Colin Powell endorses Obama; Sununu, McCain go nuts

So, I guess it can be said that Sununu is voting for Romney because “… when you have somebody of your own race that you are proud of being president of the United States…” you stand with that person.

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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.

Oh, I wonder what POSSIBLE REASON he could be talking about….

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Jay: McCain in 2002 video/quote/whatever-was-supposed-to-be-there is missing.

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oh, McCain. Yeah, just when you think maybe you can go back in that water, you start hearing the Jaws theme all over again.

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Honestly, on one level, I don’t have a problem with Generic Doughy Old Romney Spokesguy mentioning that it would be understandable for an African American to be proud of a fellow African American ascending to the nation’s highest office.

But you don’t do that if you are going to be quoted the day-of said Prominent African American’s Endorsement, for crying out loud.

We keep having conversations about who is “smart,” “intelligent,” etc. But we rarely realize that it’s really not about mental keenness; it’s about having some clue of the greater world around you and what sounds tone-deaf to those folks.

And repeatedly, Team Romney is just stupid, that way. There’s no other way to put it.

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Adam, all of the racists I know tell me that racism doesn’t exist anymore. True story.

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Like a pack of hyenas, if you step out of the lockstep line, the GOP will try to rip you to shreds as the keep moving to the extreme right.

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It’s sad when a man who’s been thu what McCain has been through, who has served in Congress as he had, goes this route.

Maybe he will demonstrate the integrity of a Colin Powell and acknowledge his statement was a blot on his record.

Sununu? He’s consistently inexcusable.

This is another example of how the radical fringe of the Republican Party has positioned itself as the mainstream. These (what’s the word?) ilk are not (what’s an example they will understand?) worthy to tie Powell’s shoes.

Jay

I’ve seen Sununu interviewed on Fox a few times over the past weeks.

He didn’t start going nuts with the Powell endorsement. The comment you cite is right in line with his typical delivery.

(BTW, blog, I’ve been increasingly struck by how expert guests on Fox make the most outrageous statements and the host blows right by them, no challenges, then goes on to the next question).

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LORD

Can deny the resemblance of Sununu to Honey Boo Boo’s mom…her name is June…

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Adam, all of the racists I know tell me that racism doesn’t exist anymore.

Actually, I think I have a more popular truism from those…shall we say, “special” folks? Let’s not call names.

Just google “blacks are the “real racists”–the exact phrase. The depressing number of results returned, and the apparently genuine belief in this idea if you sully your beautiful mind by clicking some[1] of the links, might be illuminating.

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1. of course, there are plenty of links deservedly mocking this idea.

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McCain is a tragic figure…even heroism has a limited shelf life.

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Is it just me or does everyone sense the desperation of the LIBS now that some polls have their guy behind? Still, BO needs 2008 turnout or he will be headed to the speaking circuit..can you imagine how much dough this guy will make on the Ivy league circuit alone??

Given the way things are going…whoever wins will lose…

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“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. ”

So, does McCain have a bad case of Romnesia going on here? Hmmm… let me guess.

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Goldie- Amen — we don’t want the same Bush advisers who brought us their version of “spreading democracy in the Middle East” anywhere near the White House again!

Bringing terrorist organizations to power and spreading sharia law is sooooo much better than democracy. Thanks obama!

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“Spin City” is up early today, trying to spin a fabric of believability for Barack’s horrific leading of the failed Benghazi situation, first he “spins” it one way, then Hillary “spins” it another way, then Colin comes out of hibernation and “spins” it his way and finally Condi comes out and “spins” it her way. The only hard facts are that Barack cannot solve the Iran’s nuclear buildup he had no plan has no plan and will have no plan. He does not even have a plan for himself, except for the late night talk shows.

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Blood-Stained…………….shame.

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JAY,

The GOP’s social policies are defined by Akin and Mourdock…sad but I still don’t beleive any changes to abortion or gay marriage will happen if Romney is elected.. like BO in his first 2 years ignoring the economy et al to focus on PelosiCare..Romney will follow the same course..

Do you suppose this crusades-like approach to women and gays is supported by a majority of GOP voters? He needs the votes and money is my premise…

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This is what the Cons are all gonna be lookin’ like on November 7th.

Heads be ’splodin.

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“Bringing terrorist organizations to power and spreading sharia law is sooooo much better than democracy.”

You forgot to add “which are the same aspirations of the religious extremists in America for governing America” …

You’re welcome — glad to be of assistance!

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Well the Republican party has just lost me

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In a February 2003 speech to the U.N. Security Council, Powell alleged that Iraq was hiding weapons of mass destruction from inspectors and refusing to disarm. However, after the U.S. had invaded Iraq and overthrown Saddam Hussein, no weapons of mass destruction were found. I would not let Powell’s endorsement bother me — how credible can any thing he says be?

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STANDS

Good morning..so there has been no gloating by our scribe or lefties about the polls when BO was ahead? C’mon man….the only difference now is that the GOP is tooting the polling horn..

BO will still win with strong voter turnout which can’t be projected…but the enthusiasm certainly isn’t what is was…I guess those college students are more concerned about getting work these days…I expect African American vote turnout to be interesting since the unemployment rate for same is deplorable..

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‘Colin Powell. Not an economics expert.’

Jm. Down to one marble…

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stands

About the only charitable explanation I can have for Sununu is maybe we’re seeing here are examples of what we see in some unfortunate older people as their cognitive abilities disintegrate.

Otherwise, he’s simply a nasty human being.

But thanks for the clip.

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Sununu is embarassing and McCain a disappointment.

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Mccain picked palin – nuff said. Mccain suspended his presidential campaign because of an economic crisis – nuff said. Mccain does not support mourdock one day, then endorses him the next – nuff said. Thank god our crazy uncle is not in the white house!!!

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Wow,love to see what you thought of E. Warrens rant on video last year.

that “rant” is what her campaign proudly disseminated. It’s a major component of what’s going to get her elected, in all likelihood.

And this should be pretty obvious to you, but it’s not.

Your side’s refusal to listen seriously outside your echo chamber is what keeps you emotionally stunted, frankly.

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I have been disgusted by the mean-spirited, petty words of John Sununu for some time now. He has shown himself to be a snide, little man – time after time. His remarks continuously demonstrate that intelligence does not necessary equate with wisdom, insight, or class.

