The Colin Powell endorsement: Triumph of hope over reality
Gravitas.
The media’s in a tizzy over Colin Powell’s Meet the Press endorsement of Barack Obama this morning.
It’s not a surprise to anyone who’s paid attention to his pro-Obama murmurings over the last four months.
How will people outside the Beltway bubble respond?
Yawn.
Here’s the vid:
Powell’s embrace of Barack Obama is a triumph of hope over reality. He told Tom Brokaw that Obama’s “steadiness” and “not jumping in and changing every day” convinced him that The One was ready to lead.
Hello?
Guess Powell relied on Obama’s website after he purged his surge criticism from it.
Powell then goes on to pooh-pooh Obama’s longtime “limited relationship” with Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers as an “issue that is not central” to the campaign — just as evidence of the closeness of these two very chummy “neighbors” mounts.
Judgment, schmudgment, eh, Secretary Powell?
Finally, we arrive at the real reason Powell is endorsing Obama: The party, he complains, has become too “narrow” for his tastes. Pro-abortion Powell can’t stand the thought of two more Republican Supreme Court appointments. He thinks Sarah Palin is too conservative. He shares the Obama view of our base as racist and non-inclusive — but has nothing to say about the rabid pack of America-damning preachers who helped make Obama the “transformational” figure Powell has placed his faith in.
Powell also makes reference to all the Obama-is-a-Muslim rumors, blaming the Republican Party for all that. Never mind the Democrat Hillary backers like Bob Kerrey and on down to her grass-roots supporters who indulged themselves and trafficked in those very rumors Powell smears conservatives for spreading.
The orgy of Obamedia attention Powell will receive the next 24 hours is disproportionate to its importance.
The press only loves maverick Republicans when they jump in bed with Democrats.
Just ask John McCain.
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One last note: I see in comments that many believe Powell supports Obama because he is black. Powell has said electing a black president would be “electrifying.” He is a staunch supporter of government racial preferences.
It’s a mistake, though, to attribute Powell’s endorsement primarily to some kind of race loyalty.
It’s Obama’s social liberalism, not his skin color, that attracts Powell most.
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That might stir a few moderates and fence sitters sitters into action. Perhaps the UN might need to bring in some Blue Helmets to protect their fixers. But the short term worry I have is BroBama putting the Blue Helmet on whatever troops WE have left. That is still a reason to Hate Clinton all the more-the Balkans.
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ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
Should be a convenience store
NOT a Government Agency
AN, so I have been meaning to ask you,
ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
Should be a convenience store
NOT a Government Agency
Intresting concept… I think the agency is now called ALCOHOL, TOBACCO , FIREARMS & EXPLOSIVES…
So what do we call the store… how’s about “Wah-Wah,Boom-Boom”? Nice ring to it no?
Just an fyi-
Fox just announced that the Sarah
appearance on SNL brought the show it’s largest audience in 14 years.
Sarah, prepare yourself for the many thanks you’s and gifts from NBC, Baldwin, Fey, etc. for reviving their unfunny show. Oh wait……
Well, sweet vindication happens next week, when their ratings return to the crapper.
PS, was that Colin Powell in the moose suit?? Dude could not dance for sh*t!!!
On October 19th, 2008 at 8:09 pm, Rob said:
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My first smile all day…
Well, what to do??? Or maybe just do nothing and let the rice & beans crowd sort it out ??? We need some guidance here…
Yeah, I know.
I feel like running for some kind of office myself.. but it is just sooo big, and Obama is getting most of the votes.. how can an American save his country? It is all so much.
Wow. You people are a joke.
Given your handle, I figured these would interest you:
http://www.moveondickdurbin.org
http://www.sauerberg2008.com
Also, look on the bright side: if Obama gets elected, then we’ll have a chance to replace both of them with some halfway decent folks.
Good God! What a dreadful end to a glorious day in the middle of nowhere Idaho. Temperature in the 70s and absolutely no wind spend most of it outside enjoying it while psyching my self up to go back to work tomorrow (my week of leave is up). I can’t believe Collin Powell would endorse the worst possible choice for a future Commander-in-Chief. Like many comments I have read from many other members of the military or those that have either served or retired, I lost a lot of respect for the former Joint Chief of Staff now in league with the empty suit.
Welcome to the United Socialist States of America! We’re boned!
Digshot said:
Wow. You people are a joke.
sarcasem, DS just sarcasem… it’s good for the soul.
well at least on my part…
It used to be, “We the people”…
Thank you Obama for dividing us…
Oh, how the mighty have fallen…
Obama is not going to win this election.
