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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josef
October 26th, 2012
12:51 pm
FRED
The uppity Buckhead Unmentionable invites you for a ride..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WQ9MJzeIxw
They BOTH suck
October 26th, 2012
12:53 pm
Doggone
It is ok. It is all good. Apologize if you were offended or I misinterpreted your original reply.
Have a great day.
Keep Up the Good Fight! -- Super Liberal!
October 26th, 2012
12:53 pm
Speedochicken really can move those goalposts. Getalife is right…self-deportation is a cure but imposible for the self-delusioned.
Having been smacked down by Jay, Doom tries to go another round with another poster and lost before he even got in a punch. All part of Pompous Assenisia.
willie lynch
October 26th, 2012
12:54 pm
josef
October 26th, 2012
12:39 pm
What is it that you feel Blacks need to shut up and listen to from whites?
Georgia
October 26th, 2012
12:54 pm
The comments here all echo the media coverage of both sides, word for word. There are paid commenters in force here, each one hoping that you’ll click on their spam websites. Trending now big time is the the word Vajayjay. Oprah handed me a really good line here, but I know better than to go full Empty Hair here. Maybe I could write for Triumph the Insult Dog.
Mighty Righty
October 26th, 2012
12:55 pm
Newsw Flash
The Benghazi scandal grows. The administration lies are ever bigger and more widening. It is now known the “Safe House” we have heard so much about only one mile away from our consuate in Benghazi was aware of the attack in real time and contacted their superiors in Washington and requested they be given permission to defend the Consulate. They were denied permission three times. WHY!!! There were among those the two Navy Seals who disobeyed orders and went to the Consulate where they were killed. Leon Pannetta yesterday claimed the military could not respond becasue it was too dangerous and they did not know what was going on. Now that is a bald face lie. Not only was the event being telecast live to the Pentagon, the White House and State Department, in addition to the live telephone call between the consulate personnel and people in Washington D.C. but they also had two hihly trained Navy Seals on the ground to inform them in detail what was going on. The administration lies continued to the point of ignorantly claiming we can’t send help because it is TOO DANGEROUS!!!! Let that sink in……our military is for the purpose of putting itself in DANGEROUS places to protect this country, its assets and its people. If the military is soooo afraid of danger it will not protect and american embassy which is our country then everyone of those SOBs should be immediately fired including SECDEF Panetta. My goodness. What are we doing in Afghanistan if we are too timid to fight in Libya? It appears the military under the leadership of the apologist Barack Hussein Obama has been reduced to the equivalent of the Welcome Wagon. The more Jay and his media liberal buddies try to hide the truth about the events in Libya the bigger the scandal grows. The truth cannot be stopped. While the white house twiddled their thumbs, while the state departent twiddled their thumbs, while our military who are swaorn to defend us twiddled their thumbs, our people were being slaughtered by a handful of muslim extremeists. Then the administartion swiftly set out to cover its incompence with the help of a traitorous media by spreading lies it knew weren’t true from its own ears and eyes. This country has court martialed people for less.
Rick C
October 26th, 2012
12:55 pm
Thulsa, Jay answered your question several pages ago…
“But are you going to sit there with a straight face and say that with surety that you absolutely never made comments or posted links about Powell misrepresenting the U.S. on WMDs before the U.N.? Really???
I never made any such claim, Thulsa. I’m certain that I did write about it at the time.
However, I did not suggest or imply that Powell lacked honesty or character, as you earlier stated. Nor did I suggest or imply that Powell purposely misrepresented the facts, as you also stated earlier.
The truth is that you got caught red-handed making stuff up that you cannot substantiate and that are not true.
Period.
getalife
October 26th, 2012
12:56 pm
Tom,
You lie.
She never said that.
A TAT
October 26th, 2012
12:56 pm
I’m inclined to agree with Marty and Thulsa about jay’s refusal to acknowledge Powell as part of the “evil” Bush administration. It’s kinda like Obama’s claim that he never apologized…word play…nothing more.
Anyhoo…”The President’s Real Goal in Iraq” puts jay in the kook realm as far as I’m concerned.
