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On Colin Powell and his Endorsement of Barak Obama
N/A | 10-19-08 | Self

Posted on 10/19/2008 6:52:26 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182

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To: Bobbisox

I’m waiting for the Condi endorsement to follow...


41 posted on 10/19/2008 7:13:28 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (It's Joe the Plumber vs. Bill the Bomber!)
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To: Mike Darancette

Of course it’s racially motivated. Either that or Colin Powell has become a Socialist too, which wouldn’t surprise me.

In the end, these endorsements mean little.


42 posted on 10/19/2008 7:13:32 AM PDT by ShandaLear (Barack Obama, he is the Kwisatz Haderach!)
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To: Don Corleone

Absolutely. All about race. As many prominent women will vote Republican for the first time because of Palin. I doubt that many will go into that booth and say...hmmmmmm...I guess I should pull this lever for Obama....Colin Powell is going to....paleeeeeez....anyone with any sense would know Powell would back Obama. I am personally disappointed...very disappointed...in Powell because I would have thought he would research the candidates a bit more than what his statement said. Just proves...because you had a previous position in our illustrious government does not necessarily mean you are brilliant...or even borderline intelligent. You are just a commoner who votes color. Colin Powell has been replaced on my hero list by Joe the Plumber.


43 posted on 10/19/2008 7:14:00 AM PDT by imfrmdixie
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To: Don Corleone

It only proves that the vast majority of Black people stick together regardless of matter,unlike the white man.


44 posted on 10/19/2008 7:14:03 AM PDT by patriciamary (9)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

If 0 wins tell him he’s got till 1/21/09 to present a birth cert. or no swearing in.


45 posted on 10/19/2008 7:14:09 AM PDT by Waco ( G00d bye 0'bomber)
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To: LottieDah

Colin Powell is a racist. I think Sidney Portier got to him. He just moved out of the “house” and into the “field”.


46 posted on 10/19/2008 7:14:26 AM PDT by Terry Mross (O)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
I have never trusted Colin Powell and now I have no respect of his judgment. What are his loyalties?
47 posted on 10/19/2008 7:14:43 AM PDT by Big Horn (I bac Mac)
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To: padre35

McCain will say I respect the general and his opinion.


48 posted on 10/19/2008 7:15:27 AM PDT by patriciamary (9)
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To: Anti-Bubba182
No one stabbed both President Bush (father and son) more in the back with self-serving leaks to Bob Woodward. The man is the ultimate opportunist.
49 posted on 10/19/2008 7:16:10 AM PDT by elhombrelibre (Obama ready on day one to bring Kenyan style democracy to America.)
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To: jude24

Yeah, SO DID BENEDICT ARNOLD! Don’t go there because Powell is supporting a man who will destroy this country and encourages our enemies. Israel will not be there in 4 yrs. We cannot afford 4 yrs. ourselves as Russia and China along with the terrorists will pounce on the antichrist’s election.


50 posted on 10/19/2008 7:16:28 AM PDT by bushfamfan (Palin is America's Thatcher, Obama is America's Chamberlain with beliefs of Lenin)
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To: oblomov

First thing out of Powell’s mouth was it wasn’t about race.
The only two reason’s I can think about Powell’s endorsement are:

1. It is about race
2. Powell wants a cush job in a Obama administration.

Why else would a moderate support a socialist?


51 posted on 10/19/2008 7:16:36 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: jude24
Gen. Powell served his country with honor and distinction.

So did Benedict Arnold.

52 posted on 10/19/2008 7:16:54 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: jude24
Gen. Powell has earned the right to his opinion. He’s spent most of his adult life in service to his country. His decision to support a candidate with whom we disagree does not change the fact that Gen. Powell served his country with honor and distinction.

Well said.

53 posted on 10/19/2008 7:17:25 AM PDT by kaspergutman
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Excellent assessment...thanks for posting it. Blacks/African-Americans, or what whatever they want to be called these days, have the gall to call us racists. Martin Luther King would be appalled at the state of race relations in this country today - it's not about CHARACTER afterall - it is still about the color of one's skin according to the blacks.
54 posted on 10/19/2008 7:21:09 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: Bell407Pilot

I saw Powell speak about a year ago as part of a local lecture series. He seemed greatly concerned about his legacy. He seemed to want to be congratulated for having the “right” opinions, and to be loved by the mostly liberal audience in attendance.

This is a terminal disease, I’m afraid.


55 posted on 10/19/2008 7:23:06 AM PDT by oblomov
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To: NativeNewYorker
They are already a sham but, there may be more awareness that is so. White people are cowed into living as if they have or are not entitled to have racial interest, while all other races play the game with a vengeance.

Powell wove points talking all through Meet the Press about the unfair practices of McCain's campaign and said nothing about Obama's thugs. He denied race is his prime motive for the endorsement but the reasons he gave for it are so weak AND one sided they are not credible.

56 posted on 10/19/2008 7:23:20 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: scooby321
A Bush Sr and Reagan hire

He's an affirmative action hire; much like B. Hussein Obama has been over these many years.

This is part of the problem with affirmative action hires -- poor performance and, perhaps, a nursing of grievance for in someway realizing that he didn't get their by anything resembling ability.

57 posted on 10/19/2008 7:24:14 AM PDT by Stepan12 (Palin & Bolton in 2012)
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To: imfrmdixie

There’s a strong case for this being solely race based because on foreign policy(something you’d think Powell would concern as #1) Obama is a real endangerment to this country. We are still fighting terrorists and dealing with Iran, Syria, Venezuela, Cuba, North Korea, oh and Russia and China(where our enemies are bolstered). Russia and China have their own ambitions that will be taking place with and Obama at the helm. Powell has sold his soul. He’s taking America with him.


58 posted on 10/19/2008 7:24:30 AM PDT by bushfamfan (Palin is America's Thatcher, Obama is America's Chamberlain with beliefs of Lenin)
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To: catfish1957

He is 71. I doubt he does that.


59 posted on 10/19/2008 7:24:38 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Anti-Bubba182

Think about it...

WHAT KIND OF GENERAL LEADS A COUNTRY - AND OUR SERVICEMEN - INTO WAR and then deserts them?

The WORST kind.


60 posted on 10/19/2008 7:25:16 AM PDT by Reagan69
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