Colin Powell endorses Obama; Sununu, McCain go nuts
Yesterday, Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama for president, explaining that he believes the incumbent has done a good job on the economy given the situation he was handed. As a former secretary of state and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Powell also took serious issue with the foreign policy stances of Obama’s opponent, Mitt Romney, saying that ” I’m not quite sure which Governor Romney we would be getting with respect to foreign policy”:
“One day he has a certain strong view about staying in Afghanistan, but then on Monday night he agrees with the withdrawal. Same thing in Iraq. On almost every issue that was discussed on Monday night, Governor Romney agreed with the President with some nuances. But this is quite a different set of foreign policy views than he had earlier in the campaign. And my concern, which I’ve expressed previously in a public way, is that sometimes I don’t sense that he has thought through these issues as thoroughly as he should have, and he gets advice from his campaign staff that he then has to adjust to modify as he goes along.
INTERVIEWER: Are you concerned about the people that are advising Governor Romney?
POWELL: I think there’s some very, very strong neo-conservative views that are presented by the Governor that I have some trouble with. There are other issues as well, not just the economy and foreign policy. I’m more comfortable with President Obama and his administration when it comes to issues like what are we going to do about climate, what are we going to do about immigration? What are we going to do about education? Lots of things like that. I do not want to see the new Obamacare plan thrown off the table. It has issues, you have to fix some things in that plan. But what I see when I look at that plan is 30 million of our fellow citizens will now be covered by insurance. And I think that’s good. We’re one of the few nations in the world, with our size, population and wealth, that does not have universal health care.”
To which John Sununu, top surrogate for Mitt Romney replied:
“When you take a look at Colin Powell, you have to look at whether that’s an endorsement based on issues or he’s got a slightly different reason for endorsing President Obama. I think when you have somebody of your own race that you’re proud of being president of the United States, I applaud Colin for standing with him.”
Earlier in the day, Sen. John McCain lashed out at Powell as well.
“I think one of the sad aspects of his career is going to the United Nations Security Council and telling them things about Iraq that were absolutely false,” McCain said, going on to tell Powell that “you disappoint us and you have harmed your legacy even further by defending what has clearly been the most feckless foreign policy in my lifetime.”
UPDATE: Just in case anybody thought McCain merely had a bad moment, he repeated his childish little sniping today:
“Colin Powell, interestingly enough, said that Obama got us out of Iraq,” McCain said, standing outside of an American Legion hall. “But it was Colin Powell, with his testimony before the U.N. Security Council, that got us into Iraq.”
Sununu’s statement, which he later tried to back down, is deeply troubling. No one alive today possesses Powell’s level of experience at the highest levels of military and foreign policy, yet Sununu attempts to reduce him to a one-dimensional cartoon character motivated solely by racial affinity.
But personally, as I indicated yesterday in comments, McCain’s statement is more unforgivable. For whatever reason, Powell did indeed mislead the United Nations in his presentation regarding Iraq’s alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction, and he has acknowledged that as a blot on his record. But McCain was selling the WMD angle every bit as hard if not harder than Powell. Nobody in Congress was lobbying harder for an invasion of Iraq. Here is McCain in 2002:
Given that record, McCain’s swipe at Powell for his UN presentation comes off as extremely petty, utterly without dignity or integrity. It reveals the smallness of the man who uttered it. All in all, what McCain and Sununu have said tells us much more about their own character than it does about Powell.
– Jay Bookman
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I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
October 26th, 2012
9:43 am
Boy, Dems dodged a bullet with this storm heading for the NE. If it was next Tuesday, Lot’s of Obama voters would be timid about leaving the housing compound. The 6th that is
Paul
October 26th, 2012
9:44 am
Jm
” No one alive today possesses Powell’s level of experience at the highest levels of military and foreign policy”
Malarky”
Okay, name someone.
rae
October 26th, 2012
9:44 am
So what’s to discuss. Everything since the O got elected has been about race. His wife is racist-she’s never been proud of this coiuntry until he got elected,. His kids are draped in African flags at the London Olympics. Every public party at the White House for kids has been for black kids. Every occasion when the pres has made some public intervention has been about blacks-ie the Rose Garden beer threesome, meeting the black gymnast at the White House, Publicity pictrues always surrounded by blacks. It’s too obvious to even debate. He is the black people’s President and black people endorse and vote for him for no reason other than the fact he is one of them.
