"Cheney backs Limbaugh over Powell on GOP future"
Tough call there.
Is Powell a Republican?
He seems like a robotized test device from Mars (i.e., Martian).
Posted on 05/10/2009 10:51:57 AM PDT by presidio9
Dick Cheney made clear Sunday he'd rather follow firebrand broadcaster Rush Limbaugh than former Joint Chiefs chairman Colin Powell into political battle over the future of the Republican Party.
Even as Cheney embraced efforts by ex-Govs. Jeb Bush of Florida and Mitt Romney of Massachusetts and the House's No. 2 Republican, Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor, the former vice president appeared to write his one-time colleague Powell out of the GOP.
Asked about recent verbal broadsides between Limbaugh and Powell, Cheney said, "If I had to choose in terms of being a Republican, I'd go with Rush Limbaugh. My take on it was Colin had already left the party. I didn't know he was still a Republican."
Powell, who was secretary of state under President George W. Bush and held the nation's top military post under President George H.W. Bush, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president last year. Nonetheless, he has described himself as a right-of-center conservative, though "not as right as others would like."
Cheney, citing Powell's backing of Obama over Republican nominee John McCain, said, "I assumed that that is some indication of his loyalty and his interests."
Cheney's remarks on CBS' "Face the Nation" were the latest step in his slow-motion estrangement from Powell since the two worked closely together to manage the Persian Gulf war in 1991 — Powell as the Army general who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Cheney as defense secretary for the elder Bush.
Under the younger Bush, Powell initially backed action against Iraq's Saddam Hussein and delivered a famous U.N. speech laying out the U.S. case. But Powell and Cheney increasingly parted ways over the Bush administration's policies on the war and terrorism, with Cheney usually prevailing. Powell left the administration after Bush's first term.
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Ouch! Cheney is the man.
Cheney is a long-standing conservative Republican. It shows EVERY time he speaks. Forget Powell — he is a liberal and is pandering for a job with Obama. Scumbag. Just too many of them with an (R) after their names.
Yes, Rush is clearly a better conservative American than Powell, in spite of Powell’s military service. His ideology is far more important and telling.
Major Colon Powell had a roll in covering up the My Lai massacre. I don’t think Cheney wants him in the party anyway.
Powell should have kept his mouth shut and he would have gotten that job. As long as the liberal press had the opportunity to operate under the assumption that he was still a Republican of sorts, Obama could have given him that appointment and put a chalk mark in the “reaching out” and “bipartisanship” columns. Now the cat’s out of the bag, and Powell is of no use to him. Its a shame too. Powell clearly would have been preferable to Clinton as Secretary of State. Clinton studied under Albright, and she’s making the same mistakes so far.
Was that what John Kerry was talking about when he testified before congress? He was in Vietnam too you know.
Any ideas on how to send mail to Mr. Cheney??
Qien es mas macho?
Si! Dick Cheney!
My admiration grows everytime Cheney speaks.
No! Es Ricardo Montalban!
Lloyd Bridges es mas macho.
Ricardo Montalban es puta!
Bull! Powell wrote himself out of the GOP with his October endorsement of ObaMao and the lamest reasoning to excuse that decision. The head of the GOP ticket was the New York Times endorsed choice of the Moderate/Rockerfeller wing of the GOP. And Powell stabbed him in the back at the worst possible time to support a street thug in a suit for no other reason than skin color!
Powell is “right of center” in the Communist Party USA (DemocRat) and a devout racist.
Tough call there.
Is Powell a Republican?
He seems like a robotized test device from Mars (i.e., Martian).
Answer: Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh. Most of the rest are a bunch of phonies.
Powell was never a Republican, just a registered Brown noser.
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