Colin Powell: Tea Party Point of View Will Not Produce a Presidential Candidate Who Will Win
- Posted on November 27, 2011 at 4:59pm by
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During an interview Sunday on ABC’s This Week with Christiane Amanpour, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that he believes the curent political tone in the country and on Capitol Hill is “very tense,” with Democrats and Republicans focusing on the extreme left and extreme right. Powell says the media is partially to blame, telling Amanpour that “The media loves this game where everyone is on the extreme– it makes for great TV.”
“What we have to do is to take some of the heat out of our political life in terms of the coverage of it, so these folks can get to work quietly.”
Amanpour counters asking Powell then what he thinks about “the fact,“ that the Tea Party says ”compromise is a dirty word.”
Powell acknowledges and appears to accept this statement, following that the Tea Party point of view “of no compromise whatsoever” is “not a point of view that will eventually produce a presidential candidate who will win.”
Mediaite cut video of the exchange:
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garyM
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:30pmIf you will notice Colon spoke evil of the Tea Party and didn’t say a word about the protesters down on Wall Street or did he say who they were trying to influence in the next election, he forgot all his buddies like Keith O falsely say that the Tea Party and OWS protesters are in likeness. Oh, if you just listen to the progressives and give them enough rope and they’ll hang themselves with their mouth! He and Amanpour are working toward the Caliphate!
Report Post »Stuck_in_CA
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:22pmWe all know what passes through colons…Oh, guess it’s spelled differently. ;^)
Report Post »The line of comments coming from this guy makes me wonder if he really was a “great General.”
CatB
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:22pmJust another commie Obama supporter … and I did notice no comment regarding OWS .. because they are working for Obama/Soros just like Powell.
Report Post »Pat in PA
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:42pmThe “game” has been played on the left half of the field for the past 50 years…the Regan years moved us closer to the 50 yard line nand then the next three, with CP, moved us back towards the left’s advantage.
Wake up America is not a cry for compromise.
It is a pledge towards educated awareness, a limited and constitutional government, a destruction of the Washington bureaucracy and the unbridling of the American entrepreneurial spirit.
I’m sorry but C P is fast becoming a Beltway talking head. He subliminally supports the Occupy movement while at same time subliminally undercuts the Tea Party movement.
C P I ask you:
Who best communicates the message of the occupy “movement” ?
May I invite you to a friendly game of chess ?
Does your skin color affect your critical evaluation of the content of one’s character ?
Report Post »Cat
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:49pmColon Plow, enough said
Report Post »Shiroi Raion
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:55pmTea Party point of view cannot win? Responsibility, honesty, reduced spending.
Report Post »What is he promoting? Irresponsibility, corruption, massive debt and inflation.
Delta D-5-3
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:59pmWoW! Colin Powell, your true colors are finally coming to the surface. Your PROGRESSIVE ideas show just how radical you truly are. Get an education and then start your PR trips to the MSM for your pal Obama. IDIOT.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:03pmSTUCK_IN _CA:
Report Post »Powell wasn’t a great General. It was the other guy. Swartscough (or whatever his name is). Powell is still mad because he was shown up. He is a bitter, bitter Democrat.
Ditto Head
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:16pmColon Bowel is still mad about giving that speech at the UN concerning Iraq and WMDs.
Report Post »NoRoomForSocialismHere
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:21pmPowell is all about not being a Republican at best a RINO. He is now on the wagon with Obamunist which is Reparation and Marxist.
To heck and gone with you Colon
Report Post »Jefferson
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:29pmOf COURSE Powell wants you to think that.
Report Post »He is one of the ones who got up in front of the cameras and LIED about the WMD’s to get us into a war with Iraq. The blood of MILLIONS is on his hands.
It doesn’t matter which color jersey they are wearing. They are moving the ball in the SAME direction. That is the direction of more illegal, immoral wars, more debt, more spending, more destruction of the middle class, less liberty and less sovereignty.
The Constitution and the 2nd amendment are like a crucifix to these vampires. They want to do away with our rights as quickly as possible, so that they can carry out their plans of total domination of the American people. Just like Hitler, Stalin, and Mao did.
They want to keep us distracted and in fear, so that they can divide and conquer us. It’s the old “enemy at the gates” routine.
Iran is NOT a threat to us, OR Israel. Why would they nuke Israel, when the Palestinians are RIGHT NEXT DOOR? Think about that for a second.
