Colin Powell to back Obama: Bill Kristol

Is Powell gonna apologize for his shameful performance at the U.N.?
Don't tell me Obama's the anti-war candidate, kids. He ain't.
VOTE ON HILLARY!

I wouldn't buy it. Powell's spokesperson denies it and he has said all along eh won;t endorse in this election. Just a move by nasty Kristol to put poor Colin on spot.

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Is Hillary going to apologize for voting for the war? Is she going to apologize for not having the political courage to vote NO? Until she does, this is her war as much as it is Powell's.

I won't ever vote for a candidate that has the blood of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis on her hands and who will not apologize for it. Not fpor President. Not for Vice President.

Well, I just saw on the ABC site that Powell is saying he's NOT going to the Dem convention, so that doesn't sound like an endorsement to me!

And when are national outlets going to start reportingon the blackmail from the Obama campaign to get tickets to the stadium? Turns out to get tickets (at least for many people) you have to volunteer first. Hmmm, forced volunteering. There's an oxymoron!

Yeah, right -- and that will be right after Powell apologizes for his shameless role in bringing about "Don't Ask/Don't Tell"

The next time William "the bloody" Kristol is right about something will be the first.

Vote on Hillary for what? Stop dreaming she is out of the running for V.P. and rightfully so after all the mudslinging she did during the primary election. She is already scheduled to speak on a different night than the candidate for VP will be speaking... Let it go!

I can hear Mika Brezinski (the gal on "Morning Joe" - of MSNBC), saying "Oh daddy, let me break the news on Morning Joe!

No Obama, Hillary voted, Nika etc etc:

As this will likely be closely contested, I strongly suggest you get over it.

Nobody really cares who endorses who anyways. It is as meaningless as the points are on "Who's Line is It Anyways", they might make you feel good about your candidate but you don't vote for endorsers, you vote for candidates and that is what really matters in the end!

Beth,

At least Obama doesn't require loyalty oaths to attend supposed public gatherings like the republics did!

Okay, if we're gonna be stuck on stupid about the Bushies, we're gonna lose.
What don't you get about POWELL LYING ABOUT WMD AND CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE IF YOU CRITICIZED THE WAR YOU WOULD BE PILLORIED?
And he's been given a bigger role than the woman who was a dead tie with the candidate SELECTED by the party rulers?
It's this type of misogyny this hatred, this bull headedness which will bring the party down.
It already has.
And I hope the delegates stand and TURN THEIR BACKS on the drunken senator from massachusetts.

Well, why did the Messiah keep voting to fund the war?
WHY DID HE VOTE FOR FISA SO THE GOVERNMENT CAN SPY ON EVERYTHING YOU AND I TYPE?
Hillary voted against it.

I would hope Colin Powell does not endorse Obama..I think he is above making a choice just over race....

Nope, it's not true. He hasn't endorsed anyone to date, but he won't be at either convention.

If true, that's great. Mr. Powell was played like a violin by the Bush-Cheney regime. To come around to a different position is a remarkable turn of events and, being that this is still America, Mr. Powell has that right. Welcome aboard Mr. Powell, we, Democrats, can use effective and efficient individuals, like him.
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.

barack is best to avoid any connection to powell. a once great leader with conviction who sold out to the war mongers. spineless and shameless. not very obama-like.

u people are all idiots

Am I supposed to care?

Thank God this isn't true ! ! ! My gosh, I thought the whole world had gone mad ha!

Regardless, Powell should be running for President on the Republican ticket. McCain is aweful. It's too bad the racist wings of that mideval party wont stomach an ethnic national candidate.

This would be like Ron Santo in a Cardinals uniform, Michael Jordan playing for the Wizards. Obama sure does need the help, but Say It Ain't So.

As usual, Kristol's wrong. And the Swamp went along with him to fulfill their helping Obama for the day quota.

Kristol wrong again? What a shock!

Frankly my dear I don't give a damn who Colin Powell endorses. As Bogart famously said.
Powell has always been a liberal and it is not surprising for him to back B Hussein Obama.
But, for his own good why interject himself it will ruin his remaining reputation.
After the book The Case Against Barack Obama anyone who endorses Obama has to be looked at strangely.
Obama what a strange agent indeed. Jerry White, Springfield, IL

Kristol's a chickenhawk blowhard to be sure. There's no guarantee that anything he says is either truthful or sincere.

On the other hand, that doesn't mean everything he says is wrong. As I read the story above, the only part of Kristol's statement that's been undermined is the assertion that Powell would speak at the DNC. Powell denies that, but has not denied that he might endorse Obama.

Poor wingnuts. Your tiny little heads are going to explode. You adore Kristol when he tells you how great your murderous war is. You lavish praise on Powell when it suits you. Yet when Kristol says Powell's going to endorse Barack, you seem to explode ala George Wendt in that "Da Bears" SNL segment when he tried to figure out who would win a contest between Ditka and Jordan. Good stuff.

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Posted by: smitty | August 14, 2008 9:38 AM
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Smitty, Powell's decision not to run for office has nothing to do with racism in the Republican Party. He has consistently resisted all calls to run - period. No amount of support is going to turn him into a candidate unwillingly.
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I hope he is simply waiting for the neo-cons to be swept out of power before running as a conservative with a classical liberal (versus a modern, progressive) bend. I know I would vote for him if he did. Heck, I would vote for him right now before voting for any other candidate.

Watch Bush's War and learn that Powell was one of the only people in the White House with any sense. He quit and is probably pissed enough about what Rove, Cheney and Rumsfeld did to do what he can to help throw the bums out on their ears. History will be much kinder to him than the rest of that administration.

"And when are national outlets going to start reportingon the blackmail from the Obama campaign to get tickets to the stadium? Turns out to get tickets (at least for many people) you have to volunteer first. Hmmm, forced volunteering. There's an oxymoron!"

Uh, no, you only need to sign up for the site. Like Kristol, why let the truth get in the way of what you say?

How's your progress for getting Republican convention tickets going?

Crud ~ You need to be brought up to date on the Colin Powell situation. He was fed lies before giving that report.

John W. ~ I'm with you with Colin Powell. To me, Powell is such an honorable man, something we haven't seen in office since.............someone let me know????