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Posted By capj71 1 year, 1 month ago in NewsColin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama today was not a big surprise. He has been hinting at it for months. The shock is in how deeply a man who was Secretary of State a few years ago has broken with his own party. Powell not only rejected McCain/Palin but the entire direction of the GOP.
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Goppy1 year, 1 month ago
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You know ... I thought I heard in Powell's voice ... a real sense of sadness at the direction the Republican party has gone.
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The road they have chosen ... under the highly partisan, extraordinarily divisive leadership of Newt Gingrich, Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson, Karl Rove and Tom Delay ... have taken the Republican Party to the lowest depths of depravity and hypocrisy.
What do they stand for any longer?
They say they stand for Small Government ... then they promptly increase the size of Government 40%.
They say they stand for Fiscal Conservatism ... then they promptly increase spending to unprecedented levels.
They say they oppose Nation Building ... then they promptly invade a large nation and attempt to re-build the nation.
They say they oppose National Healthcare ... but they all enjoy a Single Payer Government plan that they absolutely love.
They say they support the Military ... but they vote against the GI Bill ... they vote for the SMALLEST cost of living increase for soldiers in 20 years ... while they vote to pay BLACKWATER soldiers $150,000 a year ... while they neglect VA Hospitals ... and Barracks fall into decrepit disrepair.
They say they are opposed to anything that REMOTELY resembles Socialism ... but they come up with a Bail-Out that is more Socialistic than anything envisioned by even the most left wing legislator in Sweden!
The Republican Party has completely lost their way ... completely lost their center ... completely lost their credibility.
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GehlLady1 year, 1 month ago
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Graft, greed, and corruption is rampant throughout both parties. Research the video, the public records of the Democrats that proclaimed Freddie/Fannie were fine, no problems. Then go look at who recieved the most PAC/individual money from Freddie/Fannie. Dodd #1, Barak Obama #2. The infamous stain on Lewinskis dress. If you choose to be a Democrat, that's fine, really. To tell me what and who I am with such animosity and no knowledge is closed minded at best, and does nothing to uphold the image of your party.
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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I think he's more against Palin than most anything else but I DID hear that he would rather have McCain in power in the time of crisis and when experience is needed. While I really do respect Powell, I think he two-faced on this one. Also I think he's bitter because of the Condie Rice appointment. Either way, whoever gets in I surely hope she's history.
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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Powell is his own man, it was his choice and I respect his choice even tho I will vote for McCain. Although I have not lost any respect for Powell for his past accomplishments, I am nonetheless very disappointed in Powell for making the choice to abandon his party and a comrade in arms (McCain). As far as his comment about Palin's inexperience, he himself had no experience in government when he was chosen as Secretary of State. And for that matter there are/were lots of inexperienced people that were elected to President and other high offices as well. So lets don't get so one-sided about this, both parties are guilty of the same thing.
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dunkirk1 year, 1 month ago
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Very true tho. Yet the right will continue to overlook that she pretty much made a mess of anything she touched. A town of under 8000 and she needed an administrative assistant?? ROFLMAO. Klarissa the more you post the more it seems reality has no meaning to you.
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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Guess so ... He said he made the choice because he feels that we need a new, fresh young face leading the country because of all the young people out there. He also said Palin is inexperienced, etc. ad nauseum. He then said that on the other hand (or other face) that he would like to have McCain in power in a time of crisis and when experience is needed ... 'nuff said.
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NoWayMan1 year, 1 month ago
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"So lets don't get so one-sided about this, both parties are guilty of the same thing."
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you wish both parites were guilty of the same things. and I'm sick of cons saying this when they have their backs agaisnt the wall.
its the "we're all in the same boat" arguement, and its straight out of the con playbook.
the first play is denial. when that doesn't work, which it usually doesn't when facing reality, this is follwed by accusations levelled against the other side that are equal or greater in magnitude (this part is objective, since to cons being gay is worse than being a meth addict, so the level and magnitude of the accusation is in the eye of the beholder)
hence, the "we're all in the same boat" arguement.
well, guess what. we're not.
and that's why Powell endorsed Obama today. he knows the difference. he knows that two people can live through the same thing yet both can come out of it with very different levels of experience. and when it comes to the parties, he knows both parties aren't guilty of the same things.
with this endorsement Powell is clearly pointing a finger of blame, and that finger is aimed right at the GOP.
and llike a real man and a true patriot, he was willing to admit his own party's faults and cross party lines to do what's right for his country.
Powell is getting his dignity back for what he did to America when he lied at the UN in the lead up to the Iraq war. and this was a tremendous first step.-
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FSU92grad1 year, 1 month ago
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"and llike a real man and a true patriot, he was willing to admit his own party's faults and cross party lines to do what's right for his country"
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Kinda like what Lieberman did when he left the chitty Democrap party....Was he a real man, too, NOWay or just when it's convenient to make your stupid Osama talking points....Liberman got tired of the far lefty approach your party had taken and frankly got tired of the lefty experience....It wasn't the party of JFK anymore....It was the party of whacky, PC, liberalism.....
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scott42611 year, 1 month ago
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Oh, FSU....not all of us liberal folk are high on drugs. So hypocritcal too, since you worship the words of an OxyContin-addled gas bag.