This is the same war propaganda, that was drummed up just before the invasion of Iraq, which had NOTHING to do with 9/11. It was all part of the PNAC plan. Here is General Wesley Clark talking about attacking 7 countries in 5 years. If you don’t know who PNAC is, then it is time for some study.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXS3vW47mOE
GhostOfJefferson
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:21pmSorry, Powell vote for whom again? And his opinion is valid..why?
Report Post »thepatriotdave
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 11:36pmDear Colin Powell,
Sir… Thank you for your many years of service. Now kindly shut up about the Tea Party. You obviously have no clue what the Tea Party is all about and from the sounds of it, you never will.
Report Post »AhLeahIris
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:21amColon Bowel is full of… well, you know. This guy was not so great a general. Rode on Stormin‘ Norman’s success. Was a affirmative action appointee, promoted ahead of his peers throughout his military career because the policy was to promote African-Americans to upper echelons more quickly. Those are facts. What Colon Bowel knows about politics or America you could fit in his…you know. And since that’s generally the location from whence his voice emanates, it’s really fitting, come to think about it.
Report Post »Solana Beach Lady
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 2:35amThese RINO’s & those that support them need to learn a lesson from Montana:
Report Post »“The only things you find in the middle of the road are yellow stripes and dead skunks.” –Ronald Charles “Ron” Marlenee, former Congressman from Montana
SCHEXbp
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 3:29amStuck in CA:
Report Post »Powell wanted to attack Iraqis head-on in Gulf War I, Schwartzkopf developed the Hail Mary (Cannae) battle plan. Powell follows the US Grant (overwhelming force) model, but does not seem particularly inventive.
He is a perfect example of someone who voted Obama for racial reasons & now pretends that’s not the case….
AmericanPatriot01
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 3:41amWhat stuck out to me in that interview is that he wants the press out of the picture in washington so that the criminals can collude behind the ciel and get to a compromise without the daily scrutiny the need to keep them in line with the american people. Shut the doors, pull the shades and make deals in secret. ARE YOU SERIOUS!! He is a PROGRESSIVE!! Protecting the Military Industrial Complex which is the engine for covering up massive corrupt dealings and croney-ism. Colon was Murtha’s boy, remember!
Ron Paul will put an end to all of this corruption. PERIOD!
All here should get used to the Idea that Ron Paul WILL BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT!! Or barack will be the last to hold the office of a free people. Yea, can see it now, “Welcome to the U.S.S.A, central region for the NAU (North American Union) The currency here is the Amero and it is universally accepted throughout North America. Here let us put this chip in your arm, for your safety and convenience, of course. All of your medical, financial information.authorizations and accesses will be accessed through the chip, to include your residence and your vehicle. Your skilles have been assessed and a job has been assigned. If you decide to have children please register with any local medical facility to get a license. Unplanned pregnancies are not allowed and will be terminated if not lisenced within the allotted time frame.” Etc., Etc., Etc.
That is the TRUTH of the CHOICE we make this time around.
WAKE UP!!
Report Post »100 Million Patriots Standing
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:16amColin Powell, CFR member.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:56amGet all the ideological rants out of your system and then look in the mirror and realize he is right. Independents will once again elect the President and they will not accept the failure of the Joe Walsh’s to take action to actually move the country forward. Geez the guy even says no to supporting his kids. And despite what GB yells into his mic. The founding fathers disagreed on virtually everything and therefor had to compromise on everything. This is the nature of governing. At least governing by adults.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 11:29am… Washington D.C. just … doesn’t … get it … or they do, in which case they look so stupid trying to hide that fact. Either way they’re all losers!
The federal government, and the media, are truly the enemies of the American people …
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 2:22pmPowell voted for obama, he has lost all credibility with me
Report Post »Buck Shane
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 7:15pmJust what I want; analysis from the first affirmative action General. Why would anyone care what this democrat thinks?
Report Post »V-MAN MACE
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:12pmIsn’t this the same dude that lied about mobile nuclear labs that turned out to be helium balloon canisters in Iraq?
Who cares what HE has to say. He got his 4 stars out of a cereal box.
Ron Paul 2012.
Report Post »tradexpertbuysell
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:46pmHey Powell!
The Tea Party is to Republicans and Progressives like you in general (pardon the pun)
as Michael Moore was to the Democratic Party.
Only this time around with superior results. You watch! Maybe not right away but slowly and surley the Tea Party will take America back to a fourth Great Awakening.