And why has the administration dismissed the option of containing and deterring Iraq, as we had the Soviet Union for 45 years? Because even if it worked, containment and deterrence would not allow the expansion of American power. Besides, they are beneath us as an empire. Rome did not stoop to containment; it conquered. And so should we.
We did try to contain ‘em with U.N. sanctions. Didn’t work. What did Powell have to say about THAT?
Colin Powell, MBA, US Secretary of State at the time of the quote, stated in a Mar. 16, 2003 interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s This Week:”We have had timelines, we have had deadlines, and we have had benchmarks. The problem is Iraq is not complying. Iraq is playing the United Nations and playing some of our friends in the permanent membership of the Security Council like a fiddle.
It’s a game and the problem is strictly on the shoulders of Saddam Hussein who is not complying with the simple instructions of 1441 and all the previous resolutions. And we cannot get ourselves confused about what the problem is. The problem is Iraqi noncompliance and non-cooperation with the inspectors and with the will of the United Nations.”
As an aside, anti-semites loved jay’s piece. Here’s some examples from the comment section:
Get to the root said: For many of us, all this was evident at the time of the murderous US Zionist sponcered inside job of planned explosive demolition of two World Trade Tower buildings. The buildings that had been previously twice denied permits to demolish through explosives. The only option was the super expensive job of removing asbesto’s first. Then only to take the buiildings down laborously piecemeal. Flying a couple of old military planes by remote control gave them the excuse to add the whole ficticious story about Bin Laden and his motley crew of suicidal hijackers getting well deserved revenge. The Bush war mongers wish for and ecuse for war was realized. End the madness; http://www.worldsocialism.org/
AND
Banat German said: If you check the biography of those listed on the right side of the article, you will find it interesting. You will know why some people say that Israel really controls America. Add in the Federal Reserve, the SEC, the CFTC, the FBI, and many other government agencies headed by those who are Jewish, and you will understand why America is a mess financially.
Kooks for Kookman.
josef
October 26th, 2012
12:56 pm
Willie
“What is it that you feel Blacks need to shut up and listen to from whites?”
No. I think black AND white need to shut up and listen to brown, red, and yellow…and shades in between…
STEVIE RAY
October 26th, 2012
12:57 pm
The last folks that want racism to go away are the likes of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and the like…
African Americans are getting screwed more by Obama…at least in terms of unemployment…I will be surprised if even 80% of 2008 actually vote…”hope and change” certainly didnt’ favorably affect these folks.
Who cares why anyone votes for one or the other? Who cares if many whites will continue to vote against obama because he is black…who cares if blacks vote for obama cause he is black?
It doesn’t matter…we all know this is more common than not…so why all the non-profitable chatter?
getalife
October 26th, 2012
12:57 pm
mr,
Turn off fox.
They want to get our President not the terrorists.
Marty Huggins'
October 26th, 2012
12:57 pm
Feelings on Barney Frank ie “democrats” calling Log Cabin Republicans Uncle Toms for endorsing Romney?
It’s on topic and all.
Keep Up the Good Fight! -- Super Liberal!
October 26th, 2012
12:59 pm
In Mighty Righty land, any new claim is proof someone lied….. no need to wait to see what an investigation shows or when prior claim of lies shown wrong, no need to exhibit caution in the future.
Fred ™
October 26th, 2012
12:59 pm
willie lynch
October 26th, 2012
12:54 pm
josef
October 26th, 2012
12:39 pm
What is it that you feel Blacks need to shut up and listen to from whites?
+++++++++++++++++++
Well if you feel you have nothing to learn from us white devils, maybe you can learn from a black man, one of the greatest AMERICANS to have ever lived:
But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again, we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.
The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.
We cannot walk alone.
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 26th, 2012
1:00 pm
getalife – google it and see, the words speak for themselves!
Mr_B
October 26th, 2012
1:02 pm
Thanks for the removal Jay. There’s no excuse for that.
josef
October 26th, 2012
1:02 pm
MARTY
Speaking just as one gay man and not for the whole lot, I found that Frank comment highly offensive. I don’t hold the Log Cabin lot in the highest regard myself, but because they are Republicans, and not because they are Uncle Toms.