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I cannot wait for November 4th. We are going to pull this Nation back from the cliff you and your ilk seemed determined to push us over. You know the one: Money for the wealthy few...oh, and oh, yeah...f**k the poor!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYqF_BtIwAU
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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Typical democrap thinking. Rob from the rich to give to the poor or rather rob from everyone paying taxes and give to those that are not paying taxes like the 40% that don't. Obama is going to lower taxes on 95% of Americans. How is he going to do that when 40% pay no taxes. Guess what, he's going to spread yours and my wealth to those 40%'ers ... hah
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mesodude1 year, 1 month ago
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Confused, con...You're very, very misinformed. Obama is going to lower taxes on the 95% of Americans who pay taxes and raise taxes on those who Bush lavished with obscene war time tax cuts. And you wingnuts say nothing when your tax dollars are wasted in other ways so you really need to just shut up about how you're being hosed by the "40%". It's really disgusting and pitiful they way you uneducated people yak yak yak about tax cuts and "socialism" when you know SQUAT. ;-(
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Ratskii1 year, 1 month ago
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As usual you forget the real history. Many top democrats, including the Clintons supported Lieberman during the primaries. His own state democrats voted for the other guy, which is there right. When he declared himself an independent and ran against the party's endorsed candidate, he naturally lost most democratic support. It was primarily republican crossover that elected him.
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NoWayMan1 year, 1 month ago
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big difference: we all knew lieberman wasn't a dem. so he wasn't really crossing the aisle. and if you had one ounce of brain activity going on in that thing sitting on your shoulders, you might have been able to surmise that for yourself, rather than having me teach you yet another lesson.
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but when lieberman did move to the right, I thought he was finally showing some balls. and I'm glad he finally sacked up and was honest about who he was.
so yes, Lieberman admitting to himself and the world who he really was did prove that he was finally being a real man.
so there you have it.
f*cked you up again.
dam that was easy. as always.
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GehlLady1 year, 1 month ago
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"and that's why Powell endorsed Obama today. he knows the difference"
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He didn't change parties, not yet. He said the Reps were going too far right.
He doesn't need to get his dignity back. Dignity is a trait you carry within yourself. It isn't given to you by others, he never lost his. No one can take it from him, or you. It is yours to unhold, or give away. He was a soldier and did what a military man does, he followed his commander in chief. When he knew he had been lied to, he spoke out. His dignity and credibility is and has always been intact.-
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NoWayMan1 year, 1 month ago
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maybe Powell doesn't want to switch parties. maybe he wants help save the GOP, not abandon it. duh.
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and dignity is the wrong word.
integrity. thats what I meant to say. he lost his integrity.
you wrote: "His dignity and credibility is and has always been intact."
his dignity, sure. his credibililty (ie integrity)? no way , man.
he lost that the moment he got in front of the entire world at the UN and lied his assss off for his bosses.
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amervtrn1 year, 1 month ago
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Having served with Colin Powell I do know him to be a most honorable
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man who has always put the USA ahead of his personal feelings. As a
Commander he was strict but fair, no nonsense in decisions, highly
respected, truly a soldier's soldier, yet never in doubt as a
leader.I was thoroughly disappointed that he did not pursue the
presidency. I feel strongly that had he run America would be far
better off than it is at present.Though I do not share his
endorsement of Barrack Obama I do respect his decision. Should
Barrack Obama win the election and if Colin Powell agrees to serve in
the administration. It would serve to allay the deep reservations
about Barrack Obama's inexperience and Socialist leaning which do
prevent me from supporting him in this election. As I read some
comments made prior to mine, I feel very sorry that anyone could
possibly think that the element of race would ever enter into General Powell's decisions. As per the order of the day,Duty Bound.
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lbrtyordeath1 year, 1 month ago
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I'm curious who negged this comment....the libs because I was giving kudos to a con, or the cons simply because I am left-leaning?
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Pathetic. They should take the neg feature away. It is stupid as hell. In a conservative-dominated discussion, I make my post, and watch the numbers turn red. Once they hit single digits, I view them as a badge of honor.
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 1 month ago
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The 'neg' button is a toy that keeps a lot of people busy,
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who would otherwise be tempted to distract the grownups and muddy the thread with their opinions.
Sort of like the old 'sink' feature, which went 'click' nicely and that was it.
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hyperbola1 year, 1 month ago
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Colin Powell spent his whole life as a war_criminal kiss_ass who got his "boost up the ladder" by trying to cover up My Lai. It is shameful that his career ever continued and even more shameful that Americans could be duped into listening to anything Powell ever said.
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The Truth about Colin Powell
False narratives about historical events can steer the American people in directions that are harmful to their interests.
But false narratives about individuals can do the same, often getting the public to trust someone who doesn’t deserve it.
There has rarely been a better example of that than the case of retired Gen. Colin Powell. Across the political spectrum, pundits encouraged the American people to trust Colin Powell.
So, no one looked very closely at the troubling reality behind his pleasant façade. Which made him the perfect choice to sell the Iraq War.
This excerpt from the new book, Neck Deep, describes the real Colin Powell, the ambitious military bureaucrat who followed orders and put his career interests first: ...
http://consortiumnews.com/2007/112807a.html-
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GehlLady1 year, 1 month ago
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hyper,
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Reading your link brought tears and memories. I was a teenager during Viet Nam, it was my friends big brothers, uncles, that went to war. When they came home, they were damaged in a way, at that time, I couldn't understand. Loving happy guys came back angry, broken. All I knew then was that it was so sad....I know men today that will not speak of it. I've always thought of it as a military mans ......thing(?).....and respected their wishes to leave it alone.
I've never seen information such as you posted. Do you have other sources you would share?
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protoham1 year, 1 month ago
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On the same note, the Democrats have gone to total socialism, away from the centralist ideas that they once had. I am not sure if this how parties evolve, thinking they have to move further towards their extremes, maybe so, maybe the Taliban was a bunch of good guy at one time. It is time for a new party to form, that is dedicated to elimination of big government, but I guess they would not survive very long.
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mesodude1 year, 1 month ago
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I love how fascist cons are all so well versed in Limbaughese, Rovese and Gingrichese. You've trained so very hard that you're all running around like filthy lemmings in a panic regurgitating this election's Republican mantra---"We Are American, And You're Not". This "socialism" HORSECRAP is going to carry McCain the GOP and you disgusting cons down the toilet into oblivion.
