Colin Powell endorses Obama

[nageov3t]

I give this as much weight as Colin Powell's endorsement of Ted Stevens last week.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: HomerJS
I can predict the spin of the talking right wing radio hosts...

See the liberal elite media just focuses on Republicans when they go against their own.

Too much time by the LEM spent on this story.

Powell is a traitor.

Powell was never really a Republican

It's not the Republican base where this will be effective, it's with the undecided Independents who'll see what they consider a very pragmatic man in Powel going to the other side because he believes it's for the good of the country.

 

[HomerJS]

Originally posted by: ironwing
How does Colin Powell find redemption?

By stating absent WMDs we should not have gone to war. Remember this is in direct opposition of John McCain. Powell was not in charge of gathering the intelligence but presenting it.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: CptObvious
Link to article with video
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Thanks.

?I don?t believe [Palin] is ready to be president of the United States,? Powell said flatly. By contrast, Obama?s running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware, ?is ready to be president on day one.?

That is the point that "swung my vote" in this election.

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
No big deal, Colin is to the Repubicans as Liberman is to the Dems

That is so far from the truth. They or their situations share nothing in common.

 

[Woofmeister]

As a registered Republican, it gives me a level of comfort about Obama that no prior endorsement has.

I will (very reluctantly) pull the lever for Obama this year and hope that, as President, Obama will take his cues from people like Powell rather than Pelosi/Waters/Frank/Shumer/Conyers.

 

[GooeyGUI]

I predict what the immediate future now holds!

The last few days worth of polling will be entirely out of whack with this new factor in people's considerations.

 

[OrByte]

Originally posted by: Woofmeister
As a registered Republican, it gives me a level of comfort about Obama that no prior endorsement has.

I will (very reluctantly) pull the lever for Obama this year and hope that, as President, Obama will take his cues from people like Powell rather than Pelosi/Waters/Frank/Shumer/Conyers.

Let me tell you who I associate with. On economic policy, I associate with Warren Buffett and former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker. If I'm interested in figuring out my foreign policy, I associate myself with my running mate, Joe Biden or with Dick Lugar, the Republican ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, or General Jim Jones, the former supreme allied commander of NATO. -Obama 3rd debate.

maybe you can add Powell to that list now.

 

[GroundedSailor]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
No big deal, Colin is to the Repubicans as Liberman is to the Dems

Not so. Colin has a lot of respect despite his war selling record. Lieberman has lost a lot of respect on both sides of the aisle with the exception of those R's who wish to exploit him.

Big difference between the 2 situations.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: CallMeJoe

Originally posted by: techs
Yep. I was right.
Hope the same sources that told me Powell was going to endorse Obama are wrong on Cuba.

I think you have several orders of magnitude difference in the probability of the two events.

I got it from the same sources. And they have been talking about Powell for over two weeks endorsing Obama. WAY before anyone else.
Of course, even a stopped clock.....

I think a lot of people figured Powell was going to endorse Obama about 6 months ago.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Originally posted by: Woofmeister
As a registered Republican, it gives me a level of comfort about Obama that no prior endorsement has.

I will (very reluctantly) pull the lever for Obama this year and hope that, as President, Obama will take his cues from people like Powell rather than Pelosi/Waters/Frank/Shumer/Conyers.

I wish a president had the power to remove a Speaker. Pelosi is just terrible, as I've stated before.

But this is an important endorsement for Obama. Look for Republicans to downplay it as insignificant. But you know that if Powell had endorsed McCain the Repubs. would be touting it as how McCain is the best suited to handle the foreign policy issues facing the country. :roll: Typical Republican downplaying.

 

[fskimospy]

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ

Originally posted by: Woofmeister
As a registered Republican, it gives me a level of comfort about Obama that no prior endorsement has.

I will (very reluctantly) pull the lever for Obama this year and hope that, as President, Obama will take his cues from people like Powell rather than Pelosi/Waters/Frank/Shumer/Conyers.

I wish a president had the power to remove a Speaker. Pelosi is just terrible, as I've stated before.

But this is an important endorsement for Obama. Look for Republicans to downplay it as insignificant. But you know that if Powell had endorsed McCain the Repubs. would be touting it as how McCain is the best suited to handle the foreign policy issues facing the country. :roll: Typical Republican downplaying.

You wish the executive branch had the power to remove members of the legislature? That's awful.

