Powell To Answer “Right Wing” Critics on TV Tomorrow
The Washington Post writes:
The appearance will come just days after Powell, one of the country’s leading black political figures, told an audience in Boston that a new Republican Party is “waiting to emerge.” Earlier this month, he said the party is in “deep trouble” because “Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less.”
Here’s the entire article.
He claims Americans want more government and John McCain wasn’t liberal enough? Well, maybe McCain was, but when someone with real consevrative values joined the ticket, it was too much for old Colin.
I can’t wait to learn more about this new Republican Party that is “waiting to emerge.” I hope Powell, David Frum, David Brooks, Meghan McCain, Peggy Noonan and Kathleen Parker will be happy together.
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I honestly can’t imagine what Powell is thinking. If Americans want the government running their lives and confiscating their incomes, they already have a political party to vote for.
This is the progressive wing of the R party basically saying “if we join the Dems, there are not enough of you to stop us”.
Guess what, he is right. There are not enough conservatives to stop the dems, if the liberal Rs join them. At least, not enough to stop them at the ballot box.
Back in the Gingrich years, I used to wonder if or when this would happen. Seems like the R party was more at peace with itself as a minority, happily going along with the Dems.
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You look back at the “me-too Republicans” from the FDR years and you think, “surely the Rs have figured it out by now, there is more than enough electoral evidence that Reaganism is what brings victory to the R party, while Bush/McCainism always brings defeat in time.
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If you look at the voter registration, there are now more Is than Rs or Ds.
Rs are going to be in third place out of 3. When will Powell learn?
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Rs are going to be in third place out of 3. When will Powell learn? RWY
That may be his game plan.
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Yes. I believe it is. Same with McCain. Election 2008 was a freaking dive.
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We will just have to go into fascism for a while and wait until enough Americans get their thumbs out.
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I think the boiled frog analogy is more likely.
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Barack o’vomit has the next two years to create as many gubmint tit addicts as he can, because he knows they will never give up said tit willingly, and they will vote accordingly.
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f__k Powell, mother___ can’t take a hint. GO AWAY, NOBODY GIVES A CRAP WHAT YOU THINK COLON EXCEPT THE MEDIA THAT WILL GO ON USING YOU UP TILL YOUR NO GOOD TO THEM. !!!!
Here’s an idea Colon head… go start your own party and see how many actually follow you, please do this I’m in need of good humor!
What an utter moron… hello did you not notice the events of the last 45 days Colon head… the people don’t want more of spend, tax, and spend some more.
Brain dead!!!!
/steps of ledge.
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Perhaps old rectal powell is brown nosing for the joint chief of staff job under obammer.
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Sorry about that… I just blew out a couple fuses, powell has a unique ability to do that to me for some reason. Who the hell does this guy think he is exactly?
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Knighthawk …
I used to admire him. And now all I can say is, how can someone that smart be that dumb?
Scary to think that he probably could have had the Republican nomination several times. And he would have been as adept as Zero in hiding what he really thought.
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“Scary to think that he probably could have had the Republican nomination several times”
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I don’t think so actually, well maybe in like 1996, he could have tried in 2000 but I doubt he would have won because his liberalism would have shone right through even more so than other who did run. This guys lecturing us on the GOP, what following or constituency does this guy have?
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The inmates really are running the asylum
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The third man married a girl from Texas.. He ordered her to keep the house cleaned, dishes washed, lawn mowed, laundry washed, and hot meals on the table for every meal. He said the first day he didn’t see anything, the second day he didn’t see anything but by the third day, some of the swelling had gone down and he could see a little out of his left eye, and his arm was healed enough that he could fix himself a sandwich and load the dishwasher.
You better not mess with Texas women….
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lol
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Colin Powell has jumped the shark. Actually I think we need a new term for that since jump the shark has jumped the shark. Maybe Colin caught a bit of teh moron in his travels. It is spreading like wildfire in Europe.
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Powell: “Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less.”
Yup, I am sooooo tired of:
- thinking for myself
- wondering how much harder I should work to provide free stuff for people who don’t work
- trying to figure out if I’m worthy of having medical care
- being all secretive in the voting booth
- speaking my mind
I sure hope the Government can eliminate all those icky aspects of my life! Thanks, Colin…you eff’ing moron!
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When will the “sheeple’ come to realize that the gubmint is themselves.??
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ip727: “When will the “sheeple’ come to realize that the gubmint is themselves?”
Actually, as long as 51% of the sheeple can vote to strip the OTHER 49% of everything they have, they WILL want “more government”.
Hell…someone ELSE is paying for it…why not have MORE things that OTHER people pay for???
When you look at it that way I guess Colin is right!!
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THERE ONCE WAS GENERAL NAMED POWELL,
WITH SANITY HE HAS RUN AFOUL,
WITH A NAME LIKE COLIN,
HIS HEAD HAS SWOLLEN,
AND HE CAN’T REMOVE IT FROM HIS BOWEL
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Yes, just wait until amnesty is done….with the blessing of John and Lucy. More people dependent on government than not. All the young’uns conditioned to hate capitalism and their country. It’s a perfect storm for the Lucifer/Stalin crowd. I still win, I have my religion, and I also have a gun (but no ammo, drat).
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Colon’s “new republican party”: the pod people – come join us, no more worry, no more troubles, no more anxiety.
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rightwingyahoo,
I have heard many people who are not conservative say that they could tell that McCain’s heart was never in it.
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Good one IP
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Make that: yet another good one!
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I have not been a Powell fan since Desert Storm.
Shwartzkopf was on the phone with Powell-who was reportedly using the extension on the wall opposite of the desk in the Oval Office. The “Higjhway of death” pics were apparently freaking out the PR guys, so Powell was against continuing the war.
All I know, Schwartzkopf hung up and thought we had 12 more hours than we did.
Powell hung up and told the President we could end it now.
Saddam survived Desert Storm because Powell stopped the war. 6 more hours, the road from Baghdad to Basra would have been cut. Saddam likely would have fallen.
Powell is and has been always a Politician.
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TearsofJoy~~Welcome, NO OAKLEAF NONE OF THE TIME.
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OT, Interesting read though.
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Welcome to BJG Tears of Joy.
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Welcome TearsOfJoy…lol