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You nutcases are NOT more American than anyone else simply because you cheerlead for wars you're too gutless and cowardly to fight in and you're not more American than anyone else because you call yourself "Joe sixpack" or "Joe the plumber" or "Joe Camel" or whatever else *you* misguided creatures think represents the heart of America. You're going to walk out of the election booths in a couple of weeks the same way you walked in--as sad, ignorant, bigoted and extremely poorly educated cons who would flush their country into the sewer for a tax cut (and obediently then turn right around while those you support bend you over and take that tax cut right back from you at the gas pump). Cons, you're the only ones who think you 20 percenters represent the heart of America. I'm just sorry to break the bad news to you but you're the only ones who have such delusions. ;-(
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Goppy1 year, 1 month ago
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protoham, protoham, protoham .... sigh ....
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The clearest example of a Socialist in America today is .... take a guess ...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GEORGE W. BUSH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It's in his DNA!
Believe me, it didn't start with his initial Bail-Out package that did NOT include any way for taxpayers to Collect on this 'gift to banking' ... it did NOT include any accountability for those REDISTRIBUTING THIS WEALTH .... AND .... it did not include and Oversight.
That, my friend ... is Socialism of the worst sort.
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Those of us who have watched the rise of George Bush could have predicted this.
When he was in the Private Sector ... he got the City of Arlington to use Eminent Domain to steal 200 acres from middle class citizens. That's Socialism with a Totalitarian Twist.
He and his partners ... not content with investing their OWN money on building a baseball stadium .... George persuaded the City to build the stadium FOR these guys ... which they would then own!!!
How did GW persuade the City to do this?
He offered that the City could RAISE TAXES!!
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So the CITY built the stadium .... that Bush and his partners OWNED.
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This is the way of the Modern Republican .... They are CAPITALISTS when there's an opportunity to make profits .... but their BACKUP plan is SOCIALISM if their profits are in the least bit of peril.
My friend ... it's one thing to SAY you are against Socialism ... which you apparently are ... but to actually believe that .... somehow it's THE DEMOCRATS who are Socialists ... well ... that's just being a slave to ignorance.
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GWHayduke1 year, 1 month ago
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I'm sure that you realize, Goppy, that proto is not literally against Socialism.
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Like many others, Socialism is a term that the parroting right utilizes to misinform and propagandize financial policy opposition.
What I find REALLY ironic is that these fundies espouse ideology over self serving policy.
We ALL (those of us fortunate to qualify as middle class) have lost a great deal at the hands of Bush's corporate welfare / so-called Socialistic domestic policies.
Supporting tax cuts for the wealthy while building massive deficits defies logic on any scale.
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hyperbola1 year, 1 month ago
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Actually Obama should turn down the endorsement from a war criminal like Powell.
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The Bagman Cometh: Obama Embraces War Criminal's Endorsement
Democratic Party circles are in raptures over Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama. One can see the heavily-blinkered logic behind their elation; now that our national politics has been reduced to a petty squabble over spoils among shifting factions in the imperial court, a nod from a consummate courtier like Powell is indeed a glittering prize for an ambitious prince.
But out in the real world, where the operations of imperial power have left smoking trails of murder and ruin across the globe, the "endorsement" of a man who played an indispensable role in the slaughter of more than a million innocent people in a war of Hitlerian aggression should be regarded as a thing of shame, and vociferously rejected by anyone with a scintilla of honor or morality.
It is not too much of a stretch to say that Colin Powell is more responsible for the mass murder spree in Iraq than any other person except George W. Bush, who gave the actual order for the hit. For it was Powell who "made the sale" for the Bush Faction's deceitful warmongering campaign, with his infamous February 2003 presentation to the UN, laying out the false evidence about Iraq's non-existent weapons of mass destruction. After that farrago of artfully delivered lies, the American Establishment – urged on by the fawning, bloodthirsty commentariat – lined up solidly behind the war. After all, if Colin Powell – so "reasonable," so "honorable," so "honest" and "bipartisan" – stood foursquare behind the Bush case for war, then it must be ironclad.
This was, again, the logic of courtiers, with little connection to reality. Powell's reputation as a wise, moderate, impartial statesman – the very thing that made him the most effective shill for the war crime in Iraq – was itself almost entirely a fiction. By the time he made his shameless UN appearance, Powell had already spent almost four decades as a bagman – and frontman – for some of the most vicious and ugly elements in American politics and government. From the My Lai massacre to Iran-Contra, from Washington's long and murderous collusion with Saddam to its long and murderous campaigns to remove him, Powell has been instrumental in perpetrating or covering up atrocities and abominations on a gigantic scale....
http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/10/20/the-bagm...
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Engnr1 year, 1 month ago
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Goppy1 year, 1 month ago
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You're right ... you HAVEN'T emerged ... you are stuck in the 60's.
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But America has been carrying you and those like you for decades.
You and your way of thinking have harmed our nation so deeply, so horribly ... so grievously.
You and like minded people have harmed our nation more than Terrorists on 9/11 ... the harm that racism has perpetrated upon our nation runs very, very deep.
It's why Patriotic Americans turn their backs on people like you when you speak.
Sad.
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lbrtyordeath1 year, 1 month ago
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....As another idiot emerges as well.
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I knew people would start saying that this was a race-based decision.
I think anyone who knows anything about Colin Powell knows that he is much smarter than that.
You, however, are not.
You, however, assume that because Colin Powell and Barack Obama are both black, that Colin Powell's support of him by default MUST mean that it is simply a racial kinship that was behind his decision.
