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Colin Powell Endorses Obama Again: ‘We’ve Come Out of the Dive and We’re Starting to Gain Altitude’

Oct. 25, 2012 11:19am Madeleine Morgenstern

President Barack Obama speaks alongside former Secretary of State Colin Powell during a meeting at the White House in 2010. Powell endorsed Obama for re-election on Thursday. (AFP/Getty Images)

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday endorsed President Barack Obama for re-election, after breaking with the Republican Party four years ago to first endorse him in 2008.

“You know I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012, and I’ll be voting for he and for Vice President Joe Biden next month,” Powell said on CBS’ “This Morning.”

Powell said that when Obama took office, the country was in “very, very difficult straits” but has since started to turn around.

“I think generally we’ve come out of the dive and we’re starting to gain altitude,” Powell said. “It doesn’t mean we are problem solved, there are lots of problems still out there. The unemployment rate is too high. People are still hurting in housing. But I see that we are starting to rise up.”

Powell praised Obama’s handling of foreign policy, noting that he “saw the president get us out of one war, start to get us out of a second war and did not get us into any new wars.”

“I think that the actions he has taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. And so I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on,” he said.

Powell said he has “the utmost respect” for Mitt Romney but charged he has not been detailed enough in how he would manage new defense spending coupled with tax cuts. He said he also has “concerns” about Romney’s use of foreign policy.

“The governor who was speaking on Monday night at the debate was saying things that were quite different from what he said earlier,” Powell said. “I”m not quite sure which Governor Romney we would be getting with respect to foreign policy.”

Powell also noted Romney has expressed some “very very strong neoconservative views” that he has “some trouble with.”

Powell said he had a “very good conversation” with Romney a few weeks ago and speaks with Obama on a regular basis. Neither candidate asked for his endorsement, Powell said.

He said he’s simply more comfortable with an Obama administration on issues including climate change, immigration, education and health care.

“I do not want to see the new Obamacare plan thrown off the table,” Powell said. “It has issues, you have to fix some things in that plan but when I see when I look at that plan is 30 mllion of our fellow citizens will now be covered by insurance and I think that’s good.”

Powell said that despite his two endorsements of Obama, he remains a Republican.

“I think I’m a Republican of more moderate mold and that’s something of a dying breed, I’m sorry to say,” he said. “But, you know, the Republicans I worked for are President Reagan, President Bush 41, the Howard Bakers of the world, people who were conservative, people who were willing to push their conservative views, but people who recognize that at the end of the day you got to find a basis for compromise — compromise is how this country runs.”

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Inlightofthings
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:43am
Wesley Clark and Colin Powell…two individuals you would think would know better. Disgraceful…

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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:46am
  Wesley Clark has always shown himself to be a Communist !
  
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- TruthMonkey
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:54am
  For a long time I had respect for Powell but he appears to be voting by the color chart.
  
  America is getting a Colin-oscopy
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:54am
  He’s black. What did you expect? That makes him a 95 percenter.
  
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- THERAPTURCOMES
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:57am
  Oh what will these people think when millions vanish in the twinkle of an eye? The resurrection/rapture comes http://youtu.be/ahEVxIzlxwo and people continue to vote for servants of satan
  
  Spread the gospel with what time remains (Romans 10:9-10) and let satan worry about politics
  
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- Thomas
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:58am
  This is easy. Powell is a racist and always was. He votes and all he has ever done (secretly) was based on his skin color. From the progressive point of view racism isn’t bad its just who is a racist that makes it bad. Black have the highest percentage of racism and it is being justified before your very eyes.
  
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- DoseofReality
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:04pm
  So wesley clark and colin powell are communists? Haha….do you morons even understand the meaning of that word? Its thrown around so often it loses all credibility…lol…Powell and Clark are communists….do you idiots see communist lurking in every shadow? Powell is most likel;y supporting Obama in some part due to color which I think is disgusting…but they arent communists. get a freking grip people….
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:07pm
  I knew that SOB POWELL was a gutless wonder… now he just proved it: COLIN POWELL endorsed Obama for reelection on “CBS This Morning”: “I voted for him in 2008, and I plan to stick with him in 2012.” –Kevin Robillard article.
  
  REALLY? A GENERAL wants to back that TRAITOR-IN-CHIEF who WENT TO SLEEP while his Embassy was being decimated by the enemy Obama won’t name and is suspected of supporting (how many visits have the Muslim Brotherhood had to OUR WHITE HOUSE?) !!
  