We keep saying we want the Republicans to change their ways, well, having to deal with their own open, up front and out there gays is one way to go there. A fifth column, if you will. Like I said, while I don’t hold them in the highest esteem, that gay people would not have other issues and that the GOP might reflect their stances on those issues, is to limit what it is we’re after in equality.
Marty Huggins'
October 26th, 2012
1:03 pm
Rick C
October 26th, 2012
12:55 pm
But Jay did do just that or well he said he shouldn’t be trusted.
Unless he was not part of leadership at the time and it would need to be explained why a Powell quote was used in this piece if he was not included in those “not to be trusted”
http://archive.truthout.org/article/trust-leaders-lost-if-no-wmds-found
getalife
October 26th, 2012
1:04 pm
Tom,
Post the link liar.
Fred ™
October 26th, 2012
1:05 pm
josef: WOW. That was awesome, tell Unmentionable thanks. I had never heard of him before. Here’s one back at him. I’m still listening to it lol. I thought I had heard all the versions of All Along the Watch Tower, but Bill kills it here acoustically. I love the intro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnktDYOt-zs&feature=related
Mary Elizabeth
October 26th, 2012
1:05 pm
Erwin’s Cat, 11:58 am
“Romney is no more a war monger than Obama or any other president in history…”
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Gov. Romney wants to increases defense spending even though the military has not requested that increase, as he expressed in the last debate. He also spoke in the last debate about giving Iran a more definitive ultimatum regarding nuclear weapons. He has little, if any, understanding of Obama’s words of reflection to other nations regarding America’s role in the world as well as their own roles. Romney referred to those communicative words of Obama’s as “an apology” for American values. His party is one that believes in American exceptionalism based on America’s dominance in the world rather than as a world partner. I do think that Gov. Romney, based on his particular sensibilites and based on the ongoing penchant of the Republican Party toward war, would be more likely than President Obama to send young Americans to war, once again.
Delaney
October 26th, 2012
1:05 pm
Colin Powell said it exactly right! Obama has done a good job with what he had handed to him….. Good for you and lose the race card………………..
getalife
October 26th, 2012
1:07 pm
I listened to log cabin republicans endorsing romney and all I heard was partisan crap that they will vote gop no matter what mitt said.
deegee
October 26th, 2012
1:08 pm
Considering that Colin Powell voted for Obama in 2007, it would have been a bigger story if he had endorsed Mitt Romney.
As far as the Middle East is concerned, demographics are on the side of more and more violence. Youths under the age of 24 now make up 50-65 percent of the population of the Middle East. They are young, unemployed and hungry. There was a time when the US oil interests picked the dictators over there. Those days are over. Get used to a bumpy ride.
GeorgiaLatino
October 26th, 2012
1:09 pm
just…. wow.
yuzeyurbrane
October 26th, 2012
1:09 pm
This is not the first racist pandering remark made by Sununu in this campaign. That is enough to make him a recidivist re that tactic. Also, I am surprised that as an Arab, Sununu is not more sensitive to the dangers of racist profiling.
Who cares...
October 26th, 2012
1:09 pm
Powell’s endorsement won’t sway 10 people at this point..
willie lynch
October 26th, 2012
1:10 pm
Fred ™
October 26th, 2012
12:59 pm
Fred I never referred to you or anyone else here as the devil. But I will borrow a retort from one of the greatest Black men this country produced and that is “If the white man is not the devil, he’ll do until the real one gets here.”
josef
October 26th, 2012
1:11 pm
FRED
Glad to make the introduction…he’s something else again ’round cheer…
AND, BTW
RIP Russell Means…hardly a mention anywhere, but if he had been, oh, I don’t know, John Lewis? It would have been front page news from coast to coast…and no detraction meant toward John Lewis…jus’ sayin’
Georgia
October 26th, 2012
1:12 pm
Colin Powell vs Obama: one is fit to be president. The other isn’t fit to slice obamaloney in a corner deli. The only value Eisenhower had as a president was that he became a civilian. When our soldiers legislate on the battlefield, then we become the Jihadists.
emo
October 26th, 2012
1:14 pm
Of course, isn’t that exactly what he said: “I’m voting for him because he’s black”?