I'm white. McCain's white. Guess what? I'm NOT voting for the guy who voted FOR 90% of George Bush's decisions. Not because of any other reason than that. I am disgusted with how this nation has been led and lied to for the past eight years, and I firmly believe that a new direction is in order.-
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purplehazeus1 year, 1 month ago
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Number One: Am I the only one who is tired of all this hatred toward muslims. Not all of them are bad,
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actually not even half.Number Two: No I am not a "mooslim" but I'm not christian either. All of you on your high horse are the reason that I'm not. Number 3: Does it matter that his father was muslim or his stepfather or any of that. I grew up catholic, all my family is catholic, I went to a catholic school, I have catholic friends. I am not catholic. Number 4: As far as Acorn goes. Oh my god. A polititian saying he will actually meet with people and address their concerns..GASP!! Wake up. Read about acorn and then step in to the clarity of not being ignorant. Number 5: Obama is half white" which shouldn't even freakin matter" Half his family is white. ooooo. I'm sure you "good god fearin," not judging embracing people will "get em" before he makes anything better for the colored people of America. You can have your pedestal for a little while longer. Don't worry. Who needs Mooslims when you have hate like this right at home. And Lastly: Have any of you really looked at McSame's record. Please let's not dredge up who Obama is associated with, Because you don't want people going down McCain's 40 year rabbit hole. I've got a couple friends that aren't the most socially acceptable people. I like them. Doesn't mean I am them. Don't even get me started with Palin. What a dope. Her own state isn't even voting for her. Stick to the issues. Cuz I for one am broke.
By the way..Am I the only one that finds this joe the plumber thing irritating. McSame wants me to feel
bad for this guy getting taxed on 250,000 dollars. Buying his own company!!! I can't even afford to pay
for the $200 dollar new tires for my 1997 eclipse! Please stop pretending that this guy is the picture
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mesodude1 year, 1 month ago
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"Am I the only one who is tired of all this hatred toward muslims. Not all of them are bad..."
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--You're not the only one. I've been asking myself if I'm the only one who thinks it's strange that the right wing has no clue how obscenely idiotic of them politically, diplomatically, culturally, and public relations wise to suggest that all Muslims are terrorists.
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Engnr1 year, 1 month ago
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LOL, the old numbers trick. Keep in mind the President signs most bills that are presented to him, he has to choose his battles carefully. Even "no child left behind" which was authored by Ted Kennedy was approved by GW. So many of the bills that McCain voted "No" never made it to GW.
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Goppy1 year, 1 month ago
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WOW ... what a great spinner you are.
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Hey, considering your avowed racism ... you must really hate George W. Bush for that 'No Child Left Behind' bill.
Of course ... GW didn't FUND the bill ... so, I guess that makes it okay ... it was just another 'bait and switch' ... Kinda like ... "Vote for me, I'ma Compassionate Conservative." and "I do not support Nation Building."
LOL!!
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mesodude1 year, 1 month ago
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Comments like Engnr's are just more proof that the GOP has abandoned all hope of attracting African-Americans to the party in significant numbers. We're told black people are only voting for Obama because he's black. This despite the fact that black people are voting exactly the way they have been doing for decades-(-only in larger numbers, which is what's really driving cons nutso this year), we're told minorities are responsible for destroying the world's economy, and minorities are supposedly the cause of "massive voter fraud." Cons simply don't care anymore what they say to hold onto a few extra bucks (which they will gladly turn around and let Republicans suck back out of their wallets and give to oil companies). It's just extremely sad how gullible cons are. ;-(
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NoWayMan1 year, 1 month ago
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Powell made an obviously well-thought out decision and you simplify it down to "he's a racist."
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in other words, you've demeaned a black man's intellect down to the point to where you think he is making decisions based on lowest common denominator thinking.
which is exactly what you are doing.
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FSU92grad1 year, 1 month ago
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Yea, kind of like if we don't vote for Barack, we're all racist....It couldn't be that he's not qualified to run a shoe store....right ?
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Naw....It's ALWAYS a black thing for you guys....
Funny thing is....It's Barack that's made it a race thing....(i.e. "Have a funny name or I don't look like the presidents on the dollar bill...and btw, He's BLACK !)
Tell me something, NoSmartMan, what would you have done if Colin Powell endorsed McCain ? What would your stupid talking points be then ? Huh ?
In no way has he said that McCain is the "poorer" choice....He just thought that Barack would be better for the economy and maybe some foreign affairs....Which I don't agree with....You can't tax your way out of this economy problem and spend more which Barack is proposing.....
It's sad that Colin, like Osama, is correlating McCain with Bush....That's Barack's whole M.O......Guilt by association....Seems we said that about King Zeus and his relationships with America-hating radicals....But that guilt by association didn't seem to matter....
Why is that ? And don't give me your 3-minute, Keith Over-bite dissertation you recycle on just about every thread....Tell me why hanging out with thugs like Rev. Wright, Ayers and ACORN doesn't have anything to do with his judgement or character....
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Goppy1 year, 1 month ago
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I like how you always turn things around 180 degrees.
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The first ones on this thread who brought race into the issue are McCain supporters.
One America-Hater even said that Colin Powell chose Obama for racial reasons.
It's no wonder you make excuses for the Modern Republican party ... ... ... you are very adept at attack, attack, attack - (without regard to facts)
And when cornered ... say the other guy started it ... ... ...
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vor1 year, 1 month ago
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With you there is no guesswork!
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Why hypothesize something that didn't happen! Just further obfuscation.
McCain voted with Bush on basically everything but the torture issue, the other votes would have been against the Bush tax cuts which he caved on to get the nomination.
