AMERICAblog: Sunday is the day: Will Colin Powell endorse Obama?
dad
· 1 year ago
If he wants a good President
for a change.
Griffon
· 1 year ago
"Given Powell's cautious nature, he might decide to make his endorsement of Obama implied, rather than explicit."
Once a eunuch, always a eunuch. Powell might endorse Obama, but his nutsack hangs on bush's wall. At least he got a free Jaguar for selling out his country...
hawkseye
· 1 year ago
Well put!
EdNSted
· 1 year ago
Powell's endorsement is utterly meaningless. It is meaningless in two very distinct ways. First, It is clearly meaningless in the big picture for the election as a whole. His endorsement will neither hurt nor help any candidate he wishes to endorse. No elected delegate counts will change as a result. But Powell's endorsement has a second, more profound meaninglessness from which a much deeper zero can be drawn. Because Powell now has less credibility than Joe The Plumber, his endorsement of any candidate is a perfect and highly ironic metaphor for the effectiveness his term as Sec. of State.
1maria1
· 1 year ago
Speak for yourself EdNSted. Powell's endorsement means a great deal to many. I am proud of him for standing up for what is right yet again in endorsing Obama, just as he tried to stand and let Bush and his cronies know that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. I feel bad for him, because he became completely disillusioned when Bush continued to enter Iraq for his own personal agenda, and costed our country billions of dollars that actually surpasses the bailout amount. You go Mr. Powell, for going against the grain and voting for the BEST candidate even though you are not Democrat. YOU ARE A GREAT AMERICAN AND THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008!!!!
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Gut instinct tells me he will not endorse Obama. Powell is in too deep with the Bush administration to "embarrass" the Republicans. And isn't Powell's son head of the FCC? No way is Powell going to jeopardize his or his son's careers.
An_American_Karol
· 1 year ago
aquarius, Bush hung Powell out to dry. He doesn't owe him anything. Besides, Bush is going to be gone forever soon. It looks like Obama is going to win. Powell, if he was afraid for his son's job, would be smart enough to endorse the front runner, not the hobbled horse, so to speak. :)
hawkseye
· 1 year ago
Agree.
LillaSwede
· 1 year ago
I think he'll endorse Obama. Powell has talked about the historic nature of Obama's nomination and how much he's inspired so many new people to get involved in the election process.
I just think that if he supported McCain, he'd just keep quiet and not endorse anyone publicly. He knows that Obama is very close to becoming the next President and the first black President of the country. I just don't think he'd do anything that would potentially hurt his chances.
That's my opinion anyway
lynchie
· 1 year ago
Powell is considering his own chances in a Obama government. He couldn't care less about Obama if he did he would have publicly stated who he is backing months a go. His view is of no consequence and in my mind actually diminishes Obama.
Scottsdalian
· 1 year ago
Before the UN/Iraq thing, I thought the world of Colin Powell.
Now -- I don't give a shit who he endorses, what he says or what he thinks.
If he ever wants to have any possibility of restoring my respect for him, he needs to tell the world and America everything about the Bush junta and apologize from the bottom of his soul (if he still has one) and beg for our forgiveness. I'm not holding my breath. And until he does all these things, he is just another Bushco piece of shit.
aarrgghh
· 1 year ago
this no-consequence attention-whore is like an oh-so-coy old maid who hasn't noticed the debutante ball ended quite some time ago and all the bachelors have been taken.
lynchie
· 1 year ago
Powell is a pseudo-leader. He would like to be but lacks the intestinal fortitude to stand up and actually take a stand. He couldn't do it with Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice and he can't even do it when offering support for a Presidential candidate. The Networks and all of us have been played again by this irrelevant prick. The leaking of his support position, networks making time for this murderer (5,000 U.S. forces, million Iraqi civilians and 50,000 maimed troops) is a testimony to Warhol and his 15 minutes of fame comment. Powell your 15 minutes was up 10 years ago.
triple7s
· 1 year ago
Totally AGREE. Can't think of ANYTHING on which this man has taken a PRINCIPLED stand. EXCEPT for SUCKING UP to pols, someone PLEASE tell me what he's done.
Sage24
· 1 year ago
Hope folks like Bush, Cheney, and other neocons are happy.
Finally they have brought democracy to Iraq.
Look , they are having protests against the US! Heckava job, George (and McCain too)
All Comments
for a change.
Once a eunuch, always a eunuch. Powell might endorse Obama, but his nutsack hangs on bush's wall. At least he got a free Jaguar for selling out his country...
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008!!!!
I just think that if he supported McCain, he'd just keep quiet and not endorse anyone publicly. He knows that Obama is very close to becoming the next President and the first black President of the country. I just don't think he'd do anything that would potentially hurt his chances.
That's my opinion anyway
Now -- I don't give a shit who he endorses, what he says or what he thinks.
If he ever wants to have any possibility of restoring my respect for him, he needs to tell the world and America everything about the Bush junta and apologize from the bottom of his soul (if he still has one) and beg for our forgiveness. I'm not holding my breath. And until he does all these things, he is just another Bushco piece of shit.
Powell your 15 minutes was up 10 years ago.
Finally they have brought democracy to Iraq.
Look , they are having protests against the US!
Heckava job, George (and McCain too)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7677551.stm