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He was well-positioned to influence the decision making in the White House and he didn't. In stead he just kept his mouth shut and let Cheney render him irrelevant.
Had he immediately resigned when he realized he'd been made a fool of on the floor of the UN, he would have at least retained some honor and credibility.
Now he's relegated to the political sidelines, being schooled by a corpulent, drug-addicted radio host and a psychotic, addlepated Torquemada.
What a tragic fall.
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I think he was afraid for his life of that of his wife.
And when they DID it to Wilson and Plame, I think that is when Powell decided to leave the administration and shut up for the duration.
Wait. There could be some very interesting information coming out. Unless Cheney has already put a horse's head in Powell's house somewheres.
I must say, this scenario seems more than likely.
Ugh.
Ugh.
One might have imagined the 2008 campaign presented an alternate perspective for these ill-favored Masters of the Puniverse...
What exactly do you think Republicans are implying when they talk about Nancy Pelosi and her "San Francisco values?" It's not the most overt gay-bashing I've heard, but it's homophobic nonetheless.
What exactly do you think Steve Douchebag, er, Doocy et al of Fox 'News' were implying when they kept referring to then-candidate Obama by his full name, Barack Hussein Obama? The only way they could have been more overt in their attempt to equate Obama with Muslims and terrorism would be to accuse him of secretly being a Muslim and therefore, by implication, a terrorist. Oh, wait a second! They did!
And let's not forget Sarah Palin never missing an opportunity to accuse Obama of being anti-American and "paling around with terrorists."
I could go on and on, as far back as you like, reaching back into the past: George Allen calling a young man of Indian descent "macaca," Dick Armey caught on tape calling Barney Frank "Barney Fag," etc. Name the minority group, and I'm sure you'll find the Republican party has used them as convenient scapegoats and painted them as somehow being a threat to "real America" and "real Americans."
Again, no offense, but please take your protestations about my being unfair to the specific group of Republicans who are of like mind with Cheney and Limbaugh and kindly blow them out your ass.
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Hope General Powell makes that one of his talking points.
Cheeny, Limpboy, Palin, Joe the Plumber are not and never were members of the same party as that of Lincoln or Eisenhower. They are fascists who see as their goal the subverting of the US Constitution and its replacement with something a little easier.
Bush: "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."
— Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000
Ugh.
Until he mans up on that...he's just another repug POS.
Too bad a formerly good & proud military man has been emasculated like this, but he allowed his own emasculation and he alone possesses the ability to clear his formerly good name.
His explanation is NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
Not good enough to wage war, not good enough to justify thousands of dead American soldiers, many thousands more of injured American soldiers...and not nearly good enough for the destruction of untold thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens and their country.
Nope...Powell has a LONG way to go in order to clear his name.
If that's even possible.
Ugh.
You noticed that too? Powell's silence has been deafening.
Sure has let his underling take lots of bullets for him, tho.
I'm good with Wilkerson...at least he has been talking. Albeit without support from the guy he's trying most to defend.
Hopefully Powell will denounce Limbaugh and Cheney as he heads out the door. And hopefully Powell will call the liar, a liar on national TV as his aide Lawrence Wilkerson has been doing this week.
I don't think Wilkerson speaks without the approval of Powell, so I think on account of Cheney lying day after day, Powell himself is ready to step up.
What difference is there between your contribution and a spitwad on a classroom wall?
Ugh.
Ugh.
He let something happen that he had the power to stop, at the risk of his life.
But he didn't. This is a tragic play, song or movie.
Ugh.
I HAVE NO SYMPATHY FOR HIM.
ALL CAPS are considered to be screaming, they are hard to read, and we prefer that you not use them.
I'm sure he'll be welcomed warmly in spite of his allowing himself to be duped by Dick Cheney in the run-up to the Iraq War. At least the man appears to have a conscience.
The Republicans can keep Cheney, Malkin, Hannity, Limbaugh, et al. The Democrats will happily accept Colin Powell.
Kindly stop being one of the stupid people. The problem with conservatives isn't (and hasn't ever been) what they stand for. It is what they claim the other side stands for that is the problem. Because they're lying, so how on earth can we take them seriously?