Obama Get Colin Powell Endorsement

SoonForgotten2
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edited October 2008 in A Moving Train
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/19/colin.powell/index.html

What does everyone make of this? I think it's significant, but surely not as much as it would have been had he not been thrown under the Bush Administration bus. Still, I think he's respected enough to provide a bit of insurance for Obama.
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  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,253
    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/19/colin.powell/index.html

    What does everyone make of this? I think it's significant, but surely not as much as it would have been had he not been thrown under the Bush Administration bus. Still, I think he's respected enough to provide a bit of insurance for Obama.

    I agree, it may show that he was never in the inner circle of the Bush Administration and is now voicing his true opinon of them and any disgust he may have towards them.

    However, to SOME far rightwingers this may show to them how blacks that flock together STICK together. This may scare them into thinking once Obama gets in the Whites House putting forth an agena for black will be first on his list.

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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i think its pretty cool
  • prytoj
    prytoj Posts: 536
    I always thought he would be a fantastic president.

    And his point about how the candidates handled the bailout situation was spot on.

    Great endorsement.

    An Obama presidency is unacceptable.
  • SoonForgotten2
    SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    prytoj wrote:
    An Obama presidency is unacceptable.

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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    does this mean Colin Powell is also an America-hating terrorist?
  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    but anyway, I'm guessing that shares in Obama stock will go up 5% by the close of the market tomorrow.
  • SoonForgotten2
    SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    Kenny Olav wrote:
    but anyway, I'm guessing that shares in Obama stock will go up 5% by the close of the market tomorrow.

    Yeah, I've becoming increasingly convinced that, despite his race, Obama is gonna take this in a landslide. I remain cautious though. I mean, I certainly know Obama is the end all solution, by any means, but I think it's a step in the right direction and I've been feeling better about my country than I have in many, many years. Though, this needs to be a start and not a solution, I hope most Americans will realise that.
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  • digster
    digster Posts: 1,292
    I was wondering, when listening to Powell's great interview this morning, where the hell he was during the four years he was Secretary of State.
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    I think this is huge for Obama. Powell is so well respected. Great for Obama!!
  • melodious
    melodious Posts: 1,719
    he was being torn by his heart and other things...
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  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Colin Powell was a key turning point in lying to get the Iraq war sold to people, if not the key turning point. I wouldn't count on him as any great source of inspiration, unless starting fake wars and murdering innocent people is your hope and inspiration.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
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  • dharma69
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    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/19/colin.powell/index.html

    What does everyone make of this? I think it's significant, but surely not as much as it would have been had he not been thrown under the Bush Administration bus. Still, I think he's respected enough to provide a bit of insurance for Obama.
    Powell is probably the one person on this planet that would have been on overwhelmingly superb choice for President or Vice Preseident of EITHER party and would have had the country in the palm of his hand.
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  • SoonForgotten2
    SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:
    Colin Powell was a key turning point in lying to get the Iraq war sold to people, if not the key turning point. I wouldn't count on him as any great source of inspiration, unless starting fake wars and murdering innocent people is your hope and inspiration.

    I think this a fair view-point. And it's why his political career is sunk. I do think he was the one sympathetic figure in the whole mess. He at least seems to have a conscience about it- though yeah, too little too late really.
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  • LikeAnOcean
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    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    I think this a fair view-point. And it's why his political career is sunk. I do think he was the one sympathetic figure in the whole mess. He at least seems to have a conscience about it- though yeah, too little too late really.
    I thought Powell purposely pulled away because he didn't agree with the war or the administration? Didn't he change his mind on it? I thought that was well known..
  • RolandTD20Kdrummer
    RolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    I think this a fair view-point. And it's why his political career is sunk. I do think he was the one sympathetic figure in the whole mess. He at least seems to have a conscience about it- though yeah, too little too late really.


    I don't remember him saying too much about it afterwards in regards to sympathy. He just retreated in to the shadows and carried on about his business.

    People that don't question situations, especially with as much background, and access to a wealth of statistical info such as him, and fly in the face of it, are quite simply not good candidates for making key decisions that affect people's lives.

    I don't understand the people that support him, in spite of this reality.
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
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  • digster
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    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    I thought Powell purposely pulled away because he didn't agree with the war or the administration? Didn't he change his mind on it? I thought that was well known..

    He disagreed with the way the war was being fought; he agreed with the decision to go to war, at least at the time. So it's a little hard to listen to his talk of "negotiations", and "restoring our dignity in the world" when only five years ago either he disagreed with the necessity of such notions or didn't push back hard enough against the Cheney/Rumsfeld parts of the administration. If he felt there was an unnecessary rush to war, he should've pushed harder against it. It's the most important decision an administration can make.
  • Urban Hiker
    Urban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    g under p wrote:

    However, to SOME far rightwingers this may show to them how blacks that flock together STICK together. This may scare them into thinking once Obama gets in the Whites House putting forth an agena for black will be first on his list.

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    I agree. Imagine if the got wind of the Blacks in Government organization?

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  • Dirtie_Frank
    Dirtie_Frank Posts: 1,348
    Urban Hiker wrote:
    I agree. Imagine if the got wind of the Blacks in Government organization?

    *For the record, they welcome people of all races to their events.


    It is not like BIG is some sort of secret organization.
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  • Urban Hiker
    Urban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    Dirtie_Frank wrote:
    It is not like BIG is some sort of secret organization.

    I had no idea it existed until I went to work for the government. However, I guess it would make sense that people racist against blacks prolly got wind of that a long time ago, huh?
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  • Dirtie_Frank
    Dirtie_Frank Posts: 1,348
    Urban Hiker wrote:
    I had no idea it existed until I went to work for the government. However, I guess it would make sense that people racist against blacks prolly got wind of that a long time ago, huh?

    Edited. Big misunderstanding
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