TaxPayer
October 26th, 2012
9:44 am
At least Republicans have their hatred to lull them to sleep each night.
RAMZAD
October 26th, 2012
9:44 am
McCain has had his neck twisted by the Right Wing, for a few years now. There was a time when he would refuse to toe the propaganda line, but he is of the worst classification now- a used Republican napkin.
He is the reason we have suffered and are still suffering the human abomination called Sarah Palin. So; anything the “Maverick” says these day one has to dish him a healthy bowl of compassion, as we listen to him. He has been politically liquified…porridge.
Think about the administration of George W. Bush and you have all the dirty goods on John Sununu. There are no clean goods on this one.
gm
October 26th, 2012
9:45 am
Welcome to the Occupation
Hey gomer, 95% blacks voted for Clinton, Carter etc, ect, were they black? this is why you southern gomers are no factor in Georiga.
Paul
October 26th, 2012
9:46 am
Sununu makes a 1950s-throwback remark and bloggers here jump on the bandwagon and say ‘well, he has a point, it’s all about race.”
Okay, blogcons, here’s a challenge. Tell me if you’re up to it.
We’ll prove it’s not about racism.
All the black voters will vote for Romney.
All the white voters will vote for Obama.
Whaddaya say?
Bert
October 26th, 2012
9:46 am
Powell is an old man that is becoming senile.
killerj
October 26th, 2012
9:46 am
Oh,just unforgivable Jay,……..”Anyone For A Beer”?
Goldie
October 26th, 2012
9:46 am
“What we have here are the perverse neo/non-conservative Republicans still utterly hung up on fighting the battles they lost a long time ago…”
And JamVet, get out your popcorn as we watch what happens to the Repub Party when they lose once again in November!
DannyX
October 26th, 2012
9:46 am
“Its been four years and the left still blames Bush/Cheney. How incredible is that?”
Sorry Willie, it just ain’t going to happen. After 3 and 1/2 years you just don’t get to wipe the slate clean.
clem
October 26th, 2012
9:46 am
check out sununuuuuuuu’s background, heck is more foreign than obama
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
October 26th, 2012
9:47 am
Best laugh of the entire campaign. Gore, Kerry telling us it was the Altitude that caused Obama to show his “real ” weakness for trying to pretend he’s on top of things without a teleprompter in the first debate. I swear, you can’t make this stuff up.
Welcome to the Occupation
October 26th, 2012
9:47 am
Richard Nixon, proposed a health plan more left wing than the one we finally got from Obama, normalized relations with China, gave us a slew of new agencies (OSHA, EPA, etc.), and actually — can you believe this? — had the gall to say (or was said to have said) “we’re all Keynesians now”.
So yeah, compared to our supposedly “kenyan socialist” president today, Nixon was downright a bolshie.
And yet, it’s a mistake to focus on the individual here. You’re right, Jay. The 70s as a period were just so different. It shows how far we have moved since then. It was the peak of power for the New Deal and Great Society regime, and yet, it was all about to fall apart so quickly. We’re only now coming truly to the end point of that whole process. Or at least, we will if Romney/Ryan are elected.
TaxPayer
October 26th, 2012
9:48 am
It’s truly a miracle that President Obama did not paint the White House black. Paint it. Paint it black.
Cons are so full of hatred. They are the Party of the Antiqued White and they desperately need a makeover. There’s always attrition.
Goldie
October 26th, 2012
9:48 am
Taxpayer @ 9:44 — yes that, and how “sick” they all feel when they go to bed at night. Yuck!
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
October 26th, 2012
9:48 am
The Republicans will now do to Colin Powell what Nurse Ratched had done to McMurphy. That is how they deal with dissent within the ranks.
stands for decibels
October 26th, 2012
9:49 am
Had a chance to think a bit about this:
McCain’s swipe at Powell for his UN presentation comes off as extremely petty, utterly without dignity or integrity.
What’s sad is that this won’t be a bigger story than it really is. The public seems dead tired about coming to terms with Iraq, and at this point, it’s apparently become just a carcass to pick clean for talking points.
Morality?
