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Why Colin Powell Is Throwing His Support Behind Joe Biden
Townhall ^ | June 7, 2020 | Beth Baumann Beth Baumann

Posted on 06/07/2020 3:52:06 PM PDT by yoe

Former Secretary of State and retired four-star General Colin Powell on Sunday announced his intent to vote for former Vice President Joe Biden in November. According to Powell, President Donald Trump's actions throughout the George Floyd protests reinforced his support for Biden.

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To: rktman

Because hi is, and always was, a jerk.


61 posted on 06/07/2020 4:34:03 PM PDT by chesley (What is life but a long dialog with imbeciles? - Pierre Ryckmans)
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To: yoe

Did he know the WMD spiel was an exaggeration? Did he know he was being used because he was a black man and no one would question him for fear of being called a racist?


62 posted on 06/07/2020 4:34:12 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: yoe
Colon Bowell has made a career as a Step 'N Fetchit for white globalists. He's supporting Biden because Biden is the white globalist in the race.

It's really that simple.

63 posted on 06/07/2020 4:35:11 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("We're human beings ... we're not f#%&ing animals." -- Dennis Rodman, 6/1/2020)
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To: yoe

Powell supports Biden because Powell is a RINO. This isn’t about Trump. He supported Obama too.


64 posted on 06/07/2020 4:35:22 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: MAGAthon

Leftwing media around the world always working hard to undermine Trump.

Nothing new for the RINOs to be attacking Trump. Murky, Romney, and formerly Flake, McCain, et al — same cast of jackasses.


65 posted on 06/07/2020 4:35:47 PM PDT by Gene Eric ( Don't be a statist!)
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To: mrsmith

“He always does.”

Yepp, he registered as a Republican to advance his career. He eventually outed himself as another fake, ... a paper pushing, limousine general.


66 posted on 06/07/2020 4:36:02 PM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: snoringbear

And unlike the wuss Republicans of the past President Trump will turn over every stone to go after his opponents.


67 posted on 06/07/2020 4:36:14 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: Grampa Dave

68 posted on 06/07/2020 4:39:05 PM PDT by Aquamarine (Where we go one, we go all. ~ Q)
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To: LeonardFMason

>> He sold the LIE of WOMD.

Didn’t he claim he was misinformed? Regardless, he’s a political asshat no different than his pompous peers.


69 posted on 06/07/2020 4:39:19 PM PDT by Gene Eric ( Don't be a statist!)
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To: shelterguy

Reuters article I posted - comment #45 - had additional reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt. checked his twitter feed. he’s the one who got the Sanford quotes; his twitter feed tells the usual tale:

Tweet: Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters 2h ago
I asked Republican former S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford for an explanation. He said: “a lot people are waking up to: a) is this conservatism? No. b) Is this some kind of weird cult of personality? Yes. Do I feel comfortable? For me, I’d say no.”
8 Jun 2020
https://twitter.com/TrevorNews


70 posted on 06/07/2020 4:41:24 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: yoe
But what has Colon Bowel actually done for the parts of the Black Community that actually needs help?

How has his constant bloviating and Drive-By pontificating ever helped anyone other than himself?
71 posted on 06/07/2020 4:43:01 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: Gay State Conservative

Has Colin Powell ever voted for any Republican for President? I’m not even sure that he really is a Republican.


72 posted on 06/07/2020 4:47:07 PM PDT by convoter2016
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To: yoe

Remind me, isn’t Colin Powell the guy who stood up in front of the UN and said he had super secret intel that Iraq had WMDs and we should trust him and go to war over them? Bush too. Yeah, the opinion of those evil liars don’t impress me.


73 posted on 06/07/2020 4:50:49 PM PDT by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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To: yoe

Colin is basically a lock step democrat, soooooo what is surprising by this?


74 posted on 06/07/2020 4:51:24 PM PDT by goodolemr
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To: yoe

Because he’s an overrated POS who supports democrats.


75 posted on 06/07/2020 4:53:46 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Prayers up for Rush Limbaugh...)
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To: yoe

The Equal Opportunity general speaks.
Didn’t he advise Bush #1 to quit in Iraq and leave Saddam in power?
So Bush #2 had to finally clean up the mess years later?
How many American lives were sacrificed by that decision?
Please, spare us.


76 posted on 06/07/2020 4:53:46 PM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: rktman

Oh, I don’t know. I always thought he was this stupid.


77 posted on 06/07/2020 5:05:19 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("There is no such thing as a free lunch." ~ Milton Friedman)
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To: yoe
Powell has always used an excuse or another to not vote for the Republican. In 2008 and 2012, John McCain and Mittens Delecto desperately wanted Colin Powell's support...and he dropped them like $10 crack hooker.

President Donald Trump (I love typing those three words) doesn't even care whether Powell or any of the other RINOs support him or not.

78 posted on 06/07/2020 5:06:39 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: MAGAthon

the oppressed Michael Williams of Voice of America!

LinkedIn: Michael Williams, Journalist, Author and Media Consultant, Washington D.C
Experience:
Host/Moderator, Voice of America, Dec 2016 – Present
Moderator for Issues in the News, the flagship English language politics show on VOA...Currently, the show is enjoyed by over 19 million listers per week...

Host and Contributor, CBS Radio
CBS Radio Washington DC
Mar 2013 – Present

(Education: Uni of Maryland, Sidwell)
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79 posted on 06/07/2020 5:09:37 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: MagUSNRET
He was marginal at best in the Army, and is the poster boy for Affirmative Action promotions to GEN that are not earned or deserved!

As a squid, I am assuming that you do not know Powell. If I am incorrect, I apologize. But, I know him and served with him. He was a good soldier and a better leader. He is one of those rare people who connects with soldiers and also can navigate through the political shoals without running aground.

His Achilles heel was that he knew too much about the political game and was too good at it. While that took him to the very top, it also meant that he was going to make the big decisions based on the political equation. He was a soldier once, but he is a politician now.

80 posted on 06/07/2020 5:11:59 PM PDT by centurion316
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