I realized in 2008 that John McCain unfortunately thinks in petty, not visionary, ways. However, I will acknowledge that McCain’s truthful reply to the older lady who had erroneously called Obama an Arab, in fear, showed an innate class and conscience to do the right thing, unlike the duplicitous and mean-spirited words of John Sununu heard in the video, above.

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Praise the LORD

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“As an independent voter, I am completely impressed with Romney.”

Bwaaaaa — oh, I’ve got to go refill my glass of Chardonnay! It’s all over my keyboard…

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Speaking of endorsements, I hear Honey Boo Boo, Linday Lohan, and the Jersey Shore people have endorsed 0bama…But then again, what other result was to be expected?

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Hmm, the left has a loon and it is a single instance, non-issue, then you are no longer alloed to talk about it. The right has a loon and the entire GOP is just the same. There is a term for grouping a bunch of people and saying something derrogatory about them.

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Why didn’t Colin Powell endorsed Herman Cain? Why didn’t he endorsed Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton?
Why Barack Obama? As a matter of fact how many president African Americans have been voting for through the years? Did anyone complain when Africans Americans voted Bill Clinton or any other white president?

I know people share different opnions, but can someone be fair?

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Hmmmmm–

“As an independent voter, I am completely impressed with Romney”

Oh! YOU are the one! Thanks for coming forward. Most of us thought you existed only in legend.

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Mac had a chance without the air head vp, he should just head to the beer store.

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Jay,

How about addressing this issue? Paid for by the Obama campaign.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223316/Outrage-Girls-star-Lena-Dunhams-election-video-paid-presidents-campaign.html

This is disgusting. I can’t believe our society has come to this type analogy in politics. Obama needs to denounce this immediately.

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Sins of the Fathers.

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Neither one of these men are fit to stand on the same stage as General Colin Powell. McCain acts like a bitter old man suffering from little man syndrome

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This is not an election about color or race it is about choice. How can people be so motivated to vote for Mitt Romney when he takes no consistent position on anything – acting a play dough.

If Romney is elected president he will be president for all Americans and he will definately take us on a “ONE WAY STREET” BACK TO BUSH!! Let use our intelligence and fair judgement and give the encumbent a second term.

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here we go…. the liberal code words… mean-spirited, petty, snide little man… Your right about one thing ME.. Intelligence does NOT necessary equate with wisdom, insight, or class… Anybody that votes for a complete failure proves your point quite well… Thanks.

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“This is strictly race based. Obama has been a disaster, but skin color is more important.”

Thanks for sharing your opinion about yourself, Uncle… it’s always a good idea to look in that mirror and then type.

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The Gallup Poll this morning has shown that Americans – for the first time in five years – now think that their lives are getting better. After all that President Obama has methodically, and prudently, done to ensure the American people a better America than the one he inheritied, what a cruel misplacement of justice if Romney is elected president and, thereafter, takes credit for all the hard work and fortitude that President Obama has shown in seeing America through the greatest financial collapse since 1929.

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After losing to Bush and Obama, McCain lost it himself. He reminds me of scout.

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Before Powell was Secretary of State he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, before that he had a long military career stating at West Point>Powell’s admission that his presention about WMD stacks up for him and not against him. I did not vote for Obama 2008, the reason I didn’t is I was afraid he wouldn’t listen to the Joint Chiefs and act too quickly to end the war in Iraq. Even though I voted for him in the primary, contributed, (not much) at the last minute I just didn’t send in my absentee ballot. This year I am proud to say I voted for President Obama.

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The most amazing thing to me is how an otherwise decent, intelligent man like Colin Powell ever climbed into bed with the deadly Bush/Cheney pigs in the first place.

He obviously shelved his common sense and moral courage for a few years by cuddling up to those scumbag failures – the biggest in modern American history. By a landslide…

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I wouldn’t make comments about the character of John McCain Jay, because you are not in his league. Very few people are.

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Don’t Tread, actually, Lindsay endorsed Romney, but she may be backtracking that. But hey, Romney got the all-important Meat Loaf endorsement!

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‘Definition of Racism, 95% of African-Americans voting for Obama….. If that number is not based on race, don’t know what is……’

How about the 94% that voted for Bill Clinton…

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And Mitt is not “middle of the road” simply because the average of his positions works out that way.

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Whatever – “How about addressing this issue? Paid for by the Obama campaign.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223316/Outrage-Girls-star-Lena-Dunhams-election-video-paid-presidents-campaign.html

This is disgusting. I can’t believe our society has come to this type analogy in politics. Obama needs to denounce this immediately.”

I agree, what can’t Obama do something positive like promote the miracle of child birth through rape?

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JAY

Hard to argue your SCOTUS point but I’m not convinced this is as big a deal as one may think…turning over RVW will take a lot….but I can see the concerns for sure…I think it should be pushed to the states…

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‘Powell did the same and it’s racism?’

Please, Dear Sir, show me where Powell said he voted for Obama because he is black. Thanks in advance…

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JAY

Going to make donuts

I did put money on UF but the spread went up to Florida -6.5 or -7…I hope I lose my money.

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“This is strictly race based.”

There is a lot of this in this election as there was 4 years ago.

I know dozens of people who are voting for Obama simply because of race.

I know dozens of people who are voting against Obama simply because of race.

And both sides are doing so with a great deal of pride.

Now I know dozens of voters who are voting for Romney and Obama for reasons other than race.

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Sununu has it right. Powell is a man of enormous accomplishments but he cannot admit that Obama had been a miserable president and is endorsing race over the good of the nation.

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Revenge of the Nerds…

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danhodges/100186641/nate-silver-the-geeky-statistician-who-is-singlehandedly-dismantling-the-myth-of-mitt-mentum/

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with powell’s endorsement, Obama should get millions more in votes, especially from moderates which should seal the election! Romney will lose by 1-2 % — too conservative.

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Butch,

Nice deflection. I’m not picking either side. I’m not excusing anyone’s activity. Why are you excusing this?

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More evidence the GOP is the bigotry think tank of America.

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Jay,

If 95% of whites voted for the white candidate then it would be racism. That’s what we’d be told.

