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Colin Powell drops a grenade
BBC News ^ | 19 Oct 08 | Gavin Hewitt

Posted on 10/19/2008 5:26:26 PM PDT by Yo-Yo

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To: Yo-Yo

“drops a grenade”.....YEAH, folks....we’re at WAR!


41 posted on 10/19/2008 5:46:12 PM PDT by goodnesswins (Socialism is great until you run out of someone else's money (M. Thatcher))
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To: Yo-Yo
Powell has always been a very liberal politician. A RINO who is significantly left of McCain. His announcement didn't surprise me at all. I'm sorry to hear a few folks in our military are so gullible that they would follow "General Powell" in his leftist endorsement.
42 posted on 10/19/2008 5:47:09 PM PDT by Myrddin
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To: Texas Eagle
"Next time, we'll send Ted Kennedy and his yacht club."

Captain Jeff Spicoli can take the lead.


43 posted on 10/19/2008 5:47:19 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Yo-Yo
America was at its strongest when it was at its most generous.

What a bunch of BS! That's exactly what got us in the mess we are in now! How much more 'generous' do we need to be before we have more planes fly into buildings in the US?!

Colin Powell, you are a failure and an IDIOT! You are also a RACIST! A black man voting for another black man because he is black...how noble!

44 posted on 10/19/2008 5:48:04 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Yo-Yo

Shouldn’t the media at least ask Powell if he’s had discussions with Obama et a and whether a cabinet etc. position had been discussed.

Let’s at least ask the question.


45 posted on 10/19/2008 5:49:03 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (u)
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To: Perdogg

BHO’s numbers are tanking badly. ACORN is now in the sights of many across the US. BHO knew he could never win without huge voter fraud and now ACORN is under a microscope. He can’t win without them....and the FBI are all over them along with various state election authoritites. The people in states as in Ohio are probably raising cain over it all.


46 posted on 10/19/2008 5:49:51 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
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To: goodnesswins
drops a grenade

Then he should fall on it.

....but that requires courage, and now I realize Powell has none.

47 posted on 10/19/2008 5:50:44 PM PDT by Tolkien (Grace is the Essence of the Gospel; Gratitude is the Essence of Ethics.)
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To: Texas Eagle

If Obama “wins” on 4 Nov and we are subsequently attacked by terrorists, the blood of those American victims will be partly on Powell’s hands. We have all been warned about letting our guard down by letting Obama occupy the White House. Obama will be tested early and often by America’s enemies. He will clearly fail, and God only knows how many American lives will be lost.


48 posted on 10/19/2008 5:51:05 PM PDT by ScottinVA
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Now that's more like it.

The next time we need to airlift food and medical supplies to some desolate part of the world that has just suffered a catastrophic earthquake, we'll use hang-gliders instead of military helicopters.

49 posted on 10/19/2008 5:51:35 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Geez, enough with the affirmative action Rs that turn on us.


50 posted on 10/19/2008 5:52:44 PM PDT by sobieski
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To: Yo-Yo

"Up yours, Colin Powell."
51 posted on 10/19/2008 5:56:11 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Yo-Yo

Colin Powell has proven that he is, indeed, not a good chess player. He cannot see beyond the next few moves. With his education and experience, it is shocking to me that he can possibly think that Obama is presidential material.

And, yes, it must be the race thing that has drawn him to this very ill-advised decision. I think that his wife, Alma, got his ear on this one, as she did when he was considering a presidential run for himself. His excuse was that he “didn’t have the fire in his belly” to run for president....but, it was Alma’s decision in the end.

That he cannot see that Obama represents all that he fought against in his military career is beyond me. He swore an oath to fight against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That he can’t see or understand how and why Obama has gotten this far in politics just proves that he really isn’t such a wise general or that maybe a little senility has settle in.


52 posted on 10/19/2008 5:59:00 PM PDT by Swede Girl
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To: GodGunsGuts
This is why you don’t let traitors in your midst. They are capable of doing far more harm than good.

Which is why you can add me to the 'pile on Bush' voter. While I really do think GWB is a decent man, he has managed to alienate everyone around him. Seriously, I'm SOOOOO pissed off at Bush regarding his immigration stance and the fact that his buddy, Johnny Sutton, falsley prosecuted and imprisioned Ramos and Campion' - that I refuse to take up for him anymore on anything. He made his bed.....

53 posted on 10/19/2008 6:02:10 PM PDT by right wing (The Drive-By Media Are Terrorists Too)
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To: Yo-Yo

I predicted several months ago that Colin Powell would throw in with Barack Hussein Obama. Never did trust Powell. Now I know why.


54 posted on 10/19/2008 6:03:40 PM PDT by Paperdoll (on the cutting edge)
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To: Yo-Yo

When you do it to a friend and a guy you donated 2300 bucks to it’s called fragging.


55 posted on 10/19/2008 6:05:06 PM PDT by jwalsh07 (MSM Lied, Journalism Died. RIP 2008)
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To: Yo-Yo

So, the failed Sec of State QUIT instead of fixing our so called bad image. He cut and ran. Too hell with him. He is a stain on the military.


56 posted on 10/19/2008 6:06:47 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (Your VERY LIBERTY is in jeopardy!!! We have to win this election or see liberty perish.)
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To: shield

Powell may not realize it, but he just used some serious reverse psychology on the electorate.


57 posted on 10/19/2008 6:07:11 PM PDT by txhurl (holy cow - WE ARE OUT OF TIME)
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To: Perdogg

No, quite the contrary, it does far more damage now rather than when most people’s minds are made up.


58 posted on 10/19/2008 6:07:29 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: right wing

Unfortunately, we let him make ours too. Same goes for McCain. I would rather be a minority party for a couple more elections than expand the tent to include the likes of these jokers. The problem is Barack Hussein Obama. He is SOOOO dangerous, I have no choice but to vote for McCain. But should he win, I plan on spending the next four years holding his feet to the fire (which is what conservatives should have done re: George W. (”I never met a spending bill I didn’t like”) Bush.


59 posted on 10/19/2008 6:09:08 PM PDT by GodGunsGuts
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To: Yo-Yo

Colon who?


60 posted on 10/19/2008 6:09:44 PM PDT by Clint Williams (Read Roto-Reuters -- we're the spinmeisters | Impeach Obama!)
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