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Gopher
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 Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject: C. Powell Decides to Keep His Options Open... |
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Former [W.] Bush [Administration] Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that he has not yet decided which candidate to back in this year's presidential race.
The election of an African-American president "would be electrifying," Powell told a George Washington University audience, "but at the same time [I have to] make a judgment here on which would be best for America.
"I have been watching both individuals, I know them both extremely well, and I have not decided who I am going to vote for. And I'm interested to see what the debates are going to be like because we have to get off of this 'lipstick on a pig' stuff and get into issues," he said.
Powell's full comments will air on "The Next President: A World of Challenges" this Saturday night at 9pm ET and again Sunday at 2pm ET.
Last month, as the retired general�s office denied a report that he had decided to publicly back Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, several sources told CNN�s John King that Powell was still undecided. "As always, he is holding his cards close and waiting for more information," one adviser close to Powell told CNN's John King.
Earlier this year, Powell told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he was weighing an endorsement of a Democrat or independent candidate. "I am keeping my options open at the moment," said Powell... |
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Kuros
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Hrmmm. Let's see. What does the dude who covered up My Lai and who presented Bush Administration 'evidence' to the UN think should be the best President? Wait, I don't care. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Who cares what C. Thomas Howell thinks? |
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Poemer
Joined: 20 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I used to have a lot of respect for Colin Powell, as did many. Powell decided to use all that respect up when he became a lap-dog for W. and went before the UN pushing the invasion of Iraq. A lot of people who didn't trust Bush thought they could trust Powell, and he used that fact to pull the wool over their eyes. I couldn't care less about his opinion now. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
| Who cares what C. Thomas Howell thinks? |
I believe he may be playing George W. Bush in an upcoming film, Commander in Chief. But I do not believe anyone has asked him who he supports in this year's election.
As far as the other responses, C. Powell's views remain very newsworthy -- that is "who cares?" |
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Nowhere Man
Joined: 08 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:16 pm Post subject: ... |
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And how did it go again?
You didn't support the war, but then Powell presented evidence, so... |
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Gollywog
Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Colin Powell has scheduled a press conference to announce his endorsement for President for Nov. 5. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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Friend: Well, Sally, now that you're married are you going to erase all your ex-boyfriends' names and phone numbers?
Sally: No, of course not. I'm keeping my options open.
Let's see...Powell was a career military man, like McCain. Has known him for years. Served in a Republican administration...and still fails to support McCain when the race is tied.
What does this tell you about how much Powell wants McCain to win?
Not choosing is one way of choosing. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
Location: retired
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I don't know what My Lai is but his nonsense at the UN was him doing his job. I'd like to think that if I were him I'd have had the balls to lose my job and stand up to the president (who had 70% approval ratings) but I probably wouldn't. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:50 pm Post subject: |
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| My Lai was a village in Vietnam where civilians were massacred. |
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Nowhere Man
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:50 pm Post subject: ... |
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| I don't know what My Lai is but his nonsense at the UN was him doing his job. |
Yup, I predict he'll do his job here, too. In fact, I think he's already doing his job. If he simply said, "I'm going McCain", then it would be a non-event. |
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Jandar
Joined: 11 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 12:52 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| My Lai was a village in Vietnam where civilians were massacred. |
We must remember that thousands of villages in Vietnam and Cambodia were massacred by NVA, Viet Cong, and Viet Min soldiers long before US Troops were found culpable in Mai Lai for one village tragedy Lt. William Cally was subsequently convicted.
In the end the individual soldier has the ultimate responsibility to refuse an illegal order, shootin unarmed civilians is an illegal act any order to that effect is an illegal order, an officer issuing such an order is also culpable.
Anyway back to the topic. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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It seems the Huffington Post not only cares but stands ready to call C. Powell's endorsing B. Obama "the final nail in the coffin..."
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When Colin Powell turns off his TV after the final presidential debate, he will have learned everything he is going to learn about the candidates vying to succeed his former boss, George W. Bush. Powell has made it clear that he has been thinking about an endorsement for a long time but wanted to hear more from the candidates before making his choice. It now seems beyond doubt that Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama and thereby hammer the final nail in the coffin of the Republican campaign to hold onto the White House.
The recent ugliness of the McCain-Palin rally audiences cannot be lost on Colin Powell. And Powell is not one to ignore a 14 point lead in a New York Times poll. But most important for Powell and the press will be his explicit rejection of the Bush-McCain approach to Iraq, Iran and the rest of the world.
Powell's endorsement will be perfectly timed to dominate a news cycle or two. It will give Obama the one thing he still needs more of--credibility as Commander-In-Chief. And Sarah Palin's speechwriters will be hard pressed to come up with a condescending quip about it. |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| I tend to think IF Powell endorsed someone, he'd endorse McCain because of the fact he served in the military. The only way Powell sways the election is IF he endorses McCain, otherwise it will be a non-issue. |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| mises wrote: |
| I don't know what My Lai is but his nonsense at the UN was him doing his job. I'd like to think that if I were him I'd have had the balls to lose my job and stand up to the president (who had 70% approval ratings) but I probably wouldn't. |
It is easy to judge Colin Powell for what he said in front of the U.N. He was pressured by the rest of the cabinet. He resisted as far as we can tell, the idea of going to war, and he was misled just as Dick Armey was, and he had to deal with bogus intelligence. I think Powell was hoping for the best in Iraq. He did caution against going to war. It is the commander-in-chief who is responsible for going to war and also don't forget that Cheney, Perle, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz pushed strongly for the war. Perhaps, Powell should have resigned at an early juncture.
It's easier said than done.
Powell is friends with McCain. He is not going to insult his comrade-in-arms. He will vote for someone. Powell was in a government that was very closed, didn't listen to dissenting voices, and it appears Obama might want to have an inclusive cabinet. I think it would be good to add Powell. When was the last time a Republican became a member of a Democratic administration? |
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