No doubt Colon Powell made 4 star General solely because he is black - Look at the asshole Colon Powell jumping to the other side of the fence again.

[Nicolos_Darvas]

This ass hole sold out the Bush Administration after he sold the world on the need for war at the United Nations. Then he jumps ship to the Obama bandwagon and now he is jumping ship on OBama. This is the worst kind of man. Colon Powell is a man without principle, without a core set of beliefs. He just blows with the wind. I am 100% convinced he got 4 star general solely because he is black.

Powell airs doubts on Obama agenda

By Jon Ward (Contact)
Originally published 11:44 a.m., July 3, 2009, updated 11:45 a.m., July 3, 2009
Colin Powell, one of President Obama's most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern Friday that the president's ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the size of government and the federal debt too much.
"I'm concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them," Mr. Powell said in an excerpt of an interview with CNN's John King, released by the network Friday morning.
Mr. Powell, a retired U.S. army general who rose to political prominence after a long and accomplished military career, said that health care reform and many of Mr. Obama's other initiatives are "important" to Americans.
But, he said, "one of the cautions that has to be given to the president -- and I've talked to some of his people about this -- is that you can't have so many things on the table that you can't absorb it all."
"And we can't pay for it all," said Mr. Powell, who was the first African-American to serve as secretary of state, under former President George W. Bush. He was also national security adviser to President Reagan, and was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.
Mr. Powell was considered a possible Republican presidential candidate as early as 1996, and in 2007 he donated the maximum amount allowed to Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who won the GOP primary. But less than a month before last fall's general election, Mr. Powell endorsed Mr. Obama over Mr. McCain.
Mr. Powell's comments represent the growing concern that began with hard-line fiscal conservatives but is now spreading to moderates about the rate of government spending and debt under President Obama, and the long-term impact on the country's fiscal sustainability and national security.
The national debt stands currently at $11.5 trillion and the deficit for the current fiscal year is projected to be close to $2 trillion.
Mr. Powell expressed alarm at "budgets that are running into the multi-trillions of dollars" and "a huge, huge national debt that, if we don't pay for in our lifetime, our kids and grandkids and great-grandchildren will have to pay for it."
"So, I think the president, as he moves forward with his initiatives, has to start really taking a very, very hard look at what the cost of all this is. And, how much additional bureaucracy [will] be needed to make all of this happen?" Mr. Powell said.
Mr. Powell said he has been in touch with Mr. Obama regularly, including recently.
"I don't insert myself. But, we stay in touch," he said.
Mr. King prompted Mr. Powell's comments by showing him video archive footage of Mr. Powell's comments at the 1996 Republican Convention in San Diego, where Mr. Powell talked about his opposition to big government.
"The federal government has become too large and too intrusive in our lives," Mr. Powell said then. "We can no longer afford solutions to our problems that result in more entitlements, higher taxes to pay for them, more bureaucracy to run them, and fewer results to show for it."
Mr. Powell said that now that he still believes what he said then, but that he would put it in different terms now.
"I don't like slogans anymore like 'limited government.' That's not the right answer. The right answer is, give me a government that works," he said. "Keep it as small as possible. Keep the tax burden on the American people as small as possible, but at the same time, have government that is solving the problems of the people."
The full interview will air on CNN's "State of the Union with John King" on Sunday, July 5.

[Joe Contrarian]

Buyers remorse Colon Bowell?

You should have thought of that when you endorsed the lightweight just because of his skin color.

You got what you deserved: the wrong side of history.

Now you have ZERO credibility.

Racist #&@%!!

[tank]

It's called an opinion Nic and last i checked it is not against the law to give one but since Colin is black then maybe we should restrict his huh?What should we do about all the white guys that turned on Bush or disagreed with him?????????

[soli]

If Colin Powell ran for President I might Vote Republican for the 1st time.

[gopherbob]

Originally Posted by tank

It's called an opinion Nic and last i checked it is not against the law to give one but since Colin is black then maybe we should restrict his huh?What should we do about all the white guys that turned on Bush or disagreed with him?????????

at first powell seemed to know his place.then he went and got all uppity on good ol' boy george. you gots to be careful when you deals wit them peoples.

[mr merlin]

Are there still people out there that care about what colin powell thinks?

[tank]

Originally Posted by mr merlin

Are there still people out there that care about what colin powell thinks?

Probably about as much as Dick Cheney.He is due for a t.v sighting soon i'm sure.

[4625]

Originally Posted by soli

If Colin Powell ran for President I might Vote Republican for the 1st time.

The Repugs wouldn't let him run on their ticket. They would claim "he's not our type of candidate." I would vote for him in a heartbeat when compared to what we've had running lately. I don't see any downside to General Powell as presidential candidate except experience in political office; but hell, the buffoon's prior political experience was limited to fucking up as Governor of Texas and he still arguable "won" an election.

[Scott L]

Sick thread title

[BCTTWR]

Uncle Tom Powell blows with the wind. What a sad sack of shit he was at the UN telling the world Saddam had WMD. The tool then drank the Obama kool-aid, and now is crawling back to the Republican party. How sad.

[tank]

Originally Posted by BCTTWR

Uncle Tom Powell blows with the wind. What a sad sack of shit he was at the UN telling the world Saddam had WMD. The tool then drank the Obama kool-aid, and now is crawling back to the Republican party. How sad.

Who's kool aid do you think he drank when he told the u.n that saddam had WMD??????