  So much for your reputation COLIN POWELL… you were so against getting SADDAM HUSSEIN when we could have so easily in 1991…so we had to go back and lose all those lives of our young men and women a few years later. GEEZ I am so disgusted by gutless wonders. I am so disgusted by non-PATRIOTS. SHAME ON YOU COLIN POWELL… SHAME ON YOU!!!!
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:08pm
  SOCIALISTSLAYER, Yeah, I began to figure that out with the things that he was saying after becoming SACEUR.
  
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- muffythetuffy
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:13pm
  GEE
  
  Romney was planning to choose Powell for the next Secretary of State. R better choose someone like Bolan ad SoS.
  
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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:19pm
  From Hero to Zero in such a short time it was a waste of a good military education.
  
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- thomasJefferson27
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:21pm
  Another Affirmative Action elevation…whose hand up and hand out has cost us…At the end of day Powell is a racist…who cannot think or consider beyond skin color…Knowing he was complicit in the Scooter Libby takedown of the Bush Administration, Powell is not only corrupt but a COMMUNIST…he ushered Communisim, and Black Liberation Theology into our White House.
  
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- SUNTZU
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:22pm
  P.D.S.D. maybe????
  
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- paperpushermj
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:23pm
  Just like the rest of us Powell supports the one that best protects his interests. I was somewhat disappointed until I remembered Powell voted for Obama in 08. In the end my vote will cancel out His.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:24pm
  DoseofReality, there are only two governing philosophies. Power from the people and power over the people. You can give those forms any descriptor of your choosing. Wesley Clark and Colin Powell favor power over the people.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:28pm
  They vote on color and not COUNTRY .. yes disgraceful indeed.
  
  R & R 2012
  
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- DoseofReality
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:30pm
  The jerk – thats the problem with todays far right which has basically taken over the republican party,. You see everything as a dichotomy – its either all one way or all the other – you see everything in simple black and white terms. Well the world doesnt work that way, its more nuanced and complicated than that and in reality its different shades of grey.
  
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- 1592
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:30pm
  This Man is Black before He is Republican.
  
  HE’S FULL OF CRAP!
  I USE TO LIKE HIM AND NOW I WOULDN’T PEE ON HIM IF HE WAS ON FIRE!
  
  Obama is doing a good job? WTF is this Azz Clown thinking? He is High on Crack-Rocks.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:31pm
  Powell is – or thinks he is – an ace up Barack’s sleeve: “Hey look, I’m REPUBLICAN, but I’m voting for Obama!” The GOP is so gullible it is painful to watch. Look at all the leftist moles/turncoats 41 & 43 appointed, and the great harm they have done to America.
  
  That’s why I keep saying we can’t trust blacks who are in the political arena. Rice is pro-Obama as well. Last night on Greta’s show she refused to condemn Obama’s handling of Libya. She was totally noncommittal and technical, saying you have to let the people in charge carry out an investigation. She voted for Obama in ’08 and I’m not so sure she will vote for Romney this time. As long as the black Supremacist is in office, blacks will be lured and held captive by the spiritual stronghold at work in Barack, and those who still aren’t can be swayed over
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:32pm
  SCREW-WINDOWS, his was not a good military education. He’s a City College of New York and George Washington University educated man. His military career is one of padding a resume via affirmative action and racism in promotion. Blacks had an accelerated promotion track.
  
  Any white guy’s military career would have ended had they put out a report whitewashing the My Lai Massacre, as did Colin Powell.
  
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- libertybella58
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:35pm
  Is he kidding, has he been in a coma during the last 4 years, especially during the attack in Benghazi? I always had admiration for General Powell, it looks like he is suffering from Alzeimers and Obama is taking advantage.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:36pm
  ThomasJefferson27, are you loyal to a nation or a party. Scooter Libby betrayed America. He was part of the disinformation team that led us to war with Iraq, an act that resulted from the marriage of 9/11 to Iraq… a lie. This unneeded war cost us a trillion dollars, and much more in American lives and morbidity.
  
  Powell was the blind squirrel on this one.
  
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- hidden_lion
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:37pm
  Colin Powell…One of the biggest disappointments. Had he not been such a wuss, he would have been the first black president, no he is just another DemOcrat turd who votes for race an not substance.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:40pm
  Powell is proof positive that a black person will vote for the devil himself if he had black skin. Powell is a disgrace.
  
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- ChildOfTheKing
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:42pm
  My question is: If we are coming out of a dive, who took us there? OBAMA.
  Next question: why would I vote for someone who put us in a dive?
  
  DUH, Colin.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:42pm
  DoseofReality, if what you say is true, “the world doesn’t work that way,” explain the greyness of being dead or alive, pregnant or not pregnant. I think that people really like to make black/white into grey for political purposes.
  