Powell is so much more eloquent and thoughtful than the person I’ve always called “Governor Son of a —”.
Erwin's cat
October 26th, 2012
1:14 pm
ME – and based on the ongoing penchant of the Republican Party toward war,
Even though I appreciate your view…no single party can declare ware w/o the other. That said, history shows that of 26 engagements 16 happened under a D president and 10 by an R president..so the penchant for war is squarely on the D’s shoulders…
josef
October 26th, 2012
1:15 pm
getalife
“I listened to log cabin republicans endorsing romney and all I heard was partisan crap that they will vote gop no matter what mitt said.”
Yep. Equality, ain’t it grand!
Welcome to the Occupation
October 26th, 2012
1:16 pm
Mary Elizabeth: “He has little, if any, understanding of Obama’s words of reflection to other nations regarding America’s role in the world as well as their own roles. ”
But of course, there’s been very little substantive change in America’s “role in the world” – or more to the point, of America’s understanding of its role — since Obama took over. Hence the great disappointment among many, esp in places like the Middle East and South America where it’s been just more business as usual under Obama.
stands for decibels
October 26th, 2012
1:19 pm
sandy SHEETZ
josef
October 26th, 2012
1:19 pm
CAT
Ssshhh…don’t let the facts of the matter get in the way of a good piece of propaganda!
getalife
October 26th, 2012
1:19 pm
Sandy sheets.
willie lynch
October 26th, 2012
1:20 pm
josef
October 26th, 2012
1:11 pm
Do you think Dack Rambo got as much coverage as Elton John will get. Easy to say no detraction but it is a conscious choice…jus’ sayin
Marty Huggins'
October 26th, 2012
1:21 pm
getalife
October 26th, 2012
1:07 pm
Are you willing to call them uncle Toms like Barney Frank did as well?
josef
October 26th, 2012
1:21 pm
New sheetz….
Wah-hoo! Ask and you shall receive…oh, well, off upstairs… maybe if we try hard enough we can make it a black-white, Republican-Democrat thing…
Joe Hussein Mama
October 26th, 2012
1:22 pm
E. Cat — “That said, history shows that of 26 engagements 16 happened under a D president and 10 by an R president..so the penchant for war is squarely on the D’s shoulders…”
I hereby denounce that well-known capitalist lackey and running-dog war-monger, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. How DARE he demand that Congress declare war.
/snark
sid
October 26th, 2012
1:22 pm
Color trumps all other factors!
A TAT
October 26th, 2012
1:25 pm
josef:
Means was a violent sort and against his own people, no less. Indicted but never convicted of murder. The folks he hung out with were.
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
1:26 pm
All Hell breaking loose on Fox about Libya. Obama toast. Main stream will be forced to cover it…… The real story story coming out….and it ain’t pretty for the President. Nail, meet coffin.
josef
October 26th, 2012
1:28 pm
A TAT
Russell Means, like Geronimo, is a controversial “icon” in Indian Country, too…the U-ne-ga do seem to hold them both in fairly high regard, though,,,check out their history texts…
Williebkind
October 26th, 2012
1:29 pm
Willie
“What is it that you feel Blacks need to shut up and listen to from whites?”
Careful there, I never said such a thing. I am for equality but discriminationg against me is not the preferred path. Using a particular group of people in constant poverty just to get their vote is simple slavery. The DNC has done a great job with that.
“I listened to log cabin republicans endorsing romney and all I heard was partisan crap that they will vote gop no matter what mitt said.”
Since the progressive/communist liberals control the DNC the conservatives have no choice to maintain America as our forefathers created. The liberals/communist want a Marxist country with a few in charge that will have everything leaving the remainder with enough (hopefully) to exist.
