Posted on 10/20/2008 7:02:18 AM PDT by Jagdgewehr
WASHINGTON – Colin Powell will have a role as a top presidential adviser in an Obama administration, the Democratic White House hopeful said Monday.
"He will have a role as one of my advisers," Barack Obama said on NBC's "Today" in an interview aired Monday, a day after Powell, a four-star general and President Bush's former secretary of state, endorsed him.
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HA, so much for CHANGE. Why put a ex Bush cabinet member on your team and cry CHANGE. What an ass.
Color and a role in an Obama admin is why this afrocentric liberal RINO whore (Colon “Ass-hole” Powell) decided to throw Republicans under the bus - even though it is Republicans (NOT dems who talk-the-talk, but rarely walk-the-walk) who lifted him to the highest office any black American had ever reached (what did Bill Clinton, demonRAT, and first “black” President do? He made a black woman his secretary - woo hoo).
Well, there goes the value of the Powell endorsement, an obvious Quid Pro Quo.
“So it is useful to read the Powell book alongside Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s interview with the author in the Sept. 25 issue of The New Yorker. In the book, [My American Journey] we learn of Mr. Powell's zeal for ‘entrepreneurial capitalism’ and his unfocused belief that the Democrats are hostile to it. But Mr. Gates adds the valuable information that Mr. Powell is ‘now a wealthy person’ whose holdings once included a share of a Buffalo television station. It was purchased in concert with a wealthy cousin, Bruce Llewellyn, under a tax-break program passed by a Democratic Administration and Congress to promote minority ownership of radio and television.
“Mr. Powell records his elation at making general at 42, but Mr. Gates and others provide the detail that Clifford Alexander, the Secretary of the Army under President Carter, forced the Pentagon to integrate the promotion lists that produced Mr. Powell's opportunity. Mr. Alexander told Mr. Gates that there were ‘a number of black generals’ of equal talent who never got General Powell's political breaks.”
The link to the article is: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DF1630F937A1575AC0A963958260&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss.
It’s interesting that he waited until two weeks before the election to endorse Barry. The opportunist Powell always has his finger in the wind, and Barry’s favorable poll positions no doubt helped Powell to go public with this endorsement. You have to wonder if he would ever have stuck his neck out and endorsed Barry if it didn’t appear that Barry had a chance to win the election (the answer is “no”).
Win or lose for McCain, I sincerely hope that no Republican ever again promotes or supports Powell in any way, shape or form.
"Colin Powell, a man who I admire as much as any man in the world, person in the world..." Senator John McCain, July 13, 2008
McCain admires Powell as much as anyone else in the world. "Q: When do you think the United States has an obligation to intervene to prevent genocides: Mr. McCain: When it goes on and we can find an effective way to stop it – or even, if we can, if have the prescience we can try to stop it before it happens. That's not very easy, obviously. We have to have effective ways of addressing genocide. I know what you are leading to and that is Darfur, where Colin Powell, a man who I admire as much as any man in the world, person in the world, declared genocide in Darfur several years ago." [NY Times interview with John McCain, 7/13/08]
McCain called Powell one of the most "credible" and "respected men in America. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) praised Powell as one of the "most credible" and "most respected" men in America. [LA Times, 2/6/03]
McCain considered Powell for a running mate. "Retired Gen. Colin Powell is among the potential running mates who have been considered by John McCain, campaign advisers told Politico. Powell was among the possible vice presidential choices the Arizona Republican senator was thinking of when he said he would not rule out a supporter of abortion rights, a key adviser said." [Politico, 8/23/08]
McCain said President Bush was "blessed" to have Powell working for him. McCain said, "I think the president is blessed to have two extremely talented people (Powell and Rumsfeld), experienced people, working for him, and others, but particularly those two." [MSNBC Hardball, 4/23/03]
McCain says Bush administration should have listened to Powell more. When asked about torture on CBS, Scott Pelley asked, "How did we lose our way?" McCain responded "I don't know the answer to that. I think one of the failures maybe was not to listen more to our military leadership, including people like General Colin Powell, on this issue," McCain said. [CBS, 3/9/08]
McCain said he admired and respected Powell, said he was one of most "honest" men he had "ever known." "Sen. McCain: Well, Colin Powell's one of the most honest men that I've ever known and I admire and respect him enormously, and so obviously I'd take his word for it." [CNBC 4/20/04]
McCain was "exuberant" over Powell's selection as Secretary of State. After it was announced that Powell had been nominated by Bush for Secretary of State, McCain said, "I'm exuberant over the prospect of his [Colin Powell] stewardship of American foreign policy. There's a lot of very dangerous places in the world due to the fecklessness of the Clinton administration." [NBC Nightly News, 12/15/00]
McCain lauds Powell's selection as Secretary of State. Senator John McCain "I think his credentials and his charisma will have a significant effect, a beneficial effect, on the conduct of American foreign policy." [NBC Nightly News, 12/16/00]
McCain said if elected in 2000 he would have appointed Powell to his cabinet. On Larry King in 2001, McCain was asked whether he would have named Mr. Rumsfeld and Colin L. Powell to a McCain cabinet. 'Oh, yes." [CNN Larry King, 11/28/01]
As leader of the International Republican Institute, John McCain gave Colin Powell the Freedom Award. "As Senator John McCain waited to speak at the annual awards dinner of the International Republican Institute, a democracy-building group he has led for 15 years," "Mr. McCain could use the chairman's [of the institute] perch to score points with important Republican figures — he presented Freedom Awards to President Bush, former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and, in 2003, the incoming Senate majority leader, Bill Frist." [NY Times, 7/28/08]
McCain says Powell led the State Department with "honor and distinction." "Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, said all Americans should consider Mr. Powell's 'great service to our country.' 'When he took the helm at the State Department nearly four years ago, I was confident that Secretary Powell would lead with honor and distinction,' Mr. McCain said. 'I have not been disappointed.'" [NY Times, 11/15/04]
McCain was in favor of Powell talking to Syria. McCain said that: "I think it's appropriate that Colin Powell is going there [Syria]." Chris Matthews followed up "So you don't agree with Newt Gingrich dumping all over him? You don't agree with Newt Gingrich dumping on the Powell trip?" McCain responded "You know, Dick -- Richard Armitage is Powell's deputy. And he's a wonderful guy. He served in Vietnam. And he's a really tough guy. And he was quoted someplace today that Newt Gingrich is out of therapy." McCain added "Colin Powell is going to look Bashar aside in the eye and say, look, you know. You better clean up your act here. It's a new day in the Middle East. And I think it's entirely appropriate to do that." [MSNBC Hardball, 4/23/03]
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