  Power from the people or power over the people is black and white.
  
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- DoseofReality
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:47pm
  Mil Dot – stereotype much? I know some fine conservative black folks…..nice of you to group them in with everyone else. How about if I say everyone south of the mason dixon line is an inbred meth addict?
  
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- DoseofReality
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:50pm
  Jerk – youre just a simpleton – and an anti semite from all your other posts Ive read here. And yes, the world is a little grey….thats the way it is. Of course dead is dead and alive is alive but we are talking about philosphy, governance, society…its a little more complicated than dead or alive, what are you an infant?
  
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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:51pm
  Powell is a racist traitor. Go ahead and join the loser dem party you effing jerk. Good riddance.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:03pm
  DoseofReality, “Jerk – youre just a simpleton – and an anti semite… .”
  
  Don’t embarrass yourself. If your argument has substance, you have no need to name call or label. That is the true sign of a simpleton.
  
  Now, to the point. Here are your words: “You see everything as a dichotomy – its either all one way or all the other – you see everything in simple black and white terms. Well the world doesnt work that way, its more nuanced and complicated than that and in reality its different shades of grey.”
  
  My response was that “everything” is not grey, as you have errantly stated. Many things are black and white. Now, would you like to reconsider your response?
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:03pm
  Yep dose, you are a dose of reality all right. Then how do you explain why 97% of blacks voted for Obama? I rest my case. You may know a couple of consevative blacks, but that’s it. Everybody knows you are a prog troll. So beat it boy you bother me.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:14pm
  DoseofReality, “I know some fine conservative black folks…..nice of you to group them in with everyone else. How about if I say everyone south of the mason dixon line is an inbred meth addict?”
  
  Groups of people do have characteristics and cultures. Black voting history shows that they, as a group, voted in the 95% range for the black candidate. Polls now show little difference in the upcoming election. Is there any other racial/ethnic groups with that characteristic?
  
  Second, if the numbers backed your claims about those living south of the Mason–Dixon Line, then yes, you could make your claim. But the numbers, facts, do not, which comes to my point. You do not deal in facts or numbers.
  
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- DoseofReality
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:14pm
  The Jerk – are you not an anti-semite? Did i state that incorrectly? Go look at ANY story here that even mentions israel or jews and its loaded with your drivel. And yes, you did say everything is black and white, including politics, when did you state differently? And yes, you are a simpleton if you see everything as black and white….
  
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- oneshiner
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:15pm
  Yes, I think Colin Powell and Clark have proven themselves to be snakes in the grass.
  It’s hard to believe, at one time, I actually thought these two were Americans.
  
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- DoseofReality
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:17pm
  Mil – I agree that its a little ridiculous that such a high percentage of blacks voted for obama, and most of that has to do with skin color. Im not going to bring up the history of this country, but the chance for a black person to vote for a black president was a special thing for many people. If the roles were reversed it would be a very similar outcome. I just dont judge people before I meet them, i judge them on their character, I dont group everyone into the same bucket based on appearance as you do. how does it feel to be a bigot boy?
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:50pm
  DoseofReality, “The Jerk – are you not an anti-semite?”
  
  Fair question. Fact is, no I am not. It is true that I often point out the facts regarding Jews, Israel, and Zionists. I often bring out the fact that Jews occupy an out of proportion role in our economy, government policy positions, media, entertainment industry… and that they use this asymmetric power to change our culture. Many times I am merely quoting other Jews in order to make my points. So, this is not antisemitism. It is opinion based in fact.
  
  The fact is, our citizenry has been duped by the Jewish influence in media, entertainment, and government, to reflexively respond to any criticism of Jews, Israel, or Zionism, with cries of antisemitism. They did this by “not letting a crisis go to waste.” They did this using the Holocaust, and to me this is just as deplorable.
  
  Fact is, Zionists talked about using the deaths and suffering of their fellow Jews as a means to their end, as the Holocaust was unfolding. There were Zionists who said that this end justified them not helping their fellow Jews, in their time of distress and suffering… and this history remains hidden.
  
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- razvedka
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:59pm
  I too think it’s funny to call him a communist, but I don’t think it’s funny he supports one.
  
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- Swimming-with-the-Sharks
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:02pm
  Both Powell and Clark are living proof of how some people can be brilliant in one area, but not know jack about the really important things. And as a result they miss the big picture.
  
  I believe Jesus refered people like that as those who “..which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel”
  
  I used to think of Powell as a soldier patriot. Now I think of him as a tool-and-a-fool.
  
