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Colin Powell endorses Obama for second term
Reuters ^ | October 25, 2012 | Susan Heavey

Posted on 10/25/2012 5:43:23 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed Barack Obama in his bid for re-election, citing the Democratic president's efforts to wind down the war in Afghanistan and tackling terrorism.

"And so I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on," the Republican, who also backed Obama in 2008, told "CBS This Morning."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012endorsements; colinpowell; race
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To: Eagle of Liberty

One of our greatest generals. A man who came up without means. A future role model for children, black or otherwise. A man who led thousands of troops. A man who people on FreeRepublic has as a VP choice to Bush and a future President.

It saddens me that he chose the color of ones skin over the content of ones character.

The only bright spot is Condi stayed with her core values and I am hoping to god that Allen West does the same.

These are the people that should be influencing the black community. Not Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.


61 posted on 10/25/2012 6:17:35 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz
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To: SoFloFreeper

zzzzz


62 posted on 10/25/2012 6:17:56 AM PDT by StAnDeliver (2008 + IN, NE1, NC, FL, VA, OH, CO, IA, NH = 285EV)
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To: 2nd Amendment

Funny you should bring up OJ. It was following the OJ trial that rumors of Powell having a problem with whites first surfaced.

At the time there was talk of Powell running against Clinton in 1996.

After the rumors surfaced Powell decided not to run.

Now I guess we know the rumors were true.


63 posted on 10/25/2012 6:18:16 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: SoFloFreeper
I am so sick of Colin Powell, he ran around like a peacock while General Schwarzkopf did the heavy lifting in Desert Storm. For years I wondered what was wrong with my bs meter since everyone seemed to think he was so very great, now I know my meter was correctly calibrated. Powell is another judas goat who puts race ahead of the good of the USA.
64 posted on 10/25/2012 6:20:07 AM PDT by pepperdog ( I still get a thrill up my leg when spell check doesn't recognize the name/word Obama!)
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To: thinden
Mr. FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, what do you think of Obamacare?

Powell: Love it.

Mr. FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, what do you think of the state of our country?

Powell: Love it.

Mr. FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, what do you think of Fast and Furious?

Powell: The movie was awesome.

Mr. FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, what do you think of our President's handling of Benghazi?

Powell: No comment. GO OBAMA!
65 posted on 10/25/2012 6:21:16 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (We the People are coming!!)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Colin Powell endorses Obama for second term

Oh ... REALLY?! colon? Srsly?! That means you also endorse your successor Hillary Ramrod Clintoon and her role in the Libya disaster ...we came, we saw, he's dead


66 posted on 10/25/2012 6:21:34 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: uncbob

Gerald Ford and George Rommney(yes THAT one’s Dad) and thier “Establishment(GOP-e)” ilk shoved BUSHIE 41 down President Reagan’s throat in exchange for GOP-e support in 1980.


67 posted on 10/25/2012 6:21:40 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Shame on Colin Powell. He’s either a racist, is going senile, or he’s been threatened by the likes of C.A.I.R. He seemed to be smarter than this.


68 posted on 10/25/2012 6:21:45 AM PDT by Best and Brightest (So many secrets still. Who is this creep who calls himself Obama?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s a black thing.

Powell’s speaking and writing customers are now all black. With 92%+ going for Obama, Powell isn’t going to rock the boat.


69 posted on 10/25/2012 6:22:12 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

“One of our greatest generals” are you deluded in OTHER ways too?


70 posted on 10/25/2012 6:25:28 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
One of our greatest generals.

Based on what evidence
71 posted on 10/25/2012 6:25:46 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: SoFloFreeper

There is a rancid stench of treason in the air...hanging over our nation.

An American Lament in 2012
http://www.jeffhead.com/lament.htm


72 posted on 10/25/2012 6:27:52 AM PDT by Jeff Head ( Freedom is not free, never has been, never will be (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: US Navy Vet

And he picked liberal Schweiker in 76


73 posted on 10/25/2012 6:28:06 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: SoFloFreeper

Powell judges people by the color of their skin not the content of their character.

Btw, wasn’t Powell part of the evil Bush Administration?


74 posted on 10/25/2012 6:28:16 AM PDT by KansasGirl ("If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."--B. Hussein Obama)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Yep, you nailed it.


75 posted on 10/25/2012 6:28:48 AM PDT by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: SoFloFreeper

What a cruel act for this former great American (?): to help foist this destructive administration on the American people for another 4 years. And blacks are and will be hurt the most.


76 posted on 10/25/2012 6:28:47 AM PDT by mom.mom
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To: SoFloFreeper
Colin "Holder's People" Powell

To paraphrase a famous saying: "L'race, l'race, toujours l'race."

77 posted on 10/25/2012 6:32:05 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys=Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best for you.)
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To: onedoug
He should have been kicked out of the Army following the My Lai incident. He deceived the Commanding General of Americal Division by writing a phoney report of the massacre.

Then he pushed for a cease fire on Saddam instead of advancement because we supposedly hit a baby-formula factory.
78 posted on 10/25/2012 6:33:39 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (We the People are coming!!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Colin Powell has a dream that someday everyone will be judged by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character.


79 posted on 10/25/2012 6:33:51 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Colin has turned out to be an idiot, stuck on the wrong side of his two Americas.


80 posted on 10/25/2012 6:34:51 AM PDT by pallis
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