Merged Colin Powell to endorse Obama on Meet the Press?

[Jimbo07]

Waiting for the mainstream media to label him a racist like they would if he was a white Democrat jumping ship to vote for McCain. Waiting...but not holding my breath (don't want to commit suicide!)

Can you cite a single mainstream media outlet as having branded any one person a racist?

What's going on here?

 

[gdnp]

Since Powell's great sin seems to have been his UN speech on WMD, I wonder where our great WMD theory proponent BeAChooser is in Powell's defense?

 

[XenonII]

The "Black Republican" group thinks MLK was a Republican. Have you ever heard of anything so preposterous?

 

[Hokulele]

I thought Powell one of the more articulate and thoughtful of Bush's first cabinet, GW himself would have done better to have paid more heed to Powell than Rumsfeld.

Actually, Obama could do a lot worse than ask Powell to play a role in his Government.

Powell has already stated that he is not interested in any official role in the next administration during his "Meet the Press" appearance, but I can see him in an advisory role.


ETA: Add quote and link.

I served 40 years in government, and I--I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always said if a president asks you to do something, you have to consider it. But I am in no way interested in returning to government. But I, of course, would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me.

Source.

 

[Cicero]

Since Powell's great sin seems to have been his UN speech on WMD, I wonder where our great WMD theory proponent BeAChooser is in Powell's defense?

Yet for liberals, it is amazing, or actually predictable, how fast that "sin" was forgiven once Powell resigned from the Bush Administration and became a critic of the Iraq War.

Powell follows in the steps of John Dean, David Brock, Scott McClellan, etc who were reviled by liberals until they repudiated the Republican Party and genuflected towards left wing ideology.

 

[RandFan]

Oh yeah Xenon is Australias worst ever English import. Our own version of MaGZ. Actually, and I throw up just a little in my mouth saying this, MaGz is more rational.

Damn.

 

[Dr Adequate]

Time to make an appointment with an optometrist, or take a rudimentary reading class.

From your links:

MSNBC:

Question on debates
Would 'Joe the plumber' fare better under a John McCain or Barack Obama presidency?

CBS:

"Joe The Plumber" Lashes Out At Media"


ABC:

WATCH: 'Joe the Plumber' Fans Protest Obama Rally
"Joe The Plumber" Lashes Out At Media

This is too easy.

Judging by the headlines, not one of these has anything to do with the fantasies expressed in your previous post. Remember what you actually said? ---

Don't hold your breath if you think the msm will suspend their 24/7 coverage of "Joe's" tax problems, driver's license problems, plumber's license problems, and overall outrageous behavior for asking Obama a question

This paranoid blather is not substantiated by, for example, the headline "WATCH: 'Joe the Plumber' Fans Protest Obama Rally".

 

[RandFan]

The "Black Republican" group thinks MLK was a Republican. Have you ever heard of anything so preposterous?

Cocktail olives without pimentos.

 

[R.Mackey]

Powell has already stated that he is not interested in any official role in the next administration during his "Meet the Press" appearance, but I can see him in an advisory role.

He'd be a swell NATO Permanent Representative, ambassador, perhaps even National Security Advisor.

If he wants it, and if Obama feels like offering it to him, that is. Were I him I'd never work Government again, but he is his own man. (Finally.)

 

[geni]

Yet for liberals, it is amazing, or actually predictable, how fast that "sin" was forgiven once Powell resigned from the Bush Administration and became a critic of the Iraq War.

Powell follows in the steps of John Dean, David Brock, Scott McClellan, etc who were reviled by liberals until they repudiated the Republican Party and genuflected towards left wing ideology.

Suggesting that the Iraq war could have been done better is now left wing?

 

[Cleon]

What credibility does this guy have with liberals or conservatives?

Yet for liberals, it is amazing, or actually predictable, how fast that "sin" was forgiven once Powell resigned from the Bush Administration and became a critic of the Iraq War.

You really need to get your story straight.

 

[ZenFountain]

Yet for liberals, it is amazing, or actually predictable, how fast that "sin" was forgiven once Powell resigned from the Bush Administration and became a critic of the Iraq War.

Many of us "liberals" (seriously, can we stop using this as an implied derogatory term?) forgave Powell when the truth came out later that he had been duped into the UN presentation, not fully aware of how suspect the evidence he presented was. Perhaps that was wrong of him to allow his credibility to be taken advantage of but the alternative was resigning his post and allowing Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz to dominate the shaping of Iraqi policy and the larger war on terror. Powell knew that was lunacy and as such felt compelled to go along with the inevitable. Had he stood up and said "this is crazy" at that moment it wouldn't have changed anything other than guaranteeing his advice and that of the State Department was sidelined in postwar Iraq.