 

[jpeyton]

$150 million AND Colin Powell; today's going to be a sweet news cycle for Obama.

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: deftron

Breaking news on CNN

No full story yet.

He's going to be on Meet the Press later today.

CNN reported on TV, that Powell will campaign for him, too.

I doubt this will have a major impact in this election. I think that most people, whetever they admit it or not, have decided on who they are going to vote for.

Mr Powell did the best job addressing the current Republican taking points of anyone I have heard. His interview on Meet The Press is worth watching.

 

[jpeyton]

Awesome Q&A session from Powell

He gets lots of jabs in, on McCain, on Bachmann, on negative campaigning, etc. Great speaker.

 

[jonks]

October surprise-worthy? If not, it's pretty damn close. The former widely respected secretary of state for the sitting president has endorsed the opposition party candidate. Don't look at this as the vote of one person, but consider how many people of similar thinking that he represents. His indictment of McCain and the Rep party is solidly damning. We've read of one life long conservative after another coming out with well reasoned arguments why they are jumping the Republican ship, yet I have not seen any high level desertions from the left (besides Lieberman who deserted years ago) with logical arguments why Obama is the wrong choice.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Originally posted by: Siddhartha

Originally posted by: deftron

Breaking news on CNN

No full story yet.

He's going to be on Meet the Press later today.

CNN reported on TV, that Powell will campaign for him, too.

I doubt this will have a major impact in this election. I think that most people, whetever they admit it or not, have decided on who they are going to vote for.

Exactly. It's too late for this to have much of an effect. The news isn't foreign policy(since BHO messed up the Georgia thing), it's economic policy now and Powell's only real experience is military and foreign policy.

Also, this doesn't surprise me as CP has never really expressed the rest of his views. Also, he claims it isn't because of race but his previous comments don't allow rational people to accept his new claim without question. But again, it's not going to hold much weight this late into the game.

 

[Pepsei]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$150 million AND Colin Powell; today's going to be a sweet news cycle for Obama.

the right wing talking heads are already going with , "buying the election" and "race before country" talking points.

 

[Skitzer]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
No big deal, Colin is to the Repubicans as Liberman is to the Dems

QFT

 

[miketheidiot]

Originally posted by: eskimospy

Originally posted by: RaistlinZ

Originally posted by: Woofmeister
As a registered Republican, it gives me a level of comfort about Obama that no prior endorsement has.

I will (very reluctantly) pull the lever for Obama this year and hope that, as President, Obama will take his cues from people like Powell rather than Pelosi/Waters/Frank/Shumer/Conyers.

I wish a president had the power to remove a Speaker. Pelosi is just terrible, as I've stated before.

But this is an important endorsement for Obama. Look for Republicans to downplay it as insignificant. But you know that if Powell had endorsed McCain the Repubs. would be touting it as how McCain is the best suited to handle the foreign policy issues facing the country. :roll: Typical Republican downplaying.

You wish the executive branch had the power to remove members of the legislature? That's awful.

i think he meant that he wished to have the power to have the house elect a new leader.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Skitzer

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
No big deal, Colin is to the Repubicans as Liberman is to the Dems

QFT

It's not the Republicans that are important, it's the undecided Independants.

 

[yllus]

Wow. It may not make much of a difference in the polls, but for people who've read up on Mr. Powell's life and respect him immensely this is huge. I doubt he's worried about taking flak from the Republican base either.

 

[Skitzer]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Skitzer

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
No big deal, Colin is to the Repubicans as Liberman is to the Dems

QFT

It's not the Republicans that are important, it's the undecided Independants.

I don't think his endorsement weighs heavy on Independent voters.
I am an Independent and I could care less how Powell votes.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: Pepsei

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$150 million AND Colin Powell; today's going to be a sweet news cycle for Obama.

the right wing talking heads are already going with , "buying the election" and "race before country" talking points.

It's a hard argument to make considering the incredible amount of small donors he added in September.

Those talking points attack the people more than Obama.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Skitzer

Originally posted by: Red Dawn

Originally posted by: Skitzer

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
No big deal, Colin is to the Repubicans as Liberman is to the Dems

QFT

It's not the Republicans that are important, it's the undecided Independants.

I don't think his endorsement weighs heavy on Independent voters.
I am an Independent and I could care less how Powell votes.

I think it will be a minor factor, not as much as McCain choosing Palin as his running mate.