October 26th, 2012
9:50 am
Powell is a social liberal. That is well known. He endorsed Obama the 1st time so where is the surprise? In an interview during his 1st endorsement for Obama, Powell stated that one of the reasons he was voting for Obama was because he is black. This is not a new revelation. He admitted that race was part of the reason for his vote. Like Sam L. Jackson said in his Ebony Magazine interview ” I didn’t vote for Obama ’cause he has a plan to save America. He ain’t got no plan to save America. I voted for Obama ’cause he’s black”. ***** of course if it was Herman Cain, a conservative, neither Powell or Jackson would vote for him ’cause he’s black – they voted for him ’cause he a far left, socialist liberal.
gtt
October 26th, 2012
9:50 am
Nuts? Last two marbles? Good thing you’re keeping it on a higher intellectual plane, Jay.
Moderate Line
October 26th, 2012
9:50 am
Jay
October 26th, 2012
9:32 am
“I’m told I’m racist just because I don’t like Obama.”
Who told you that, Whatever?
Look, you cannot read the comments on this blog without concluding that at least a few of those most virulently anti-Obama are motivated by racism. Now, that doesn’t by any stretch of the imagination mean that all, or most, or anywhere close to most of those who oppose Obama are also motivated by racism. And it most certainly doesn’t mean that you in particular are. Tens of millions of good Americans voted against Gore, Clinton and Kerry, for example, and those same people are voting against Obama today for the same reasons.
But let’s not try to pretend that racism doesn’t play a role as well. The popularity of that whole “Obamaphone” meme in certain quarters argues eloquently otherwise.
+++++
What percentage of the white vote did Obama carry compared to Kerry or Gore?
Obama 43%
Kerry 41%
Gore 42%
Back: 95%
Kery: 88%
Gore 90%
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/elections/how_groups_voted/voted_00.html#.UIqTfMVfCSo
Are there white people who don’t like Obama cause he is black. Yes.
Are there black people who vote for him because he is black. Yes.
However, the numbers would show that the effect of race is insignificant. Obama may get less than 1% boost over other Democrats because blacks typically vote Democrat anyway. He actually beat Gore and Kerry among white voters. Hard to believe but true.
Patrick
October 26th, 2012
9:50 am
WillieB Says–
“Colin Powel is an affirmative action recipient. He was set up to succeed and only performed mediocrely.”
And your supporting evidence of this is what? Think really hard and let us know.
Answer man.
October 26th, 2012
9:51 am
McCain went nuts a long time ago. He still has some lucid moments, but….
Colin Powell was lied to and used by the Cheney adminsitration. I think he believed he was doing the right thing at the time. This time around there’s no doubt about it. He’s right.
Jay
October 26th, 2012
9:51 am
“Boy, Dems dodged a bullet with this storm heading for the NE. If it was next Tuesday, Lot’s of Obama voters would be timid about leaving the housing compound. The 6th that is”
So Liberal, are you saying that God is looking out for Obama? Is that your point?
Goldie
October 26th, 2012
9:51 am
“Paint it. Paint it black.”
Taxpayer rockin’ some Stones this morning!
Moderate Line
October 26th, 2012
9:52 am
I missed this up. Here is the the breakdown.
Obama 43%
Kerry 41%
Gore 42%
Black vote:
Obama 95%
Kery: 88%
Gore 90%
ideas
October 26th, 2012
9:52 am
Look, I won’t back down or change any statements. We all know why Powell endorsed Obama. If Obama had been white, no way would he have endorsed him. Wake up people. 84% of blacks support Obama. It is because of race and only race. Most have no idea what he has done to them in unemployment and getting them addicted to government handouts.
Welcome to the Occupation
October 26th, 2012
9:52 am
gm: “Hey gomer, 95% blacks voted for Clinton, Carter etc, ect, were they black? this is why you southern gomers are no factor in Georiga.”
Which gets us to the real crux of the matter.
The fact is that black people are as a group hands down the furthest left wing in their views than any voting bloc in the country.
THAT is the true reason that African Americans vote for Democrats at higher rates than anyone else. Whether the Democrats deserve their loyalty is of course an entirely different matter — I happen to think they do not — but the fact is, black people in general lean very left on what counts: which is economic exploitation.
