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sanjuro

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Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for president

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer

Sunday, October 19, 2008

(10-19) 08:50 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Colin Powell, a Republican who was President Bush's first secretary of state, endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president Sunday and criticized the tone of Republican John McCain's campaign.

Powell said both Obama and Republican John McCain are qualified to be commander in chief. But he said Obama is better suited to handle the nation's economic problems as well as help improve its standing in the world.

"It isn't easy for me to disappoint Sen. McCain in the way that I have this morning, and I regret that," Powell, interviewed on NBC's "Meet the Press," said of his longtime friend, the Arizona senator.

"But I firmly believe that at this point in America's history, we need a president that will not just continue, even with a new face and with the changes and with some maverick aspects, who will not just continue basically the policies that we have been following in recent years," Powell said.

"I think we need a transformational figure. I think we need a president who is a generational change and that's why I'm supporting Barack Obama, not out of any lack of respect or admiration for Sen. John McCain."

Powell's endorsement has been much anticipated because he is a Republican with impressive foreign policy credentials, a subject on which Obama is weak. At the same time, he is a black man and Obama would be the nation's first black president.

Powell said he was cognizant of the racial aspect of his endorsement, but said that was not the dominant factor in his decision. If it was, he said, he would have made the endorsement months ago.

Powell also expressed disappointment in the negative tone of McCain's campaign, his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate and McCain's and Palin's decision to focus in the closing weeks of the contest on Obama's ties to 1960s-era radical William Ayers.

He said McCain's choice of Palin raised questions about judgment.

"I don't believe she's ready to be president of the United States," Powell said.

Powell, as secretary of state, helped make the case before the United Nations for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, launched in March 2003. A retired general, he also was the nation's top military commander, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the first Gulf war under President George H.W. Bush.

McCain disagreed with Powell's decision and said he has been endorsed by four other former secretaries of state, all veterans of Republican administrations: Henry Kissinger, James A. Baker III, Lawrence Eagleburger and Alexander Haig.

"Well, I've always admired and respected Gen. Powell. We're longtime friends. This doesn't come as a surprise," McCain said on "Fox News Sunday."

Asked whether Powell's endorsement would undercut his campaign's assertion that Obama is not ready to lead, McCain said: "Well, again, we have a very, we have a respectful disagreement, and I think the American people will pay close attention to our message for the future and keeping America secure."

Powell said he does not plan to campaign for Obama.
 

sanjuro

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Considering Powell was Bush's Sec-State, I think that outweighs the "Black factor".

I bet there are Republicans who are undecided about McCain, and the endorsement of the previous Sec-State is probably a critical factor in their thinking.
 

jimmydean

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Former Bush Sec of State, retired General, chairman of joint chiefs, are you kidding me? This is HUGE!

This guy is looking Bush admin because he knew W was an idiot. It's not so much a black thing as it is this is a leader who has made a character judgment.
 

drkenan

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This is definitely huge. They're saying that this may help swing the military vote toward Obama. My staunch republican parents have always liked him - I wonder what they are saying now. :)
 

N8 v2.0

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This is definitely huge. They're saying that this may help swing the military vote toward Obama. My staunch republican parents have always liked him - I wonder what they are saying now. :)
fyi, the military doesnt give a flying fvk about colin powell.
 

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fyi, the military doesnt give a flying fvk about colin powell.
Bullsh*t.

Barack Obama courts military vote after Colin Powell endorsement

05:38 PM CDT on Sunday, October 19, 2008

By DAVE MICHAELS / The Dallas Morning News
dmichaels@dallasnews.com

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Barack Obama pushed further into John McCain’s turf on Sunday, winning the endorsement of retired Gen. Colin Powell and energizing a crowd at a packed arena near Fort Bragg.

Mr. Obama’s announcement of the endorsement ignited an eruption of applause at Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville. Yet it’s unclear how meaningful it will be among active-duty and retired members of the military, who tend to vote Republican.

Polls have consistently shown they favor John McCain, a former Navy pilot who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam, by a sizable margin over Mr. Obama.

But campaign officials insist Mr. Obama is doing well among military voters, particularly in states such as North Carolina, where Mr. Obama leads Mr. McCain by a narrow margin in recent polls.
 

jimmydean

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n8, you might want to check your sources. Unless of course you are only speaking about LA.
Deployed US Troops Give 6X More $ To Obama Than To McCain

People in all branches of the service are getting tired of repeated deployments. "I think more of them will vote for Obama than McCain," said Jennings. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, deployed troops are putting their money where their mouth is: they've given six times as much money to Obama as McCain.

"Any assumption that the military vote is overwhelmingly in favor of the Republican Party -- based on demographics alone -- is suspect, at the very least," said Donald S. Inbody, a retired Navy Captain who is on the political science faculty at Texas State University. Inbody also is a doctoral candidate at the University of Texas in Austin, where he is researching the political attitudes and behavior of the American military enlisted person.
McCain elected president of Louisiana.
 

Jim Mac

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So, does this mean that Powell 'palls around with palls of terrorists'? :biggrin:

I think we can now say that this whole Ayres thing is officially dead.
 