Progressives be afraid. BE VERY AFRAID!!
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 4:05amTHIS MAN is the most screwed up individual who has ever been in the public eye. I wonder if he has the guts to open his electricity bill. I have less than zero respect for him and that is since 1991. SHUT UP COLIN POWELL.
Report Post »donaldchar
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:28pm“A conservative can’t win”? Spoken like a true progressive…
Report Post »If Colin was more versed in the history of political philosophies, more pro-America instead of pro-self, if he had a heart to know God rather than just know about Him, he could have been a great leader, not just a so-so one.
NoRoomForSocialismHere
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:22pmTrue Donald
Report Post »jonnyd_94
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:42pmHe didn‘t say a conservative can’t win, he said a “no compromise” position can’t win. And he is absolutely correct. You can have a conservative and still have compromise.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:59pmJONNYD…….
As to Obama compromising……..
Did he compromise by attending a racist led, America hating church?
Did he compromise his radical beliefs by launching his Senatorial campaign at Wm Ayars home?
Did he compromise his anti-American beliefs by appointing Van Jones (a Communist revolutionary) as ‘green jobs’ Czar?
Did he compromise by appointing racist E Holder to the post of AG?
Looks like he got elected to the presidency by not compromising, and not compromising once he got elected.
Anyway, the Tea Party will not compromise their belief that the Constitution should be followed by our government. Explain what we should do instead of running our country as it was intended to be?
Report Post »avgconservative
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:34pmcompromise is what got us to this point incrementally.
Report Post »confederacyofdunces
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:44pmObama acted like a middle of the road guy, talked in lofty language and denied his marxist past. Many people are blissfully ignorant (including my mother) and voted for him. We know the rest. The point is … he nevr came out and said he was going to all the BS he did, he kept his agenda wrapped up tightly, if the voters actually bothered to check him out things would be different. The typical voter watched the local news or CNN and believes it. This is why we are screwed. Ignorance Apathy and Stupidity, will kill us.
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:28pmColon Pow voted for Obummer – he hardly knows how to identify a good president. Plus, I just used colon and bum in the same sentence.
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:13pmNice. Very nice.
Report Post »BelowAverageJoe
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:27pmI commend you, sir.
This is not at all surprising for the progressive Colon. All one needs to know about the character of the man is that he knowingly sat silent while an innocent man (Lewis “Scooter” Libby) was charged with leaking Valerie Plame’s name to the media and subsequently was to jailed for it. He is a hero to the Left. What better person to advise us who our next President should and should not be.
Report Post »decendentof56
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:10pmPerhaps a ‘Colonoscopy’ is in order?
Report Post »Canuck GB Fan
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 12:53amLol you guys :D !
Report Post »TruthSociety
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:28pmJust another neo-intellectual Colonoscopyisum. Rumsfeld was exactly correct. Powell did not do a good job of managing the people under him as Secretary of State. A liberal is as a liberal does.
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:46pmCondoleeza Rice is yet another RINO Progressive Liberal.
She, too, endorsed Obama, and is still defending him!
Report Post »LeadNotFollow
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:24pmColin Powell is not even a viable human being, so what does he know.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:22pmHe is a man whose wisdom and respectability is attested everywhere…in the liberal media…except when he was backing George W. Bush.
so there. :-/
Report Post »P C BE DAMNED
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:37pmicky ford Are you 12 years old. Please shut the hell up or start thinking. Fool
Report Post »Barack Must Go
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:23pmThis coming from an ultra left wing bomb throwing partisan hack is too funny.
This guy needs to just sit down and shut up because all he’s done for the past 10 years is whine like a little sissy boy.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:49pmYes .. and very telling is his silence on OWS … just like Obama now .. that they have proven they are VIOLENT!
TEA!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:21pmI’m really sick of this guy; he’s a hasbeen and annoying as all get out. So get out, Powell. Go to the home!
Report Post »bhohater
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:46pmSame goes for Billy Bob Clinton and Jimmy-cracked-corn Carter. What losers. Bet Carter is doing hand-springs since Obummer beat him out as being the worst President in our nation’s history.
Report Post »dissentnow
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:19pmWhat difference does it make? He’s just going to vote for Obama anyway.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:19pmThink back and remember. Colin Powell endorsed 0bama in 2007.
Report Post »TeaPartyanimal
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:51pmThats a fact jack!
this man is a bushie who crossed over. So your a big govt spender who turned over to the commies.