The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow Laws
October 26th, 2012
9:52 am
Sorry Republicans but this country will not go back…tell you children, grandchildren, neighbors, friends and other family members….YOU WILL NEVER SEE those days again!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChWXyeUTKg8
joe
October 26th, 2012
9:52 am
Let’s call it what it is…why “bullsh*t?” Powell endorsed Obama simply because he is black. Nothing wrong with that…but why try to claim it’s because of his record? That is crap. Obama’s record is worse than Jimmy Carter. Carter did not deserve a 2nd term and if Obama wins, which I doubt will happen, that will be a travesty.
kayaker 71
October 26th, 2012
9:53 am
So, when Powell worked for Bush, he was a demon, worthy of nothing but criticism for his military standing and for his views of foreign policy. Now that he endorses Bozo, he is a hero without equal, one of the group….. “the most experienced foreign policy expert”. Get your stories straight, Bookman. That wet finger in the air just won’t do it.
Steve-USA
October 26th, 2012
9:53 am
Are people really swayed by these endorsements for both candidates? Do they belong to a “Can’t think for myself” club on Meetup.com?
mm
October 26th, 2012
9:53 am
McCain just can’t get over losing an election to a black man.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
October 26th, 2012
9:54 am
Trump Newest Bombshell: The Kenyan Birth Video — cause if’s its on video, its gots to be true.
Answer man.
October 26th, 2012
9:55 am
Moderate, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, etc, etc, do not represent most of the country. Like it or not, racism is still pretty rampant in the south. That’s particularly true in the more rural areas.
Goldie
October 26th, 2012
9:55 am
“Wake up people. 84% of blacks support Obama. It is because of race and only race.”
LOL — this is such a humorous Friday for de Libs… we watch as the Cons don’t let any facts get in their way when posting about what they believe regarding “race and only race.”
willydoit?
October 26th, 2012
9:55 am
“Hermain Cain, Alen West, this is your rep party, what does it take for you brain washed idiots to see these right wing bigots on the right care nothing about you unless you are playing sports and entertaining them?”
That is a bigoted comment! Blacks that support republicans are idiots, huh?
gm
October 26th, 2012
9:55 am
When will the white southerner conservatives male understand, Obama has a 30 point lead with Latinos, they are on pace for 12 million to vote this year, you do the math, these bias people who do polls do not call minorties.
No one expect the southern whites to vote for Obama any way, Romney is down 20 points in Mass where he was gov, tells you how great a job he did there, thank God those states like Mic, Ohio, dont have the southern racist mentality, I am poor, middle class white guy but a rich guy like Mitt cares about me, talking about gomers.
Answer man.
October 26th, 2012
9:56 am
You’re not paying attention, Joe. You just crawl out from under a rock?
I’m out.
A TAT
October 26th, 2012
9:56 am
You’re absolutely correct in your assessment of McCain.
I, however, said the same thing about Colin Powell, when, only after the fact, he acknowledged his mistake. He should’ve done it before invading Iraq.
Obviously his job was more important than was the truth. It’s no wonder he’s endorsed Obama….the job takes precedence over the truth.
Erwin's cat
October 26th, 2012
9:58 am
Wasn’t Powell called an “Uncle Tom” or a “sell out” by some on the left back in the Bush days?
He can’t catch a break can he?
stands for decibels
October 26th, 2012
9:58 am
Revenge of the Nerds…
thank you for that Telegraph link. It is feckin’ brilliant it is.
[Nate] Silver is proving so damaging to their chances that Republican’s are drawing up a strategy for countering him. “Nate Silver continues to lead the Democrat Graveyard whistling choir”, Republican blogger Robert Stacy McCain wrote on Tuesday. National Review decried “Nate Silver’s Flawed Model”. “Everyone but Nate Silver thinks Obama’s lead is evaporating fast”, said Business Insider.
But the truth is we don’t. And the Romney camp knows it.
Here’s a prediction. As the election clock continues to tick down, and the momentum narrative continues to melt away, the attacks on Silver will intensify. We should expect a Fox News feature. More negative blogs. Maybe even a smear or two.
yep. bank on it.
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
October 26th, 2012
9:58 am
I’ve never seen an interview on ANY news outlet or source interview of one the 5% of blacks who voted for McCain. I personally don’t think it was 5%. I think it was may FIVE blacks. The press wants some talking point of the obvious that their vote had something to do with policy…not pure skin color. You could post a million rebuttals of this….still wouldn’t make it not so.