However, if he does, I intend to e-mail General Powell every time a service memeber dies, because he endorsed an idiot to be Commander in Chief.
Tell me again how you support the troops General.
Thanks for the compliment earlier, mytake. I’ll take ‘em where I can get’ em.
Thanks Send_Me, good links. But the ones that need serious help are the members of locals 130, 134, and 597. They show up at the fundraisers for the free beer, even though they have to pay to get in. Who needs kool-aid??? They are drunk on the idea of redistrbution ideology too. O and durbin own them.
Flyoverman re:
I intend to e-mail General Powell every time a service memeber dies,
Don’t worry… if BHO is elected (which is seeming unlikely) the only threat our service members will face is rounding up posters on this site for re-education.
Hey Boomer, It’s just as good here in Coeur d’Alene. Don’t be negative, we have Idaho to be thankful for.
RAAAAACIST!!
oh shocker!!
he’s black.. of course he’s going to vote for Obama…
isn’t 94% of blacks voting for obama because he’s black??
well… he’s half black anyway
Wah-Wah, Boom-Boom works just fine brooklyn red, BIG letters
Digshot #278 upset with us?
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Wah-Wah, Boom-Boom
Should be a convenience store
NOT a Government Agency
Gawd, what have i done…
No, If I were a joke my handle would be
A_Horse_Walked_Into_A_Bar_The_Bartender_Said_”Why_The_Long_Face?”
Sigh… no I think digshot was refering to Rob & I… guilty as charged.
Something isn’t adding up.
Ok all you Catholics, stop that.
(just thought I would throw that in)
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ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS
Should be a WaWa convenience store
NOT a Government Agency
I almost hope you are right. My apologizes for copyingan earlier post about Democrat’s use of the military.
Example #1: In 1966 the Air Force presented a target list of 250 prioritized targets to bomb in North Vietnam. They got back the list two years later with the following instructions: “List approved but bomb them in reverse priority order 250 to 1.” Casaulaties in the South mount as supplies from the North are not interdicted by this policy. Source “History Channel.”
Example #2: China enters the Korean War in November 1950. By March 1951 no divisional sized uniits of the Chinese or North Korean Armies are left. The road to the Chinese border is wide open. China asks for talks, Truman agerees and advancing UN forces are ordered to halt a attack that would have ended the war with a unified Korea. The fighting ends with NO PEACE TREATY 2 1/2 years later. Source: “Conflict” by Robert Leecke
Example #3: The US loses 18 dead and 92 wounded in Somalia after US Rangers and Delta Force are sent on a raid deep into the capital city with no tactical air, no attack helicopters, no heavy armor, no Spectre ginships, and no naval gunfire support. All the request fire support had been denied by The Clinton administration. Source: Blackhawk Down by Mark Bowden
Example 4: From 2004 through June 2008 we have countless comments such as “the war is lost” by Harry Reid. An enemy encouraged by these comments continues to fight and kill Aericans becasue they believe they can win a Vietnam type vicotry where we give up. The Democratic Presidential candidate continues to press for withdrawl without victory. Troops deaths 4,161.
I have lots more examples. I also have 58,000 comrades whose names are on a wall thanks to “We can have Guns and Butter” Democrats.
For all you old guys the handle Digshot is a web game or a web gamer or a pretend character. This guy digshot is just a kid, probably playing in mommies basement. He’s needs twenty more years before he’s worth talking to.
#173, PKAmmotroop,
You forgot to include Baltimore, MD – democrat controlled …..
I was under the impression that Digshot was actually Dogsh*t…
You and me Red State, NOW.
Who called Colin Powell a “House Slave” and an “Uncle Tom”? Liberal? Conservative? Let me give you a clue: It wasn’t one us
Who called Condeleezza Rice “Aunt Jemima”? Liberal? Conservative? Let me give you a clue: That person supports Obama, guaranteed fact.
When you said
I would love to hear what you think that means because in reality you couldn’t be further from the truth. But that’s what happens when you simply spout party line talking points with out realizing what you’re saying.
Historically it is the Democrats who have been using and abusing blacks, minorities, and immigrants for CENTURIES. Did someone happen to mention the Civil War to you in your upbringing? Didn’t they bother to mention that the main reason that the Republican party was formed to Free the slaves? Probably not, I’ll also bet that they neglected to inform you that the Democrat party used their strong arm storm troopers, the KKK, to enforce their racist policies and to kill black politicians that began winning elections in the south.
Jim Crowe is NOT a Republican invention, that’s the Democratic party in action. Tammany hall which kept immigrants groveling in abject poverty used only for their votes? Not a Republican machine by any means.