Naaaay, not while I can vote.
case/fair/oste
October 26th, 2012
1:30 pm
THIS GUY AND HIS ACOLYTES NEVER FAIL TO AMAZE ME. HERE IS A LEBANESE- AMERICAN WHO NOW THINKS HE’ S A DEFENDER OF THE FAITH,A SELF- APPOINTED I MIGHT ADD, WHO IF IT HASN’T BEEN AMERICANS WHO LOOK LIKE GENERAL POWELL AND PRESIDENT OBAMA ,WILL STILL BE DIGGING DITCHES. HE’S NOW A SURROGATE, AND IT’S A SELF PPOINTED ONE TOO, FOR THE 1% BLABBERING ABOUT WHAT AN AMERICAN LOOKS LIKE.I HAVE A SOLUTION FOR THIS TYPE OF MENACE, CHANGE THE IMMIGRATION LAWS RETROACTIVE TO 1900, AND SEE HOW SUCH SCUMS WILL SELF- DEPORT. IN SUNUNU’S CASE HE WILL GO BACK TO FARM HIS LEBANON OLIVES GROOVES, WHOSE TITLE HE STILL HAVE IN HIS POCKET.
Thulsa Doom
October 26th, 2012
1:30 pm
“Such an outcome could mean only one of two things: Either our intelligence apparatus is more incompetent than we had dreamed possible, or we were lied to on a massive scale by our own government to lure us into war.”- Jay
“or we were lied to by our own govt o a massive scale”. Colin Powell was the lead man in the speech to the U.N. on WMDs. So explain again how you didn’t suggest that Powell was dishonest?
Colin Powell pledged to the United Nations that “our conservative estimate is that Iraq today has a stockpile of between 100 and 500 tons of chemical-weapons agent.”- Jay
You sure seem to be mentioning Powell in your article questioning the W administration, honesty, and whether or not we were being “lied to on a massive scale”.
“And that better bother us. If informed self-government means anything to us, if we intend to rely on the work product of our intelligence agencies to guide future decisions, if competence and honesty at the top levels of leadership are still important, then it matters.”
You questioned the honesty of the administration including Powell right here Jay. Your own words sir. Your words.
“In that case, who cares if the sham perpetrated by our government turns out to be more of a sham than our leaders even knew?”
A sham??? So you still gonna claim that you’re not questioning the honesty of Powell or the administration which Powell was the lead man on in the question of WMDs? Your own words.
With an assist from Marty the Doom just laid down the
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Thulsa Doom
October 26th, 2012
1:31 pm
Consider your ass kicked Jay.
luvmyposition
October 26th, 2012
1:31 pm
Wow I thought You vote for the right person that can help, I didnt Know we vote for him because the color of his skin.
Thulsa Doom
October 26th, 2012
1:33 pm
Marty Huggins,
Thanks for the assist on the research.
josef
October 26th, 2012
1:34 pm
williebekind
I should have distinguished between the two Willies…my bad…apologies your way…
pooroldguy
October 26th, 2012
1:34 pm
McCain needs a juice and a nap!
Jay
October 26th, 2012
1:38 pm
Thulsa, you couldn’t kick ass if someone equipped you with a size 14 boot and a stuffed donkey. If you could quote me as saying what you claimed, you would do so.
That’s the end of it.
John
October 26th, 2012
1:38 pm
As an American, I find the comments of McCain and Sununu pathetic and embarrassing. The U.S. is looked upon as leaders for freedom yet somehow we allow bigotry, hate and suppression of individual freedom to dominate discourse with each other. God help us all!
Skitty Fritty
October 26th, 2012
1:42 pm
Please explain to me what foreign policy experience Mr. Obama had before he was elected President?
Tom(Independent Viet Vet-USAF)
October 26th, 2012
1:42 pm
getalife – Are you afraid to google what I advised from earlier post? I’m not that computer savy! I admit it. but you must be afraid to google, for whatever reason?
willie lynch
October 26th, 2012
1:42 pm
luvmyposition
October 26th, 2012
1:31 pm
In this position you’ve taken you have stated the obvious, that in the selection of the 43 previous presidents only those who were as you put it “right” were the one’s elected. I would say that those who were qualified would be the better selection but in the choosing of the previous 43 presidents white males were the only ones deemed right enough.
josef
October 26th, 2012
1:44 pm
IMAM
Heh, heh! I’m adding that one to my snide comment classics…
Skitty Fritty
October 26th, 2012
1:44 pm
What does race have to do with a Presidential candidate?