A TAT
October 26th, 2012
9:58 am
Oops!
the job takes precedence over the truth with both of them.
Mighty Righty
October 26th, 2012
9:59 am
I am shocked that anyone would think a black person would endorse Obama because he is black. Who would have thought? We all know Obama was elected based on his extensive experience and knowledge of the ins and outs of cleaning grafitti off of ghetto walls in Chicago. He reelection should not be in question after the amazing job he has done in increasing our debt by six trillon dollars, with nearly 12 percent unemployed, millions on food stampts, millions more on welefare, the worst GDP growth since the great depression, lying about fast and furious, and Benghazi, falsely calling his opponent a murderer, felon and Bull shi—r, traveling all over the world apologizing for our greatness, destroying our health care system, to just mention a few os his accomplishments. Nah, old Colin would base his endorsements on those accomplishments and should not be criticised for selling out his country.
Sherman conquers Georgia..starring Eminem
October 26th, 2012
9:59 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64s
…heard that he was in Cobb County!
gm
October 26th, 2012
9:59 am
willydoit?
These right wing bigots can called you Black Rep the n word or anything else, and you clowns are so happy to be in the same room with these people. because you are disconnected and have no sense of self.
Cammi317
October 26th, 2012
9:59 am
I am sure if you look at the elections for the last 40 years you will find that 95% of the African-American population voted for the Democratic candidate in the Presidential elections. The thing that put Obama over the top in the last election was not the African American vote, but the White and Latino voters that joined them. The U.S. is only about 13% African American and at best only 1/2 of the African American population voted in the last election. 6.5 of the total population is no where near enough to win a Presidential election. Some people are soooooo stupid!
DannyX
October 26th, 2012
9:59 am
How many black Governors has Georgia had in its history?
willydoit?
October 26th, 2012
10:00 am
“I am poor, middle class white guy but a rich guy like Mitt cares about me, talking about gomers.”
Me too…so why would a rich guy like Obama care about me?
Aquagirl
October 26th, 2012
10:01 am
What kind of ‘Merican has a name like Sununu? Has anyone seen this man’s birth certificate?
JamVet
October 26th, 2012
10:01 am
God is looking out for Obama?
Too funny!
gm, great point.
Mitt is an idiot – plain and simple.
He could have won this election handily if he had remained who he was – a reasonable, rational moderate and centrist.
Look, he already had the unreasonable and irrational cracker vote in Dixie. All he had to do was remain white and he had 100%of them anyway.
Now he loses Ohio and gawd knows where else and it costs him the election…
Goldie
October 26th, 2012
10:02 am
And we all remember the Con voters here in GA who based their vote solely on who removed the Rebel symbol from the state flag in 2002… because they weren’t “forgettin’” — no racism there either, huh.
Whatever
October 26th, 2012
10:03 am
Butch,
Glad you have a life. I will assume your indignation of the right’s same tactics is fake as well.
Donovan
October 26th, 2012
10:03 am
You hypocrites are a real piece of work. Anything to discredit your opponents. The snake oil you sell is hype and shameful. Hiding behind social untouchable and sensitive issues of children, profiling, women, poor people, middle class people, religion, and race is a well worn-out tactic of your disingenuous agenda. Got to get those votes though.
Anytime someone speaks irreverently about Obama’s initiatives there is race card blow back. Anytime there is a righteous law enforcement detainment there is the howling from Democrats about profiling blacks or Muslims or illegal immigrants. Anytime there is mention of voter ID there is the bogus argument of poor people that would be marginalized. These so-called innocent individuals represent the potential voter base of the Democrat Party and anything that harms such a base is to be protected and coddled.
Do any of you citizen crusaders recall how Major Nidal went into the Ft. Hood processing center and blew away 13 Army soldiers in the name of Allah? So as not to offend Muslims and the religion of Islam (the religion of peace), your closet Muslim president resisted the crazy idea of not calling it an act of Islamic terrorism. His regime preferred to call it an act of “workplace violence”. Incidentally, such a designation disallowed those soldiers from receiving Purple Hearts or disability benefits. Democrats and their media ilk are just fine with that disgraceful hypocrisy. Besides, who in the ranks of the Democrat Party would want to come out and call the massacre a religious vendetta? Don’t want to loose that American Muslim vote, now do we? Pick your battles and move on. Nothing to see here folks. Move along.