I’m told I’m racist just because I don’t like Obama. I also don’t like Romney but no one accuses me of be racist for that.

It’s a terrible accusation that the left needs to stop using.

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I don’t know this criticism about Romney being in concert with Obama on some of the latter’s foreign policies – for instance, the squabble on potentially nuclear Iran. It seems that everyone expects the views of two parties to be diametrically opposed everytime. This is preposterous. What if the opposite view is the worst possible stance? Is the other party to be doomed? Nobody, I repeat, nobody, has an absolute monopoly on a particular view.

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All you middle class Republican’s bend over after voting……..

Tax Policy Center in Spotlight for Its Romney Study

By ANNIE LOWREY | New York Times – 16 hours ago
WASHINGTON — A small nonpartisan research center operated by professed “geeks” has found itself at the center of a rancorous $5 trillion debate between President Obama and Mitt Romney.

No white paper or policy manifesto put out during the presidential campaign has proved more controversial than an August study by the Washington-based Tax Policy Center, a respected nonprofit that issues studiously detailed tax analyses.

That study found, in short, that Mr. Romney could not keep all of the promises he had made on individual tax reform: including cutting marginal tax rates by 20 percent, keeping protections for investment income, not widening the deficit and not increasing the tax burden on the poor or middle class. It concluded that Mr. Romney’s plan, on its face, would cut taxes for rich families and raise them for everyone else.

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Romney is a nutt job! He flip flops more than a fish out of water. How on earth can a person TRUST him? You can’t. I still think he has alzheimers. I really believe he do. It will come out just like it did with Ronald Regan.

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The country is polarized indeed; but what puzzles most people is “Where is George W. Bush”? He was the leader that the Republican Party considered a hero (MISSION ACCOMPLISHED). He does not attend the Republican National Convention. George H. and Jeb endorses Mitt Romney and still no sign of George W. Bush. What are his views? He lead the country into WAR and we lost thousands of American lives. Why can’t the media interview him and get his opinion on why those that have served in his cabinet are speaking out against the Republican Party!!

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” No one alive today possesses Powell’s level of experience at the highest levels of military and foreign policy”

Malarky

How is that list of alternate names coming along, Jm?

We can’t wait to see what you come up with!!

Remember, Captain Kangaroo and General Motors aren’t actually people…

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SunnuMo is the latest carnival barker for the neo retarded wing of the Con party.

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Given the total failure of Obama’s policies, bothe foreign and domestic, most of which were defective at the “design” stage, I’d say Gen Powell is the one who has gone “nuts.”

Given Gen Powell’s experienced role in masterminding the coverup of the Valerie Plame “outing,” certainly Chauncey needs his help now, with the Libya deception issue.

Anyone really interested in the rational thoughts of a significant African-American thinker follows economists Dr. Thomas Sowell or Dr. Walter E Williams. I respectfully note they find little to admire in the current administration.

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Don’t tread..
You got it wrong on Lohan. She came out for Romney the other day & joins her misfit sister Britney Spears in the same camp.
Glad to set you straight on that error of yours but please don’t take my word for it & go verify it yourself.

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Being an American is an idea. That’s how anyone can become an
American. But there are certain responsibilities that come with
the idea of individual liberty over massive federal government
intrusions on said individualism. At the moment the country is divided
mostly down this chasm. Others can do the drabby 400 year old argument
and say the country is divided by race. I beg to differ. If anyone divides by race, sexual orientation, etc. it’s Lefty.

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John Mclame lost all cred when he selected Sarah Palin.

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Blood is thicker than water….

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Demwits are all giddy about the guy they called “uncle tom” and “Bush’s lackey” has to say now that he has endorsed obama.

Actually I called him “the guy who should be Bush 41’s VP candidate” back in 1988. To this day I don’t really know why he chose Dan Freaking Quayle instead.

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Sununu’s statement, which he later tried to back down, is deeply troubling.

To the right wing, all things boil down to clan and tribalism.

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I personally mailed Powell a case of White out today to take the (R) off everything behind his name. It’s the least I can do.

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Powell did not endorse:
John Kerry, long term Senator who served in Vietnam
Bill Clinton, two time governor of Arkansas
Michael Dutaxus, two time governor of Massachusetts

However he did endorse Barack Hussein Obama whose prior experience in leading anything amounted to nothing:
US Senator for barely two years who passed zero legislation and rarely held committee meetings.

Ummmmmm…what did Powell see in Obama’s qualifications that he didn’t see in those other gentlemen??

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“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.”

Some of y’all White folks are funny…

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Powell is not a Republican, he votes for Obama for the same reason that 98% of all blacks vote for him, not only that he was nothing but a token, or quota General when he was in the military.

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Jay,
Thanks for the info. I thought they would have an early count too, just to make it easier.. Thanks again.

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Bro,
We are white and we can’t get down…

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And all comments from the left about Romney are OK with everyone I guess. Hypocrites all

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WRONG! Romney will say it LOUDER!!!

He will also hold his hands parallel to each other and move them up down while saying it. Like the guy in the Fedex commercial.

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Mitch McConnell’s famous words…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-A09a_gHJc

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Whatever – “Why are you excusing this?”

Because I have a life.

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who cares what those two old gray white men think? they are out of touch and their days are numbered

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Poor Republicans. Their lives are not getting better. They are still waiting for home prices to return to the level that they were when they bought their homes in 2007. So sad.

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The two Johns – Mit Wits! Plain and simple.

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Georgia has a HUGE number of white racists. This forum merely provides evidence thereof.

Spend a week in Nebraska, like I just did, and you will see a difference in Republicans that is so stark that it is amazing.

Democrats and progressivess are not reviled there. They honor men like Bob Kerrey (a Vietnam war veteran and hero – no POS swiftboaters, there) and Ben Nelson even though they are not Republicans.

Yes, Virgina it is true. There are actually conservative Republicans in this country who are not anti-education, anti-environment and who are not modern day Klansmen.

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…

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That someone can still make these kind of comments about race in this day and age is deplorable. Ignorance and intolerance abound. Sadly, it comes down to this level, doesn’t it? If I could hear a Republican party that didn’t align with limiting human rights, pushing one religion over others and measuring people by skin color, then I might be able to weigh some of the economic arguments. As it stands, it isn’t credible to think the party cares about most people’s economic welfare specifically when it doesn’t bother to care about most people in general.

