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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Get used to it. Because if Obama manages to steal this election, you will see 4 years of it.
Obama the fraudulant candidate.
I have no doubt they will soon shed their thin veneer of civility and revert back to the feral beasts that they are. Stay away nyk. Stay far away.
NICE TRY.
You will never, ever find a post from me where I said that Bush lied about WMD’s. You’re debating against a type as opposed to debating MJ. I have no proof that Bush lied about WMDs, and I have never, ever called him a liar about it. You’ll never find that quote, because it doesn’t exist. The WMD evidence was bad. The Bush administration even admits that now. There was bad, faulty, fugezi, evidence. I have no proof that Bush lied, so I haven’t accused him of doing so.
I heard they like to torture the fish before chopping them up alive….
Sure… Face it Obama lied.
Obama the fraudulant candidate.
Despite his best devious efforts and the MSM trying their best, he’s going to lose.
From Powell’s speech to the 1996 Republican National Convention:
We Republicans believe that the good jobs needed to sustain families come from a faster-growing economy where the free enterprise system is unleashed to create wealth — wealth which produces more good jobs.
We are the party committed to lessening the burden of taxes, cutting government regulations and reducing government spending, all for the purpose of generating the higher economic growth that will bring better jobs, wages and living standards to all our people.
All of us — all of us, my friends — all of us must be willing to do with less from government if we are to avoid condemning our children and grandchildren with a crushing burden of debt that will deny them the American dream.
I have been asked many times why I became a Republican. I became a Republican because like you, I believe our party best represents the principles of freedom, opportunity, and limited government upon which our nation was founded.
I became a Republican because I believe the policies of our party will lead to greater economic growth which is the only real solution to the problems of poverty that keep too many Americans from sharing in the wealth of this nation.
I became a Republican because I believe, like you that the federal government has become too large and too intrusive in our lives. We can no longer afford solutions to our problems that result in more entitlements, higher taxes to pay for them, more bureaucracy to run them and fewer results to show for it.
I became a Republican because I believe America must remain the leader of the free world. Republican leadership, a Republican president, will bring greater conviction and coherence to our foreign policy — and will guarantee that our Armed Forces remain the strongest and most capable on earth.
But, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with a trillion dollars more spending, increasing the size of government exponentially with regulation and socializing health care, and hamstringing our military.
/sarc off
I found this comment on another site….I am re-posting it here for all to see. Couldn’t have said it better myself!
THAT SIMPLE DEFINITION IS NOT A LIE. We won’t agree, so let’s just drop this topic.
I guess 500 TONS OF YELLOW-CAKE URANIUM the U.S. found IN IRAQ and relocated to Canada (for safe use in their reactor facilities) is not considered a WMD ?? The MSM completely ignored this find….I wonder why?
I’ll give you that if you concede that Palin’s “thanks but no thanks on that Bridge to Nowhere” was a bald-faced lie.
It is a lie.
Obama the fraudulant candidate.
nyk:
That’s really bad news. I hope things work out. Travel safe.
Another lifelong conservative Republican, Ken Adelman, joins the Obama train:
Another person fooled by Obama the liar.
Obama the fraudulant candidate.
McCain staffer confronts Anti-Muslim Obama protestor
Interesting video.
Has ANYONE seen Obama’s official birth certificate?
Besides knowing he is a fraud, a past hard drug user and a liar, what else do we know about this guy? That he talks well? THATS IT???
Ken Addle-minded would put a complete Marxist with NO experience into office as President, yet thinks Governor Palin is not suitable for the office of Vice-President.
Lifelong Conservative, my ass.
NO TRUE Conservative would EVER even consider voting for anyone liberal; much less, anyone as so far to the left as Obama.
No one with real patriotism and actual Conservative principles, that is.
You’ll be shaking your head and muttering that to yourself for the next 8 years. It seems to have already become a trance of sorts.
Sonofdy, how is McCain going to help the healthcare problem?
Sonofdy: Obama the fraudulant candidate.
lol
Believe me, IF Obama the liar steals the election, he will not be re-elected unless he steals the 2012 election as well. America will quickly see the fraud for what he is.
Obama the fraudulant candidate
Not to be too snarky, but if this is going to be your mantra, it should be spelled:
BTW MJ: How is the frauds plan going to help the healthcare problems? By FORCING small businesses to buy health insurance then if they make it to the ened of the year, giving them a deduction? That will force them to let people go or go bankrupt.