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- moveintothelight
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:03pm
  he is a black man
  they are all vote by the color of skin
  full of emotion
  
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- doomytram
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:05pm
  Collin Powell and Wesley Clark should come up with a video like this:
  http://www.youtube.com/v/X-Xfti7qtT0?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0 that tells the story of why it was important for Obozo to brief Hollywood about the miraculous Obozo kill the day after and leak, leak, leak, leak everything he could for political gain. Powell and Clark could talk about the heinous video and how it was mean to a great, great, religion. It’s important to leak stuff for political gain right Powell and Clark.
  
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- DarkJello
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:46pm
  I read, and really enjoyed, Colin Powell’s most recent book. (It was worth the cost). Thus I am disappointed to see him endorse Obama after all of the rhetoric, lies, and tyrannical leanings. Kinda thought he would be able to see the light. Proves that even the best can be mistaken at times. I won’t attack Powell like some have done here, but this is a bummer for sure.
  
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- mtcountrygrl
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:49pm
  Anyone who thinks we are in a recovery, knows squat about economics. I have a friend who tried to assert this, here is my response to him…
  
  GDP in 2010 was 2.4% in 2011 it was 1.8% and in 2012 so far it is 1.65%. Take all 4 quarters add them up divide by 4. GDP is decreasing. Now it is a common misconception that any positive growth in GDP equals economic growth. This is false. The US needs a positive GDP of 2.5 to 3% just to keep up with population growth. So you see “growth” under Obama is not even real growth, let alone “recovery”. In order to be in a true recovery (making gains on jobs and incomes that were LOST) we have to have 3.5 to 4% GDP or higher. And Obama has another BIG problem…included in GDP is GOVERNMENT SPENDING. Which as you may or may not know is the highest percent of GDP since WWII. 2010 it was 40.91% of GDP, 2011 it was 40.52% of GDP and so far in 2012 it is 40.63% of GDP. This is a REAL problem for his numbers because if you remove government the economy has NEGATIVE GROWTH….cont.
  
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- mtcountrygrl
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:50pm
  … Now Obama subscribes to an economic theory called Keynesian economics. This theory is based on the principle that government spending can prop up a failing economy. And this economic theory can work! But not the way Obama is doing it. Government spending needs to be targeted in such a way that it assists PRIVATE industry in expanding. IE. Automating factories in WWII lead to more efficient factories after the war and grew the private manufacturing industry, adding the interstate highway system created more efficient means of trade between the states. BUT, repaving a highway that already exists does not do the same thing. Nor does building a park for kids or putting in sidewalks. It is the difference between buying a new machine for my husband’s shop that cuts his labor time and spending that same money to paint the shop. And worse than that Obama is BORROWING and printing the money in order to do this spending. So this money will have to be paid back with interest. No bank in the country would loan me money to repaint my husband’s shop….cont.
  
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- charleyrocks
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:51pm
  I used to really admire this man for brains and common sense. Where did that go? He votes for dumb dumb dumb color. What the hell happened to his intellect.
  
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- mtcountrygrl
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:52pm
  …. See in order for the government to spend money they must first do one of 3 things…take it out of the economy (taxes-this is like taking water out of the deep end of the pool and pouring it into the shallow end, and is why Keynesian economists do not advocate raising taxes to pay for government spending in a down economy), borrow it (seen the national debt lately), or print it (which causes inflation by devaluing the dollar – seen the price of food and gas lately). So in order for Keynesian economics to work, your spending NEEDS TO CREATE PRIVATE SECTOR GROWTH, which we are not seeing. Look I understand some people support Obama and that is their choice, but the numbers DO NOT support any kind of recovery. Feel free to fact check all of these numbers. I am supporting Romney because his economic plan makes more sense to me (I would have preferred Herman Cain his plan was AMAZING). But please before you cast your vote for Obama find out what his plan is for the next term, because so far all I’m hearing is more spending on teachers, roads, and green energy and that is what he already tried. Plus he is planning on violating Keynesian principle number one – raising taxes on a down economy to pay for the spending. And don’t buy the bull that it is to Clinton era tax rate because the rate is MUCH higher when you add in all the other tax increases in Obamacare. Obama is no Clinton. And like I said feel free to fact check me if you don’t believe me.
  
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- HKS
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:09pm
  I guess in at least one of those examples color is thicker than politics.
  
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- COFemale
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:12pm
  DoseofReality And you have proof otherwise, I suppose.
  
  If you are voting Democrat, you more than likely have a communist leanings. You may not be a card carrying member, but if you embrace wealth distribution and feel America should be brought down a notch or two, then in my book you are not an American. The Communist Party endorses Obama too. What does that tell you? It means Obama’s policies align with the agenda of the Communist Party. Comrade.
  
