Posted on 10/25/2016 2:16:33 PM PDT by Innovative
Colin L. Powell, the Republican former secretary of state, said on Tuesday that he planned to vote for Hillary Clinton for president as he condemned her rival, Donald J. Trump, at an event on Long Island.
Speaking before the Long Island Association, a trade group that frequently hosts political figures, Mr. Powell divulged his intentions come Election Day. “I am voting for Hillary Clinton,” he said, according to Matthew Cohen, a spokesman for the association. Mr. Powell went on to praise Mrs. Clinton for her skills as a leader and her experience.
Paule Pachter, a Long Island Association board member, said that Mr. Powell was blunt.
“He said he would support Hillary Clinton and he also elaborated on several reason why he felt that Donald Trump was not the right candidate,” he said. “He spoke about his inexperience, he spoke about the messages that he’s sending out every day to his supporters, which really paints our country in a negative light across the globe with all our allies.”
The comments were a change from Mr. Powell’s tone in hacked emails from his inbox that were made public in September. In the emails, Mr. Powell criticized Mr. Trump but also expressed bitterness at Mrs. Clinton for repeatedly pointing to Mr. Powell’s email habits to explain away her own use of a private email server while she ran the State Department.
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If a person publicly votes DEMOCRAT for eight years and plans to vote for a another DEMOCRAT candidate for POTUS, is that person REPUBLICAN? “REPUBLICAN” COLIN POWELL . . . another MSM myth.
Why would anyone be surprised by this?? He sold out McCain/Palin.
Now he’s for corrupt Hillary — obviously he’s either corrupt or stupid or both.
Colon Bowel needs an enema for his constipation of the brain.
About as shocking as Cher telling us she will vote for the crook.
BFD, the rino is only one vote.
And to think that Ronald Reagan appointed him
I used to admire Colin Powell--20 years ago.
He is a consummate insider. And Trump is too rude, crude, and barbaric for Colin. I find that ironic given that Powell was an infantry officer--but I think that he has lost that sensibility after all of the high-fallutin' politicking he did once he joined The Establishment.
From beneath the bus, he endorses that vile woman.
There’s a word for people like him - Masochist.
I never liked Powell. He always seemed to be sucking on a lemon.
This affirmative action hero doesn’t even deserve the name RINO!
RINO = GOPe = DEM = UNIPARTY= GLOBAL ELITES = SATAN’S BOYS
In that sense CP is a war criminal who lied us into an aggressive war. Trump should put him on trial when he becomes president.
Better to have been addressed by Joseph Welch to Powell rather than Joe McCarthy.
Of course he will he’s a Democrat.
Male bimbo?
What a surprise....
Back to the plantation.
he has to vote for her.... his son is in the parasite business now and has a stake in big government......and I’m just sure that maybe they have a honey pot file on him as well... he needs to stay on the plantation and eat at the master’s table. Cause now he gets to sleep in da house.
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