 

[Cicero]

You really need to get your story straight.

My first post was before Powell endorsed Obama. The second post was after the JREFer libs creamed their knickers over Powell's endorsement of Obama.

If you mean I should have not given liberals the benefit of the doubt, you are right.

 

[Cicero]

Many of us "liberals" (seriously, can we stop using this as an implied derogatory term?) forgave Powell when the truth came out later that he had been duped into the UN presentation, not fully aware of how suspect the evidence he presented was.

In order for Powell to be forgiven by libs, they had to beleive he was "duped" into pointing to trucks supposedly containing WOMD's, but in fact, contained porta potties. Thanks for confirming that Powell needed to be forgiven by libs for his "sin." But for true forgiveness to be granted, doesn't Powell have to take responsibility for his actions and not play the victim game?

 

[Cleon]

My first post was before Powell endorsed Obama. The second post was after the JREFer libs creamed their knickers over Powell's endorsement of Obama.

If you mean I should have not given liberals the benefit of the doubt, you are right.

That's a weak excuse, and you know it.


ETA: It's not even remotely close to accurate:

Yet for liberals, it is amazing, or actually predictable, how fast that "sin" was forgiven once Powell resigned from the Bush Administration and became a critic of the Iraq War.

Powell resigned in 2005. You made the preceding post two days ago. See the problem with your feeble excuse?


At this point, I'm convinced that you don't actually care what you say, as long as you find some reason to disparage "liberals" (where "liberals" are defined as "people Cicero doesn't like").

Prove me wrong.

 

[Cicero]

Judging by the headlines, not one of these has anything to do with the fantasies expressed in your previous post. Remember what you actually said? ---

This paranoid blather is not substantiated by, for example, the headline "WATCH: 'Joe the Plumber' Fans Protest Obama Rally".

It comes under the heading of: overall outrageous behavior for asking Obama a question.

I figured you would be proud that your liberal msm programs could manage to do two things at once: hype the Powell endorsement of Obama, and continue to vilify "Joe."

 

[Gurdur]

What's amazing to me is the interest this possible endorsement has created.

Hysteria seems to be overly in evidence. I can't wait for all the misery to be expressed when Obama wins. Next 4 years on the board will be much fun, I think.

 

[joobz]

Time to make an appointment with an optometrist, or take a rudimentary reading class.

From your links:

MSNBC:

Question on debates
Would 'Joe the plumber' fare better under a John McCain or Barack Obama presidency?

CBS:

"Joe The Plumber" Lashes Out At Media"


ABC:

WATCH: 'Joe the Plumber' Fans Protest Obama Rally
"Joe The Plumber" Lashes Out At Media

This is too easy.

So, you have no comment regarding Powell's endorsement of Obama?

Yet, you continue to do eactly what you claim the MSM will do, harp on Joe the Plumber instead of dealing with the Powell story.


I find the irony delicious. It's almost nutty with a hint of sage.

 

[Malerin]

I watched Chris Wallace this morning, and he hit Mccain with some pretty hard questions. It's not all fluff on Fox.

 

[gdnp]

Yet for liberals, it is amazing, or actually predictable, how fast that "sin" was forgiven once Powell resigned from the Bush Administration and became a critic of the Iraq War.

Powell follows in the steps of John Dean, David Brock, Scott McClellan, etc who were reviled by liberals until they repudiated the Republican Party and genuflected towards left wing ideology.

Powell was one of the few people in the Bush administration that I had a fair amount of respect for. I actually watched his speech to the UN, and I don't watch a lot of TV, political and otherwise. He convinced me that the WMD story was probably legit, although not that it justified the invasion. To me, Powell's sin (if there was one) was presenting the information with a higher degree of certainty than the evidence justified. As has been explained by others, the evidence supports that he did so because he had been lied to by others in the administration: he did not know the intelligence was suspect. If you have evidence he knew his UN statements were lies when he made them I would like to hear it. In the absence of such information, my respect for Powell remains. The thoughtfulness and eloquence of how he made his endorsement--6 minutes or so, as best as I could tell without notes--caused it to increase. As with most endorsements, the reasoning behind it is as valuable as the statement itself. He supports Obama not just based on policy, but intangibles such as leadership style, temperament, and intellectual depth, characteristics I also see and value in Obama. I hope Obama finds a place for him in his administration. A reprise as secretary of state or national security adviser would not be out of the question.