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- AJAYW
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:24pm
  Both are proof that the Communist Party has infiltrated some in the highest levels of our military.
  
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- Prosecute_Constitutional_Treason_In_Washington
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:37pm
  Colin Powell is on record stating American’s will soon be citizens of the UN. Colin Powell son is the head I believe of Federal Communications and Trade most likely appointed by Obummer. So to keep this short, Powell is a liberal UN type.
  
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- doomytram
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:16pm
  Joseph McCarthy was right and the UN is going to be doing some peace keeping in your living room soon.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:42pm
  DOSEOFREALITY
  …but the chance for a black person to vote for a black president was a special thing for many people. If the roles were reversed it would be a very similar outcome.
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  The Q is would the roles be reversed?
  
  Blacks have traditionally voted Dim, regardless of race. In their case it is because they overwhelmingly favor entitlement programs. Whether entitlement programs are the cause or effect of their poverty is a controversial issue, but the fact is that blacks consistently have the highest poverty rates in the country, and that has not changed under Obama. In fact, blacks are poorer than ever under Obama, as even liberal blacks acknowledge: http://washingtonexaminer.com/black-scholar-african-americans-worse-off-under-obama/article/2508842
  
  Therefore, the only blacks we need to consider are the small percentage that votes Republican. Have they switched sides? According to BlackDemographics.com, black voters went up 2% in 2008. If you do the math, 2.7% more blacks voted for Obama, which means that in 2008 Repubs lost 0.7% of their already meager 1.2% of black voters in 2004. That is a significant loss, and polls show the same trend for 2012. If the trend continues, then it means Obama’s racial polarization has worked. http://www.blackdemographics.com/blackpolitics.html
  (CONT.)
  
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- ObamaForward_OverTheCliff
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:44pm
  “Colin Powell Endorses Obama Again”
  
  Barack Hussein Obama and Colin Powell? As Glenn Back mentioned in another context, “Might be that there’s a lot of BS and flies are [drawn to it] … ? ut the President’s ability to attract rodents and insects is kind of creepy …”
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwTfwdxklUI
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:47pm
  DOSEOFREALITY (CONT.)
  Has that ever happened with whites? Yes, in Germany under Nazism – and the world went to war as a result. By contrast, blacks do their racist thing and the world shrugs, point in case South Africa, where black-on-white racism goes on unhindered. In America, black racism was never perceived as a real threat, but now it has been empowered by Obama. We are just beginning to see its ugly effects, but again, look at Africa and you’ll get the full picture. However, you won’t hear black outsiders decrying Obama’s racist ideology. Therein lies the big difference.
  
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- BuzzardSays
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 5:49pm
  Colin Powell, Racist!!! How did he ever rise to the level he did in his career? Oh! Yes I remember…he was a “black” face promoted through the ranks because he first and foremost was a politician who would say anything to self-promote himself up the ladder. He even put up with Republicans as long as they assisted his rise to power all the while lying through his teeth about having conservative values.
  
  Yes I see. I am glad he is coming out. I am sure it is liberating for him. Everyone else though is going….Eeeeee-UeWWWWW
  
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- Rampart
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:04pm
  Powell just officially entered the “MORON” category for life. I am consistently amazed at the absence of discernment by our “best and brightest.”
  
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- Patriot of My America
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:49pm
  All army officers that are promoted to the high rank of General must be confirmed to that high promotion to general officer. And guess who does the confirming. It is the Senate and it requires a full vote of all Senators. And to receive the rank of 4 Star general a great deal of a$$kissing is required. Colin Powell is a RINO and never has had honorable intentions. He has taken advantage of the race issue his entire career. Simper Fi.
  
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- averageman
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:09pm
  What a dope.
  
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- inblack
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 12:17am
  WHY was Colin Powell part of the cover up for Benghazi?
  
  WHY were General and Mrs. Powell at the ceremony for Ty Woods and the other murdered Americans just two weeks ago?
  – Is the part of a retired general’s job?
  – Is he working for Obama?
  – If he is working for Obama, then why doesn’t he tell us that he is vs. making an endorsement as if he is retired?
  
  WHY would he mention working for other administrations but not mention working for the Obama administration?
  
  WHY would he imply that this was some kind of independent endorsement vs an endorsement from an Obama administration insider?
  
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- Maji
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 12:26am
  Look at that face….If Powell was green he would be Yoda!
  