Obama the fraudulent candidate
Ha. I’ll be very, very careful.
On October 20th, 2008 at 5:35 pm, RogerCfromSD said:
“Has ANYONE seen Obama’s official birth certificate?”
Nope. And your not going to see his birth certificate.
I don’t get this whole “lie” discussion. Haven’t the lefties been accusing Bush of lying about WMD’s, when the truth is, he was going by the intelligence community AND Clinton, other countries, etc. He was trusting their information. So, he based his WMD stance on information from many sources. If that turned out incorrect, how was he lying? On the other hand, Obama said he would tell John McCain if he decided against public funding. He didn’t. He deceived McCain…and knowing what I do about that man, he did it very very deliberately.
Just using liberal tactics.
Obama the fraudulent candidate.
I have to agree with you mj, he broke a promise/commitment. He is still a fraud. Imagine John McCain attending a racist church for 20 years….where would McCain be now????
See that liberal thugery in full swing. Morons are forwarding my comments to the secret service because I claim the conservatives must destroy Barack Obama politically. Expect conservatives to get shut down people.
I in no way threatened Barack’s life nor would I. This is what you can expect from the liberal thugs people.
I know, I am having a little fun with them by using thier tactics against them. But Obama is still the fraudulent candidate.
Trollman, I admit I haven’t read past your post on #532. But I think we’ve hijacked this topic long enough. Suffice it to say that on the subject we have been discussing, when Jesus said “I come not to abolish the law, but to fulfill it” (Matt. 5:17), He meant that He would be forever the payment for the people’s sins (past and present). The law required the animal sacrifice for atonement until Jesus’ death on the cross, when He became that Lamb Who takes away the sin of the world. He therefore fulfilled God’s promise to Abraham that “through his seed all nations would be blessed.” (Gen. 12:3) That is how the “Old Covenant” and “New Covenant” intersect. I think we’re on the same page, but I’m sure Flenser would have a problem with all of this.
If you disagree, I’ll be happy to discuss with you further at a future time. Thanks.
Kind of like Alan Colmesing the libtards with their own stupid rhetoric.
Yep, the only reason Powell could endorse Obama is because of race – yep, that makes perfect sense (if you sniff glue).
Red State Skeptic said:
That isn’t legislating from the bench, that is interpreting the Constitution and seeing whether or not laws pass Constitutional muster – the very thing they are supposed to be doing.
Since you do not understand what legislating from the bench is, let me give you an example: when the Mass. Supreme Court told the legislature to right a law legalizing same sex marriage.
Red State Skeptic said:
I agree, you don’t know what an activist judge is.
Rush was right for calling a spade a spade.
Having lived & breathed the culture for most of my adult life, I know the distaste, indeed, the anger, from other brothers-in-arms for airing dirty laundery. I have come to believe, though, that exposing the truth where ever a false reality is presented is more important.
One of my very best and closest friends served under Powell. The incidents he’d confide were disturbing, to say the least. When the GOP was pushing him as a candidate, I worried; when he dropped out, I felt relief.
Powell is a total political animal. A perfect example of the worst of political officers. Think Eddie Haskle in uniform. I don’t know if he started that way: I never could find anyone who remembered him from his early days. If he was originally a man, instead of a political-wraith, it truly is a shame.
Surprised? Not at all. Powell is a Hollowman, the military equivelent of that shapechanger Obama. He burned the troop below, his friends to either side in his climb to the top. Wrongs done were never his, but always those around him. I believe that this was why, in the end, he didn’t run: as an R, all the baggage would have spilled out. He knows that the people who really *are* colorblind are Rs. It is no accident he’s bailing now — that the Rs have done all they can on his behalf.
I have nothing but contempt for the man. Unlike Eddie Haskle, whose youth was an – albeit poor – excuse, Colin Powell has not even that.
We know that some of the facts are starting to get out, despite the silence in the corrupt msm. However, now that early voting is starting, Obama is out there URGING everyone to vote early! I think he is afraid that the longer this campaign goes on, the more chance he will be “busted”. What the heck is the deal with early voting? I don’t remember this going on in previous elections. Is this another one the libs snuck past us to enable their candidates to steal elections? If people vote early, and something very very damaging comes out about Obama in the last couple weeks, they have already voted for him and can’t take it back. This is SO WRONG!!