Ask 99% of the black population why they voted for Obama and they will tell you for no other reason…Obama is black. When Colin Powell hides behind ridiculous statements that Obama’s economic initiatives have been good for the country he is disingenuous. Get him a few drinks in privacy and he will tell you the obvious. So enough with hiding behind the untouchable taboos of society. It’s snake oil and it’s hypocritical.
Latino Voter
October 26th, 2012
10:04 am
Colin Powell is a wonderful person who like everyone else is entitled to their opinion. My opinion would be that he endorsed the president because of his view of on the President’s policies and not because of race. While I may disagree with him, I respect his decision and doubt it will have any impact on the few remaining undecided voters.
Jay
October 26th, 2012
10:04 am
“Wasn’t Powell called an “Uncle Tom” or a “sell out” by some on the left back in the Bush days?
Absolutely, some low-intel jerks and fools DID call him that.
But none of them were top spokesmen for the Democratic Party, and none of them went on national TV to say so.
gm
October 26th, 2012
10:04 am
Mighty Righty
I guess Powell felt guilty about being under a President that let 3500 Americans died under his watch 911, or leading us in to 2 wars that were not paid for, or 4500 American troops dead.
Could he felt guilty for serving under the W who watched the economy fall, while doing nothing? how about the 95% blacks who voted for Clinton and Carter of course they only voted for them because they were white, you nut jobs disgrace this country.
They BOTH suck
October 26th, 2012
10:05 am
Jam
Not sure if you back or still visiting with your family. Hope you are having or had a great time.
Williebkind
October 26th, 2012
10:05 am
When Racism and Hate Rule
October 26th, 2012
9:41 am
To be really accurate there were no filibusters just the threat of a filibuster.
stands for decibels
October 26th, 2012
10:06 am
He could have won this election handily if he had remained who he was – a reasonable, rational moderate and centrist.
A “Jon Huntsman” is holding for you on Line 1, says he wants to share some GOP primary tales with you?
Patrick
October 26th, 2012
10:06 am
Aquagirl–
“What kind of ‘Merican has a name like Sununu? Has anyone seen this man’s birth certificate?”
Also, take a look at that hair of his–definitely has some “kink” to it. Definitely suspicious and worthy of a Trump investigation and “Huge Announcement”.
detritusUSA
October 26th, 2012
10:06 am
John McCain is a real republican. Raised on military bases, at taxpayer’s expense. Goes to the naval academy at taxpayer’s expense. Retires from the military and goes to Washington DC as a congressman at taxpayer’s expense. Cheats on his first wife, gets a divorce and marries a wealthy woman. Never in the private sector and no knowledge of how ordinary Americans live. He got his off the government and but wants no one else to get anything off the government. A really good republican!
Goldie
October 26th, 2012
10:06 am
“Ask 99% of the black population why they voted for Obama and they will tell you for no other reason…Obama is black.”
And Donovan, you of course have asked 99% of the population… really???
LOL — and the hits keep on comin’!
RB from Gwinnett
October 26th, 2012
10:06 am
Jay, “Look, you cannot read the comments on this blog without concluding that at least a few of those most virulently anti-Obama are motivated by racism. ”
Who exactly, Jay? And what comments do you have to support your claims?
They BOTH suck
October 26th, 2012
10:06 am
“Anytime someone speaks irreverently about Obama’s initiatives there is race card blow back”
So what card to Sununu play?
Lord Help Us
October 26th, 2012
10:06 am
‘To be really accurate there were no filibusters just the threat of a filibuster.’
That…plus 50 cents will get you a cup of coffee (a while back, anyway)
Repro
October 26th, 2012
10:07 am
Sununununu seems like an ignorant, blowhard, buffoon – an ideal candidate for a Faux News show a Clear Channel talk radio show. Right along the lines of Beck, Hannity, Limbaugh et al.
He would be a hit in con-world.
Brosephus™
October 26th, 2012
10:07 am
<iI expect African American vote turnout to be interesting since the unemployment rate for same is deplorable..
Once again for the Black American Economics challenged. Black unemployment has been historically TWICE the national average for approximately the last 30-40 years. If you’re just now concerned about it, that shows how uneducated you are about it.
They BOTH suck
October 26th, 2012
10:07 am
So what card did Sununu play?