Report Post »SouthGA
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:19pmWhat an ignorant statement to make and yes he is a Democrat ( Voted for Obama )!
This is all you need to know about this idiot Powell and his opinion:
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Sunday that he will break with his party and vote for Sen. Barack Obama. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-endorses-oba_n_135895.html
By the way Colin it was the Teaparty that spoke loud and clear in 2010 and we don’t need your Liberal advice!
Report Post »Arizona Don
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:42pmColin Powell is an example of a black supporting a black regardless of anything other then race. Just plain raciest! My experience in life is that blacks are more raciest then whites or orientals.
Report Post »Pragmatica
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:14pmPowell is correct. Most voters are not hyper-partisan. Most voters do not hold extreme ideological positions. Most voters are in the middle and are known as the “sensible center” between the 40 yard lines. The rigid politics of the Tea Party turns off independents and moderate voters.
Hyper-partisans that believe in ideological “purity” and no compromise can win primary elections, but Tea Party rigidity does not translate well into general elections when millions of voters from Seattle to Miami will be participating!
Most voters support programs like Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance especially during a recession. Most voters believe some government assistance can be beneficial to society, so the Tea Party’s chants for unfettered capitalism and economic Darwinism largely falls on deaf ears and you will lose elections!
Most voters do not support the Tea Party but most voters are also not rigid, doctrinaire Marxists either… American voters are in the middle and prefer pragmatism and compromise over extreme ideology. In a country of 330 million different opinions and preferences, some comprise is necessary. It’s what democracy is all about!
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:17pmThe tea party movement changed the face of congress in 2010. We’ll change the senate and the white house in 2012.
Report Post »Endstatism
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:34pmI seriously doubt that the American people are going to vote for socialism and neo Marxism over the Tea Party viewpoint. We have already tried socialism and it has been found wanting. It was independents that gave many Tea Party candidates victory in 2010 and it will be independents, disgruntled Democrats and the Tea Party itself that will win in 2012.
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:34pmThe Tea Party believes in sustainable safety nets, not cradle to grave government support. Folks paid into medicare and social security and of course they are going to get it. Tea is not getting rid of those, just trying to make them sustainable without bankrupting the country.
In case you didn’t know most federal programs are bankrupt or will be soon including medicare, medicaid, post office, schools, and so on, People who vote to keep borrowing from China to pay for government programs will end up making the country bankrupt like Greece.
The Tea Party isn’t a radical ideology, just people trying not to go bankrupt from fairy tale ideas of working for a few years then retiring with full pay for the rest of your life.
The Tea Party beliefs are economic facts, not ideology.
An example of what I would do is raise the age one receives social security and medicare to 70 for those who are 50 years old right now. (it would kick in 12 years from now) I would not allow any government NEW worker to get pensions.
Of course you have to pay the ones promised.
The programs were supposed to be safety nets. They were never intended for the government to take care of everyone in the country from cradle to crib.
Independents voted for gay marriage last time and got socialism by voting for Obama. I do not think they will be that stupid this time. Fiscal responsibility will be more important in this election than moral issues.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:35pmYou don’t compromise when when you are right. Fight for what is right.
Report Post »sodacrackers2
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:35pmSorry, pragmatic, but there is no such thing as hyper partisanship in today,s world. Colin Powell is wrong and so are you. Today it is a choice between good and evil. The Tea Party is full of good, honest, hard working, America loving people. The Democrat Party is gone, replaced by people who openly praise and admire Mao, Castro, Chavez, and other socialist and communist tyrants responsible for the deaths of millions. The Republican Party is almost gone. The President shows contempt for the constitution that he took an oath to protect, for the rule of law, for white people, for the handicapped, for police, for Republicans, for the rich who don’t give him money, for all Americans by encouraging violence and law breaking by the well planned and organized and funded occupy movement. We need Obama and all his Marxists buddies out of the DC. Then we need to insist on term limits for Congress, get the UN out of the US and the US out of the UN for starters!
Report Post »Goldmember
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:39pmPragmatica
1000% WRONG. Most of us are not uber left or right. I want to get up and go to work, raise my children and save for the future with volunteering along the way. The tea party is not far right but “leave us alone party”. The tea party pay are taxes and support Americans, help BEFORE we are needed with enthusiasm. East and west coasters can’t figure out what makes America the great nation we are because they work at making themselves great before the greater good.