MtsEdge said:
He fulfilled the Law by keeping it perfectly, dying for all sins, and by setting up a New Covenant, a new Law. Part of the Law of Moses itself tells those under the Law to follow the “new Moses” with a “new law” when He comes (Deut. 18:18-19).
MtsEdge said:
I’m not sure what you mean by the two covenants “intersecting,” but the two covenants are distinct from each other and different (Jer. 31:31-34), and are mutually exclusive (Gal. 5:2-6; Rom. 7:1-6).
Everyone who was saved prior to the cross was saved by the blood of Christ (by the grace of God through faith in God), but after the resurrection and proclamation of the Gospel, only those who enter into the New Covenant (faith in Christ) receive the blood of Christ (Acts 17:30-31).
Colin Powell endorsement: an example of racism over principle. ‘Nuf said.
happyscrapper said:
Vote early, and vote often!
The liberals think they have a referendum to be thugs.
Besides Obama being BLACK, Powell also likes the fact that Obama will follow anti-white, liberation theology tied to a socialist agenda.
But BLACK was the main reason.
Like likes like.
By not nationalizing it is a good first step. He could do absolutely nothing and it would be better than what Obama wants to do.
He likely wouldn’t even be a senator, let alone our presidential candidate.
No wonder they outlive us according to the Infomercial I almost watched…but it’s not their fault we all look like smelt.
BTW, if Obama is outspending McCain by some huge amount, why are the polls so close? Oh yeah, racism, I forgot…we don’t all mind becoming Marxists, it’s his color that bugs us…
Republicans won’t be sick to their stomachs every day for the next 4 years…
So when will Condi Rice fall in line and endorse The One? Only two weeks to go.
Not only that conservative talk radio will be destroyed by the Fairness Doctrine. And liberal loons will leave you messages like this if you dare take on the Messiah:
Crazy Thugs.
Won’t happen.
The conservatives will organize to take down Brack Obama’s political machine. We will not be intimidated by threats of reporting us to the Secret Service because of our aggressive tone to challenge Barack Obama and the liberal machine. You want to have truth squads, ‘get in our faces’ and etch KKK into our vehicles I will not stand for that. I am a law abiding US citizen and I will stand up against liberal, thug tactics.
Where is the lie?
The lie is that he told McCain that he would take public financing if McCain did.
Well, McCain did but Obama did not. That means he lied to McCain.
To go further, that lie may have created problems for McCain as McCain relied on that fraudulent promise when he planned his campaign, fundraising, etc.
If it was a purposeful lie to bamboozle McCain, it’s even worse. If it’s just an act of stupidity because he did not realize he could raise more money, then that goes to his stupidity.
Either way, it goes to his character. As someone here said, it was smart of him. Only smart if you have no character. We can not rely on Obamas word. He says he will won’t tax 95% of the the people. Do we rely on that or will he “change” his mind because it would be “smart” to tax more people.
Or perhaps the no tax pledge on 95% is a lie to garner votes.
Because of Obama’s newness(if that’s a word), lack of experience and associations. What the DNC has been able to do is put traditionally red states in play. They have also been able to mobilize registration for new voters. Obama will also be dominating the airwaves in these final two weeks. McCain may be within 5 pts in some of the polls, but that doesn’t mean things will look all that close when electoral votes come in.
On the other hand, due to Obama being so inexperienced, and perhaps a slight, slight “Bradley effect”, I expect Obama to win a fairly close election. The key will be his support amongst hispanics, and 2-4 red states will flip blue. (Colorado, Virginia and New Mexico, and maybe, maybe North Carolina). McCain will win Ohio, and probably Florida. IMHO. I think Obama will win by about 20-30 electoral votes with 3-4 percent of the popular vote. If Obama took the public money, he’d be losing this election, because he wouldn’t be able to compete in the reds, or spread McCain so thin all around. People are predicting a landslide for Obama, but I just don’t see it. However, I’m no expert, and could easily be wrong.
BTW, keep an eye on Georgia on election day. Bob Barr could steal 2-3%, and the black vote will be out in record numbers. So far, early voting has the black turnout at 36% when 25-27% has been the overall norm in the past. I doubt Obama wins GA, but there is an outside shot.