In the 1920’s the Republicans demanded anti lynching laws, but lynching was part of the Democratic party platform.
Who were the main opponents of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? It wasn’t Republicans, in fact only 4 voted against it on libertarian basis. It was your wonderful warm hearted Democrats who decided that blacks were an inferior race, including Robert Byrd.
And who is, right now, running around using blacks like meat puppets, destroying their dignity and making a joke of the entire election process? The NRA? Hardly. But the ACORN doesn’t fall far from the tree.
And HOW DARE YOU even think to criticize me for questioning the stupid decision made by a politician? I don’t give a damn what his skin color is, I supported him for years and to suddenly turn around and kick every thing he’s ever said to have stood for to the curb and embrace an avowed socialist is beyond disgusting.
As far as I can tell the only reasons for this are 1) he’s been lying to us for years about his beliefs, or 2) He’s been bribed with a sweet Ambassadorship by Komrad Obama (I think a combination of 1 & 2 is most likely), or 3) he’s gone senile, or 4) he’s a racist and jumped on the first black bandwagon.
Either way, I will never allow a Democrat with their historic use and abuse of the minority races to call me, or anyone else, a racist.
Example Hope..
United States Conservative Forces invade South East Los Angeles and San Diego in a coordinated effort by unauthorized US Army units to stamp out organized gang activity.
The Mexican border is closed tight by outlaw United States Marines who revolt against Chief of Staff Colin Powell.
Washington DC is being reorganized into relocation bases, supported by commandered warships off the eastern seaboard in opposition against the sociaist pretender Obama..
(Well, I can dream, even if I don’t know what the hell I am talking about…)
AND
If obama broadcast a withdraw time for Iraq you can count over a million civilian casualties from tribal retaliation.
I’m with those who would ask, “Colin who??”.
Powell showed himself a total coward when things in the war started going badly, on and on about how he was *fooled* into taking the case for war to the UN, and was used as a puppet for Bush. What a crock.
Colin Powell is a walking advertisement for the failures of affirmative action. He’s black when it suits him and white when it suits him.
I stopped caring what he thinks a l-o-o-o-o-o-ng time ago. This notion that the so-called “undecideds” and “independents” are going to suddenly rush to Obama’s team is silly.
If Obama has been unable to close the deal with those folks by now, this endorsement by a washed-up, out-to-pasture, long-forgotten quitter ain’t gonna make a lick of difference.
PS: For the first time in her 55 years of being able to vote, my mother is voting a straight GOP ticket. That’s change we can believe in!
What are you on?
You guys are running around saying that the only reason Colin Powell supports Obama is because he’s black, and you’re saying Obama’s dividing us?
Again, a joke.
Dogsh*t, did you read any of the previous posts?
Digshot, you sound more like a Dipsh!t..
Yes, that’s what one does on an internet message board.
Brilliant!
Kid! Go ask you mommy, she’ll understand.
Obama is extremely divisive but I’m sure Powell is really just going with what he thinks is the sure shot. If McCain were ahead he’d go McCain. Powell is a ‘yes man’ political whore.
If you want brilliance go shine Obama’s shoes for him b*tch. Lol……
I believe Colin Powell is doing what’s best for Colin Powell, as I said earlier. Although as someone pointed out earlier, for a guy who’s consistently been conservative, it’s a little questionable that he should suddenly switched to not just democrat, but the most left-leaning, socialist and inexperienced democrat presidential candidate ever. That doesn’t raise any question in your mind at all?
Not sure how you got there. He’s got more independents, more Republicans than McCain has Democrats, and he’s threatening more Republican territory than McCain is threatening Democratic.
Oh, but we don’t believe polls around here, do we?
Colin Powell talked for like 5 solid minutes about why he’s backing Obama. What kind of questions are left?
I wonder, would you be able to look Powell in the eye and ask him directly, ‘Are you voting for the black candidate simply because you’re black?’
answer me.
Nobody wants to believe Obuma is going to completely screw sh*t up to the point we become like France and Holland. Muslims will crap all over us. You thought the bombings under Clinton and 9-11 were bad; just wait. It’s coming.
Flyoverman, I knew some names on that wall too…
Prove it.
Obama is taking advantage of a financial crisis; it’s not because everyone feels like you and wants to swap spit in the shower with Obama.
THAT is why democracy will fail… MOST people are as dumb as dirt, and polls show it.
The founding fathers knew that most of you are morons, and TRIED to set up a representative system to avoid the stupidsh!ts from getting their way.
