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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Weekly Standard Publisher Bill Kristol told FOX News exclusively on Thursday.
“He may well give a speech at the Democratic convention explaining his endorsement of Obama,” Kristol said, citing inside sources. “For whatever reason I think he has decided he’s going to endorse Obama. I think [Powell] has a high respect for Senator McCain, they go back a long way.”
Kristol continued, “This is not an absolute done deal, but these people are very confident that Powell will endorse Obama.”
Kristol said sources told him Powell will “quite possibly” speak at the Democratic convention on the same night as Obama’s vice-presidential selection and former President Bill Clinton.
“The Obama people are quietly trying to line up a pretty strong convention,” Kristol said. “I think the Obama campaign shouldn’t be underestimated. Obviously anyone would like to have Powell’s endorsement.”
Powell spokeswoman Peggy Cifrino strongly denied the report.
“There’s absolutely no truth to it whatsoever,” Cifrino told FOXNews.com. “Colin Powell will not be at either convention. There’s absolutely no truth to this.”
An endorsement by Powell could go a long way to attracting moderates and wayward Republicans to the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate.
Over the years, Powell himself has been touted as a potential presidential or vice presidential candidate. The former national security adviser served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. He was secretary of state for the younger President Bush.
His tenure is most notable for presenting to the U.N. Security Council evidence that Iraq was pursuing weapons of mass destruction. His presentation led to a resolution endorsing military action against that country, but he later described it as a “blot” on his record.
Powell has unofficially advised Obama and Republican candidate John McCain but had not endorsed anyone. A spokesman said in July that he was undecided.
In April, Powell praised Obama’s response to controversial remarks by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who had said the United States brought the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on itself by supporting terrorism and that the government created the AIDS virus to “destroy people of color.”
“I thought that Senator Obama handled the issue well,” said Powell, the nation’s first black secretary of state. “He didn’t abandon the minister that brought him closer to his faith, but at the same time he deplored the kinds of statements that the Reverend Wright had made.”
Obama later turned his back on Wright after the minister courted controversy again with additional comments in public.
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/13/kristol-colin-powell-to-endorse-barack-obama/
Who ever says FOX isn't fair and balanced can kiss my hairy Italian bean bag >:(
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you're being played like a fiddle ;)
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Haha. Oh Coach, bad news indeed. Well, at least Powell is an intellectual who rose to Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and McCain barely finished anything he started and graduated almost at the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy. Must be a military thing. ;)
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Holy shit, that's a big endorsement. The timing... wow...
If FOX was completely fair/honest, they wouldn't have played ball with MSN and CNN and hid the Edwards Affair for 9 months. They would have investigated and reported the news.
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If it is true then more power to him.
It's his vote and he can support who he wants.
Calling him a "traitor" is total BS.
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He's a traitor because he decided to support someone from a different party.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHA
PS: it's not about fair and balanced. It's about having NO CHOICE in reporting it!
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He's a traitor because he decided to support someone from a different party.
Oh... so all those Reagan Democrats were traitors too?
Is BB a traitor for voting for Clinton?
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This "party-line" thinking, coupled with immediate; excessive denigration of perceived transgressors (no matter how slight the transgression) is symptomatic of cults and totalitarian regimes.
How is labeling Colin Powell a traitor due to a perceived slight of the current administration any different than the cult of personality surrounding Kim Jong-Il?
How is this reactionary dismissal of rational dissent any different to the devotion afforded charlatans such as David Koresh; Charlie Manson; Bin Laden or the Bagwan?
How does this differ from Scientologist attacks against so-called SP's? (suppressive personalities)
When exactly did the Republican party become a fundamentalist cult?
The Luke
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This "party-line" thinking, coupled with immediate; excessive denigration of perceived transgressors (no matter how slight the transgression) is symptomatic of cults and totalitarian regimes.
How is labeling Colin Powell a traitor due to a perceived slight of the current administration any different than the cult of personality surrounding Kim Jong-Il?
How is this reactionary dismissal of rational dissent any different to the devotion afforded charlatans such as David Koresh; Charlie Manson; Bin Laden or the Bagwan?
How does this differ from Scientologist attacks against so-called SP's? (suppressive personalities)
When exactly did the Republican party become a fundamentalist cult?
The Luke
The drones from BOTH parties are guilty of this.
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Neocons have a crime family or gang mentality.
Party Loyalty before all else
Party before country
Party before your own personal feelings, etc...
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Oh... so all those Reagan Democrats were traitors too?
Is BB a traitor for voting for Clinton?
Um, I was employing sarcasm. the pic of lieberman, an example of a dem who supports a repub, should have revealed this.
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Um, I was employing sarcasm. the pic of lieberman, an example of a dem who supports a repub, should have revealed this.
Lieberman's an independent now.
