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Powell rips Cheney: ‘My head isn’t exploding and I haven’t noticed any other heads exploding’
The Daily Caller ^
| August 28, 2011
| Jeff Poor
Posted on 08/28/2011 9:45:54 AM PDT by caroline2005nc
Former Vice President Dick Cheneys memoir is released on Tuesday and it promises to give a lot of behind the scenes insight into the Bush administration.
But is it too tabloid-y? Thats a complaint coming from former Secretary of State Colin Powell. In an appearance on Sundays Face the Nation on CBS, Powell had a lot to say about how Cheney has been promoting his book.
My head isnt exploding and I havent noticed any other heads exploding in Washington, D.C. and the explosive part of the book is when Mr. Cheney says is explosive, Powell said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thedc.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cheney; cheneybook; colonbag; colonbowel; crapfunnel; explodingheads; inmytime; powell
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Powell is just a squirmy opportunist. I cannot wait to read Cheney's book!
To: caroline2005nc
Powell, you are a jerk. Go away.
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:47:23 AM PDT
by
Tzfat
To: caroline2005nc
Powell lost all credibility when he traded in his rational thinking to get his race card back and endorse Obama.
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:47:37 AM PDT
by
festusbanjo
(This is what happens when you hire a guy to run the country that hadn't run anything but his mouth)
To: caroline2005nc
Powell is a whiny old nag.
To: caroline2005nc
Why is anything Powell says even news? He’s a has been for sure.
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:49:41 AM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: caroline2005nc
“Perfumed Prince of the Pentagon”
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:49:52 AM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West (this tagline under review))
To: caroline2005nc
Humm a little thin skinned there Colin. Did I notice the Race card peeking out of your wallet?
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:50:59 AM PDT
by
Marty62
(Marty60)
To: caroline2005nc
I remember during the iraq war at press conferences, powell stood in the back with his finger in his mouth...it was Cheney doing the strategy and doing the talking. Powell reminded me of CNN’s Bernard Shaw...hiding under the table as the bombs fell a mile away.
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:51:20 AM PDT
by
FrankR
(What you resist...PERSISTS!)
To: caroline2005nc
I am going to have to read this myself. I thought the two were friends. I am wondering if some of stuff Cheney said is taken out of context by a hostile media that wants to vilify Cheney.
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:51:24 AM PDT
by
Perdogg
(0bama got 0sama?? Really, was 0sama on the golf course?)
To: caroline2005nc
Can someone parse his explanation on the Plame affair for me? Is Albert Gonzalez really to blame? How could the DOJ have gone on for 2 more years if Armitage copped to the outing up front? What would it have mattered how ‘forthcoming’ Cheney’s staff was if they already had their answer?
Thanks.
To: caroline2005nc
huh? how can powell comment on something he has never read? the book isn't even out yet? how can he respond to how the revelations in it affected him... if no one has read the book or seen the revelations yet?
To: caroline2005nc
boy did I mistake this charlatan.....to think that back in 1995 or so I wrote him a letter begging him to run for president....
he's a smirky,smarmy limosine/lear jet wannabe elite.....
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:54:35 AM PDT
by
cherry
To: caroline2005nc
Any admiration I had for Powell went ‘poof’ when he lavished praise and heartily endorsed the Kenyan for president proving that he has yet to heed the admonitions of MLK. For Powell, color of skin still trumps content of character.
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:55:39 AM PDT
by
JPG
(Barry says he'll promise to save more later if he can spend more now. Black bus economics.)
To: caroline2005nc
Powell is the epitome of Affirmative Action Failures!
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:55:44 AM PDT
by
True Republican Patriot
(May GOD SAVE OUR AMERICA from ALLAH and his Prophet, HUSSEIN OBAMA!!)
To: caroline2005nc
Guess who’ll get more media face time, Powell or Cheney?
To: caroline2005nc
But, from what Ive read in the newspapers and seen on television, its essentially rehash of events of seven or eight years ago.
So iow he hasn't read it yet and is relying on news reports to draw conclusions on what's in it.
And he's the one saying that Cheney may be behaving beneath the dignity of his former office?**
Based on what I've seen of Cheney (wicked sense of VERY dry humor), I think it's entirely possible that the whole "heads explode" comment was sarcasm.
(** Perhaps Secretary Powell would like to comment on Al Gore's behavior since leaving office ...)
To: caroline2005nc
What an ego....bet no one else comes out and acts like this stooge...which proves once again this guy has NO, NEVER HAS had any class whatsoever. He only rose to those heights because of his skin color. The first word which comes to mind is token second one republican.
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:57:02 AM PDT
by
shield
(Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
To: Perdogg
It’ll be all over the news before I get a chance to read it for myself but Cheney likely calls-out Powell, Rice and Tenet for the weak sisters that they are! Powell’s either read the book or someone’s told him what’s in it. He’s just coverin’ his arse!
To: caroline2005nc
I HAVE ALREADY PRE-ORDERED DICK CHENEY'S NEW BOOK FOR RELEASE DAY DELIVERY FROM AMAZON. SCREW YOU, COLIN POWELL. YOUR MISERABLE FAILURE OF AN ENDORSEMENT OF HUSSEIN IS RUINING AMERICA...AND YOU WERE ONE OF HIS BIGGEST CHEERLEADERS.
YOU, COLIN, AND YOUR FAILED ENDORSEMENT SHOWS THAT WITH YOU IT WAS ALL ABOUT RACE. IF, COLIN, YOU HAD A PAIR, YOU WOULD HAVE BY NOW PUBLICLY RENOUNCED YOUR ENDORSEMENT.
To: caroline2005nc
If Powell were white he would have NEVER made it past CPT much less General, I was and is an “Affirmative Action” US Army TURD! He was the No 3 largest mistakes that Ronald Reagen made(No 1 George HW Bush as VP/ No 2 Sandra Day O’Conner).
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posted on
08/28/2011 9:58:47 AM PDT
by
US Navy Vet
(Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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