But the problem with a democracy is that the losers keep having litters of kids, and the ACORNS keep registering them, and the totally stupid Maxine Waters and Obamas get elected by the totally stupid, and we end up with Obama…
I hope that things don’t get totally FUBAR until I die of old age, but I AM nervous.
Dogshot, regardless of what Powell says, it’s his motives I’m questioning. If you can’t see that things just don’t add up, then why are you still here? You seriously think for 1 second Powell would be endorsing the most left-leaning, socialist and inexperienced democrat presidential candidate ever if Obama were not half black?
Of course I should also mention Obama is taking in huge streams of cash from unaccounted sources and his kith running ACORN are underwriting massive voter registration fraud.
I would, except that the question would be, “Are you voting for the black candidate simply because he’s black?”
And so what does that tell you, that there are many who would still question Powell on this endorsement? With the differences in their politics being so vast, it is a legitimate question.
Of course, that also supposes that I give a poop about who Powell endorses and why, which I don’t on either account.
I’ve heard this a lot. Am I the only one who doesn’t understand why we keep hearing that voters are flocking to Obama (the socialist tax-raiser and spread the wealth man) to “solve our financial crisis”? Just makes no sense to me, and I don’t believe it.
Digshot, I know many dems voting for McCain but no Republicans voting for bHo. I believe you are wrong about that point.
As we all know, only white men of voting age were allowed to vote in this country and it’s been downhill ever since. One day all white men will be loaded into train cars and turned into dog food to feed the black man’s pit bull who will be bedding our white women. Lol, man I’m sick. Lol…
That tells me a lot about you. Thanks, I am sorry your friends are there.
Everyone who ever wore the unfiform knows what Obama is and is not. As far as I am concenred Powell broke faith with his comrades. I realy do not give a d**n why he did it. I just know he broke faith. It’s disgusting.
Bud Fox & all:
Of course I should also mention Obama is taking in huge streams of cash from unaccounted sources and his kith running ACORN are underwriting massive voter registration fraud.
Please go back & check out the link I posted #133… it explains so much.
Can the KKK white supremacists please leave.
You don’t have to. You can believe everyone truly loves your Messiah. Of course you probably don’t analyze the news much do you.
Flyoverman, you too… pls check the link at #133.
I stopped having respect for Powell when I learned his position with respect to Israel.
I’m busting chops man. Give me a break. I need a doctor…
Whoa, jump back Bud! I’m definitely NOT an Obama follower! Not sure how you came to this conclusion. Please re-read my post and see if you still feel that way.
Yes.
And JC Watts.
I’m pleased that cp endorsed bHo. I never liked him and don’t want that wimp on my side.
Heh man I’m all over the map tonight. It’s all fingers and keyboard streaming tonight pal.
No, I just was out tonight and really shocked talking to people who are voting Obama just to hurt Bush. So if I jumped to that conclusion it was because of the interesting discussions I had earlier today.
Rob, FamilyGuy, someone, anyone for the sake of country please,
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78309
I don’t think so! I already posted about how unlikely it would be for Obama to have strong support from the Jews. And, strong support from Catholics? Who are they kidding? That statement was made by a very uninformed person, or someone who wants to distort facts to their own end…you know, a liberal.
That was the point I was trying to make (unsuccessfully) about why we keep hearing that voters are “flocking” to Obama “because he can solve the financial crisis.” How is a tax and spend
liberalsocialist who wants to “spread the wealth” (ours, not his) going to solve any financial crisis? He is likely to make things MUCH worse. But we keep hearing how the economy’s condition is “helping Obama”. Just another lie, if you ask me.Actually yes, there’s a lot of that going on. Many have no idea about Obama, his policies or his past, but they hate Bush so much they see voting for Obama as some kind of retribution. Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face..
McCain is not Bush and these uninformed people need to realize that. If it weren’t for Obama, I certainly would not be voting for McCain, but this election is not the choice of the better candidate, but the choice of which is least bad for the country.
I’m reading it Brooklyn.
It’s people like that who will sell out their own countrymen just to feed an internal and insatiable appetite to feel important, without remorse until the consequences are irreversible.
Shallow!
Gotcha man…no problems here.
I agree with VickiSoup that Colin was weak when the War got tough. I just completed a book The Link: The Secret Relationship between Saddam and al Qaida. Colin Powell was right with everything he said to the UN in 2003. I’m disappointed that he has decided to endorse Obama. I don’t think it will make that much difference to the Undecided Independents. Check out my videos on the subject:
WMDs in Iraq
al Qaida in Iraq
Guess it got too hot for Dogsh*t. Nite all.
Goodnight.
It’s possible but one thing I’m sure of is the smoke and mirrors in the Obama campaign.