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mesodude1 year, 1 month ago
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What I don't get is why people like you ( who have made such unbelievably poor choices in your elected officials these past 8 years) speak with such confident about what will or won't happen with this or that economic policy. Both the US and the world economy are at a unique point in history and there are a lot of economic experts out their puzzling over what the right answers are. We cannot go on with the same approach that Bush has used throughout both his terms and I defy anyone on the right to explain how anything McCain has proposed is significantly different from that which Bush has done. We will not vote for more of Bush. It's just not gonna happen. ;-(
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NoWayMan1 year, 1 month ago
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c'mon. do you have to just say the stupidest stuff you can think of every time?
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like it or not, Engr did reduce Powell to the lowest common denominator. Engr accused Powell of a shortcut to thinking when we all know that wasn't true. which means Engr took the real shortcut to thinking and was being a racist in his assessment of Powell.
so deal with it. I mean, you're a shortcut to thinking, so you should know what its like to be stupid. you know where Engr is coming from on this one. so why don't you have his back rather than attacking me? where's your empathy for Engr? geez. what a prick.
and...
NoSmartMan? really?
oooookaaaaay.
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DeauxNut1 year, 1 month ago
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Of course it is a blow but if the republicans attempt to assassinate his character then I'm afraid it may seal the deal for Obama. McCain / Palin need to put a damper on the endorsement by keeping it level and respectful. However, IMHO, I think they should just ignore it.
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Goppy1 year, 1 month ago
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Hooray!! We disagree on something jordan!
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As you know, I respect your commentary very, very much. But it's nice to find an area of disagreement. After all ... nobody agrees with EVERYONE all the time!
I have long been a fan of Colin Powell as an honest man. I simply do not believe that he put Bush before our nation.
Remember, there were MANY legislators who are angry and very bitter at being duped by Bush.
Arlen Spector opposed involving our nation in Iraq. He says he saw no reason ... that it was stupid.
He has said that Dick Cheney came to pay him a visit ... personally ... and made an impassioned plea that there was PROOF that Saddam Hussein had 'Suitcase Nuclear Bombs' and had plans to use them.
Remember, this is before many realized that George W. Bush, Karl Rove, and Dick Cheney were bona fide LIARS ... who gladly put ideology before our nation.
This administration lives by one credo above all others ... "Win by any means necessary".
In the face of Machiavellian men like this, honest men are at a disadvantage.
I believe Colin Powell is an honest man and I have been rooting for men like him to exert more influence over the Perversion that is the Modern Day Republican Party.
I mean ... do we have to wait for Newt Gingrich TO DIE before the Republican Party returns to it's roots?
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jordan111 year, 1 month ago
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As usual, Goppy, your opinion is welcome. And I agree that many honest people were duped. But I don't believe that Powell's position put him as out of the loop as the rest. He should have expected to be shown the 'evidence' that was being alluded to, simply by virtue of his position. Powell wasn't a legislator. He was the head of the US Dept. of State concerned with foreign affairs, & as such, should have asked for the evidence. That's how I honestly feel about it. Honest men needn't be at a disadvantage, if they are critical about their decisions. I'd respect him if he admitted that, rather than saying he was duped. That would at least tell me he learned something from this.
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cleare1 year, 1 month ago
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i think he was unsure. that's why he made sure that George Tenent,the head of the CIA was sitting right behind him at the un and positioned in the camera frame.
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the more i've heard about how powell tried to stand up to the cheney and rumsfeld cabal the more respect i'm regaining.
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Candida1 year, 1 month ago
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He could have left before that UN speech; it would have made a huge difference. However, I agree that he is one of the most honorable men in that administration, and I think he's already paid dearly for his sins. It's nice to see someone with a conscience in high office.
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RedstateLib1 year, 1 month ago
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It is humorous to me how so many, who trashed Hillary for her war vote and swore that they would not support her "EVER" for that reason, cannot get far enough up Obama's ass praising Powell. So if it is, like you all said so many times, about judgement what is there to rave about a Powell endorsement? Since after all his judgement is terrible.
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sumptuousdigs1 year, 1 month ago
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Get over it. Save it for the next round. I propped Hillary early on the boards, and in local discussions. I saw her on the 'stump' in Detroit, and have heard her in person, give dynamite compelling speeches. She is no longer in this race. Quit grinding your ax, or there'll be no blade left when it will eventually be useful.
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Have enjoyed and sided with your viewpoints in the past, this one is a dead end.
For now.
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ETproductions1 year, 1 month ago
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We now know that Cheney's office cooked up phony "intelligence" shared with Congress and honest men like Powell within the administration as if it were gospel. It said that we knew for a fact that Saddam had developed nuclear weapons, and had succeeded in building a briefcase nuke. Saddam, Cheney's liars said, had direct connections with bin Laden and Al Qaeda, and was going to transfer such briefcase nukes to Al Qaeda so they could turn one after another US major city into a nuclear holocaust.
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prater56001 year, 1 month ago
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Considering Powell's current feelings towards the Bush administration, I think you should give him the benefit of the doubt. I think he was being a good soldier and he trusted Bush. He probably had his doubts, but he gave Bush the benefit of the doubt because of that trust. I think that's part of the reason why he endorsed Obama, because he feels betrayed by the Bush administration and he knows McCain will continue to move in that same direction.
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Georgia501 year, 1 month ago
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"I have strong feelings about Powell's actions in the Johnson administration. I can't shake my belief that he put the My Lai Massacre coverup before country. Not sure I can forgive that, given the consequences of his choice."
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hyperbola1 year, 1 month ago
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Well yes Georgia, Americans need a lot more education rather than the totalitarian state propaganda we are fed.
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McCain: War Hero or War Criminal?
As character assassination attacks on Sen. Barack Obama have now taken over Sen. John McCain's campaign, and because McCain cites his military experience as of prime importance, now is the time to focus closer attention on a facet of the Arizona Senator's own character. This is related to his 23 combat missions for Operation Rolling Thunder - the Pentagon's name for U.S. bombing of North Vietnam.
