin Powell has the right, like every American, to endorse and vote for whomever he wants, shameful as it is.

He's always been a go-along-to-get-along type of guy. A politician in a military uniform.

He just blew his own chances for his own Presidency, if he was entertaining such. Once upon a time, the media was calling him The Black Ike as I recall.

Now he has this Obama endorsement as his legacy. Sniff!

[mick]

“Authoritarian regimes are the most typical form of government in world history”

True enough,Friend. And if the worst happens I guess we’ll just have to earn our right to be free all over again. That is also a lesson of history.

[RasterMaster]

It was obvious that he was a dirtbag....he lost all respect from military quarters after stabbing GWB in the back over Iraq after he left and leaking intel like a seive to the drive-by media.

Powel’s endorsement is nothing to brag about and will drive him further into irrelevancy when THAT ONE loses.

Colin Powell Slanders The GOP

Someone needs to inform RECTUM Powell that Osama HUSSEIN Obama outted himself - Obama: “My Muslim Faith”

[Ohio Worker]

I have thought since I heard of Powell’s endorsement of Obama what political ideology do Powell and Obama share? I cannot see any. No matter what Powell said today, I am left with the strong belief that he endorsed Obama for one reason: Race. I am dismayed about this because I do not think that is sufficient reason to endorse or to vote for an individual. I do not like the race card that appears to be emerging on the Obama side in this campaign. I have been on the fence, but after the assault on Joe the Plumber and Powell’s endorsement of Obama, I have decided to go with McCain.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Good for you! Welcome to FR!

[wardaddy]

it’s not about race my friggin ass

it’s all about race for everyone but white folks

name me 25 known blacks where it’s not about race..

1) Jesse Peterson

2) Mike Steele

3) Blackwell

4) Sowell maximus

5) Thomas magnus

rut row....what now?

sorry not JC....hasn’t made up his mind

it takes wheelbarrows to tote the balls of a black man brave enough to stand up for what’s truth and character today on race

precious few are up to it

[unsycophant]

Exactly. He’s pretty much discredited, especially now that he’s exposed for his racial prejudice. Better to know now!!

[Harrius Magnus]

I believe Obama will be the end of this country.

For the simple reason that his administration along with the Dem controlled Congress will ensure they never lose another election.

 You are a seer.  Thank you for breathing truth into this forum.  Please do it often.  Unfortunately, except for a select few, your vision will be taken of measure as that of Cassandra.

Our sickened society has a big hole in it called denial.  We speak of the underpinnings of society, based on a rule of law, property, etc.  These are manifestations of a moral and just people who will subordinate their short term interests for others -- not because of foresight, that foregoing the short-term for the long-term will lead to greater prosperity.  Few men are not myopic, and it is independendent of breeding, wealth, or standing.  Rather, it is for outworldliness, that which is not a part of the present, that which transcends man as the beast; this allows us to wholeheartedly endorse arrangements to live within.

Once a people loses the ability trascend, it will scorn the truth, and reason will be warped into an instrument of self-justification; however, a justification to oneself is a far cry from eternal, and true justification.

This country has a date with that which we sowed.  Honest men should should get their priorities together.