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Republicans squawk about Freedom – yet when a Republican endorses a Democrat they go ballistic to attempt to “force” party loyalty. Hypocrites.

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Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Our soldiers kill in war. Is that murder? Our police kill in the line of duty. Is that murder? Some states execute killers. Is that murder?

You believe “thou shall not kill”. So, should we do away with our military, police and justice system?

Exactly how do you define “murder”?

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Ramzhad, that Jamaican pimp stuff would be great if he hadnt went to the UN and lied for W….i would imagine that has a lot to do with why he’s turned away from the party

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Its been four years and the left still blames Bush/Cheney. How incredible is that?

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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

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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.

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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.

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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?

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Oh,just unforgivable Jay,……..”Anyone For A Beer”?

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“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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.

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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.

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“Paint it. Paint it black.”

Taxpayer rockin’ some Stones this morning!

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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.

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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

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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.

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McCain just can’t get over losing an election to a black man.

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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.

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“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?

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You’re not paying attention, Joe. You just crawl out from under a rock?
I’m out.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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How many black Governors has Georgia had in its history?

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What kind of ‘Merican has a name like Sununu? Has anyone seen this man’s birth certificate?

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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.

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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.

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Jam

Not sure if you back or still visiting with your family. Hope you are having or had a great time.

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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?

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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!

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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?

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‘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)

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<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.

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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”?

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“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.

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sununuuuuuu’s already retreating:

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/10/sununu-powells-endorsement-of-obama-racedriven-147310.html?hp=r1

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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.

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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?

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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.

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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???

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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.

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kayaker 71

October 26th, 2012
10:09 am

Where is George W. Bush?

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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

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kayaker

And his “elevation” was due to his skill set, intellect and ability to lead, but do carry on with your usual bs.

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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.

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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.

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@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!!

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I really look up to Colin Powell as a strong leader who is not afraid to cross party lines to endorse the man he views as most qualified. With his amount of experience “in the trenches”, I trust his judgment and admire him for standing up to his own party. I feel sorry for those who blindly follow their party (whichever one) without asking questions. Kudos, Mr. Powell.

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Obama seems to rely heavily on those Hollywood celebrities.

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And why does FOX News keep putting John Bolton front and center. He’s one of the fools involved in every foreign policy screw up for the last 15 years.

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“do you vote for Romney because he is white?”

To be fair Stands, Romney is not always white. When he has a Latino audience he wears his “brown face.”

http://media1.policymic.com/site/articles/15150/photo.jpg

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Jay, to open up the race dialogue in voting, one only has to look at the cluster that is APS. Good Lord. Putting many of those incompetants in power to “keep the power” has made APS a laughing stock, and like it or not made Sununu’s remark (wrongly) irrelevant. So, it works both ways. By the way, although he is NOT in my district I support Sanford Bishop. Also, I was in Cain’s camp. Great business mind. Lets not bring up the “affair” info…..(Kennedy, Clinton, Roosevelt…….)

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Not Merican. Born in Cuba, pa was Palestinian, ma was from El Salvador.

I guess the infiltration of our gub’mint by marxist socialist anti-colonials is not a recent development.

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You can vote for Romney cause he’s a bully. He should get the bully vote.

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“I’m happy and content with my life and I just don’t want what I’ve earned going to someone else.”

Of course Tampa — no reason at all for you to contribute toward making society civil and sustainable.

Wow. Romney supporters who really care…

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Suck, 10:13,

A sh*t load of two stars don’t make it to four unless someone is looking out for them. Powell served as National Security Chief under Reagan and retained his three star rank. He rose to prominence under George HW Bush who promoted him the Chair of the Joint Chiefs. where he served from 1989 to 1993 when Clinton got rid of him. Then 43 appointed him to Sec of State in 2000. Looks like a lot of those “racist” evil, vile Republicans took pretty good care of this guy.

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Did I read this on here?

A republican without a war is like a Kardashian without a sex tape.

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kayaker

Two stars is not an ROTC

Program so as I stated you was touting BULL $HIT and sadly you know, but you can’t help yourself

PERIOD

You demonstrate it on a consistent basis

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Jm

October 26th, 2012
9:10 am

” No one alive today possesses Powell’s level of experience at the highest levels of military and foreign policy”

Malarky

You moron. National Security Adviser, 8th Army Commander, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of State. The “malarky” is your obvious lack of education. You’re just pissed because he endorsed Obama.

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Powell is old news and is no longer respected when you will support someone just because of the color of one’s skin. “O” will go down in history right along side Jimmy Carter as the worse presidents ever. “O” will not be reelected!

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Well, I’m not quite sure which General Powell we have regarding common sense.

The Powell that served under BUSH and realized what the Republican’s are all about .Duhhhhh

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Jay…Sununu’s premise is hardly difficult to accept. Plenty of people have made it very clear that their vote for Obama is based primarily because they share the same reason. Second, no one who can claim to agree with the GOP could possibly vote for Obama based upon his record. This is the clearest political choice in modern American history. And finally, while John McCain can be, at times, petty…I think we can all agree that based upon his service and suffering in Vietnam, he has earned some right to it. Powell has always been a sell-out and a desk jockey. While McCain suffered in a POW camp, Powell was in an air-conditioned office. Powell took a completely false case before the UN, and had he been a true, exemplary leader who disagreed with the Bush doctrine, he would have resigned before doing so. But he didn’t. Powell has zero credibility.

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“And why does FOX News keep putting John Bolton front and center. He’s one of the fools involved in every foreign policy screw up for the last 15 years.”

the same reason they have Turd Blossom on 20 times a day, when the lying snake should be in a federal prison or marched in front of a firing squad… They love treason and hate America… that’s the only reason that could explain all of thier “truths” and all of the convicted felons and treasonous snakes they have on the payroll…

Why does Fox News hate America?

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A republican without a war is like a Kardashian without a sex tape.

WOW .. that is true REALITY !!!!!!!!!!