I will never forget how stunned I was when Gen. Telford Taylor, a chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials after World War Two, told me that he strongly supported the idea of trying the U.S. pilots captured in North Vietnam as war criminals - and that he would be proud to lead in their prosecution.
.... Anti-war critics at the time claimed that despite the Pentagon's assertion that only military targets were bombed, U.S. pilots also had bombed hospitals and other civilian targets, a charge that turned out to be correct and was confirmed by the New York Times' chief foreign correspondent, Harrison Salisbury.
In late 1966 Salisbury described the widespread devastation of civilian neighborhoods around Hanoi by American bombs: "Bomb damage...extends over an area of probably a mile or so on both sides of the highway...small villages and hamlets along the route [were] almost obliterated." U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara conceded some years later that more than a million deaths and injuries occurred in northern Vietnam each year from 1965 to 1968, as a result of the 800 tons of bombs a day dropped by our pilots.
In one of his autobiographies McCain wrote that he was going to bomb a power station in “a heavily populated part of Hanoi” when he was shot down.
If Gen. Taylor tried McCain, would he have defended himself as “just following orders” despite the Geneva conventions barring that kind of bombing and the Nuremberg principles negating “just following orders?“
....When I passed along Gen. Taylor's comments to my network superiors the program was scrapped: too hot to handle. Instead Air War Over the North was telecast, about “precision bombing” North Vietnam military targets by U.S. pilots. A few years after that broadcast, a Pentagon public information executive gleefully told Roger Mudd in The Selling of the Pentagon that he, the Pentagon official, not only had persuaded CBS to produce Air War Over the North, he even chose those to be interviewed and coached them about what they should say. This unethical collaboration and intercession by the Pentagon in the news media is sadly all too familiar a tactic repeated in the Bush-Cheney years....
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Georgia501 year, 1 month ago
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"The laws of war do not apply only to the suspected criminals of vanquished nations. There is no moral or legal basis for immunizing victorious nations from scrutiny. The laws of war are not a one-way street."
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So...did then-Colonel Taylor adjudicate or cause to be adjudicated any Allied war criminals at Nuremberg?
I did not think so. Not one word by Taylor for the Soviets who marched 1 million defeated German soldiers off to Siberia, never to be heard from again.
I'm not defending the VN war. We blew that one after WWII when we idiotically supported DeGaulle over HCM. What is it with you Democrats and your French friends? But HCM did little to endear himself to the West other than tie down a few divisions of Japanese (of little consequence to what was largely a naval threatre).
Point is, after WWII, Taylor's bias becomes that of the guilt-ridden liberal who believes that America's sacrifice in WWII and supremacy thereafter somehow makes all things American inherently evil and suspect. Do I need to tell you how likely I am to buy into Taylor's self-inflicted guilt?-
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hyperbola1 year, 1 month ago
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No Georgia, it is quite clear that you prefer to goosestep along behind lies and illusions. In that you are a traitor to american democracy.
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Conservative: Are Bush/Cheney Offenses Impeachable?
Have President Bush and Vice President Richard Cheney committed impeachable offenses for which they should be convicted and removed from office by duping then-House Majority Leader Richard K. Armey into supporting legislation authorizing war against Iraq with twin lies -- that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had personal ties to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network; and that Saddam had miniaturized nuclear weapons, which could be unleashed by employing al Qaeda as a delivery system?
.... After discovering the truth, Mr. Armey lamented he could probably have prevented the Iraqi war debacle: "Had I known or believed then what I believe I know now, I would have publicly opposed the resolution right to the bitter end, and I believe I might have stopped it from happening, and I believe I would have done a better service to my country had I done so."
...Mr. Armey should be summoned to testify under oath before the House Judiciary Committee about his statements in "Angler" implicating Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney in lies to dupe the House of Representatives over war in Iraq. The president and vice president should be given an opportunity to respond under oath but subject to cross-examination.
If the totality of evidence corroborates Mr. Armey's recollection, shouldn't the House immediately vote to impeach Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney and send their cases for trials in the Senate? Wouldn't that action honor the original intent of the Founding Fathers that the Bush administration professes to cherish?
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jovial1 year, 1 month ago
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Whoopee! It seemed like Americans were losing their mind by continuing this bid for election of McCain/Palin. This has revived my faith in the aptitude of the true conservatives to see that thcompany has been hijacked. I hope more and more come around and reject this Limbaugh type direction that the party has taken.
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lloydm651 year, 1 month ago
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I don't need this Collin Powell is just another negro trying to return to his native tribe .I got off of Powell in 2005 when he somehow got hold a low life democrat's parachute,and bailed on his obligation to his party.I hope he switches to the democratic side,and I hope Collins,Snowe,and Chafee follow him.
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ETproductions1 year, 1 month ago
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Oh man, you nailed it, lloydm65. Throw out everybody who can't pass the race test. Purge those who might have a gender identity problem too. And all those nut cases who believe in women's health issues need to go. Anybody who thinks massive deficits are a bad idea needs to get the ole heave ho. And no Muslims or Hindus or Buddhists or any other of those things the Christian Right knows are false religions. Dump anyone who in any way differs from your right-wing talking points. You'll finally have a perfect, unified party of at least a handful of people.
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scott42611 year, 1 month ago
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All I wrote was "Exactly!" and my comment was removed as spam! I don't get it.
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BTW, I am a Christian, BWM....one of millions who do NOT fall in the conservative Republican camp. To say that all Christians are in lockstep with the Republican party is a misnomer occurring all to often from those on both the right and the left.
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ETproductions1 year, 1 month ago
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I have absolutely NO problem with Christians. My problem is with people who cherry pick those parts of Scripture that let them hate, lie, cheat and steal whenever they please as long as it's all done in God's name. Same problem I have with a tiny subset of Muslims, and every other major religion.
