Posted on 07/04/2009 7:03:18 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell worries that President Barack Obama is trying to tackle too many big issues at one time.
In an interview to be aired Sunday on CNN, the former secretary of state says he's worried about the huge national debt that's piling-up.
Powell says that while the needs of the people must be met, the size of the government, and the tax burden, need to be kept as small as possible.
He says the president has to start taking a "very, very hard look" at the cost of all he wants to do and at whether the bureaucracy that'll be created will be effective.
Powell says he talks with the president from time to time and has expressed his concerns to the administration.
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What did people like Powell not see before the election that the rest of us saw, besides race?
More proof that Colin Powell is a RINO and needs to resign from the board for the GOP.
[RINO] Colin Powell cautions Obama on big government [whines about debt] [BARF]
Colon, your breath stinks.
maybe comrade colin’s losing some of his investments!
Powell’s being out of character. Typically, I’d expect him to wait until everything has passed, and THEN caution Obama not to spend too much.
No doubt the Dems will shut him up shortly...he obviously jumped the gun.
Affirmative action … nuff said.
With the exception of national defense, treaties, roads, and currency, I think the people can meet their own needs very well without government.
Powell said a few months ago, Americans want higher taxes for public services. So what’s his problem?
Colin has that telltale brown ring around his neck due to having his head well up his rectum. The man’s judgment is serially flawed.
We need to quit calling Colin Powell a RINO. Call him a flaming liberal Democrat.
Don’t tell me this jackass didn’t know who or what Obama is about?
"The Republican Party is in deep trouble," Powell told corporate security executives at a conference in Washington sponsored by Fortify Software Inc. The party must realize that the country has changed, he said. "Americans do want to pay taxes for services," he said. "Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less.""Powell said a few months ago, Americans want higher taxes for public services. So what’s his problem?"
I think Powell's problem is that he just got his tax bill.
Stick finger in Air.
Determine which way wind is blowing.
Go that direction.
*snickers*
Anyone, and I mean ANYONE who bothered to listen to one single speech 0bama gave during the Democratic primaries ought to have known what was coming. All the post-nomination invoking of Reagan and/or the “moderate” label was just smokescreen. If Powell really thought otherwise, then he’s a fool.
Powell had a chance to speak up for what was right. He chose to sell out instead.
Now he just needs to shut up. Too little too late.
Why did Powell vote for him? Because he took Obama seriously on changing the way Washington works, going over the budget with a fine-toothed comb, throwing lobbyists out, curtailing pork-barrel spending, etc.? How gullible can you be?
I can understand Democrats criticizing the president from within. They were stuck with the guy. But Colin, until recently a reported Republican, ought to have known better.
Because Obama campaigned on a Realist foreign policy and McCain campaigned on a NeoCon foreign policy.
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