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Yep, the resident wingnuts will tell ya’ll who’s white and who isn’t…they’re experts on THAT too…

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“No, not the al-qaida lapel pin Reggie. I want the one with, you know, those stripes and the 57 tiny stars. What do they call it, ‘Old Story’, no ‘Glory’, that’s it. Hurry Reggie, I don’t want to keep Letterman waiting. Jus’ remind me to take it off before I see Jay Z.”

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kayaker 71 – 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.

Actually a great point to those that paint the right as “racists”

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Here ya go Cons:

“Meat Loaf Endorses Romney At Ohio Rally: ‘There Has Storm Clouds Come Over The United States’”

There’s another great endorsement to go along with Ted Nugent and Hank Jr. — way to go, yeaaaa!

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“It’s funny when libs know the’re losing they always pull out the race card.”

You know what’s funny? An article on the front page of Rasmussen today explaining how tough it will be for Romney to win the Electoral College vote.

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No surprise in Powell’s endorsement! He had been put forth as a Conservative, but, as his actions have shown since his retirement, HE IS NOT! Just like several members of the House and Senate, they are Conservative/Republican in name only! Same for Bloomberg in NYC! Obama is clueless on almost everything, except, his agenda to change this great country into just another socialist Euro model! He must be defeated!

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Whatever – ” I will assume your indignation of the right’s same tactics is fake as well.”

Pretty much. I find both parties and their members to be equally idiotic.

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“WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a slightly faster 2 percent annual rate from July through September, buoyed by an uptick in consumer spending and a burst of government spending.

The Commerce Department says growth improved from the 1.3 percent rate in the April-June quarter”

Boom goes the economy.

Four more years!.

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………… and to think at one time I hoped he would run for president !

Now THAT’s scary !

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“… the systematic suppression and exploitation of people of color by primarily the European peoples…”

It’s a good thing that “people of color” have never enslaved other “people of color” and that that sort of thing doesn’t go on at present. And it’s also good that those evil Europeans still embrace, practice, and encourage slavery today. Otherwise, that’d really blow that statement out of the water.

But you’re safe. I’m sure of it.

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Morality

Is that why Sununu who works for the Romney campaign made the statement he did? Because no one cares

Granted, I doubt it changes many minds, but you are a bigger fool than you present yourself to be if you think Republicans would not be touting a Powell endorsement…………..

Look on the bright side, Meat Loaf is campaigning for Romney

“Don’t be sad, cause 2 out 3 aint bad”

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No news here. Colin Powell’s five minutes were up about ten years ago when he joined Condi Rice as just another bag boy/girl for Bush. So what. Only three people care who Colin is endorsing and they still aren’t voting for Obama!

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Sometimes Republicans sound like if you are not a republican you are against God and America. In their view, God helps to select all American Presidents accept the demonstrate presidents. If you do not endorse a republican candidate you cannot reason. Your decision is solely based on race or something cynical. I have the highest respect for General Powell. He is an American leader and a hero and will continue to be so whether he supports a demonstrate president or a republican president.

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And why does FOX News keep putting John Bolton front and center. He’s one of the fools involved in every foreign policy screw up for the last 15 years.

He’s a dedicated warmonger….that’s all you’ll ever see on Faux.
Imo, the War Lobby doesn’t consider them screw-ups.

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Suck, 10:28,

C’mon, Suck. I am not full of anything and you know it. Stow it, pal. Your anger is getting the best of you and it’s making you look even kookier than usual. If you don’t like what I say, don’t read it and don’t respond. Otherwise, take your meds. Helps with the mood swings.

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I’m not an Obama supporter, but the very strong Neo-Con ties Romney hs is a deal killer for me. He is extremely close to Chaney and would continue the policy of selective intervention around the world, which is funded by the taxpayer. Our country would continue to be a surrogate for Isarel in the Middle East, a policy not in our best interest (google USS Liberty).

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Powell is not a Republican, he votes for Obama for the same reason that 98% of all blacks vote for him, not only that he was nothing but a token, or quota General when he was in the military.

Y’all White people are really, really funny when y’all start to lose control.

it’s pretty amazing. Folks overlook that Powell stated the reason why he’s voting for the President. Instead of disagreeing with the reason…folks go straight race..they can’t believe Powell can make an educated decision.

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‘Only three people care who Colin is endorsing and they still aren’t voting for Obama!’

Complete BS…If Powell endorsed Romney, the right wing would be touting it as loud and frequently as they could. I bet you know this, but choose to play stupid…

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“WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a slightly faster 2 percent annual rate from July through September, buoyed by an uptick in consumer spending and a burst of government spending. The Commerce Department says growth improved from the 1.3 percent rate in the April-June quarter”

Boom goes the economy. Four more years!.

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“Growth came in a little higher than we had feared, largely because of the big jump in federal spending,” said Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics. “But the economy is still not growing rapidly enough to create sufficient jobs to reduce the unemployment rate.”.

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“DannyX, how many white people hold office in Dekalb, Fulton, and Clayton counties? City of Atlanta? School boards in those counties?”

Btw RB, in fact there are a lot of whites elected to office in DeKalb, Fulton and Atlanta. In fact many whites have been appointed to Dept head and other positions by blacks in those areas also.

Now back to Gwinnett. How many minority department heads have been appointed there? How many minorities have been elected there?

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Not Merican. Born in Cuba, pa was Palestinian, ma was from El Salvador.

I guess the infiltration of our gub’mint by marxist socialist anti-colonials is not a recent development.

Shhhh…
(we’re not supposed to notice)

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kayaker

Within the rules of this blog, I will respond to any post I damn well please. yes, even yours.

If you do not like the response, you are more than welcome to pass me by if you like

But carry on with your Powell would probably be running an ROTC program bs if that makes you feel good about yourself……

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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.
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Where did I say racism did not exist? However, you can’t claim it is one sided. Obama received a higher percentage of black vote than Kerry or Gore while also receiving more white votes.

Racism rampant in the south. (Opinion)
Obama wins higher percentage of white votes than Kerry or Gore. (Fact)
Obama wins higher percentage of black votes than Kerry or Gore (Fact)

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Normal @ 9:33

99% of y’all White people are cool. There’s that 1% that’s very entertaining, especially when they feel like they are losing control.