I’m basing these predictions on no new major developments coming up. Biden’s stupid, stupid, “testing” gaffe is the type of thing that can cause movement. This is particularly so, if some type of international crisis comes up in the coming 14 days. We’ll see.
IMHO, Colin’s endorsement of Obama may have a bit to do with how Colin is a patriot who is scared of the mess that neophyte Obama and his clan would quickly make of military and foreign affairs without his experienced knowledgeable guidance.
Colin knows McCain is experienced enough to get along without his help unless needed.
mistressjustice said:
I disagree. Biden makes gaffes, really dumb, stupid gaffes, all of the time. People expect it of him. It isn’t even news when he does it.
I don’t think Biden’s gaffe is going to make any difference. I think Obama’s recent gaffe (when he accidentally told the truth) to Joe the plumber has really hurt him – far more than anything Biden has said.
As it stands at this moment, I now believe McCain will probably beat Obama in a close election. Of course, who knows what major twists still lie in the future. It has been one entertaining election so far!
Just heard on FOX Obama is leaving campaign for a few days to visit sick grandwother.
ooopps….grandmother
Prayers for Sen. Obama and the Dunham family.
Just heard on FOX Obama is leaving campaign for a few days to visit sick [grandmother].
Well, I guess you have to hope she’s ok.
Oh, come on. No matter what you think of Obama, I would hope that your prayers or, at the very least, your thoughts are with him and his nana at this time.
Of course we hope she is Ok. We will be praying for her.
Just out of curiosity, is that the same grandmother that he claimed was a typical white person and then promptly threw under the bus? Obviously we’ll all wish the grandmother well, but will obummer try to use her illness for some political gain, i.e. is it possible to pull someone out from under the bus after trashing them? Gee, wonder how msm will spin this one….like we don’t already know.
I hope his “nana” is okay, but is it too much to hope that maybe what she has is just a little bit contagious?
Yes it has Trollman. I was at an Obama rally today in Tampa. I’ll be voting this week, and I’m volunteering for the first time ever. This is a time that we’ll be talking about for years to come. We’ll see how it all turns out.
She raised him. John McCain called Cindy McCain a c*nt, which is a just a wee bit more severe, and yet I’m sure he still cares for her very deeply.
Wow, Rob. You are one callous dude.
Rob liberal whackos are forwarding comments to the Secret Service. seriously.
Great idea, Mookie. I’ll join you in praying for them.
My opinion, for what it’s worth…McCain is going to win the election. Two things in the past week. First, Joe the Plumber brings Obama’s socialism in the open. Even the mainstream media had to report the story, although they spun it and trashed Joe. The issue is out there and people know what’s going on. Second, Biden’s gaffe yesterday. He brought back into the fray, the issue of national security. That is a plus for McCain. No matter how the MSM tries to spin, the people are finally getting a handle on Obama’s inesperience and socialistic programs. I really believe we will win.
I’d add to that, it’s been a particularly fatiguing election. You and I may be on totally different sides, but I think if you’re passionate about politics (and you don’t spend all your time watching stupid cr*p like Dancing with the Stars), as I assume that everyone here or any of the political sites is, and you follow all this stuff closely, it’s just been such a long road. I’m getting my fourth or fifth wind.
Hey, can you send them by my house also? Sometime around 1:30 on Thursday would work great. I get bored after lunch and tend to want to take a nap.
You can come with them if you want. I’ll serve Tea and Crumpets. We can even play Clue if we need some extra entertainment to fill the time when we are doing the interviews and reports. I’ll go ahead and mark you guys down for then. Chow!
P.S. ‘Guys’ is also generic for ‘girls’, since there are some hot Secret Service women out there too! (And they carry machine guns, yum) If I can request “Tiffany” in Boise that would be great…. oh wait, maybe she wasnt a real agent…
Sorry to be a Joanna-Come-Lately, but I keeps seeing this referenced. Can someone fill me in to what this is from?
nyk wrote:
I meant “keep,” sans “s” at the end. GRRRRR. I hate typos.