MeaneyMouse
October 26th, 2012
1:45 pm
I’m a Georgia Republican and I vote for whomever I please. Voted for Mr. Obama In ‘08 and voting for him again in2012. ^5 Thanks for your leadership MrPresidentBarackHusseinObama.
Skitty Fritty
October 26th, 2012
1:45 pm
What foreign policy experience did Mr. Obama have prior to being President?
Skitty Fritty
October 26th, 2012
1:47 pm
When will our President begin growing our economy and not blaming someone else? At this point, I don’t care whose fault it is, I want results.
monroe
October 26th, 2012
1:48 pm
there are too may racists in georgia. I’m tired of it and may move back to new jersey next year if the economy gets better and I can find a job
Skitty Fritty
October 26th, 2012
1:48 pm
I thought Bush was in bed with the oil companies. Then why is gas over $3.30 a gallon? Wasn’t it under $2.00 when Mr. Obama was elected. I guess the President owns oil company stocks.
Reddirt Gal
October 26th, 2012
1:48 pm
I cherish living in a Democratic country; one in which I am allowed to think and speak and publish freely. However, it makes me profoundly sad that we citizens of this democracy do not cherish – as MLK used to say – our ability and need to “agreeably disagree.” I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican, but only a soul who happened to have been born into the Negro Newborn Nursery, over fifty years ago. And one day soon, I shall leave this shell which was bequeathed to me…and when we meet on the ‘other side’ – when we have all left these shells and habits and positions and adjectives (like gay, straight, bi, liberal, conservative, Italian, Black, Polish, Democrat, Republican, Iraqi, American, etc.)- what shall we call ourselves? We are all sisters and brothers of the same Spirit. Can we sit down to the same table and respectfully and kindly beg to differ with each other, without such venom pouring from our lips and hearts…?
@eidsonb
October 26th, 2012
1:48 pm
Sorry but this is about one thing…I am going to vote for him because he is like me as are most blacks. The white people who are voting for him still have a bad case of White Guilt. Barry is in so far over his head he cannot see daylight and was exposed as the empty chair by the debates. The Messiah wasnt and he has no clothes.
Skitty Fritty
October 26th, 2012
1:50 pm
I have an idea, vote for the candidate who will grow our economy and protect our national interests.
josef
October 26th, 2012
1:52 pm
Monroe…
And as your great poet laureate put it…
“In `65 tension was running high at my high school
There was a lot of fights between the black and white
There was nothing you could do
Two cars at a light on a saturday night in the back seat there was a gun
Words were passed in a shotgun blast
Troubled times had come to my hometown
My hometown, my hometown, my hometown”
willie lynch
October 26th, 2012
1:53 pm
Skitty Fritty
October 26th, 2012
1:45 pm
Most presidents don’t have in depth foreign policy experience but they surround themselves with capable people. That’s why this president hasn’t started any wars in his time in office.
What are the results you need? All indicators show our economy coming back. what is your reference for how long this should take?
Does the president set gas prices?
Lee
October 26th, 2012
1:54 pm
Surprising that a black man is supporting another black man for president. I wonder if he would have supported hillary?
James
October 26th, 2012
2:00 pm
Anyone who doesn’t think Colin Powel supports President Obama because of race, I’ve got some good land in Cuba I’ll sell you. Colin Powel is a disgrace to the Republican Party and should resign and become a Democrat. As a military man, he should know what the word loyalty means. He apparently does not. He is a liar and a hypocrite!!
GT
October 26th, 2012
2:05 pm
The standard defense of Romney’s lying from the right is that Obama is a liar, too. I wish that cured something, I got cancer and then you say well I got cancer too, and that had some positive effect on my cancer, it doesn’t. The only thing you need to concern yourself with is that you are a liar, me lying or not has nothing to do with your character.
Obama miscalculated the stubbornness of the right. Unlike Romney who personally vetoes everything that comes out of his own mouth when he finds it does get him where he wants to go, Obama has been stopped by the right not by himself. Obama hasn’t made his whole political career about shutting out the right or taken a pledge to stiffen his flexible incase he wakes up one day feeling a sudden case of common sense.