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Lieberman's an independent now.
true but he does caucus with the Dems
It's rumored that he will speak at the Republican convention and if he does that he will be stripped on his committee chairperson positions and kicked out of the caucus
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Um, I was employing sarcasm. the pic of lieberman, an example of a dem who supports a repub, should have revealed this.
Hard to tell with you sometimes. :-\
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Powells office denies any decision on endorsement has been made.
It looks like Bill Kristol has maintained his streak about being WRONG about EVERYTHING
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/13/powell.candidates/index.html
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Would be a huge endorsement. I hope he doesn't.
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Powells office denies any decision on endorsement has been made.
It looks like Bill Kristol has maintained his streak about being WRONG about EVERYTHING
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/13/powell.candidates/index.html
I'm sure FOX news contacted Powell for comment before running the story.
Once he denied it, they included that in the story and let their viewers know that it came from ONE source with a strong neocon history.
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I guess Colin Powell still has several hours left to make his speech and endorsement. :)
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Can you spell N-e-u-r-o-t-o-x-i-n?
My 401k is up 28% this year jackass, keep to telling us how the world is going to end.
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Neocons have a crime family or gang mentality.
Party Loyalty before all else
Party before country
Party before your own personal feelings, etc...
Plus they populate the federal government with incompetents whose only prerequisite for the job is republican allegiance.
That kills 2 birds with one stone--occupies the gov. with cronies incapable of doing a reasonable job of oversight opening the door for all sorts of corruptions and proves the right wing saw that gov. is incompetent.
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Plus they populate the federal government with incompetents whose only prerequisite for the job is republican allegiance.
That kills 2 birds with one stone--occupies the gov. with cronies incapable of doing a reasonable job of oversight opening the door for all sorts of corruptions and proves the right wing saw that gov. is incompetent.
Both parties give their cronies jobs. That was one of Clinton's biggest problems IMO. Did not do a good job with many of his appointments and other hires.
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Best thing you've posted in awhile...the world end yet? LMAO ;D
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Is there anyone who doesn't want to live in a rich white neighborhood?
The first thing any person does when they get money is leave the low rent district and trade up.
Good move TerminalPower.
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Haha. Oh Coach, bad news indeed. Well, at least Powell is an intellectual who rose to Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and McCain barely finished anything he started and graduated almost at the bottom of his class at the Naval Academy. Must be a military thing. ;)
So did Grant at West Point. Great example.
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Is there anyone who doesn't want to live in a rich white neighborhood?
The first thing any person does when they get money is leave the low rent district and trade up.
Good move TerminalPower.
:D
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So did Grant at West Point. Great example.
He wasn't really a good President though.
Had one of the most corrupt administrations in the history of the country.
Do you really want to use him as your basis for this argument?
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Is there anyone who doesn't want to live in a rich white neighborhood?
The first thing any person does when they get money is leave the low rent district and trade up.
Good move TerminalPower.
Thanks Bro, I aspire to work hard, I also aspire to help those in need. I may live in a rich White neighborhood but I am not rich, comfortable, but not rich in the traditional sense. I have a Wife and Daughter and nothing can fulfill me more than those two.
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Thanks Bro, I aspire to work hard, I also aspire to help those in need. I may live in a rich White neighborhood but I am not rich, comfortable, but not rich in the traditional sense. I have a Wife and Daughter and nothing can fulfill me more than those two.
Anyone who says living in a good area, where the schools are good for your kids, where you feel safe walking around in the evenings, and where you feel like you can actually leave your door open, is a bad thing, is just hating.
Fuck 'em.
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backtrack my personal stalker.
Oh sweety pie you simply misunderstand...the term "rich" has several meanings and is relative. <pats Nuerotoxin on the head like a dog> it's ok you will understand one day. I do like my new title of stalker though...don't flatter yourself too much with it :-*
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Anyone who says living in a good area, where the schools are good for your kids, where you feel safe walking around in the evenings, and where you feel like you can actually leave your door open, is a bad thing, is just hating.
Fuck 'em.
I realized that if I wanted better for my Wife and family I was going to have to work hard, stay in school, finish college, be a good person (some might not think so :) ) and not allow others to stop me from attaining my goals. For the most part I have done that and I intend to keep going. Thanks for the encouragement, it is sincerely appreciated.
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NT,
You need a class in reading comprehension sweety pie!
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racist stalker.
Wow, I have been promoted. Sorry I didn't pick my neighbors, if I did the color of their skin would have nothing to do with it. Carry on!
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Thread derailed.
Please keep your mushy "love my family" bullshit to yourself.
No one gives a fuck.
Thanks
:)
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If it is true then more power to him.
It's his vote and he can support who he wants.
Calling him a "traitor" is total BS.
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Phew! I was beginning to think you'd completely lost your marbles and all your critical thinking skills!