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- plainolamerican
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 1:15am
  They do know better but remember the president is the keeper of the dirt along with the intel agencies he controls…
  
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- lobster
  Posted on October 26, 2012 at 2:17am
  What recovery? The home business is still in Thomas J. Crappers invention. The news guys jump all over a small increase in housing sales or starts and they crow about it. 50 or 100% of NOTHING is still nothing….
  
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dylan
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:40am
Colin Powell need to stuff it AFTER he sucks the eggs that will be sent his way. What did you expect? Questionable blacks always vote for questionable blacks. Law of the land, don’t ya know?

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- starman70
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:00pm
  The years of having to lead troops and sending our young men to their deaths have warped his mind.
  
  This gentleman, who I once respected, has lost his mind.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:55pm
  @STARMAN
  The years of having to lead troops and sending our young men to their deaths have warped his mind.
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  BULLSH*T. Hussein owns the war in Afghanistan. More troops have died in that region under his watch than during Bush’s eight years. The only difference is the media doesn’t count them every day. A significant number of those deaths are insider attacks. Hussein’s ROE are anti-American and downright treasonous.
  http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/09/11/Mainstream-Media-Ignoring-Increase-In-Deaths-Wounded-In-Afghanistan-Under-Obama
  
  When Bush stepped down, Iraq was on a path toward democracy. Since Obama took office it has reverted to chaos and will probably end under Iranian control.
  
  Don’t make excuses for Powell. Did you take a good look at the above photo? Powell is one of those thrill-up-my-leg “Blacks for Obama,” period.
  
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- kryptonite
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 7:05pm
  oops. Should read: “…end up under Iranian control.”
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:40am
Unreal

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- inblack
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:34pm
  Colin Powell’s reasons for voting Obama are excuses.
  These are the statement of someone who is voting for Obama despite his mistakes and incompetence.
  
  He is either a racist, globalist or communist but he is NOT a republican.
  NO conservative could vote for Obama.
  
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- Lord_Frostwind
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:50pm
  I do have to ask, what exactly are you using a measure for coming out of this dive? Iraq ended, but that was already in place under General Powell’s former boss, Afghanistan is going to turn back into a steaming pile, but I do hope that means they will spend more time killing each other than coming after us. Does that make Pres. Obama some sort of peace monger? HA! American forces in Libya, Iran on the verge, and possible conflicts brewing in the Pacific, yeahs he’s been stellar on that front.
  
  Meanwhile, unemployment in the US is still staggering, and they are literally doing everything humanly possible to make the numbers look better. The same thing is happening across the board, the stock market looks good because we keep promising to print more money and bail them out. The big strikes that are going to devastate us lie just beyond the election, some of which include massive cuts to defense industries, completely unknown tax increase which will come at the end of the year, and of course, who could forget the thousands of regulations from health to environment just waiting to take affect until after the ballots are cast.
  
  I don’t know whether General Powell is trying to protect someone he likes politically or if he really does believe all of this bull. We aren’t pulling out of a dive, we’re going kamikaze into a S.A.M battery.
  
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- kenboo1
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 6:47pm
  INBLACK – Republican does not equate to Conservative… There are several Republicans that need to go away. McCain is one, Snow is another… Etc…
  
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Magyar
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:38am
Powell isn’t even a RINO– He’s a lefty who “passed” as a righty….

Sorry, but in this case, he’s a disgrace to the uniform.

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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:43am
  I agree, he is a Communist !
  
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- Salamander
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:44am
  He’s a disgrace to himself! I cannot understand how ANYBODY can want to give Obama another term after he set the World afire, has set so many financial and social time-bombs and has demonstrated time and time again his utter disregard for The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States of America! What can Colin Powell be thinking–or is THAT an OXYMORON!
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:45am
  Colin Powell is only supporting Communist obama because he is Black – At one point I respected and thought more of him. Racism seems to bring out the truth in these Communist.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:49am
  At one time I respected Powell.
  
  Maybe dementia is setting in!
  
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- barber2
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:59am
  Mandela and King all played footsie with the Communists. Think it was just a reaction to opposition to the white Western world . Sad that they are still stuck on race. But that is what is at the heart of ” social justice” – revenge for what they have been taught is white sin ( forgetting that the Arabs and black tribes were all part of the ” system” ) The Communists have played upon this to “destroy” Western capitalism..for their own ends and for power. Thus as it ever was and is…power…dominance…
  
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- coachsmac
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:45pm
  No respect at all for Powell, he talks one game and plays another. Damn he sounds just like a Politician. How he ever attained the rank of General is beyond me. to be a leader you must be able to set aside your preferences and do what is right, neither Powell nor Obama have this characteristic!! Sad that they were able to fool so many people!
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:00pm
  Powell is a CFR goon. (Council on Foreign Relations). Basically a bunch of NWO creeps that want to rule the world and determine who gets to live and who does not.
  