Excuse me
stands for decibels
October 26th, 2012
10:07 am
Ask 99% of the black population why they voted for Obama and they will tell you for no other reason…Obama is black.
Why Donovan. I had no idea you were so… what do those people say? “down with the brothers”?
Williebkind
October 26th, 2012
10:07 am
I heard there are many hollywood mainstreamers coming out for Romney. There I see you affirmitive action Powell and raise you half dozen hollywood actors.
JohnnyReb
October 26th, 2012
10:07 am
“Sununu attempts to reduce him (Powell) to a one-dimensional cartoon character motivated solely by racial affinity.”
That’s because that is exactly what has happened. Powell is just like Winfrey. The abandoned their principles in favor of race.
Winfrey gained millions and a loyal following pushing women. Along comes Obama against Hillary and she goes with Obama. It cost her dearly in both popularity and her bank account.
While Powell may not have claimed to be a Conservative, he certainly embraced Conservative principles to serve under W. Along comes Obama and those are cast aside for race.
To paint it any other way as Jay is attempting is folly.
Brosephus™
October 26th, 2012
10:07 am
I expect African American vote turnout to be interesting since the unemployment rate for same is deplorable..
Should have been in italics, since it was quoted from Stevie Ray on page 1. I’ll be caught up in a few.
clem
October 26th, 2012
10:08 am
sununuuuuuu’s already retreating:
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/10/sununu-powells-endorsement-of-obama-racedriven-147310.html?hp=r1
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
October 26th, 2012
10:08 am
On the flip side, I would say 85% of people voting for Romney are NOT doing it because of Skin color. If fact, if a black man/woman was the GOP Nominee with the same platform as Romney, That black person would STILL get all those white votes. Imagine that.
JamVet
October 26th, 2012
10:08 am
Ask 99% of the Georgia’s white population – outside of Fulton and Dekalb counties – why they always vote for white candidates, Donovan.
Entrenched, systemic Dixie racism.
Own it.
scot
October 26th, 2012
10:09 am
sununu’s remarks and line of thought were truly asinine and i did take offense to the lunacy of it given powell’s track record of character but where was the moral outrage when samuel l jackson or snoop dog said they were in fact voting for him because he’s black?
racism is a human issue, not a white issue.
white culture holds no monopoly over the institution.
until it is talked about it that way, don’t expect much to really change.
gm
October 26th, 2012
10:09 am
Donovan
Ask 99% of the black population why they voted for Obama and they will tell you for no other reason…Obama is black
I dont recall any asking the 95% blacks who voted for Clinton, Carter did they vote for him because he is black? does any ask do you vote for Romney because he is white?
stands for decibels
October 26th, 2012
10:09 am
That’s because that is exactly what has happened. Powell is just like Winfrey. The abandoned their principles in favor of race.
And now this time it is a neo-Confederate who is down with the brothers (And the sisters, too!)
We sure have some smart white folk here.
kayaker 71
October 26th, 2012
10:09 am
Our “racist” President Bush put Powell on the map. That vile white guy and his father just couldn’t help themselves, I guess. National Security Chief under Reagan, Joint Chiefs Chair under HW Bush, Sec of State under Bush 43…… man, if it were not for two Bushes and Reagan, Powell might have ended up teaching ROTC at some community college. Hell, who knows….. if Bozo wins a second term, he might need a Sec of State with a little experience.
They BOTH suck
October 26th, 2012
10:09 am
“If you’re just now concerned about it, that shows how uneducated you are about it.”
Good many are not concerned at all, however it is a “line” that Drudge, talk radio and right leaning websites have been throwing out for the last few months. Like well trained macaws, most are just regurgitating what they heard.
Goldie
October 26th, 2012
10:10 am
I’m really lookin’ forward to seeing the GOP claim that it was “what God intended to happen” once we re-elect Our President in November… bets anyone???
Lord Help Us
October 26th, 2012
10:10 am
‘That black person would STILL get all those white votes. Imagine that.’
And, what percentage of the black vote do you think a black gop candidate would get?