Report Post »Pragmatica
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:53pmThe thing that Tea Partiers fail to acknowledge is the shift toward a conservative direction since Reagan! We have cut taxes substantially and deregulated Wall Street firms over the past 30 years! Upper-income tax rates used to be MUCH HIGHER! We used to have much more “Socialism” during the Eisenhower, LBJ, and Nixon years! Tax rates were much higher, union membership was much higher and we flourished economically!
Now tax rates are MUCH LOWER! Obama has advocated for much LOWER tax rates than we saw under Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ, and Nixon! Tax rates were upwards of 80% from Eisenhower through Nixon and there was much more redistribution of wealth to the lower/middle class.
Most Americans understand these simply facts. They understand that we have been fighting wars while also cutting taxes and that cutting taxes does not make sense! Especially when we need infrastructure investments and investments in education. Taxes are at historic lows and until the Tea Party acknowledges that they will continue losing elections.
We flourished as a country during the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon years when we had much HIGHER rates of taxation on wealthy individuals. We need some sacrifice from the top end to help solve our budget woes. We have been fighting wars and giving the elderly drugs and we need to pay for those things… Most voters want a balanced approach that includes tax increases, NOT a “pure” Tea Party approach that only cuts!
Report Post »TADTAD
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:13pmAs a degreed historian, military scientist, Soviet threat expert and veteran, let me inform and/or remind you that only 20% (twenty percent) of the Colonial populace supported our independence. Screw the wishy washy; I want my country back. That is all.
Semper Fi
Report Post »TeaPartyanimal
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 8:53pmmost voters dont have a clue what is about to happen to their country.
Report Post »bhohater
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 9:08pmArizona Don is right, blacks today are a lot more racist than whites ever were. I grew up in a small town during segregation and even though whites outnumbered blacks 10 to 1 I never saw a black person mistreated by a white person and never heard of the KKK.
Report Post »HumbleMan
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 9:01amLiberals think compromise is good (it is good for them when we compromise). When a crook demands all your money, will he “compromise” and take half? Actually they will, when the crook is a Democrat. Then he robs you again … and again.
I’m done with you idiots (dems).
Compromise with stupid is still stupid.
Report Post »YepImaConservative
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:13pmPowell likes him some “affirmative action.” I actually liked this guy when he was my V Corps Commander in Germany until I did a little research on him. He rose through the ranks ahead of more qualified Officers and was put into major leadership positions where he had no business being at that time. He tried desperately in appearance to be the voice of reason. In my estimation he was the voice of weakness.
I had to be a part of this lack of Powell leadership once again during the first Gulf War. I then witnessed Colon Powell “who champions affirmative action” put his support behind a President elected in what only can be described as IMO… affirmative action at it’s worst
Report Post »jasmer
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 7:36amAs a fellow Desert Storm vet (huah!), shouldn’t you have a better grasp of your military history?
Don’t you recall who was the initial cover-up-erer for the My Lai massacre?
http://www.usvetdsp.com/story13.htm
Report Post »NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:12pmPowell’s credibility on the subject comes from where?
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 6:23pmWait, wait, WAIT just one stinkin minute—Isn’t this the same nimrod that just force fed us that crap that the OWS were as American as apple pie a couple of weeks ago????But there is something evil and foreboding about a large group of Americans that insist that their government be accountable to them according to the Constitution? I don‘t think this is the first time he’s talked about the media and how and what they deliver to the people either. Somehow I don‘t think he’s referring to cnn or msnbc. Go suck eggs you puke, and that is from an ‘uncompromising’ American.
Report Post »marksar
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:12pmGo away powell. Nobody cares other than the liberal press and your liberal friends what you have to say. Go away
Report Post »Chappy123
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:11pmGo away Colon.
Report Post »Logic77
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:09pmColin Powell is a democrat right? So what does he know, I know he’s not a republican, he voted for Obama right?
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:08pmWe tried your idea of McCain and see how that worked?
Report Post »Independents realize their mistake and will vote for fiscal responsibility this time not progressivism or marxism.
Pragmatica
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:18pmBut most voters believe “fiscal responsibility” includes some revenue increases from high-income earners! We fought two wars, gave the elderly free prescription drugs (Medicare Part-D), and we foolishly CUT taxes. Cut taxes while fighting wars and subsidizing medicine for the elderly…
Tax rates are at historic lows and we have serious debt to pay off… Tax increases or at least closing tax loopholes must be on the table. Most voters agree with that sentiment and that is why Tea Party rigidity against revenue enhancement turns off most voters.