The secret service thing is where anyone not a liberal makes the most vicious comment threatening obummer, like saying we question his patriotism, his ears stick out too far, etc., and some very responsible and civic minded liberal takes that as a threat to life and limb for the annointed one and thus reports it to the proper authorities in the hopes that 1st amendment rights for anyone daring to question the exalted messiah will be punished beyond the limit of the law. /sarc off
::speaking in a hushed tone::
uh-oh, that was quick.. there already seems to be a black expedition across the street…. btw, there had better not be a tiffany in boise….. i do not know of a tiffany in boise….
Master Thespian: [ stands ] Very good! I was merely acting!
Baudelaire: So was I! I’ve fooled you again!
Master Thespian: No! It is I who fooled you! For I am dead.. and merely acting alive!
Baudelaire: Genius!
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/85/85dthespian.phtml
You know, we really do have to be careful what we say. I don’t mean we should censor ourselves. But a lot of left-wing moonbats come on this site to try and catch something they can blast us on. If we even hint that we wish Obama ill, even if we say it in jest, they would very well try to sic the SS on us. I know that sounds a bit paranoid, considering the garbage and absolute sh*t they spew on their websites. But they don’t play fair, as we know. And when someone has no morales, they will do just about anything.
Sigh. No one comes here looking for reasons to send you to the SS. And being liberal has nothing to do with the absence of morals. Really. Come on, people.
I’m not too worried, happyscrapper. The Secret Service will prosecute someone making a false claim against someone else, and were it to happen to me, I’d certainly sue and win. Hey, if some lib wants to be a fool and make me richer, who am I to argue….
In a sense, I agree, nyk. Not all liberals are without morals, but it seems quite a few without morals are liberals. It explains the activities of acorn as well.
Sigh. I said “left-wing moonbats”. I know not all liberals are like that. You are too touchy.
AND, I am not talking about people who post here either. I’m talking about people who come here to READ the comments.
Speak for yourself, nyk. I’m out to sic the unitednationsbluewithburntumbertrimshirts on them all.
WHAT!?!?!?!?!? Other people read this stuff besides us????????
No one told me that….
Ha! Actually, I have been reading Michelle’s blog and the comments for a very long time. That is why I wanted to sign on. I really enjoy the informed opinions and even the silly banter on this site. We can get intense, but most of us are pretty level headed and like-minded. It’s great to know others are out there who care so much about this country. Not you, LGM.
You would too, wouldn’t you, ya big lug. I suppose you want us all deported to Iceland.
That is soooo coooool.
I may have groupies that I dont even know of…
Googling myself at this moment!
But I thought we agreed that’s be a nice solid blue! Dang it!
Well, so far, only the head of a GOP group has been arrested for voter fraud, but I’m not sure that means conservatives are all amoral.
I hear there is really good fishing in Iceland, so I’m not sure what the downside is.
No, it just means that the dems are getting a pass, as usual.
Well, I think plenty of us liberals participate in lively banter because we, too, love this country. We just don’t have the same views as you guys.
Does that mean you still haven’t heard about RabbidSquirrelisasexybeast.com?
The downside is that we all look like fish to Icelanders. They want to kill us. You would have to read past posts to understand this comment.
I suppose nyk is ignoring the people busted in chicago last election cycle…the ones busted for illegal fundraising as well, I believe more than a few donated to sHillary…I’m sure you don’t want to reflect on that though, instead lets reflect on the one GOP guy and ignore all the FBI investigations going on in multiple states about acorn which MM has documented so well. Try again….
For the record, Iceland is known for being incredibly liberal, even amongst it’s Nordic peers. And that’s saying something when you talk about Scandinavian countries.
Oh happy, don’t worry.
I wouldn’t subject those nasty icelanders on my worst enemy.
After all, I’m just a liberal, not a godless alcoholic lawyer.
Oh…wait…
You know, I think I’d better go to bed before I get the Icelandic SS on my case. I have said quite enough. But, Chapoutier started it!! Goodnight.
No need for me to try again. Just saying that if the measure of morality is voter registration fraud, the GOP would be included.
Hmmm. To live and die as a fish may eventually wind up a better fate than living in a nation ruled by reid, pelosi and obummer. Certain death vs. much suffering and liberal idiocy followed by certain death….the short cut for me, thanx! lol
That’s funny.
Because the GOP commits voter registation fraud at the same rate as the Democrats? Absurd.
You don’t love this country. At least, that’s what you tell the pollsters. And your behavior and words tend to bear that out.
Oh. It’s you.
Sigh. Let’s not bother arguing, you and I.