Obama was handicapped by having to move into Bush’s and his cronies’ car right before they dove out and it was heading over a cliff. Now as he is trying to climb back up that cliff they are on top throwing rocks at him and anything else they can find and complaining because he can’t climb any faster. And then they claim they have not done any of this and Obama bloody head came from another source and he is a liar. And he being a liar somehow makes you being a liar not matter.
Williebkind
October 26th, 2012
2:12 pm
“we allow bigotry, hate and suppression of individual freedom to dominate discourse with each other.”
It is amazing how the progressive/communist liberals use those words bigotry,hate, suppression in every speech but they own the democratic slave plantation.
Williebkind
October 26th, 2012
2:13 pm
James
October 26th, 2012
2:00 pm
Hear! Hear!
Williebkind
October 26th, 2012
2:17 pm
GT
October 26th, 2012
2:05 pm
How long is Bush going to be part of your repertoire?
Elise
October 26th, 2012
2:20 pm
Absolutely Powell endorses Obama because of race. Just like Al, Jessie, Oprah…or do you believe they all voted for Obama in 2004 because Obama had a legacy of experience in foreign affairs, economics, leadership ability? Or keeping his word? Of course not. It’s still about race but possibly more from the black side than the white. And I’m an fifth generation Georgian and a third generation Atlantan black. What I really want to know is today’s new Libyan news is coming out and showing that the White House was following right along and denying the help the deceased Navy Seals were requesting, Wonder what the next WH story will be? Or does anyone in Atlanta care?
Skitty Fritty
October 26th, 2012
2:23 pm
Willie Lynch:
I would like to see the national unemployment rate at 6% for a start. I think a President should be able to make differences within 4 years such as President Reagan did after Carter. I would like to see our foreign interests protected. The last time a US Ambassador was killed was under Carter. Interesting the similarities between Carter & Obama. Hopefully, we will see the rise of America under Romney like we did under Reagan. I guess you have to have a Obama/Carter to have a Reagan/ Romney.
Skitty Fritty
October 26th, 2012
2:24 pm
I would also like to see gas prices under $2.50.
Mark in JC
October 26th, 2012
2:28 pm
When you look at Obama’s record of (lack of) achievement, and you consider the level of support for him among people who, as Neal Boortz says “look like him [Obama]“, what other conclusion can you draw??
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
2:28 pm
Gallup back up 5 for Romney. picking up steam everywhere but this blog. lift head up, the air is pretty nice out of sand.
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
2:30 pm
Elise…………Thank you for looking at the man, and not the color. This latest news gonna hit Obama hard. CIA disobeyed his orders to try and save these people.
TruthInAtl
October 26th, 2012
2:33 pm
For all those geniuses who think blacks vote for Obama simply based on race, I have two words. HERMAN CAIN! Yes, I can see black people coming out in droves for him. LOL
Now, for all you racists screaming racism, ponder this. Prior to Obama, 100% of blacks have voted for all white candidates. Care to explain why?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 26th, 2012
2:35 pm
Thulsa:
Congrats !
You beat down Jay so bad he’s putting you on his “ignore” (except when it suits him) list !!!!
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 26th, 2012
2:37 pm
Has anyone out there read what Hillary and “Plugs” Biden said to the family members of those killed in Benghazi?
It’s almost incomprehensible except for who they are.
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
2:38 pm
You gotta love the main stream. They talk about the Terror attack in Libya and this Administrations mishandling and cover up like a train derailing in Cartersville or something. 48 of 52 polls have Romney at 50% or better. Go ahead and say it ain’t so…LOL
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 26th, 2012
2:40 pm
ABC News: “He recalled Vice President Biden saying to him “in an extremely loud and boisterous voice,” “Did your son always have balls the size of cue balls?” ”
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/father-of-slain-former-seal-new-report-raise/
FOX News: “Woods, in interviews earlier this week, also described a series of conversations he had with administration officials at the memorial service held Sept. 14. He said that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — despite signs early on that militants were behind the attack — pledged to him at that event that she would pursue the maker of an anti-Islam film that had been linked to other protests.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/father-seal-killed-in-libya-says-clinton-vowed-to-arrest-and-prosecute/#ixzz2AQq9az9N
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
2:40 pm
Gallup back to 5 today. After this weekend when all this latest news hits, it’ll move to 8.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 26th, 2012
2:42 pm
Been out for awhile ………. just in case no one has posted this yet:
“Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. consulate and subsequent attack several hours later on the annex itself was denied by the CIA chain of command — who also told the CIA operators twice to “stand down” rather than help the ambassador’s team when shots were heard at approximately 9:40 p.m. in Benghazi on Sept. 11.”
