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Obama: Powell will have a role in adminstration
Laurie Kellman, Associated Press
Originally published 09:41 a.m., October 20, 2008, updated 09:20 a.m., October 20, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell will have a role as a top presidential adviser in an Obama administration, the Democratic White House hopeful said Monday.
"He will have a role as one of my advisers," Barack Obama said on NBC's "Today" in an interview aired Monday, a day after Powell, a four-star general and President Bush's former secretary of state, endorsed him.
"Whether he wants to take a formal role, whether that's a good fit for him, is something we'd have to discuss," Obama said.
Being a top presidential adviser, especially on foreign policy, would be familiar ground to Powell on a subject that's relatively new to the freshman Illinois senator. Obama has struggled to establish his foreign policy credentials against GOP candidate John McCain, a decorated military veteran, former prisoner of war and ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
In the NBC interview, Obama said Powell did not give him a heads-up before he crossed party lines and endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate on the network's "Meet the Press" a day earlier.
In that interview, Powell called Obama a "transformational figure" in the nation's history and expressed disappointment in some of McCain's campaign tactics. But, Powell said, he didn't plan to hit the campaign trail with Obama before the Nov. 4 election.
"I won't lie to you, I would love to have him at any stop," Obama said with a grin Monday. "Obviously, if he wants to show up he's got an open invitation."
Powell's endorsement came just hours after Obama's campaign disclosed that it raised $150 million in September _ obliterating the old record of $66 million it had set only one month earlier.
He expressed disappointment in the negative tone of McCain's campaign, his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate and their decision to focus in the closing weeks of the contest on Obama's ties to 1960s-era radical William Ayers, saying "it goes too far."
McCain, meanwhile, seemed dismissive of Powell's endorsement, saying it wasn't a surprise, that the two share mutual respect and are longtime friends.
The Republican from Arizona pointed out on Sunday that he had support from four other former secretaries of state, all veterans of Republican administrations: Henry Kissinger, James A. Baker III, Lawrence Eagleburger and Alexander Haig.
At a boisterous rally Sunday, Obama said McCain was "out of ideas and almost out of time."
He and his aides appear so confident of his prospects that apart from a brief stop in Madison, Wis., next Thursday, Obama currently has no plans during the next 10 days to return to Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New Hampshire or any other state that voted for John Kerry in 2004.
Instead, he intends to spend two days this week in Florida, where early voting begins on Monday, and travel to Virginia, Iowa, Ohio, Colorado, New Mexico and possibly Nevada and Indiana. Those states hold 97 electoral votes combined, and Bush won all in 2004.
Obama also may stop in West Virginia, where his campaign recently bought statewide television advertising in a late attempt to put the state's five electoral votes into serious contention.
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I hope Powell takes him up on that. Powell has great experience and we need more intelligent moderates!
I understood why Powell backs Obama but one thing that he was incorrect on was McCain & his camp calling Obama a terrorist and/or muslim. They absolutely did not. McCain denounced those comments from the fringe right wing freaks. We have to separate attacks that come from the camp and those that come from fringe groups or people...same on both sides.
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I hope Powell takes him up on that. Powell has great experience and we need more intelligent moderates!
I understood why Powell backs Obama but one thing that he was incorrect on was McCain & his camp calling Obama a terrorist and/or muslim. They absolutely did not. McCain denounced those comments from the fringe right wing freaks. We have to separate attacks that come from the camp and those that come from fringe groups or people...same on both sides.
McCain put it out there through his surrogates, ...and took his sweet time to make a statement on the issue,
...just long enough to permeate, ...and he continues to do it with his "Robo-Calls". :(
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bringing up he terrorist topic and making it the center piece of your campaign is basically calling him a terrorist ::)
some of you people, really need a lesson in common sense ???
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No, there is no proof that McCain put it out there. It was the fringe right and it was out there during the primaries. The only thing you can argue is that he could have denounced it sooner. Nonetheless, McCain denounced it and has never directly spoke of Obama as a muslim or terrorist.
Slayer, you must be careful to separate the detail from generalizations. McCain has criticized Obama heavily for associations and working directly with Ayers, that is true, particularly recently. It is also true that Ayers was a domestic terrorist who isn't in jail only because he got off on a technicality. That doesn't mean that McCain thinks Obama is a terrorist (which is completely ridiculous). Ayers has associated with many people who are not terrorists. People can draw whatever conclusions they like about their association. Personally I would never work with that scumbag POS but thats a personal decision.
Palin should not have said 'Pal around' with terrorists. I agree that was a bad choice of words but McCain never said Obama was a muslim or a terrorist, nor did he imply it.
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Powell is a trader!!!
:)
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Polska, you don't help us conservatives here.
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I hope Powell takes him up on that. Powell has great experience and we need more intelligent moderates!
I understood why Powell backs Obama but one thing that he was incorrect on was McCain & his camp calling Obama a terrorist and/or muslim. They absolutely did not. McCain denounced those comments from the fringe right wing freaks. We have to separate attacks that come from the camp and those that come from fringe groups or people...same on both sides.