JohnnyReb
October 26th, 2012
10:11 am
I early voted this morning in Clayton County which will go for Obama because of race. Georgia will go for Romeny as will the Nation. My point being, Clayton County is like Powell. Race trumps anything in the thought process and all the jibberish about Romney’s foreign policy, Obamacare, etc. really does not matter to Powell. They are simply face saving statements.
mary
October 26th, 2012
10:11 am
Powell, an American embarassment. Big liberal lying dope, who got where he is only by affirmative action. How about that Libya thing Powell?, Obama lying to troops, the world about the attack
Jay
October 26th, 2012
10:12 am
Scot, you are absolutely right that “white culture” has no monopoly on racism. Racism can be found in human beings of every background.
On the other hand, Snoop Dog and Samuel L. Jackson? Are we really supposed to treat that seriously? Are we’re forced to respond to every idgit remark by Hollywood celebrities across the political spectrum?
DannyX
October 26th, 2012
10:12 am
How about Gwinnett County? Minorities now account for almost half the population there. How many minorities have been elected to the school board, county, and state legislature there?
Also, how many blacks has Gov Deal appointed to state agencies and boards?
Dixie Chicks
October 26th, 2012
10:13 am
kayaker 71
October 26th, 2012
10:09 am
Where is George W. Bush?
stands for decibels
October 26th, 2012
10:13 am
do you vote for Romney because he is white?
but he sometimes wishes he were brown, lest we forget.
They BOTH suck
October 26th, 2012
10:13 am
kayaker
Wrong. That is BULL $HIT and the sad part is that you damn well know it. . He was already a 2 star general in the 80s when he was head of FORSCOM at Fort McPherson. My dad was on his staff, but do carry on with your usual antics.
You can say that he was elevated to the top echelon by those you mentioned, but the rest is the typical KRYACKER hyperbole and BULL $HIT
MC
October 26th, 2012
10:15 am
JamVet I think he really thought he’d have a voice and be a listened to voice of reason in an administration stock piled with nation builders, empire builders, and a crew in the office of Vice President Cheney that it is hard to determine sometime who their primary loyalty is to…the United States or Israel.
They BOTH suck
October 26th, 2012
10:15 am
kayaker
And his “elevation” was due to his skill set, intellect and ability to lead, but do carry on with your usual bs.
Anita
October 26th, 2012
10:15 am
@weetamoe, There is nothing despicable or dishonorable about Colin Powell. Just because he doesn’t suppport Romney doesn’t make it so. It is so clear that Romney is clueless when it comes to foreign affairs. You Anti-Obama people sure are showing that this is all about race. It’s not about qualifications at all or the fact that Obama inherited a big fat mess from the Republicans. Obama has fought tooth and nails trying to turn this economy around that Bush left in shambles. Does that come into play? NO!!! It is all about what he hasn’t done. NO ONE COULD HAVE TURN THIS MESS AROUND IN FOUR YEARS WITH HAVING TO FIGHT SUCH A HARD FIGHT WITH CONGRESS!!!! Get real people. How can you even look at yourselves in the morning????
Tundra Dude
October 26th, 2012
10:16 am
What kind of ‘Merican has a name like Sununu? Has anyone seen this man’s birth certificate?
Not Merican. Born in Cuba, pa was Palestinian, ma was from El Salvador.
I'm a liberal and believe everything I read and nothing the other side comes up with...cause we're smart and they are not
October 26th, 2012
10:17 am
Lord help us. Great question. I would say 10-15% of blacks would vote for a black GOP President. And no way to dress this up, but the blacks that have become ” white ” to their black friends” would be the ones. I say this because my sister who is a principal has the same problem in her school The black children who behave, make good grades are teased about acting white by blacks who don’t. Sorry, it’s true.
gm
October 26th, 2012
10:17 am
No one expects the white southerner other then Florida to vote for Obama any way, never mind he saved this country from going off the cliff, it will be up to the white Americans in Ohio, Mich, who are looking at his fight for saving there jobs.
Obama could have unemployed to 0 and gas at 5 cent and the southern conservative white would not vote for him, there history will always be put before there interest.
Why isn’t Colin Powell a Democrat?
October 26th, 2012
10:17 am
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Anita
October 26th, 2012
10:18 am
@Mary, please show your real color. I am sure you have a white hood on as you speak. RACISM is still alive and well today!!! United we stand, divided we fall!!
MC
October 26th, 2012
10:18 am
And some of the same Cheney neocons are Romney’s foreign policy advisers now. I have no doubt why Powell won’t endorse Mitt. He knows we’ll be back on the highway to war within months.