Report Post »hi
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:45pmHigh earners already work January, February, March, April, May, and June for free.(fed plus state tax) How many more months do you want high earners to work for free?
We need to get rid of waste, fraud, abuse, pensions
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:52pmRevenue enhancement is stealing. From who doesn’t matter. Barry increased spending by over 5 trillion in five years. The cash went to union thieves and back to Barry’s reelection campaign. You are pragmatically what is called a thief.
Report Post »Pragmatica
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 7:09pmBut the right to tax and spend for the general welfare is found in the Constitution! It is not thievery, it is responsible governance. Tax rates have been cut substantially since the Reagan years and we have little to show for it. We have been fighting a war on terrorism, a war on drugs, and subsidizing elderly prescription drugs (Medicare Part-D)… While cutting taxes! We need taxes to pay for these things!
Tax rates are at historic LOWS and the American people would like to see some slight increase at the top end. The fact that the Tea Party does not recognize this means they will continue to lose general elections (although they might win some primary elections where the electorate is much more partisan and ideologically “pure”)!
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:07pmPaul-potheads like pragmatica are so easy to spot these days, aren’t they?
Report Post »West Coast Patriot
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:35pmPragmatica, You just do not understand the problem we face. We are here because we are spending ourselves into oblivion. How much in taxes should I pay? 70? 80, 90%? Or do you just want me to give all my money to the government in hopes that they will spend my money wiser than I can? Get real. We need to cut the government regulations back to a time we all had Individual Liberty. As of right now, our country is a Socialistic type of government. I, for one, want my freedoms back. We have a minority leader (D) who thinks it is rediculous for bring up Constitutionality when questioning the Congress. The last President (R) said we had to abandon the Free Market in order to save it. Our current President (D) say’s there are a lot of negative liberties in the Constitution. If they have moved their position in any way from what they believed in the past, have to move their position towards the center in order to get a vote, they are lying to you. I do not understand why that is so hard to understand from a lot of people. Paul is the most honest candidate there is. His foreign policies are Constitutional and the right thing to do. He will take his oath to defend and protect the Constitution vigorously, and promises every American that he will never do anything outside the bounds of the Constitution. Read his Statement of Faith: http://www.ronpaul2012.com/the-issues/statement-of-faith/
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A Conservatarian
Posted on November 29, 2011 at 7:11amDagneyT – Pragmatica is not a Paul supporter. You will never see any Paul supporter advocating the raising of taxes, if you see them support Paul and in the next breath want higher taxes, that person does not support Ron Paul. Abolish the EPA, Federal Reserve, HUD, IRS, Dept. of Education, Energy and more; cut $1 trillion per year of spending and you think a Paul supporter would advocate raising taxes? You’re smoking some crack if you think so. Ron Paul 2012!
Report Post »grayling646
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:07pmIs anyone at all listening to this man anymore?
Report Post »W@nd@
Posted on November 28, 2011 at 10:56amNo!
Report Post »MeteoricLimbo
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:06pmSince when does a point of view produce anything…
Report Post »PKama
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:06pmWhy president Bush even considered this sorry excuse of a man to be a member of his cabinet is beyond me. And to think that some people have considered him to be presidential material for the Republican party. I wish he would just come out and say what he really is, A PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL or just run for office as a Democrat and stop pretending to be a Republican. Despicable !!!
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 10:03pmDon’t you remember? He supported Oblablah! That’s when he showed his true colors. And they did not resemble Red, White or Blue! He’s a racist just like the usurper in the White House.
Report Post »DanielBurke
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:06pmPowell is a whore to the elite in power. He wants to be seen as one of them, and so he will say whatever he thinks will endear him the most to the powerful ruling class.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:05pmSo, says… the Progressive… Looser!
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:04pmYou are such a dork Colin!! We have got to have something better than we have! God help us!
Report Post »Exrepublisheep
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:04pmUh oh.
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:03pmI cannot think of anyone who was more of a disappoint to me than this man! He really needs to spend time outside the beltway!
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:10pmI so agree with you. I really thought colin powell was “something special” until he, too, sold out.
The TEA PARTY is the ONLY party that can produce a REAL AMERICAN PRESIDENT for this country at this time.
Report Post »SC_DTOM
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:17pmI absolutely agree as well.
Report Post »phillipwgirard
Posted on November 27, 2011 at 5:34pmI’m in agreement also,,,
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