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vonlafin
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:38am
I used to have such respect for this man.

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- CMDR6
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:50am
  We now know that skin color, not character, is the overriding factor here. What a racisit….”gaining altitude”???
  
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- SCREW-WINDOWS
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:28pm
  How many promotions did he get to General off being black ?
  
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kettererbg
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:37am
Well, now we know who had the brains in the first Desert Storm, and it wasn’t Colin Powell. I am truly disappointed because I used to think he was a great and intelligent man. It is OK to make a mistake once, but not twice. If he can’t see just how crooked this administration has been, then the only other possibility is that it is based on color. It is just as racist to vote for someone because of color as it is to vote against someone because of color. What a let down.

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- Inlightofthings
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:47am
  Powell is no Norman Schwarzkopf that’s for sure. Powell and that water boy Clark…they’d be funny if it wasn’t our national security at stake.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:07pm
  That’s right Inlight. Powell was not the brains behind Desert Storm. General Norman Swarzkopf was the Supreme Allied Commander in that theater and had total control over all combat operations. Powell did not.
  
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psadie
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:36am
Shame on you Colin Powell. You put the first black President ahead of your country. You know damn well who and what Obama is and yet you play the game and push for him. You are a disgrace to the American people.

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Female
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:35am
“Compromise” the O is the least compromising Prez in my lifetime. He was/is divisive. All his promises of Hope and change are more like “NOPE and CHAINS”

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Zipit
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:35am
F that guy!!!!!!

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doomytram
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:35am
Collin Powell is living in Obizzaro world. Bozo the clown has decimated the Poor, Middle Class, Upper Middle Class, and Rich. Obozo has only helped the Whales like Soros with his chatter box gossip and secret passing.

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- BOUKENMAN
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:48am
  I used to think Powell was an intelligent man. What an idiot.
  
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floridareader
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:33am
The poor man is just confused. He thinks that “gain altitude” is the same as “getting high”.

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- johnjamison
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:39am
  He should change his name to Colon if he wants to keep his head up his a55.
  
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HKS
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:33am
Did anyone really expect anything different? He would be branded an uncle tom. How do they say it about the mob, easy to get in, impossible to get out.

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Oneirishman
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:32am
Conservatives hold Powell with the same high regard as Megan McCain.

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RobertSailing
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:31am
Mr. Powell:
You are wrong on this decision, please stop calling yourself a Republican. You are on the wrong side of history again.

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coyote1hell
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:29am
He looks like they drug him out of a mental instituion, to meet with the Liar-in-Chief…and yes, they Paid him…….

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NHwinter
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:28am
Another traitor to America and a NWO advocate.

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- RobertSailing
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:33am
  I think Obama has something on Mr. Powell. Can you say blackmail.
  
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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:37am
  No, you cannot say “BLACKmail” any longer. Miss Chrissy has labeled that word racist.
  
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mike119
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:27am
Powell is not a Republican. he is a black man.

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HADEN0UGH
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:27am
He is a racist. I don’t even know RINO’s that would vote for Obama. Romney IS a RINO.

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- Dexter Alarius
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:25pm
  There is no other explanation. You cannot reconcile this Colin Powell with the one that gave the address at the 1996 Republican National Convention titled “Why I’m a Republican” other than that he is voting his race.
  Despicable.
  
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RightUnite
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:27am
Can we all say DEMENTIA?? Holy crap!!

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13th Imam
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:26am
Melanin is thicker than brain cells.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:32am
  Bingo.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:41am
  oh testify….
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:02pm
  Yep. Colin Powell is black. What else did anyone expect?
  People need to WAKE UP. Thats all this has EVER been about.
  
  Pack your bags for the racial guilt trip.
  
  To verify that fact all you need to do is watch Chris Matthews.
  Just sneeze around him and you’re a racist.
  
  Its time to evict the Marxist Boy-King from his sweet section 8 housing deal.
  
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- Zekron
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:30pm
  13th, I disagree, it’s not race, Powell is a liberal. He never hid it well. IMHO.
  
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HADEN0UGH
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:26am
He is a racist.

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Hiswill
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:26am
After the Libya lies, and Fast and Furious this is unbelievable. What is CP thinking?

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- 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:49am
  It is incomprehensible that someone would be willing to join the military, make a career of the military and presumably be willing to sacrifice his life for this country and then not only sit back and watch the destruction of the country but even go so far as to endorse the evil POS responsible for the destruction.
  
