Posted on 07/04/2009 3:15:28 AM PDT by Scanian
Colin Powell, one of President Obama's most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern publicly for the first time Friday that the president's ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the size of government and the federal debt too much.
"I'm concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them," Mr. Powell said in an interview with CNN's John King. It was released by the network Friday.
Mr. Powell, a retired U.S. Army general who rose to political prominence after a long and accomplished military career, said that health care reform and many of Mr. Obama's other initiatives are "important" to Americans.
But, he said, "one of the cautions that has to be given to the president - and I've talked to some of his people about this - is that you can't have so many things on the table that you can't absorb it all."
"And we can't pay for it all," said Mr. Powell, who was the first black man to serve as secretary of state, under President George W. Bush. He was also national security adviser to President Reagan and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.
Mr. Powell, who has long earned top rankings in public opinion polls, was considered a possible Republican presidential candidate as early as 1996. In 2007, he donated the maximum amount allowed to Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who won the GOP nomination.
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He is a bit slow on the uptake ain’t he?
he’s only concerned that we can’t pay for it, not that it was immoral to be spending it in the first place
Colin Powell is proof that affirmative action is a complete failure.
If not for Powell, there would have been no second Gulf war.
Rush did an excellent job calling CP out today on his show. At one time I held Powell in high esteem. Today, I wouldn’t get off the couch to go in the next room to see him.
Like Rush said, Powell VOTED for for Obozo.
Powell advocated voting for Obozo.
Powell KNEW about Obozo’s statement to Joe the Plumber.
CONCLUSION:
Powell voted for Obozo because he was Black—
Here’s another racist to sit alongside SotoMayor
I think we may have some buyers remorse.These people are supposed to be so smart yet they couldnt see this coming?
a day late and a dollar short
Colon Powell voted for Obama because he as black.
He has no complaint, he got what he voted for.
It’s a little late for him to be waking up to the fact that our new Kenyan President doesnt know what the hell he is doing.
Perhaps he’s simply upset at having been left out of the Messiah’s Cabinet.
I have complete confidence in Obama because his skin is black.
Relax. Your ancestors will be enslaved to a Chinese man to pay for the stimulus, not a white American cracker.
Relax Mr. Powell. You got what you voted for.
It is very possible that both of their ancestors sold the other’s ancestors into slavery. But If I had to bet would say Obama’s sold Powell’s.
Seems General Powell’s judgement will now be forever questionable..... Hoist in his own petard.......racism....pure and simple.
Well, when Brother Powell supported this empty-suit socialist becasue he, the Kenyan, presented himself as black but above race, he, Powell, assisted in the country’s demise. Maybe it is time to return to Revolutionary times.
Duh!
Obama’s spending blitz worries Powell: ‘We can’t pay for it all,’ he says
Actually Mr Powell we cannot pay for ANY OF IT, as we are already 12 TRILLION Dollars in debt,That means for every dollar that Obama is spending today it is going end up increasing that debt and passing an insurmountable burden on to our children and grand children.
Or Powell's sold out to Obama's.
"And we can't pay for it all," said Mr. Powell ...
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