McCain allowed it to go on for MONTHS enough to get people scared. then he Denounced it. by then its too late. its like putting out a fire after its been burning for 2 weeks. The Damage was done..
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Polska, you don't help us conservatives here.
lol... The ONLY true Conservatives are people like, Pat Bucannan and RON PAUL. McCain nor palin are TRUE CONSERVATIVES
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Colin Powell + Early Voting = the nail in the McCain coffin.
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I hope he makes Powell Sec of State again...
Dick Clark Sec Of Defense...
2 4 Star Generals in his Cabinet...
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People here are too funny. Libs hated Powell on this site before called him unqualified, a Bush yes man and Uncle Tom.
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I agree Busted. McCain is not a true conservative. Certainly not all republicans are conservatives. Also you have social vs economic/governmental conservativism. I am the latter of the two mostly and moderate.
You guys must remember, most of the stuff about Obama being a muslim was out way before McCain went head to head with Obama. You forget the primaries so soon?
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I agree Busted. McCain is not a true conservative. Certainly not all republicans are conservatives. Also you have social vs economic/gevernmental conservativism. I am the latter of the two mostly.
You guys must remember, most of the stuff about Obama being a muslim was out way before McCain went head to head with Obama. You forget the primaries so soon?
I agree with many of the conservative views, and many of the Liberal Views. Anyone who is ALLL right or ALL left is stupid.
I agree with many of the Socialist views in regards to Health care and Education. No reason why we are the only country in the world that doesnt take care of their own citizens in regards to health and Education.
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McCain allowed it to go on for MONTHS enough to get people scared. then he Denounced it. by then its too late. its like putting out a fire after its been burning for 2 weeks. The Damage was done..
Kind of like what Hussein did with his Fannie Mae brethren for years ....
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I hope Powell takes him up on that. Powell has great experience and we need more intelligent moderates!
I understood why Powell backs Obama but one thing that he was incorrect on was McCain & his camp calling Obama a terrorist and/or muslim. They absolutely did not. McCain denounced those comments from the fringe right wing freaks. We have to separate attacks that come from the camp and those that come from fringe groups or people...same on both sides.
SF, how's the Koolaid ? ;)
NT
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Dude, with our government system...sometimes I think we are all given the koolaid!
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Kind of like what Hussein did with his Fannie Mae brethren for years ....
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For years? The party with the man thats been in office for 26 years and has his Campaign manager and his Senate office chief of staff were Lobbiests for Fanny and Freddy.... Typical GOP... accuse your opponent of what you are guilty of.... hes been a Natinal senator according you your buddies for "18 months" and hes been in bed with them for YEARS? which is it?
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I guess not. Powell was used like a dirty diaper.
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I guess not. Powell was used like a dirty diaper.
it's possible Obama gets his advice without doing so publicly.
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it's possible Obama gets his advice without doing so publicly.
::) ::)
It seems like the only advice Obama is getting is from a crack pipe.
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Obama: Powell will have a role in adminstration
Laurie Kellman, Associated Press
Originally published 09:41 a.m., October 20, 2008, updated 09:20 a.m., October 20, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell will have a role as a top presidential adviser in an Obama administration, the Democratic White House hopeful said Monday.
One of the first things 0's done right in a while!
Good for the boy.
:)
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Why because he's black?!
Why didn't you say Cocaine or Marajuana, why did it have to be crack!?
333 you are a bigot and an Islamaphobe.
I'm going to recommend to Ron that you be given sensitivity training.
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Notice the date of the article. I am digging up oldies but goodies from those who shilled for this Admn.
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Why because he's black?!
Why didn't you say Cocaine or Marajuana, why did it have to be crack!?
333 you are a bigot and an Islamaphobe.
I'm going to recommend to Ron that you be given sensitivity training.
I'm just going back and checking promises, claimes, etc vs reality nearly 2 years later.
Payback is a bitch.
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Obama: Powell will have a role in adminstration
Laurie Kellman, Associated Press
Originally published 09:41 a.m., October 20, 2008, updated 09:20 a.m., October 20, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Colin Powell will have a role as a top presidential adviser in an Obama administration, the Democratic White House hopeful said Monday.
"He will have a role as one of my advisers," Barack Obama said on NBC's "Today" in an interview aired Monday, a day after Powell, a four-star general and President Bush's former secretary of state, endorsed him.
"Whether he wants to take a formal role, whether that's a good fit for him, is something we'd have to discuss," Obama said.
Being a top presidential adviser, especially on foreign policy, would be familiar ground to Powell on a subject that's relatively new to the freshman Illinois senator. Obama has struggled to establish his foreign policy credentials against GOP candidate John McCain, a decorated military veteran, former prisoner of war and ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
In the NBC interview, Obama said Powell did not give him a heads-up before he crossed party lines and endorsed the Democratic presidential candidate on the network's "Meet the Press" a day earlier.
In that interview, Powell called Obama a "transformational figure" in the nation's history and expressed disappointment in some of McCain's campaign tactics. But, Powell said, he didn't plan to hit the campaign trail with Obama before the Nov. 4 election.