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Is this the same Colin Powell that Jay roundly criticized awhile back for a misrepresentation before the U.N. on whether or not Iraq had WMDs? Well if Mr. Powell lacked honesty and character back then as Jay suggested then why is his word or opinion good as gold today?

Kinda strange not only that a Republican would endorse a Democrat but that he would endorse a Democrat with such a horrendous record on the economy and who is now embroiled in a foreign policy scandal. Can’t imagine the reason why Powell would be endorsing him. Hmmm.

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@THE CAT,
“A Kardashian w/o a sex-tape”…thats funny no matter which side one is on………..

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Why do Hollywood celebrities consider themselves to be so important that they have to give their opinion and endorsement ……. massive egos – little intelligence. I don’t care who you endorse . just shut up!

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Thulsa Doom,

You need to pick up a history book or google some newspaper articles. You act as if a Republican has never endorsed a Democrat (or vice versa) before. Heck, how many politicians have gone a step further and flat out switched parties? Get real.

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I don’t care who you endorse . just shut up!

Someone has Samuel L. Jackson envy.

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“Thanks, USMC, for proving my point so d*** eloquently.”

How professional of you Jay. Someone from your background shouldn’t have to use such language. If you really believe in what you believe in, then maybe it’s time you take a deep look at yourself.

Prove me wrong Jay, I dare you.

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WMD. We all know that Iraq didn’t have them. But there are two things here that people seem to forget:
1) The UN Security council and their associates for years were confirming WMD. So not only was Bush “wrong”, the UN was wrong? The same UN that Obama wants us to lean heavily on? If I’m not mistaken, we leaned heavily on the UN’s findings and research and they were very concerned about WMD

2) I’ve read several times that part of Sadam Hussein’s overall defense of his country was having everyone in the Middle East believe he had WMD so that they wouldn’t invade. When in all actuallity, he didn’t have any at all, or a small amount, but he had everyone believing he did, so they left him alone. Pretty smart if you ask me, but it got him in the end.

I don’t believe Powell or any one else in the US intentionally pushed the WMD theory w/o having as many facts as possible. Our country plods along way to slowly on this stuff for us to make a knee jerk reaction. The US is also the country that had NO clue that the Soviet Union collapsed or the Berlin Wall was falling until the day of/before and they saw it on CNN.

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I heard Sununu being accurately compared to the bag lady who screams “Don’t Touch Me!” at the trash bins of the Port Authority. Keep in mind that he is the CHAIR of the Romney campaign. Next I am betting he’ll suggest Obama isn’t fit BECAUSE he is black.

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One other point, the fact that the boys at Bain Capital and Trigg Romney are selling the State of Ohio voting machines is very troubling. How can there be no conflict here? Gov. Romney should have crushed that idea. If he wins Ohio, there will be a real trust issue with the American election system. If anything were to be found improper, every person involved should spend the rest of their lives in Supermax.

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Jay
October 26th, 2012
9:40 am

Moderate, I don’t think you can compare the political climate of today to that of the ’70s.

Back then, Richard Nixon — pro-choice, creator of the EPA, institutor of wage and price controls, advocate of single-payer health program — was considered a hard-shell conservative.
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In other words you do not have any evidence to support such a claim other than the 70’s were different. The people who thought abortion was murder then were different vs the ones who think it is murder now. There was no mass movement to allow abortion nationally until the Supreme Court became involved. It was not even a national issue which is how Nixon could be elected.

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“One other point, the fact that the boys at Bain Capital and Trigg Romney are selling the State of Ohio voting machines is very troubling. ”

Pish Posh… much like in person voting fraud, a straw man…

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I love General Powell and loved him even more when he spoke the truth about how Saddam was sitting on a bunch of nukes after he bombed the trade towers.

But these days, I’m glad that General Powell never ran for president. Yes, thank you for service to the country and your loyal dedicated to the honorable Bush family, but today, General, you are dead wrong! I’m sorry to say that General Powell has now tainted his record and joins the ranks of traitors John Kerry, Arlen Specter, Scott Brown and David Brock. What’s even worse is that General Powell now endorses King Hussein Obama for the second time! Unacceptable General. I now have no problem writing you off and throwing you in with liberal clowns like turncoat RINO Senator Lugar. You are now a disgrace Colin Powell. Just go change your party affiliation and hang out more with your buddies Jimmah Carter and Chris Matthews.

GOOD NIGHT!

Amen,
Bill

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It’s kind of a slow day, do you think you could double dare him?

I think that would interfere with the pearl clutching.

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MIghty Righty – “If Obama can’t turn this economy around in four years he certain ly won’t be able to do it in eight.”

If you can’t run a Marathon in two hours, you won’t be able to do it in four. Makes sense to me. (sarc)

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‘Otherwise …’

I would love to finish that statement, but, I am trying to decide if it is worth the consequences…

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Ask 99% of the black population why they voted for Obama and they will tell you for no other reason…Obama is black.

So, it’s gone from 94% to 99%. Y’all White folks are seriously funny when you feel like you’re losing control of things.

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The big difference between Colin Powell and John Sununu is Colin graduated from City College of New York with a bare C average and John was cum laud at MIT.

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So show us the evidence that you used to make that claim.

You can just never say that line enough regardless of the particular Republican it may be directed toward.

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I contend that General Powell’s endorsement of Body Odor (Barak Obama – or BO) has nothing to do with BO’s Administration, but everything to do with the George Bush’s, (– or GB) Administration.

MY RATIONALE: When the GB Administration hood-winked the General into believing that Iraq possessed “weapons of mass destruction” and then sent him to testify before the United Nations to validate what GB was asserting, the General later found that GB had sold his (Gen Powell) reputation down the river in order to gain political cover to invade Iraq. The embarrassment to the General then caused him to repudiate his Republican Party membership and to seek justice it by “appearing” to adopt liberal principles.

Based on his unpleasant experience with GB, General Powell is now seeking retribution against the Republican Party, not because he really believes that BO is the best choice to be the POTUS, but because backing BO instead of Romney gives him his only weapon for getting “payback”.

If it’s politically proper for BO to blame GB for the awful economy he inherited, then it’s also politically proper for the General to blame GB for the embarrassment caused by GB.

It’s known as, “What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.” :

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Strange how all these posters who don’t care about GEN Powell’s endorsement of Pres Obama because Powell is “old” news are so worked up over it.