Cable43

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It's a shame he's black.
WOW.....now that is statement that most people, for good reason, do not make (out loud at least).

I just googled "It's a shame he's black" and "it's a shame he's white", do you know how many results they got?

3- total. so on second thought I applaud you for being somewhat unique in you ablity to devalue and offend.

Cheers:cheers:


now I do realize it is in the context of Powell's endorsement and it's significance to the undecideds (who are most likely white, working/lower middle class) but it's still fcuked up.
 
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JohnE

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Front Range, dude...
The military times newspapers are about as good a source of info as teh National Enquirer, which at least gives you boobie shots now and again...

Read the demographics for that poll, mostly reservists, retired and officers. Go figure they would vote all white...
 

jimmydean

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The military times newspapers are about as good a source of info as teh National Enquirer, which at least gives you boobie shots now and again...

Read the demographics for that poll, mostly reservists, retired and officers. Go figure they would vote all white...
:stupid:

How many active military are subscribed to "Military Times"? If I were to poll my Army unit, I would say 10% at best. So how well does the Military Times actually represent the active military?
 

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This is based on aggregated data from Aug. 5-17 Gallup Poll Daily tracking, involving interviews with more than 11,000 registered voters, including 2,238 military veterans. Veterans are defined as those who are or have been members of the U.S. military. Obama leads McCain 46% to 43% among all registered voters during this time.
did more than 5000 people know who Palin was back then?
 

jimmydean

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So why does the money talk?

More US troops are saluting Barack Obama than war hero John McCain with their donations, a study shows.

Obama has collected $335,536 from 859 enlisted men and women, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. McCain - a decorated former Vietnam POW - has received $280,513 from 558 military personnel.

And the gap is especially pronounced among members of the military stationed abroad, including in Iraq. Obama got $60,642 from 134 troops there, compared to McCain's $10,665 from 26 troops - a 6-to-1 edge.
McCain did say a lot of Obama's money is coming from sources overseas :D
 

N8 v2.0

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just admit it.. powell's endorsement of obama isnt relevent.

most of the jr enlisted & jr officers dont even know who he is anyway
 

jimmydean

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just admit it.. powell's endorsement of obama isnt relevent.

most of the jr enlisted & jr officers dont even know who he is anyway
If you are a member of the military and you DON'T know who Gen. Powell is, then you are too stupid to vote in the first place.

"I've always been a Colin Powell supporter," said Dale McCullough, 74, a retired Army major who lives in Fayetteville. "I feel real strong about him and what he has to say, and to that end, it speaks volumes."
I can do this all day. McCain will become president of Fox News, that's about all he has going at this point.
 

JohnE

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Front Range, dude...
:stupid:

How many active military are subscribed to "Military Times"? If I were to poll my Army unit, I would say 10% at best. So how well does the Military Times actually represent the active military?
10%? I would say you are on the high side there...I dont know anyone who subscribes to any of the military times...I do swipe the x-word from those who buy it as an afterthought though.
 

manimal

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Considering Powell was Bush's Sec-State, I think that outweighs the "Black factor".

I bet there are Republicans who are undecided about McCain, and the endorsement of the previous Sec-State is probably a critical factor in their thinking.
absolutely. powell is a highly respected figure among the military crowd and, at least in my opinion, has always made very calculated, non-BS, decisions.

i also like that he won't be campaigning for anyone, he's good at having an opinion and still remaining neutral.
 

jimmydean

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omg! colon powell endorses fail!


:D
Where's that grasping at straws pic again...

I would bet you $20 that Condi votes Obama, too. But I think your head might explode at the point. If only we could see inside that booth.
 

sanjuro

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absolutely. powell is a highly respected figure among the military crowd and, at least in my opinion, has always made very calculated, non-BS, decisions.

i also like that he won't be campaigning for anyone, he's good at having an opinion and still remaining neutral.
One thing he said which I particularly liked was about William Ayers. Tom Brokaw played devil's advocate listed Ayers' offensives, and this is the exchange:

Meet The Press said:
MR. BROKAW: Let me go back to something that you raised just a moment ago, and that's William Ayers, a former member of the Weathermen who's now active in school issues in Illinois. He had some past association with Barack Obama. Wouldn't it have been more helpful for William Ayers to, on his own, to have renounced his own past? Here was a man who was a part of the most radical group that existed in America at a time when you were serving in Vietnam, targeting the Pentagon, the Capitol. He wrote a book about it that came out on 2001, on September 11th that said, "We didn't bomb enough."

GEN. POWELL: It's despicable, and I have no truck for William Ayers. I think what he did was despicable, and to continue to talk about it in 2001 is also despicable. But to suggest that because Mr. Barack Obama had some contacts of a very casual nature--they sat on a educational board--over time is somehow connected to his thinking or his actions, I think, is a, a terrible stretch. It's demagoguery.
It is a common sense answer from one of the most respected men in America.
 

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^I'm glad whoever made that poster is so convinced. I am still **** scared that the American electorate will get cold feet over Obama or forget to vote and that he will loose by the slimmest of margins come election day.

Fingers crossed though.