"I won't lie to you, I would love to have him at any stop," Obama said with a grin Monday. "Obviously, if he wants to show up he's got an open invitation."
Powell's endorsement came just hours after Obama's campaign disclosed that it raised $150 million in September _ obliterating the old record of $66 million it had set only one month earlier.
He expressed disappointment in the negative tone of McCain's campaign, his choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as a running mate and their decision to focus in the closing weeks of the contest on Obama's ties to 1960s-era radical William Ayers, saying "it goes too far."
McCain, meanwhile, seemed dismissive of Powell's endorsement, saying it wasn't a surprise, that the two share mutual respect and are longtime friends.
The Republican from Arizona pointed out on Sunday that he had support from four other former secretaries of state, all veterans of Republican administrations: Henry Kissinger, James A. Baker III, Lawrence Eagleburger and Alexander Haig.
At a boisterous rally Sunday, Obama said McCain was "out of ideas and almost out of time."
He and his aides appear so confident of his prospects that apart from a brief stop in Madison, Wis., next Thursday, Obama currently has no plans during the next 10 days to return to Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New Hampshire or any other state that voted for John Kerry in 2004.
Instead, he intends to spend two days this week in Florida, where early voting begins on Monday, and travel to Virginia, Iowa, Ohio, Colorado, New Mexico and possibly Nevada and Indiana. Those states hold 97 electoral votes combined, and Bush won all in 2004.
Obama also may stop in West Virginia, where his campaign recently bought statewide television advertising in a late attempt to put the state's five electoral votes into serious contention.
This is the same Powell that LIED his ass off during the Bush administration concerning YELLOW CAKE and promoted the fear in america of being NUKED by Iraq....
Powell is very much responsible for the war in Iraq america is presently embroiled in as well as the Afghanistan attack and the trillions wasted doing so.... Just what america needs ... another liar in its administration. How long before someone drags Condolezzaa Rice back into the whitehouse???
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33,
Do you agree powell LIED to teh american people about the WMD threat?
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33,
Do you agree powell LIED to teh american people about the WMD threat?
LOL do you think obama lied to the american ppl about what the stimulus would do?
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LOL do you think obama lied to the american ppl about what the stimulus would do?
you answer about powell and i'll answer about obama, tony :)
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you answer about powell and i'll answer about obama, tony :)
LOL...no I dont think powell lied I think like Ive always said there was conflicting intel about it...hindsight is 20/20 but at that moment in time it wasnt obvious
your turn... :D
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LOL...no I dont think powell lied I think like Ive always said there was conflicting intel about it...hindsight is 20/20 but at that moment in time it wasnt obvious
your turn... :D
I don't think he truly believed it... I think we're probably in a depression, and we'd be in this shape no matter who won. And since the president's job is cheerleader (bush admitted it), I believe he's just trying to sell confidence to the american people - as people like beck and rush work daily to undermine confidence by talking about the dollar collapsing, etc.
Seriously, how many ppl do you know who have traded their dollars for yen or gold in the last 18 months? That sure drops the buck's value - and beck and friends make their living by creating doubt as to our national currency's viability.
IMO, this is very bad for america. They're hurting our national viablility by kiilling confidence with their huge platforms. Does the buck drop as much in the last year without their gold-hocking, dollar-doubting daily diatribes? No way.
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I don't think he truly believed it... I think we're probably in a depression, and we'd be in this shape no matter who won. And since the president's job is cheerleader (bush admitted it), I believe he's just trying to sell confidence to the american people - as people like beck and rush work daily to undermine confidence by talking about the dollar collapsing, etc.
Seriously, how many ppl do you know who have traded their dollars for yen or gold in the last 18 months? That sure drops the buck's value - and beck and friends make their living by creating doubt as to our national currency's viability.
IMO, this is very bad for america. They're hurting our national viablility by kiilling confidence with their huge platforms. Does the buck drop as much in the last year without their gold-hocking, dollar-doubting daily diatribes? No way.
What currency viability? The dollar isn't backed by a fucking thing. Oh yeah the promise that the government can collect enough tax to pay off its debt ::)
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I don't think he truly believed it... I think we're probably in a depression, and we'd be in this shape no matter who won. And since the president's job is cheerleader (bush admitted it), I believe he's just trying to sell confidence to the american people - as people like beck and rush work daily to undermine confidence by talking about the dollar collapsing, etc.
Seriously, how many ppl do you know who have traded their dollars for yen or gold in the last 18 months? That sure drops the buck's value - and beck and friends make their living by creating doubt as to our national currency's viability.
IMO, this is very bad for america. They're hurting our national viablility by kiilling confidence with their huge platforms. Does the buck drop as much in the last year without their gold-hocking, dollar-doubting daily diatribes? No way.
LOL 240 selling confidence is not the same as selling results of the stimulus...confidence would be him saying that the fundamentals of the economy are strong(3 months after bashing mccain for doing so)
Do you think it was a confidence booster when unemployment went to 10% after he said with the stimulus it woundt go above 8? LOL thats not selling confidence 240
LOL bro you give limbaugh and beck to much credit...and exaggerate their effect on the market...
LOL by your own research less than 1% of the population watches FOX...