Colin Powell Endorses Obama -- Again

[Buzz_TinBalls]

Powell Gives Obama His Endorsement for a Second Time




12:22 p.m. | Updated Colin L. Powell, the former Republican secretary of state and retired four-star general, said on Thursday that he had decided to endorse President Obama’s bid for re-election and was concerned that Mitt Romney was “a moving target” on foreign policy.

In an interview on “CBS This Morning,” Mr. Powell said that he was “more comfortable” with the president’s views on immigration, education and foreign policy.

“I do not want to see the new Obamacare plan thrown off the table,” Mr. Powell said. “It has issues — you have to fix some things in that plan — but what I see is that 30 million fellow citizens will now be covered.”

It is an open question whether his endorsement will carry as much weight as it seemed to four years ago when he threw his support behind Mr. Obama in the final weeks of his campaign with Senator John McCain. But the president’s advisers had been waiting with anticipation of an endorsement, which Mr. Powell did not reveal until his television interview Thursday morning.

In the interview, Mr. Powell said that the nation’s unemployment rate was still too high, but he added: “I think generally we’ve come out of the dive and we’re starting to gain altitude.” He praised the president for his handling of national security.

“I also saw the president get us out of one war, start to get us out of a second war and did not get us into any new wars,” Mr. Powell said. “I think the actions he’s taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid. And so I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on.”

On Afghanistan and other foreign policy concerns, Mr. Powell said that he did not believe Mr. Romney “has thought through these issues as thoroughly as he should have.” He added, “There are some very, very strong neo-conservative views that are presented by the governor that I have some trouble with.”

He said that he still considered himself a Republican, but in “of a more moderate mold.” He added, “That’s something of a dying breed, I’m sorry to say.”

Mr. Powell, a retired Army general who was a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush and President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, criticized the Republican Party as failing to recognize a need for compromise. He also had sharp words for Congress, which he said had fallen down on the job in dealing with the nation’s fiscal burdens.

Four years ago, Mr. Powell announced his endorsement of Mr. Obama in an appearance on “Meet the Press” on NBC. He did not say during his interview Thursday on “CBS This Morning” whether he would campaign on Mr. Obama’s behalf.

“I voted for him in 2008,” Mr. Powell said, “and I plan to stick with him in 2012.”

Update: Mr. Obama had no advance warning of Mr. Powell’s endorsement and learned about it while waiting to address a rally in Tampa, Fla. Before taking stage, Mr. Obama called Mr. Powell to thank him. “We think it sends a strong signal about why he should be sent back for another four years to be commander in chief,” said Jen Psaki, a campaign spokeswoman.

Senator John McCain said Thursday that Mr. Powell had “harmed” his legacy by endorsing Mr. Obama a second time. Appearing on Brian Kilmeade’s radio program, Mr. McCain said “General Powell, you disappoint us and you have harmed your legacy even further by defending what is clearly the most feckless foreign policy in my lifetime.”

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

Without having to read the whole thread........ how long did it take for someone to say its only because he's black?

Post 43 ?

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Please link me to the time I claimed that.

Yea. Another Roy lie.

[KChiefer]

Originally Posted by ROYC75

Post 43 ?

Post 15 asserts that he's trying to "get his cool back" from when he was deemed an Uncle Tom.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Yea. Another Roy lie.

I don't lie, it's just the way you act.

[ROYC75]

Originally Posted by KChiefer

Post 15 asserts that he's trying to "get his cool back" from when he was deemed an Uncle Tom.

I was giving BRC a hard time.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by vailpass

You think you should be able to run up bills you can't afford to pay?

You think an education or health care should be exclusive to the wealthy?

[fan4ever]

Originally Posted by KChiefer

Post 15 asserts that he's trying to "get his cool back" from when he was deemed an Uncle Tom.

That was racist? That's funny, I figured calling someone an Uncle Tom, and even worse, because he should have kept in step with a majority of the black community and been a democrat was.

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

You think an education or health care should be exclusive to the wealthy?

You think only the wealthy pay their bills?

[RNR]

Question Mr Powell are you black much?

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by RedNeckRaider

Question Mr Powell are you black much?

Whenever Mitt Romney speaks, the crowd is very diverse. There are white people in their 50s, 60s AND 70s. http://fb.me/Bx8SNgfo

[Direckshun]

God, that is amazing. Where is this? Has to be Idaho or Utah.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Chiefshrink

No it means you're uneducated dumb ass

hey, calling out rednecks is off limits in this forum pal, didn't you get the memo?

[vailpass]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

God, that is amazing. Where is this? Has to be Idaho or Utah.

It's ok when liberals do it.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by Direckshun

God, that is amazing. Where is this? Has to be Idaho or Utah.

hey in one of the pictures there was a black man in the mass of people.

[J Diddy]

Originally Posted by vailpass

You think only the wealthy pay their bills?

I assume you're talking about medical care, because you virtually have to be near dead to get student loans forgiven. On that note a decision to see a doctor shouldn't be based on how much money you have.