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Look at Sarah Palin's list of known lies on the campaign trail. Why, when McCain's operatives asked her to say those things, didn't she refuse? Because winning means a lot more to her than "Thou shalt not lie." would be my best guess. Sure, it's possible she didn't really KNOW that she supported the bridge to nowhere, and even after Congress killed the project with no help from her, she kept the money. She could have just forgotten all that. But when it was all pointed out, even with video clips of her supporting the project, she kept right on with the lie.
"Out of her own mouth shall she be judged."
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Ratskii1 year, 1 month ago
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Look at the bright side lloydm65, once you and the right wingers have marginalized yourselves to 20 or 25% of the nation, the real republicans can go off, start their own party and become a going concern again. If your ilk retain control of the republican party in 2012, I predict that a third party will replace the republicans as the major opposition to democrats.
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lbrtyordeath1 year, 1 month ago
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Since I first saw your comments on propeller, I have yet to see you say something intelligent.
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I know the Cons get all up-in-arms when it is said, but you sir, are MOST DEFINITELY a RACIST. And you are a pig for it.
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mesodude1 year, 1 month ago
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No one actually cares what motivates ignorant people, lloyd, so please stop trying to regale us with anecdotes involving your crude decision making skills. If you're an idiot, have the decency to keep it to yourself and not broadcast it into cyberspace for the consumption of innocent bystanders. ;-(
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ETproductions1 year, 1 month ago
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I think General Powell is one of those remaining intellectual, Eisenhower Republicans. I hope the truth that he delivered today will help the GOP get rid of its smear and fear politics. Liberal is not a dirty word. There are not pro-America and anti-America states or towns. Anything short of welfare for the rich is not socialism. It is time that a new GOP emerge routed in truth instead of schemes to con special interest groups into voting to have their money funneled to the wealthiest of Americans.
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lbrtyordeath1 year, 1 month ago
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In all honesty, I would have voted for the man for President. I can't think of another Republican I would even CONSIDER voting for.
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I agree. The new face of the Republican party, ushered in by Ronald Reagan and cemented in place by George Bush, is a disgrace to all old Eisenhower republicans.-
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ETproductions1 year, 1 month ago
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Yeah, Rimbaud, I know. I used to be one of those Eisenhower Republicans. In fact, I had a John McCain poster in my front yard and a bumper sticker for him on my car in 2000. It was after I saw what the RNC's smear troopers did to him in South Carolina that I began to seriously examine what the Reagan Republican Party really stood for and against, and I saw the ugly pattern of divide and conquer in order to move the nation to welfare for the rich.
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I'd love to see a true progressive/conservative opposition party to the Democrats. I hope this year's meltdown of the Borrow and Spend regressive Republican party brings that on.
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scott42611 year, 1 month ago
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Colin Powell is a Republican who was echoing many of the same concerns this morning on Meet the Press that as a liberal I have been saying for years. On the social issues he is much more moderate than his party is right now. And I believe he has a deep-seated resentment over the intelligence that he was forced to sell leading up to Iraq War. Right now, he is much more in line with Democrats than he is with his own party. And that's no surprise. Powell is his own man. A man who bases he opinions in the real world. And that is a world from which the Republican Party is far removed these days....
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WJ1 year, 1 month ago
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WITH ALL DO RESPECT FOR GEN. POWEL,
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JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN HAVE BEEN LIED ON, CHEATED,
MISREPRESENTED, SLANDERED. ONE NEWS NETWORK EVEN SENT A
REPORTER TO VIET NAM, INTERVIEWED A PRISONER OF WAR GUARD,
THE GUARD SAID HE AND MC CAIN WERE FRIENDS, AND MC CAIN TAUGHT
HIM ENGLISH, BUT HE NEEDED AN INTERPRETER TO TALK TO THE REPORTER.
JOHN HAS HAD A CHARACTER ASSINATION AND SO HAS SARAH.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY WHEN
SO MUCH HAS BEEN DONE TO DESTROY JOHN/SARAH.
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jordan111 year, 1 month ago
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JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN HAVE BEEN LIED ON, CHEATED,
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MISREPRESENTED, SLANDERED.>>>>
So has Barack Obama. And if I'm not mistaken, the assaults on Obama came long before Palin, or McCain. Matter of fact, from my recollection it was fox news that started that ball rolling by saying Obama was a Muslim. Not that there's anything wrong with being a Muslim, but their clear intent was to play on terrorist fears. What goes around, comes around WJ. It might be ugly, and probably is wrong, but if you play with fire and get burned you have no one to blame but yourself. Not you, but those who threw the first lie, and those who ran with it, including John McCain when he consented to it through his silence. -
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lbrtyordeath1 year, 1 month ago
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John McCain's character assassination, if it even exists at all, PALES in comparison to that levied upon Barack Obama.
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gman20631 year, 1 month ago
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Yeah, you're right! I hate it when the truth comes out. It angers me when people talk about Sarah Palin not being ready for the Vice Presidency. I mean, come on!!! Just because it's true doesn't mean we have to belive it. I think when you have someone this far off of where the people want to be, you have to lie a little.
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Don't you people want someone as Vice President that wants more power. She already has stated she'd love more control in the Senate even though she is part of the Executive branch.
We need a Dick Cheney in high heels. Hell, she's worse than Cheney. That's great!!!
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nikkibabe1 year, 1 month ago
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John is a mudslinging coward. He cannot see Americans in the eye and talk about his opponent.
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He has resorted to most disgraceful method of automated telephone calls to say Obama is a terrorist.
After he loses in a landslide on 4th, let this devil rest in hell.
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nikkibabe1 year, 1 month ago
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John is a mudslinging coward. He cannot see Americans in the eye and talk about his opponent.
