Powell still undecided, says Obama win would be 'electrifying'

[Nambe]

Source: CNN

Former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that he has not yet decided which candidate to back in this year’s presidential race.

The election of an African-American president “would be electrifying,” Powell told a George Washington University audience, “but at the same time make a judgment here on which would be best for America.

“I have been watching both individuals, I know them both extremely well, and I have not decided who I am going to vote for. And I'm interested to see what the debates are going to be like because we have to get off of this ‘lipstick on a pig’ stuff and get into issues,” he said. ...

Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/15/powell-still-undecided-says-obama-win-would-be-electrifying/

[annabanana]

1. Powell will vote for him, but we won't find out about it until

Barack has won.

I don't think that he is particularly courageous.

[Xipe Totec]

5. You don't get to be General by being courageous

Ask Zapp Brannigan.

[Aristus]

30. It is possible for a person to outlive his talent and courage.

Such is the case with the once much-admired Powell.


I'll retract that statement if he comes down off the fence and picks Obama, dammit...

[Solly Mack]

2. Did he have a vial of what's "best for America" with him to display ?

[pocoloco]

3. Dumber than a stump!!

Thought he would know better?

[George II]

7. Powell is one of the smartest, most ethical people in America...your comment must have been...

....BRAGGING

[Alexander]

18. You're calling the guy who covered up My Lai and lied about Iraq ETHICAL???

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Your comment must have been

A CROCK OF SHIT.

[George II]

22. See below.....and....

"covered up My Lai"? Enough!!!

[iconicgnom]

20. most ethical in the US? The guy who stood in front of the UN and told the world lie after lie?

That's what makes for the "smartest, most ethical people in America" nowadays?
Even when, once lies are accepted as the norm human rationality itself has been eliminated -- which brings us to the Republican campaign '08?

Thank God Almighty I don't live in the USA!!!

[George II]

21. He has since acknowledged that he was lied to, and all but apologized for his UN presentation

[iconicgnom]

28. Give us a break! After which, GWB was elected a 2nd time.

And of course, they ALL say that they were "lied to"; there isn't one of them who doesn't, except GWB himself, the ultimate victim, who hides behind "executive privilege" (absolute immunity to legal norms) while Pelosi and Reid give him the argument, implying that yes, lies of this magnitude are "normal", and it is "normal" for this kind of lie to be implicitly exhonorated by claims to "executive privilege". As "non-partisan" an ethic, or lack of, as it gets.

Let me explain a rock-bottom fact. Any nation of people who accept as normal that their leaders lie to them, lie to the world at large, and hold no concept of honor, is a nation of slaves. Period. And that's what the US has become, your hero Colin Powell being proof of the matter.

[George II]

36. So I suppose in your eyes one shouldn't acknowledge one's mistakes?

[iconicgnom]

38. It wasn't a "mistake", the whole speech was nothing but LIE after LIE;

and he didn't "acknowledge" it, he tried to excuse it after it became impossible not to ignore the fact that everybody KNEW he lied. As if he and the gov't he represented as Sec. of State were innocent of it, as if he and the GWB admin were innocent dupes of lower level functionaries.

If he were in fact "lied to" on that scale, on issues of that magnitude, it would be high treason and he'd know exactly who did the lying, who their bosses and associates were, yet neither he nor his people did ANYTHING to bring these liars to account. What a surprise!

He and the GWB admin he was core part of wasn't just lying to the world, when he spoke before the UN. He was lying to *you*, to all US citizens, and worse, to the citizens of Iraq, the country the US promptly destroyed, using those lies as pretext. These weren't little white lies and schoolyard fibs. These lies were the foundation of a systematic disinformation campaign by a corrupt global military power intent on committing war crimes.

[gateley]

4. He's gotta just be saying that to be politically safe. There is no way

he would vote for McCain. As pissed and disappointed as I am with Powell, I believe he's far too intelligent to even consider putting McCain - and therefore Palin -- into the Oval Office.

[trumad]

8. yeah he's brilliant!

[yellowcanine]

9. I think you are right. I don't think he could pull the lever for McCain with Palin as the back up.

He knows the odds are too high that Palin would end up as CIC and her flippant "perhaps so" response to the question about war with Russia has to be all he needed to hear to kill any chance of him voting for McCain. Condi too I suspect.

[still_one]

6. Powell has shown us one thing, how worthless he is /nt

[rg123]

10. He is a War Criminal

and unless CNN is reporting a story of Powell going on trail for war crimes I don't think anything he says is worth reporting. Even up till this very moment he knows thousands upon thousands have died because of the deception he committed against the American people.

[wtmusic]

13. Electrifying? I think lethal injection might be used nowadays. nt

[aquamarina]

11. Powell is and always was a soldier - he's good at following orders.

[Diclotican]

12. Kesasso

Kesasso

I have many soldiers in my family, both present and former.. On my mother side I am in a Line of soldiers, back to the 16 century.. In modern time every single of them have managed to use their brain.... I guess my old grand father would round himself in his grave if he know I am a pacifist shrug: But again, he was officer in the army...

I feel sorry for Powell. He was at least the respectable face of the first George Walker Bush jr Administration.. Today the case is that he is failed.... and have no credibility what so ever...

But as you pointed out.. Powell have always been good at following orders, even if it was against better judgment.. And he really screw it when hi represented it for the Security Council in 2002-2003...

Diclotican

Sorry my bad english, not my native language.

[NeoConsSuck]

14. One thing Obama does not need

is an endorsement from a war criminal.

[Raine]

31. Agree. An endorsement from Powell is only

going to hurt Obama, that kind of endorsement he can do without.

[AZ Criminal JD]

15. Powell wants a role in the administration of whover gets elected.

He can't get that if he endorses the loser.

[crossroads]

25. Methinks you are correct! nt

[FrenchieCat]

16. I think that he doesn't want his Obama endorsement to be devalued with the

He's just endorsing him because he's Black retort that the McCain Camp would start to whisper.

Unfortunately, I don't blame him. Of course, that would never be implied of a White General endorsing McCain....but you know, White Privilege is called White for a reason.

[unkachuck]

17. unbelieveable....

....is the lying tom general going to pass up the opportunity to support and vote for an admirals son?....a Republican admirals son?....

....hey colin-gas, haven't you been dazzled enough by mcsames brilliant selection of caribou-barbie?....where is that old corporate loyalty to the Republican Party, the Party you love so much?

....outside of sitting on one of those useless blue ribbon commissions, Obama's not going to hire you for anything important....no matter how long you hedge your bet or suck his ass....

....if he does, I'll personally vomit then call him bad names....

[mitchum]

19. Powell is a gutless coward

[The Wizard]

23. Out of the fear

of being sent to a re-education camp, Powell can't outright support the most qualified candidate. The Bush cartel would have him under wraps in an eye blink.

[thewall77]

24. Powell is saving his endorsement for late October

When it will hurt McCain the most.

[Judi Lynn]

32. Keeping some fingers crossed on that one! n/t

[ladjf]

26. What a wimp! Powell is second only to McCain in falling from

hero to goat status. Now, he apparently wants to fall some more.

[tomhayes]

34. > falling from hero to goat status

Be careful what you say, the term goat stands for Greatest Of All Time in both the hip-hop world and the online world.

(Although the less preferred definitions may fit your purposes: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=G.O.A.T )

[bemildred]

27. For a second, I thoought it said "Powell still unindicted:. nt

[cyr330]

29. Powell is a lying asshole.

Remember his enabling the war in Iraq? Nonetheless, his endorsement would be powerful. I DO loathe him though.

[Democat]

33. Powell needs to endorse Obama!

I think Powell will see which way the wind is blowing before making a decision about who to endorse.

If we can get Obama back up in the polls, ahead of McCain, I wouldn't be surprised to see Powell endorse Obama.

I know some people here hate Powell, but Americans like him and his endorsement certainly wouldn't hurt!

[lanlady]

35. f****ng coward

Powell's undecided? Bull feathers. He's just too cowardly to come out and state who he supports.

[AlphaCentauri]

37. He is acting like a wal mart mom n/t