Non-achievers.

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kayker 71 – “Hell, Bozo wrote off white males a long time ago….. you know, the ones that work for a living.”

Of course he did, he has to focus on improving the black situation. Wasn’t it you who said that blacks were better off back in the 1920’s?

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Surely a man with honesty and character would not make a claim like that without evidence, correct Thulsa? So show us the evidence that you used to make that claim

I predict a quick speedochicken exit (stage rear) with a lame effort after a massive move of the goalposts and a “boom boom”.

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Jay
October 26th, 2012
10:04 am

Donna Brazile?????????

Uncle Tom?

Jehmu Greene (democratic strategist)
Bow tie N white boy?

Your selective memory is amazing at times.

Both sides are guilty of using race and fears about race to their advantage only a hack would act like both ain’t guilty.

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SUCK – If you want to see a bigger fool look in the mirror and then label your biased opinion THE RIGHT SUCKS……….. as you are definitely left of center and 99% of your biased opinion is in support of Obama. I am a fiscal conservative – Obama is not. Therefore I am opposed to Obama’s plan to “spend our way out of debt”. Common sense and economics Obama and you lack. n. POWELL was and is a social liberal and that’s a fact. He’s pro abortion on demand and endorsed “gay” marriage. He is a social liberal. He endorsed Obama last time. The Repubs are not surprised that he endorsed Obama again. No one cares who Powell endorses. He has no power in the political world. Endorsing Obama won’t get Obama one single vote that he wouldn’t have gotten any way. Jay take note. I was called a fool by a fool……… which makes the comment irrelevant.

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Someone has to pay the bills for those that will not work and and for our horrendous government spending it certainly won’t come from blacks, latinos, Muslims, disgruntled women and hangers on.

Man, glad I was in time for the epic meltdown.

Let me know when angry white kayaker reaches China and he’s surrounded by non-working yellow people. Karma, unlike all us leeches, is always at work.

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Morality

Quit your crying. If it meant nothing why the Sununu comment?

I know you can’t read his mind, but what is your speculation?

It did mean nothing right?

And Jay is taking note of you being a fool.

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The polls continue to favor Romney with each passing day Romney picks up more good news. Today for example, Romney now leads in Virgina, Florida, North Carolina and New Hampshire,is even in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and is close in Pennsylvania. He is so far ahead in North Carolina Obama has stopped advertising there. Minnesota is now within the margin of error. Minnesota hasn’t oted for a Republican since Nixon but now looks favorable. Romney is even in Iowa, while Colorado has moved to Romney. No “toss up” state has moved toward Obama in more than three weeks. Romney is leading or even in more than enough states to carry the electoral college. There are no recent bright spots for the president and not a single state carried by McCain has switched to Obama while all of the above were Obama states now switching to Romney. The good news just keeps on coming.

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Aqua

You knew it was coming. That was an easy bet in Vegas.

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Jay, they even hate u man, grow up.

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Sununu “goes” nuts???

You can’t progress toward something you already FULLY ARE.

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Racism is trending, folks. I knew the internet would bring about an unprecedented confrontation, finally, between white and black. Because our thoughts are communicated to the mob instantly, we could possibly tweet our way into a race war, because that’s just the creepy little worker bees we truly are.

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Keep Up the Good Fight !

“Because voting for the most liberal Republican who flips flops and has no principals is of course not arrogant or goofy.”

You make my point ………. for example if YOU (a super liberal) voted for Romney it would be goofy !!!

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did you see the devastating response from Rosie Perez? Hilarious.

I’d only heard the end bit, actually, now that I’ve got the set up it makes a lot more sense.

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I can find no documentation that Donna Brazile ever called Powell an Uncle Tom.

Jay you flaming lib, it’s right there in the (crosstalk) part.

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“Today for example, Romney now leads in Virgina, Florida, North Carolina and New Hampshire,is even in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and is close in Pennsylvania. He is so far ahead in North Carolina Obama has stopped advertising there.”

Mighty Righty, that for the most part is just pure fantasy. In fact Real Clear changed their their toss up map today, North Carolina is once again a toss-up. Obama is now leading in both of their maps.

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Frankenstorm? or the Divine Wind? Could save Romney. Low turnout if people are all flooded and keep refusing boats and helicopters and …….

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I wish my favorite kook would at least make his retorts funny. Sheesh.

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Anyone endorsing a disgrace such as Obama IS a cartoon character. They reduce themselves to that level by their own action, no assistance required.

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And Sununu plays the race card! How sad. McCain, the sore loser, faults Powell for the same soap he himself was peddling! Totally Reprehensible. That’s what the R truly “stands for.” At least, at the moment.

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“You make my point ………. for example if YOU (a super liberal) voted for Romney it would be goofy !!!”

The point you make is goofy!!!.. You infer we all should just vote straight party lines…

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“The big difference between Colin Powell and John Sununu is Colin graduated from City College of New York with a bare C average and John was cum laud at MIT”

Well, nice to know he’s educated AND racist. I guess your point is it’s okay since he’s MIT and Powell’s City College. Gotta keep those uppity black folks in their place, right?

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“We can’t truly be a melting pot if one
doesn’t accept another’s culture.”

Speaking of pots and kettles…wingnut’s idea of accepting another’s culture appears to be “either become like us, or get out”…

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We’ve had 44 presidents only one has been Black. Since Blacks have gotten the right to vote we’ve voted for white males. I think if Asians had the same historical experience in this country as Blacks you would find them voting and holding a similar allegiance to their group. Given this same circumstance for any group I think you’d find them rallying behind one who is from them and whom they see as a solid representative.

It doesn’t surprise me that Blacks support Blacks no more than whites support whites. Sure Obama’s race has a lot to do with it but race is not the only factor. Look at Clarence Thomas.

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Morality

Heck if it wasn’t for Reagan saving him from his lowly 2 Star gig as head of FORSCOM, he would be running and ROTC program…………

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I hear the whining and clucking but I am not seeing any proof. Speedochicken failure on the Jay attack because jellyfish spine make all sorts of claims of “X said this” but doesn’t have backbone to provide the evidence. All part of Pompous Assenisia.