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/26/cia-operators-were-denied-request-for-help-during-benghazi-attack-sources-say/#ixzz2AQqXJTzT
Woolman
October 26th, 2012
2:43 pm
Jay, so glad to see that you’re still drinking the Kool Aid provided by that lying sob and his syncophants. Can’t you be open minded enough to see the lies, obfuscation and inability demonstrated by this President? He is worse than Jimmy Carter ever was on the economy and I thought he was terrible.
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
2:44 pm
They…………………you know who they are……………Left our men to die….and watched it happen. Two brave CIA staff agents disobeyed orders and went to scene, prolonged the fight for hours…and died doing it……While Helicopters and marines less than two hours away, were new activated. Very sad. But he’s cool….and on Leno and the View…… What a train wreck
luvmyposition
October 26th, 2012
2:45 pm
Wow I thought we voted for the man that will help this country, I didnt know you vote because he’s the same race you are.
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
2:45 pm
s/b were NEVER activated
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
2:47 pm
Maybe with all the turmoil in the Middle East, you think “they” would up beefed up security at all our locations over there………Must of been on the View that day that meeting was held.
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
2:48 pm
Beefed up for 9/11 anniversary that is.
Lee
October 26th, 2012
2:56 pm
Truthinatl…..In actuallity very few blacks voted prior to 2008. The ones that did nearly all voted Democratic. I wonder why?
Lee
October 26th, 2012
2:57 pm
Do we all remember the woman (idiot) on television that screamed after Obama won the election that she would never have to “pay my mortgage, my care payment or electric bill”???? I still love that interview. There should be an IQ test given before being allowed to vote.
Buford T. Justice
October 26th, 2012
2:57 pm
Would someone please define racism? I having a hard time figuring out if Sununu’s statement was racist, or if the people who vote for the President are racists, or if the people who vote for Romney are racists.
Is it racist to say that a black man voted for a black man because of racial pride? Is it racist to say a black person is racist to vote for the President because the President is black? Is it racist to be black and vote for a black person based on racial pride? Is it racist for a white person to vote for a white person based on racial pride? If white people vote for the President because he is black, is that racist? If white people vote for Romney because he’s white is that racist? If black people vote for Romney because he’s white is that racist? If you don’t vote for your own race are you some kind of traitor to your race? Does race even exist, i.e., can it be scientifically proved or disproved? If race doesn’t exist, can anyone be a racist?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 26th, 2012
3:00 pm
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 :
Take heart ……….. this is making the rounds:
“More than 1,000 American soldiers have lost their lives in Afghanistan in the last 27 months. This is more than the combined total of the nine years before. Thirty have died in August. The commander in chief is AWOL. Not a peep, although he ordered the White House flag flown at half-mast for the Sikhs that were killed.
There is a deep disgust, a fury, growing in the ranks of the military against the indifferent incompetence of this president. It has taken on a dangerous tone. No one knows what to do about him, but the anger runs deep as the deaths continue with no strategic end in sight to the idiocy of this war. Obama has had 4 years to end this futile insanity, during which time he has vacationed, golfed, campaigned, and generally ignored the plight of our men and women in uniform.
But, there is now a movement afoot in the armed services to launch a massive get out the vote drive against this president. Not just current active duty types, but the National Guard, Reserves, the retired, and all other prior service members. This is no small special interest group, but many millions of veterans who can have an enormous impact on the outcome of the November election if they all respond. The million military retirees in Florida alone could mean an overwhelming victory in that state if they all show up at the polls.
It might not keep another one hundred U.S. troops from dying between now and November, but a turn out to vote by the military against this heart breaking lack of leadership can make a powerful statement that hastens a change to the indifference of this shallow little man who just lets our soldiers die.”