Yes, that’s all there is to his campaign. His resume is very thin, and on balance, his negative associations as well as the policies that I believe are influenced by these associations are going to spell D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R for this country. The problem is, half the country knows this, and the other half won’t realize it until it’s too late.
I don’t care who has said it in history.
Giving the idea that American Blacks should leave by quoting a past figure whose words then might well have been acceptable then and would be anything but acceptable now, cannot in any way be beneficial or proper.
Its unhelpful, uncool and reflects unfairly on this site and MM.
Folks,if Obama wins, Nancy Pelosi and all her henchmen will be telling Obama how to blow his nose. He screwed up badly with the “spread the wealth” truth. If he is elected, all of his words will be scripted by the democrat party and all he will have to do is show his nice big grin after he parrots their words.
Sorry for the off-topic, but this is priceless.
That’s sweet of them. Now, if we could only get the Mexican government to be as concerned about the twelve million Mexicans who entered America without legal documents ..,
If Hitler ran as a Democrat, he’d get strong support from the Jews. Socialism is their religion.
I’ll look him in the eye and tell it to him, not ask him. Just as I’ll tell you the same thing, Mr Racist Loon.
Now, shouldn’t you be lecturing us about how the white devils created AID’s to kill blacks?
Tampa Bay is going to the World Series.
You stopped caring about him when he started getting truthful about Iraq war? C’mon, you may disagree with his decision to support socialist Obama (Bush is no different too)…but Powell is good respected person.
Its very clear now that Iraq war was based on lies on WMD and we are spending massive amount of taxpayer money to continue the war there as it has now become a spot for b@st@rd Islamic terrorists.
Well, one big fat question is why, after all of the excellent reasons he had for not withdrawing the troops from Iraq on an arbitrary timetable (what Obama was doing), he said that didn’t matter because Bush et al. were negotiating for their withdrawal right now.
He completely neglected to mention the role of the surge in the ability for those negotiations to even be occurring, and Obama’s then and continued opposition to that very surge.
He completely neglected it. No surge, no negotiated withdrawal. So in Obama’s surge free world, he would have been pledged (although we are finding out what an Obama pledge is actually worth) to pull out the troops arbitrarily, and, more importantly, before the job was done. Exactly what Powell warned against.
Now how could a general with the status of Colin Powell leave out something that was relevant to his area of expertise if he were being completely honest about why he was supporting Obama?
I guess he just “forgot” in his enthusiastic rush to endorse Obama.
#357 brad_sk said:
I disagree. There are plenty of lies that Bill Clinton hung his hat on, but his 1998 declaration that Saddam’s WMD posed a very real threat to the security of the U.S wasn’t one of them.
On this, I give Clinton credit and I think you should too.
It is? What evidence exists which makes it “very clear”?
This is trooter garbage and shows the level of insanity the left has sunk to. Not that they had far to go.
This video is a few minutes long, but it’s the clearest synopsis (aside from Hannity) I’ve seen so far of the danger of Obamanation:
http://www.usawakeup.org/USSA.htm
Send this link on to anybody out there that:
[a] doesn’t think this election is important
[b] is STILL “on the fence” or undecided
[c] has been suckered into the Hopey/Changey propaganda
[d] is disillusioned into thinking McCain is a Bush 3rd-term
[e] thinks they’ll be making a statement by voting 3rd party
Send it to everyone in your address book.
He is to you, starting from today. Prior to this he was complicit in BusHitlers Dishonest War For Oil.
I’m back from dinner, and thought of another question I’d like to ask all of you non-racists.
When Joe Lieberman announced his support for John McCain, did you guys question his motives? Were you stomping around, huffing and puffing about how Lieberman, a white man, is probably only supporting McCain because he’s also a white man?
Hmmmm?
More from that link;
You’d think the hypocrisy would cause his head to explode.
For the idiot who questioned whether wmd’s were in Iraq and any other self deluded schmuck, I’d like to point out that as I sit here and type I do so with great pain. I have rheumatoid arthritis and a few other ailments courtesy of the wmd’s that sadaam supposedly did not have. I understand there are tens of thousands of other vets in the same boat as I am. I’m not complaining…it went with the job and I’d do it all other again in a heartbeat for the same, typical reasons that liberals have no capacity to understand, like love of country. Sadaam had the stuff….Bush knew about it…and powell did too, he knew about the chems BEFORE we went in, so brad and the other koolaid drinkers can go peddle their lies elsewhere.
Welcome back, Mr Racist Loon. I asked you to talk about how the White Devil created AIDs.
We know his motives, and they are based on loyalty to Jews rather than loyalty to white people. But you knew that.