Posted on 10/22/2008 2:58:38 PM PDT by T.L.Sink
Having watched Colin Powell's enraptured endorsement of Obama on Meet the Press, I got to thinking about Powell's track record of judgment calls. That took me back to Powell's performance during the debate at the UN over the Iraq war - not his presentation on WMD (which relected available intelligence at the time)- but his strange omission of something highly germane. As Secretary of State, Powell was best placed to know of the UN's corrupt Oil-for-Food scandal. He had privileged access to details and documentation. He never brought it into the publc debate, and State refused to release it to the public. Powell failed to alert Bush and the public to the corrupting influence of billions worth of Oil-for-Food dollars on the UN debate itself. This was a cover-up that helped Saddam, hurt America, and demonstrated Powell's lousy judgemnt. In addition: Powell claims to be friends with McCain but didn't give him so much as a phone call before endorsing Obama. That's underhanded. In the 1991 Gulf War, Powell was one behind the influences to stop the war before Saddam was completely defeated. That, plus America's abandonment of the Iraqis who rebelled after the war were serious mistakes, with deadly results for many. During the tempest over the "outing" of Valerie Plame, Powell and his deputy at State, Richard Armitage, kept silent and let the White House take the heat.
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Powell is irrelevant.
Why has no one else noted that 0bama wanting to put Powell — a former Bushie — in his administration is not ‘CHANGE’?
Powell is the guy who advised Bush on Saddam’s WMDs and even went to the UN to sell the American people and the rest of the world on the Iraq war. And 0bama has been taking advice from this guy now.
I can hardly tell 0bama apart from Bush these days...
Foreign Policy: President Obama’s Past Will Haunt American Security?
American people, is it really worth choosing Obama as the first African American candidate?
Imagine, Bin Laden & Achmedinajad if ever questioned by President Obama about their terrorist activities, or developing nuclear weapons program? The two most hated man by most Americans will smile, twist their lips, laugh slyly as they will know they have Obama where they really want him. In a defensive position on international scene.
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Fight for us Sarah, fight for us
One is tempted to say to Gen. Powell what Gen. Sherman said to Gen. Grant: “For the country’s sake and your own - get out of politics!”
National Review’s Jim Geraghty’s “Obi Wan” the old hand in GOP politics that knows elections cold thinks Obama played his “Powell card” a week early because Obama’s internal polls showed him sinking.
Obi Wan suggested that Powell was the last card Obama had to play to prop up his (bogus) poll numbers.
According to Obi Wan - he thinks Obama was waiting until the last week to use Powell as a clincher. Obama played it to halt a slide in real internal polls.
Obi Wan thinks when Obama’s poll numbers start to fall - they may fall pretty fast.
Hawaii is obviously some other ruse.
"Boil across You Tube"? It's not even boiling across HuffPo. It's not, you know, compelling viewing. Maybe if you put some cats in it. .... My guess isn't that the Powell endorsement will fade quickly. My guess is it's already faded. ...
I agree. The reason: Powell presented an weak analysis for his transformation, enabled only because Brokaw bastardized the MTP format by allowing Powell to speak uninterrupted for several minutes.
For example, a simple question to Powell about Biden's opposition to ejecting Saddam from Kuwait would have rebutted Powell's "concerns" about Palin.
Colin lied, people died, 0bama has him at his side.
Did I really hear some answering to the charge that Obama is a Muslim, “Well what is wrong with a President being a Muslim?”
Was that a statement by powell? I cannot believe I heard that!!! Can that be confirmed?
Speaking at NBC’s “Meet the Press” program, Powell was more critical of the Republican Party and John McCain’s campaign than of the candidate himself. “I’m also troubled by not what Sen. McCain says but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said. Such things as ‘Well you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim.’ Well the correct answer is ‘He is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian, he’s always been a Christian.’ But the really right answer is ‘What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?’ The answer is ‘No. That’s not America.’
1 March 2003
Powell Says U.S. Opposes Weapons Proliferation, Not Islam
"We respect the Muslim faith and would do nothing to dishonor Islam in any way," he said.
Thanks for the YouTube reference. Good post.
I posted an article recently that stated (in nicer terms) this was a case of one black supporting another. In the past couple days Rush, too, has adduced evidence that Powell has played the race (not racism ) card. This fits neatly into the Obama campaign strategy.
Wasn’t it Obama who described Iran as “small and not very powerful country”?
I don’t know who may have said that. But I do remember in the primary debates Hillary was asked if she thought Obama was a Muslim and she replied, “Not that I know of.” A pretty funny answer it retrospect!
And he said he would invade Pakistan unilaterally and without UN approval.
Right! That’s the guy who would arbitaraily invade an independent sovereign state and U.S. ally - but insist on “no preconditions” before negotiating with, or doing any harm to, the rogue terrorist state of Iran which will soon have a nuclear arsenal! Go figure.
What could go wrong? Just because Pakistan has nukes. Just because they’re in a nuclear standoff with another ally of ours. India.
Powell has always been anti-gun rights. Probably why he has never been on a Republican ticket.
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