Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Colin Powell endorses Obama for second term
Reuters ^ | October 25, 2012 | Susan Heavey

Posted on 10/25/2012 5:43:23 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed Barack Obama in his bid for re-election, citing the Democratic president's efforts to wind down the war in Afghanistan and tackling terrorism.

"And so I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on," the Republican, who also backed Obama in 2008, told "CBS This Morning."

(Excerpt) Read more at mobile.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012endorsements; colinpowell; race
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-103 next last
To: Red Badger

never liked the man. the fed gov hires and promotes 1000s of these shoe shine boys. a endorsement from Lowell is worth nothing except to Holders people or Bags and Alec.


81 posted on 10/25/2012 6:36:02 AM PDT by Gasshog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]

To: nhwingut

I try to be fair and consider that there might be other reasons for Powell to support Obama. I can’t find one objective fact that would lead a reasonable person to say we need four more years of this!

I can only conclude race is a big factor in Powell’s endorsement. A terrible shame, I’d expected more from such a great man!

What a waste of such a great legacy!


82 posted on 10/25/2012 6:38:54 AM PDT by cpa4you (CPA4YOU)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Servant of the Cross
And on Benghazi, this whole situation bothers me more and more. Here we have a President who ordered military attacks on Libya without worry of the War Powers Act, but on 9/11/12, we could not get permission to fly in troops to help out OUR EMBASSY? Does it make any sense at all that we can have an Embassy in a country but cannot protect it militarily?
83 posted on 10/25/2012 6:40:56 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (We the People are coming!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 66 | View Replies]

To: SoFloFreeper
FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!

I agree with the racism standpoint but do not overlook the $$$$$! Powell became a special partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield and & Byers (KPCB) a little less than 10 years ago. (He's now referred to as a Strategic Advisor.)

A few years after that, Al Gore became a Senior Partner there too and the VC firm began investing heavily in "green" companies.

Guess what. When 0 loses, there is no chance of Cap & Trade and the trillion dollar scam pretty much folds. I don't really trust Romney on AGW, but I know he won't force C&T through and I'm sure 0 would in a no-hold-barred second term.

84 posted on 10/25/2012 6:42:05 AM PDT by Sal
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SoFloFreeper
the "large colon" has spoken excreted it's bio-mass
w/BHO,EH,JJ,AS et al..and now CP; racism always rules!

85 posted on 10/25/2012 6:46:53 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Anger a Conservative by telling a lie. Anger a Liberal by telling the truth. - RWR 8-)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nhwingut
Last election cycle, Colin Powell proved he was a racist.

This cycle, he proves he is an idiot as well.

86 posted on 10/25/2012 6:49:44 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: SoFloFreeper

Powell’s an attention seeker that needs to stay ‘relevant’ in the cocktail party circuit.


87 posted on 10/25/2012 6:53:48 AM PDT by Darren McCarty (Holding my nose one more time to get rid of Eric Holder)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SoFloFreeper

So he supports a LIAR.
I think he was a Republican in title only to get to where is is today but was really a Democrat all along.


88 posted on 10/25/2012 6:56:16 AM PDT by coconut47
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Vigilanteman

That’s the quote of the day, my friend!

(When, oh when, will FreeRepublic ever give us a MEGA LIKE button???)

Cheers!


89 posted on 10/25/2012 6:57:59 AM PDT by DoctorBulldog (Hey, Libtards, how's the Moral Imperative to close Gitmo working out for ya'?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 86 | View Replies]

To: SoFloFreeper

Doesn’t surprise me one bit. This guy is a bad news. Glad he is on Obama’s side and not ours. Here is a little history on the guy:

http://old.disinfo.com/archive/pages/dossier/id803/pg1/

Google his name and “My Lai”.


90 posted on 10/25/2012 6:58:52 AM PDT by A. Patriot (Re-electing Obama is like the Titanic backing up to hit the iceberg again.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: US Navy Vet

Sorry, to me with the exception of Wesley Clarke we have had great generals. Is Powell in the top tier? Not by any stretch of the imagination.

But he was a great general, It was when the uniform came off it all changed. But that is my opinion. Personally, I think he was the fall guy when he went in front of the UN and no one from the administration defended him.