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Jay
October 26th, 2012
11:00 am

I went with the demOcrat favorite on that one of code words.

She said Colin Powell was interested in taking pictures with black kids but doesn’t care about feeding them. That means he doesn’t care about black kids or their well being.

What about the let the white boys win comment?

Both from the campaign manager.

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Well I would have expected more out of McCain and Sunnunu, I did see Sunnunu on TV last nite and he was asked and his only statement then was to say no suprise and Obama was waiting to use this timing to hopefully help, but if Powel did not stand with a fellow career military man like McCain why would anyone think he was going to endorse anyone else. I still have a lot of respect for Colin Powell and hate to see the name calling from both sides at the end of the day do you make your decision based on endorsements or accomplishments?

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By the way, I can’t help but notice the delicious irony in Obama’s snagging an endorsement from Mr. “weapons of mass destruction” himself on the basis of Obama’s prudence and achievements in getting us out of wars.

You really just can’t make this stuff up.

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and now we see the am raydio talky point pooped on the blog 4 times
already – ‘if his werd wasn’t gud back then at the UN, what gud is his
werd NOW?”
not possessing the gene, they will not see the meter-pinging irony
of that ’statement.’ They jus know it sounds good for 3 seconds
on the fat pig’s radio show.

oh, i do love the smell of unhinged con in the morning

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They BOTH suck:

Guess what?

This “corporal” is going to cancel that “general’s” vote !

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Morality

Whew…….. You don’t back off.

What does that mean? You don’t stop crying

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Jay, a bit thin skinned are we, ohh sizzle–Anyway Powell is a smart man who should be respected;simply said many would disagree with him-plenty of smarts to go around with that group. If Powell considers himself a moderate republican, how does he or anyone define that. It appears more that he has move to left of center , fine, OK, be yourself…..

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“(We) Blacks are everything that those who view us as “inferior” say we are, or there really has been and continues to be a level of institutional racism that causes this to be so. Take your pick. No surprise at which one I think you would pick though.”

Sorry…, that only gets you so far into the equation…Then you have to factor in the self destructive nature of the culture, and it’s zeal to remain a hyphenated sub culture as opposed to becoming part of the overall culture…and the fact that the oppressed choose to continue to be the oppressed in a lot of ways… like the wingnuts who cry about being victims, they choose to perpetuate the victimhood…

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It seems that Colin Powell is a respected, capable and even well thought of leader among his fellow Republicans until he is no longer in complete lock step with the Republican base. This is something which must change in this country with Dems and Reps. We cannot seek to demonize everyone who does not agree with our stance or belief.

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Scout

Actually that is not correct. It would be if the one who received the most votes across the nation is the winner, but unless Powell votes in GA, you are not canceling his vote.

Someone in the state he lives in might be doing just that, but not you.

Smart man like you is fully aware of the EC process.

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“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.”

Well said Bookman. So continues the silly season of rabid partisan politics. Sununu’s kinda the attack dog for Romney that Anthony Weiner woulda been for Obama if he hadn’t… well, you know.

Heck, you stir the pot from the partisan left with the best of ‘em.

I’m a new reader, so perhaps I need to give it some time before I label you an Obama groupie/unrepentant liberal. So far you walk like one and quack like one.

Here’s a quick test:

1. Do your extremities tingle at the sound of Obama’s voice?
2. Do his many and obvious shortcomings as a leader, manager, statesman and negotiator escape your attention somehow?
3. Does the import of his ethnicity relative to his current office cause you to weep like a teenaged girl viewing Titanic for the umpteenth time?
4. Is the current Misery Index still all Bush’s fault?
5. Does the word “binder” now cause you to cringe with disgust?

if you answer ‘Yes’ to any of these questions, you might be an Obama Groupie.

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Jay,

I’m working while I check the blog here and there sir. Not all of us have all day long every day to opine on your blog.

Seriously? You really expect me to go through a year’s worth of blogs to find your comments about Powell misrepresenting our position on WMDs? If you don’t remember that’s one thing. 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???

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People in the open air areas of Atlanta are now saying what Romney said in that primary Republican debate was just politics, he had to say that. Well explain to me why he had to say that, or why he is running for president if he doesn’t believe what he is saying. There is no higher purpose than his obvious selfishness. He tells audiences this week he can do better, this is the only reason he is running, and then what was on his mind back in 2008? His purpose changes like the wind.

Powell worked for a president, named Bush, who gave a good soldier marching orders. He was told lies by that president,who probably looked at Powell as a political token anyway, dispensable to Brush’s real rightwing base, good material to throw under the bus.

The base in the Obama party better wake up, these guys are not even trying to hide their superior bigotry any more They are telling the country, “you can’t trust blacks; they cling together and put their loyalty of race above the country”. The Republican rib up their base of haters doing this kind of communication while they tear down the minority, the woman, the middle class and poor. The GOP will show up in good numbers, while the targets of their hate may stay home. If will take us 20 years to make up for that one day we missed voting, as the right replaces the judges in the Supreme court with white populous who do not believe the constitution is there to protect all Americans. You will wake up the first Wednesday of November like it was 1960 all over again and color bathrooms and water fountains are common. They won’t label them but the spirit of those days will be alive and well. All you had to do was vote, people died in the 60s so you could sit at home? Don’t think so.

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Romney is not the solution, sell out GOP just hate the president. Nothing would change the shallow mind.

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Big time draft dodger, bud.

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Scout

Powell lives in McLean, VA. So unless you are doing it Democrat style and voting multiple times across multiple states, you sir, are not canceling out his vote.

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Skip – and does that make Obama a draft dodger too?

Let’s see, the draft ended in 1973.

Obama was born in 1961 which makes him 12 when the draft ended.

So………….no, Obama was not a draft dodger.

Smarter trolls, please.

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Today for example, Romney now leads in Virgina, Florida, North Carolina and New Hampshire,is even in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio

Polls,…. Schmolls,,,,,, it’s the Gamblers who’re (almost) always right:

How Gamblers — History’s Most Accurate Election Forecasters — Are Betting on 2012
http://huff.to/RE25MD
(snip)
“The election is more of a marathon, a four-year race.
Short of a huge scandal, I can’t see an outcome other than Obama’s reelection.”

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