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He has resorted to most disgraceful method of automated telephone calls to say Obama is a terrorist.
After he loses in a landslide on 4th, let this devil rest in hell.
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Tcaros1 year, 1 month ago
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Have you checked your 401K lately? Do you trust the McCain ticket?
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As the infamous administration comes to an end we see several things taking a toll: oil, banking, and the threat of a surveillance state.
Now, it would be easy to say "give me your rights- or the terrorists will win" and it's just like "we have to act now- or the economy will crash." Isn't America bigger than both these problems? We have existed through troubled times as long as we did not let treason takeover our own government.
Elitists believe they are entitled to things because of their birth or familial relationships. They don't care about people who wish to prosper off their own merit. In fact they'd like to keep the playing field sloped in their favor.
Anyway, if you haven't seen in the news Bush is marching around meeting with the global leaders in the world. The goal is to push America into a "globally managed economy" which will destroy the democratic republic here.
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cleare1 year, 1 month ago
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i'm hoping the quality and quantity of sterling endorsements helps. but, i'm also realistic enough to recognize that some people (as often demonstrated here on netscape) wouldn't change their pea brain, neo-con minds if jesus himself appeared in front of them to challenge their consciences.
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crespi1 year, 1 month ago
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Why WOULDN'T Powell reject the Cons? They had him LIE about the anthrax to the American people which destroyed and killed 100s of thousands of human beings in a false war, and funnel a trillion dollars right out of the hands of the hard working American taxpayers into off-shore corporate accounts, and nearly broke the back of his beloved American military.
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Georgia501 year, 1 month ago
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Powell offered his comments to the press on Sunday explaining his endorsement of Obama. Powell did not offer one single reason for endorsing Obama that was about Obama. All he had was miconceptions about the McCain campaign.
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How pathetic that this endorsement is seized upon by the liberals and the media as some kind of earthmoving event, and yet nothing positive about The Messiah is spoken. Powell's endorsement--in his words and in the ears of a half-intelligent person--actually comes down as an endorsement for McCain.-
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gman20631 year, 1 month ago
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Georgia50
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Thanks for your ignorance. If his endorsement were for McCain, they would have had a ticker tape parade. Half-intelligent? Hell, even an idiot watching Meet The Press could understand his reasons for voting for Obama. Apparently you are even below that. I hate slinging mud but that is basically what it is down to for McCain.-
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Georgia501 year, 1 month ago
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Let me make sure I understand you correctly. You cannot point to one single thing Powell said of Obama that served as a rational basis for the endorsement, correct?
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I did not watch MTP, and I did not refer to MTP. I referred to Powell's comments to the press afterwards. But YOU saw MTP, right? Well? What did Powell say about Obama in a positive way that influenced his decision to endorse him?-
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scott42611 year, 1 month ago
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Here ya go:
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Om1 year, 1 month ago
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Powell said that (Obama) has the calm, steady approach to problem solving that I think we need... He must have seen McCain's anger, eye-rolling cyncism, hostility toward opposition of his point of view, and lack of sound judgement as negatives about the GOP ticket.
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sumptuousdigs1 year, 1 month ago
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"...his words and in the ears of a half-intelligent person-..." of course I have to agree with you there, Georgia50.
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lloydm651 year, 1 month ago
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We need not worry about Powell he is, and always has been a closet democrat,and you know how they are when the wind blows from the north they bend to the south,and wind from south,well you get the picture.You would think now with Powell's endorsment,and his standing in the polls he could cut back on the number of lawyers he has trying to destroy the Palin familey.I really expect him to continue this even after the election.I hope loses,because if he's elected I expect the entire Palin familey to be sentenced to the Obama-Ayres reeducation camps.
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gman20631 year, 1 month ago
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You are absolutely correct!! But don't forget his associations with the following people:
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Genghis Khan
Tomas de Torquemada
Ivan the Terrible
Adolph Eichmann
Mao Tse-tung
Idi Amin
Joseph Stalin
The Devil
I know some of these people are dead but I hear he is holding seances to bring these people back and to get advice.
GO OBAMA GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
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bonaroo1 year, 1 month ago
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I think that Powell's endorsement of Obama will go down in the history books as a pivotal moment in this campaign. Powell can reach into one of the most difficult to influence factions of the Republican party and make it ok to make the right choice.
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But I don't think for a minute that Obama has this sewn up. I've been on Propeller about as long as anyone here, and I've seen what we are up against. I remember aniokly saying that the Republicans could have a corpse as a candidate and they would still vote for it. Blind devotion to failed policy has led us to this disastrous time in our country, and they claim that they are the patriots. Powell, and many others have recognized that McCain/Palin is just more of the same, and in fact even more dangerous than Bush.
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Daylight1 year, 1 month ago
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Powell may not want to associate himself with his buddies who are Neocons and he is a gentlemen in the sight of the American people but as far as the Muslim world is concern he is also another decorated terrorists who had a hand in killing innocent people along with Bush and Chaney and also he too supported imposition of sanctions that killed millions of Iraqi children, and sick people. Now he knows the direction of his party is taking America directly to hell.
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JEBUS081 year, 1 month ago
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my old roommate had his mind made up in first grade that he was a republican, try to change that mind set. hell i believed in santa and the easter bunny at that age, but as a reasonable person i was able to change my opinion based on changes of time and environment.
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Poulenc1 year, 1 month ago
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Powell was badly burned--"used," is the better term--by Bush and Co.
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This endorsement, while not retributive, DOES provide a sense of...closure, let's call it.
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lloydm651 year, 1 month ago
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Myself,and the GOP reject Collin Powell. The racism in this endorsement stinks to high heaven, the politics of these two men are miles,and miles apart.It's one thing for the monolithic black to vote on skin color,Powell has never been anti whitey,I guess blood will show.
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