91 posted on 10/25/2012 7:02:13 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 70 | View Replies]

To: SoFloFreeper

My brother is retired U.S. Army Sgt. and fought in VietNam and 1st Gulf War. Here are his sentiments on Colin Powell the first time he endorsed Obama in 2008:

“HE WAS A PHONY ( POLITICIAN ) GENERAL FROM DAY ONE AND NEVER REALLY EVEN SAW ANY COMBAT IN HIS WHOLE CAREER.

HE SERVED AS AN ADVISOR TO A SMALL VIETNAMESE ARMY UNIT AS A JUNIOR OFFICER BEFORE THE WAR REALLY STARTED IN VIETNAM AND THAT WAS IT!

HE ONLY SERVED THERE A FEW MONTHS AND WENT BACK TO THE STATES BECAUSE OF A MINOR SKIN INFECTION HE GOT WHILE THERE ( SUPPOSEDLY FROM BEING INJURED BY A VIET CONG BOOBY TRAP MADE OUT OF SHARP BAMBOO STICKS ).

POWELL AND HIS DEPUTY SPENT MOST OF THEIR DAYS IN THE STATE DEPT. UNDERMINING GEORGE BUSH’S FOREIGN POLICY INSTEAD OF BEING A LOYAL CABINET MEMBER, AND THAT IS WHY HE WAS FORCED OUT!!!

HE IS A SNAKE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AND IS OBVIOUSLY LOOKING FOR A NEW POSITION IN THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY SO HE CAN REHABILITATE HIS REPUTATION.

LIKE BIDEN, HE HAS BEEN WRONG ON MOST OF THE MAJOR ISSUES OF THE DAY; INCLUDING NOT SUPPORTING GOING INTO KUWAIT IN DESERT STORM, EVEN THOUGH HE FOUND HIMSELF HAVING TO DO SO AS THE CHAIRMEN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, ONCE THE DECISION WAS MADE.

HIS SUPPORT OF OBAMA IS NOTHING MORE THAN ABOUT RACE, PERIOD!!!!!”


92 posted on 10/25/2012 7:09:16 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: onedoug

That’s Lt. Calley


93 posted on 10/25/2012 7:18:16 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: ScottinVA

He was the architech behind Bush 1 walking out of Iraq after 100 hours. When I was 17 I saw this as the second Weimar republic. We had an aggressor nation attacking its neighbors. We beat them militarily, never occupied them and merely walked away when they were no longer a current threat then left them with crippling sanctions. In 1991 I said we would be back there in 20 years. I was off by 8, but not bad for a guy who couldn’t vote. Why didn’t the Chief of staff see this?


94 posted on 10/25/2012 7:20:14 AM PDT by When do we get liberated? (A socialist is a communist who realizes he must suck at the tit of Capitalism.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: knarf

No. It’s Powell. Google “Colin Powell My Lai”.


95 posted on 10/25/2012 7:24:36 AM PDT by onedoug
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 93 | View Replies]

To: EQAndyBuzz

I think what is great about Freepers is when we make a mistake, we admit it.

My comments about Powell being one of our greatest Generals was incorrect. I was referencing back to our first foray into Iraq where I thought Powell played a major role in the strategic planning of the 100 hour ground game.

As this event will go down as one of our greatest battles (I don’t think there could be much doubt there) It was of my opinion that the Generals that ran this deserved the accolades as one of the greatest.

What I failed to realize was Powell was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and not in the field.

So again, to any military members or others I may have offended, (Myself being military) I do apologize.


96 posted on 10/25/2012 7:25:57 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 91 | View Replies]

To: onedoug
OOPS .. I never knew this

MY knowledge of Powell begins at Desert Storm and all those briefings.

97 posted on 10/25/2012 7:29:46 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: SoFloFreeper

Thank you GWB.


98 posted on 10/25/2012 7:32:43 AM PDT by Clint N. Suhks (St.Peter:"Upon this rock, I will build my church" 0:"If you've got a church, you didn't build that!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: knarf

Colon Bowell was the jackass who turned squeamish upon seeing the images of the Highway of Death, and pleaded with GHWB to stop the offensive short of Baghdad.

We could have probably taken out Saddam back then, and changed the course of SW Asia.

He’s an affirmative action baby, nothing more.


99 posted on 10/25/2012 7:37:01 AM PDT by Old Sarge (We are officially over the precipice, we just havent struck the ground yet...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: SoFloFreeper

“I voting fo’ Obama ‘cause he black!”


100 posted on 10/25/2012 8:03:30 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy (DIY Bumper Sticker: "THREE TIMES,/ DEMOCRATS/ REJECTED GOD")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100101-103 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson