Why didn't Powell endorse Kerry in 2004? (Yes, a vanity)

Just me | 10/19/08 | Self

[jokyfo]

Kerry was much closer to Powell on many issues than Obama is. Especially national security. Kerry was in Vietnam like Kerry was. Obama/Biden have never served a day in the military in their entire lives. Kerry at least wanted to finish the job in Iraq. Obama wants to surrender.

Now why did Powell NOT endorse Kerry but DOES endorse Obama?

Oh wait...oh yeah, that's right.

[LottieDah]

“Now why did Powell NOT endorse Kerry but DOES endorse Obama?”

Kerry missed a few days at the “tanning salon”. Had he showed up, Powell would have endorsed him as well.

[sono]

The reason is Obvious.

[jokyfo]

LOL!

[umgud]

Kerry wasn’t black.

[clintonh8r]

incorrect pigmentation?

[Froggie]

No doubt Powell judged Kerry by the color or his skin and not by the content of his character!

[elhombrelibre]

I’m sure race had nothing to do with it. //Sarcasm off//

[wiseprince]

See the 4:30 Point

Colin Powell and Condi Rice Traded to the “Whites”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrwG6_Z0sjU

[VOA]

Why didn't Powell endorse Kerry in 2004? (Yes, a vanity)

VOA doesn't even want to think about that.

As it would lead one to think that a retired general of The US
Army that my father served in...
might just be a racist.
And in love with a Marxist, not just a Socialist Anti-American
like Kerry.

At this point, you salute the uniform. NOT the person it's draped upon.

[Doug TX]

Colin Powell says, “Always bet on black and half black is good enough also”

[t2buckeye]

All John McCain has to say is...
“I am not at all surprised that Colin Powell supports Sen Obama..”
Period...

[KansasGirl]

Because Kerry wasn’t a “transformational figure.” In other words, because Kerry wasn’t black.

[Norman Bates]

Simple answer: he was a sitting cabinet secretary. Now move along.

[Tarpon]

If all the blacks vote for the black guy, that is not racist.

If all the whites vote for the white guy, what do you call that?

[BallyBill]

I think his job may have prevented him or at least cost him his job.

[cquiggy]

When one of the moderators asked Powell whether this vote was personal to him since he was the first African-American Secretary of State, his answer sparked wild applause. “I’m an American first and foremost,” he said.

He said he will look at who has the best economic policies, who inspires the most confidence in the country and around the world, and who will keep America safe.

This kind of judgement shows us why he was such a lousy first African-American Secretary of State.

[RoseofTexas]

At first I was truly angry! But now the more I think about it the more I’m beginning to think this ENDORSEMENT is going to be a NEGATIVE affect for the EMPEROR!! Powell only confirmed to the nation what we were scared to say in public...this election is about RACE!! I think this will only enrage those who were sitting on the face..this CONFRIM what the mediaPUKES unwilling have being spewing for 2 years...thing is they fell into their own trap...IT’S ABOUT RACISM and bigotry and the american folk are getting fed up!! IT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US FOLKS!! BLACKS DON’T LIKE WHITES or HISPANICS, they’re racists!!

[RoseofTexas]

OOOPS..face should read FENCE

[Harry Wurzbach]

My guess is the general perception out here in flyover country will be that Powell endorsed Obama because he’s black.

I can see that a Powell endorsement might have some impact among non-jaded white suburbanites, for Powell is every such white person’s favorite black guy.

Still, at the end of the day, I think the juice from Powell’s star is gone. Mostly, because the Angry Left ran him down on Iraq. He’s no longer the most popular figure in American politics as he was during the mid-90s. He’s a has been and his participation in the Bush administration has diminished him, at least in the mainstream media. Out in the country, time has passed Colin by already.

[Mike Darancette]

Why didn't Powell endorse Kerry in 2004?

Umm, did I mention that Obama is black?

[RetSignman]

Number one he is reacting to polls and believes ‘his one’ is going to win, he has always been a calculating politician.

Number two, and this goes for most black politicians dim or republican, when they look in the mirror first thing in the morning, they are always reminded of the past history and where their true alliance should be.

[roj]

I lost all respect for him when he knew Armitage leaked Valerie Plame’s name and let Scooter Libby get railroaded.

[ncfool]

Powell is a sell out. He is a African-American supporting a African-Kenyan.

[Camel Joe]

He was already planning on retiring but I think he Kerry disgusts him for his lies after the war. I am more than disappointed by this move on Powell's part, he served an entire career without even knowing why. That is truly the saddest part, his service was for nothing more than himself and so in the end he is diminished as a leader of men becoming just another tool in the box of tyranny. Make no mistake, Obama means the return of tyranny to our shores and Colin Powell is helping to bring it along.

[mcmuffin]

Powell wants his MOJO Back!

[nothingnew]

Kerry was in Vietnam like Kerry was.

Huh. I didn't know that.

FMCDH(BITS)

[FrankR]

"Now why did Powell NOT endorse Kerry but DOES endorse Obama? "

Color trumps party, color trumps EVERYTHING where ZerObama is concerned...even brains.

[Leisler]

The US Army, desperate to affirmative action promote, finds a Volvo owner.

[inflorida]

Why didn’t Powell endorse Kerry? Because he’s white.

[Paine in the Neck]

Too orange

[JoeDetweiler]

Here is something that no-one in the media is going to point out:

When we went into Iraq, Rumsfeld and Cheney supported a plan which amounted to “go in, remove Sadam, then leave.” It was Powell who insisted that we needed to stay in Iraq to rebuild the country. Now the final decision belonged to President Bush and I support it. But Rumsfeld and Cheney have been demonized while Powell has gotten a free ride from the press despite the fact that almost all of our casualties have resulted from Powell’s plan.

And now he sells out his own convictions for race.

[BenLurkin]

[GOPsterinMA]

AMEN, AMEN, AMEN!!!!!!

[dalebert]

its race, race, race, race, race.........

[PLD]

Why didn’t he endorse Kerry..Because Kerry is a rich white boy...not a black Muslim..

[dalebert]

great.....thanks

[bmwcyle]

It's a black thing and you just don't understand.

Commie Colin

[PapaBear3625]

Number one he is reacting to polls and believes ‘his one’ is going to win, he has always been a calculating politician.

The only thing Powell has left to sell is "access", his ability to call up somebody in government and make a pitch on behalf of somebody with the money to hire him. I guess he figures his "access" will be worth more if he makes this move.

[John W]

“If all the whites vote for the white guy, what do you call that?”

Victory?

[VOA]

The US Army, desperate to affirmative action promote,
finds a Volvo owner.

You're just making me more sad over Gen. Powell's self-exposure of
his inner weasel.

I admit that I found his down-time hobby of getting his hands
dirty working on cars (albeit Volvos) somewhat endearing.

I guess I gave him credit for at least not working on Saabs,
Trabants or Ladas!!!
(A very little bit of humor to alleviate the pain over Powell's
perfidious approach to another person who was a "brother-in-arms"...
in order to support a Marxist Lawyer/community organizer.)

[newzjunkey]

Too orange

Now *that* is funny!

So is this:

[VOA]

Why didn't Powell endorse Kerry in 2004? (Yes, a vanity)
LOL!

There is AT LEAST ONE person that feels worse about Colin Powell
on Sunday October 18, 2008 than many folks at FR.
That person is Senator John Kerry!!!

[ex-snook]

Ans. The Republican brand was higher.

[Former_russian]

DITTO!

[Gumption]

Which explains why he received the highly coveted Umpa Lumpa endorsement and 100% of the George Hamilton vote.

[uglybiker]

OOOPS..face should read FENCE

I was about to say....

I'd hate for face sitters to be enraged.
I kinda hoped they'd be happy.;-)

[Defiant]

He was doing the work of the DNC behind the scenes in 2004. Now it’s open.