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		Yesterday: Colin Powell has declined to endorse Barack Obama. Today: "Come on Mitt, think" (livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com)		26
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coeyagi		2012-05-23 12:32:37 PM

I wonder who colon_pow is endorsing.

Mr_Fabulous		2012-05-23 12:34:58 PM

FTFA: "There is no pure competitor of the United States of America," Powell said. "All the problems we talk about in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran ... they count about 700 million people in a world of seven billion. What are the rest of them doing? They're increasing their economies, they're building wealth, they're educating their kids, they're building their infrastructure. That's what we need to be doing."

No, we obviously need to be focused on the singular goal of beating Obama. And ending a woman's right to choose. And tax cuts for the wealthiest few. I mean, duh.

cc_rider		2012-05-23 12:35:16 PM

Don't forget those PNAC guys and other Bush advisors on Rmoney's foreign policy team.

TofuTheAlmighty		2012-05-23 12:35:36 PM

Endorsements from Colin Powell should be treated like those from Charles Manson. Except Manson has less blood on his hands.

bulldg4life		2012-05-23 12:35:54 PM

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears		2012-05-23 12:36:42 PM

You know, Powell, if it weren't for hitching your horse to W, you probably could have been the first black president yourself. You idiot.

MindStalker		2012-05-23 12:37:17 PM

coeyagi: I wonder who colon_pow is endorsing.

He's waiting for a Log Cabin Republican to enter the race.

coeyagi		2012-05-23 12:37:47 PM

Mr_Fabulous: FTFA: "There is no pure competitor of the United States of America," Powell said. "All the problems we talk about in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran ... they count about 700 million people in a world of seven billion. What are the rest of them doing? They're increasing their economies, they're building wealth, they're educating their kids, they're building their infrastructure. That's what we need to be doing."

No, we obviously need to be focused on the singular goal of beating Obama. And ending a woman's right to choose. And tax cuts for the wealthiest few. I mean, duh.

Don't forget dealing with the "gay problem", a not-increasing-fast-enough wealth gap problem, Obama's Anti-Zionist Monsterqueef, and Matthew McConaghey's rampant drug use and bongo playing.

Poopspasm		2012-05-23 12:38:36 PM

"Come on Mitt, think."

Romney is still a republican, right? That could prove difficult.

AntiNerd		2012-05-23 12:43:08 PM

Poopspasm: Romney is still a republican, right? That could prove difficult.

This.

Whatever Colin Powell's faults and shortcomings are, he at least has some semblance of cognitive ability. And that puts him quite at odds with what is now the mainstream Republican Party.

vernonFL		2012-05-23 12:46:36 PM

"Come on Mitt, run Foreignpolicy.exe"

HairBolus		2012-05-23 12:47:19 PM

The whole Republican game plan for a good while has been to scare voters with either internal enemies (Negros, illegals, gays, etc.) or external enemies (Communists, Muslims, etc.)

Colin Powell's advice about what is important does not fit into the Republican world view:

"What are the rest of them doing? They're increasing their economies, they're building wealth, they're educating their kids, they're building their infrastructure. That's what we need to be doing."

StinkyFiddlewinks		2012-05-23 12:51:50 PM

I liked him up to the vial of anthrax. farking liar.

Lunaville		2012-05-23 12:59:37 PM

If Colin Powell endorses Obama again, I might have to check out the Green Party candidate.

That said, from where I'm sitting it looks like Romneys' only policy is War, war, more war.

PanicMan		2012-05-23 01:00:16 PM

Mitt Romney is paid not to think.

themadtupper		2012-05-23 01:09:51 PM

coeyagi: Mr_Fabulous: FTFA: "There is no pure competitor of the United States of America," Powell said. "All the problems we talk about in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran ... they count about 700 million people in a world of seven billion. What are the rest of them doing? They're increasing their economies, they're building wealth, they're educating their kids, they're building their infrastructure. That's what we need to be doing."

No, we obviously need to be focused on the singular goal of beating Obama. And ending a woman's right to choose. And tax cuts for the wealthiest few. I mean, duh.

Don't forget dealing with the "gay problem", a not-increasing-fast-enough wealth gap problem, Obama's Anti-Zionist Monsterqueef, and Matthew McConaghey's rampant drug use and bongo playing.

Damn you FartConaghey!

Omahawg		2012-05-23 01:21:48 PM

Duke Phillips' Singing Bears: You know, Powell, if it weren't for hitching your horse to W, you probably could have been the first black president yourself. You idiot.

yup

GameSprocket		2012-05-23 01:22:50 PM

TofuTheAlmighty: Endorsements from Colin Powell should be treated like those from Charles Manson. Except Manson has less blood on his hands.

I am jealous of your ability to maintain such a simplistic world view.

Dwight_Yeast		2012-05-23 01:34:43 PM

Lunaville: If Colin Powell endorses Obama again, I might have to check out the Green Party candidate.

Why? There's nothing Obama (or any candidate) can do to prevent anyone from endorsing them.

Lunaville		2012-05-23 01:36:24 PM

GameSprocket: TofuTheAlmighty: Endorsements from Colin Powell should be treated like those from Charles Manson. Except Manson has less blood on his hands.

I am jealous of your ability to maintain such a simplistic world view.

Not only does Manson have less blood on his hands, but he had less relevant life experience to inform him of the potential consequences of his actions. One could argue that Cheney and Bush were ignorant, perhaps, even stupid and so relatively innocent in a sense. Colin Powell, however, knew better.

Lunaville		2012-05-23 01:44:14 PM

Dwight_Yeast: Lunaville: If Colin Powell endorses Obama again, I might have to check out the Green Party candidate.

Why? There's nothing Obama (or any candidate) can do to prevent anyone from endorsing them.

I wasn't serious about that.

Ernest T Bass		2012-05-23 03:47:54 PM

Lunaville: One could argue that Cheney and Bush were ignorant, perhaps, even stupid and so relatively innocent in a sense. Colin Powell, however, knew better.

Um... no.

Rich Cream		2012-05-23 04:25:38 PM

Colin Powell is waiting to see who the Republican nominee is. You know what that means? He holding out for RON PAUL!

DrD'isInfotainment		2012-05-23 05:14:53 PM

Say what you will about Powell, but his assessment is right on the money when it comes to other countries educating themselves and raising their standard of living while we get ruined by a bunch of Reagan enthusiasts who even Zombie Reagan would recoil from muttering ...the horror...the horror

YELLOL		2012-05-23 07:31:00 PM

So now Colin Powell is a racist too.

PC LOAD LETTER		2012-05-24 09:18:48 AM

AntiNerd: Poopspasm: Romney is still a republican, right? That could prove difficult.

This.

Whatever Colin Powell's faults and shortcomings are, he at least has some semblance of cognitive ability. And that puts him quite at odds with what is now the mainstream Republican Party.

Plus, in order to be black and Republican and be a public figure and have anyone listen to you in the party, you generally have to be a genuine flipping nutjob like Keyes or Cain.

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