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smokeysmoke
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:26am
powell is not conservative… thats why he worked so well with bush

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Popp40
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:24am
Collin Powell is a RINO….truly a big disappointment.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:34am
  You can’t even be a RINO when you’re a Democrat. You vote for a Democrat and you’re a Democrat.
  
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Cavallo
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:23am
Powell, “I’m voting for the guy that has my skin color.”

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- patti
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:28am
  Exactly!!
  
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- stoptheliesbho
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:28am
  Yup
  
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- USPATRIOT101
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:29am
  Powell was behind pushing affirmitive action in our Military. I guess he needs to prove that he can still “keep it real”. I have no use for this guy. Col. Allen West is an example of a great leader.
  
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- GeorgeWashingtonslept here
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:30am
  Very true…………………and hey Powell,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,thank you for your service now STFU………..we know why you are backing Obama………….aren’t you both 1/2 and 1/2?…………….You should be outraged about what happened in Libya…………but obviously you don’t.
  
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- Female
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:31am
  Colin is a little bit pinker, where as O looks a bit jaundice?
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:32am
  As I recall he wasn’t really fond of Bush’s warmongering and left the state department because of being at odds with the neocons. He’s a fool to think the economy is getting better, but if he’s truly against what the his administration did while he was at the state department then it makes perfect sense that he would not want to vote for the guy who has all those folks he was at odds with back into the Pentagon. That frightens me too. To assume that it’s a race thing is nothing but a baseless accusation.
  
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- Popp40
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 11:32am
  @ USPATRIOT101….wouldn’t it be great if Romney makes Allen West Sec of Defense or Sec of State!
  
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- USPATRIOT101
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:01pm
  justangry = neocon, warmongering, blah blah blah… your “head buried in the sand” mindset is what got Americans killed in Lebanon. Reagan would have already responded to this “Terrorist Attack” and maybe we would have another 25 years of quiet from Lebanon. When will you learn, you can’t have a “chat” with evil and dazzle them with your broad vocabulary?
  
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- My Two Cents
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:03pm
  Speaking of skin, I voted for the guy who doesn’t make mine crawl.
  
  He just happens to be a white.
  
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- Eastinfection
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:06pm
  I think Powell’s obviously still pissed at the Bush Administration for hanging him out to dry on the WMD’s…
  this is a vindictive endorsement.
  
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- USPATRIOT101
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:17pm
  eastinfection —- The WMDs from Iraq are the very ones everyone is scrambling to contain in Syria. When the UN inspectors were “negotiating” the terms to go into Iraq, there was a convoy heading out the back door to Syria.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:22pm
  @USPATRIOT101, Ah the Reagan worshiper. Exemplifies what’s wrong with Conservatism today. I mean he only expanded Jimmy Carter’s government, raised his deficit / national debt, declared a costly unwinnable war on an inadament object, traded arms for hostages, sent Rumsfield to arm and give intelligence to Iraq to start a war, and brought religious altruism front in center for the moral majority. Not to mention being senile, but let’s go bomb something for the Gipper.
  
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- USPATRIOT101
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:58pm
  angry– just file all of those under supporting American intrests and fighting socialism. Now, lets look at this Bengazi quagmire shall we? Maybe we should ask if “The Gipper” would send arms to terrorists looking to unseat pro-western dictators? “The Gipper” was smart enough to know the difference between good and evil and knew had to deal with evil before it hit American soil.
  
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- justangry
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:05pm
  Well he had an opportunity to fight socialist security, but decided to fix it instead. I can say one good thing about him. He would have stood up for our Bill of Rights, but he certainly wasn’t the perfect president as everyone makes him out to be. Admittedly MUCH better than anything the GOP has put forth since.
  
  http://www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard60.html
  
  Now if you’re concerned with socialism, why do you come down so hard on the folks that are serious about ending it? The GOP and Romney aren’t proposing to end any socialist programs, but we are. They’re advocating fixing our current socialist state. Like that’s possible. The economic model we’re currently using was created by a Fabian Socialist and the GOP only feigned interest knowing it wouldn’t get past the senate. Romney argued how he was going to do a better job fixing medicare during the debate, and has backed off his statement that one day one he’d issue an EO ridding us of the ACA. I think you’re anger with us is misplaced just because we don’t think all the wars are necessary and the word neoconservative bugs you for some reason.
  
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- resme
  Posted on October 25, 2012 at 8:17pm
  Actually Reagan told Iranian government/people when he got elected, The USA wouldn’t meddle in Iran’s affairs ever again if they released the hostages. Sadly to say, The USA government didn’t keep that promise.
  
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