How to become a media fave:  Bash Republicans.

I have lost all respect for Powell.  I can't wait to hear Rush today...I wonder if Powell will be tuning in...I somehow doubt it.

This man is where he is today because of the Republicans he now bashes.

I have to question whether Colin Powell was ever a Republican. Obviously, his decision to endorse The One makes many question it. Powell represents the failures of the Bush41 and Bush43 administrations and the failed policies of neocons and "compassionate conservatives" that helped get us into the mess we are. Hopefully Powell types will soon be ghosts from the past.

True conservatives like Palin, Jindal, DeMint, Sessions, etc. represent the the future of the party. Hopefully Americans will remember Sarah Palin long after Colin Who.

I can hardly wait for that idiot to post the phoney Palin resume. 

BW222

Obama lied to Joe the Plumber - why not bash Obama?

This bit here is just staring us in the face - can we not see? Right off the top, Obama just out and out lied to Joe. In that infamous moment caught on tape, Obama said to Joe: 

 "we haven't given a break to folks who make less." 

The discussion was on tax issues, breaks, etc., during the Bush administration, and Obama was comparing poorer and middle income folks to wealthier folks (like himself) and attacking the higher end tax breaks.

Problem? It isn't true. For the record, the Bush administration, with congress, did in fact give poorer and middle class working folks significant tax breaks; all middle and lower tax rates were lowered, with the 15% lower bracket being cut to 10% (a 50% reduction); child tax credit was doubled; and the marriage penalty tax trap was fixed - and it helped a ton. They extended the AMT adjustment each and every year. In 2001 they received a tax rebate, pushed by the Democrats - eventually Bush gave in and gave them most of what they wanted there. In 2008, for goodness sakes, once again, they are given a tax rebate, a larger one, as part of a stimulus package. Many middle class workers invest in the equity markets and did in fact benefit from lower capital gains tax and lower dividend tax rates.

Main street [middle class] workers; those making much less than "rich folks like Obama" received significant reductions in tax liability (Breaks) - during these years. (;~/ gary

As a Veteran I know I have the right to say you are a traitor to the uniform and to this great country. You are nothing more that a "Headline Hog" with your nose buried up Obama's rectal orifice.

In a matter of a few years you have managed to piss away any credibility you might have once had.

because accusing people of clinging to guns and religion has such a uniting effect? And what exactly are the "lesser insticts" that Mr. Limbaugh is appealing to?

ugh, so dissapointed in this man.

"part of what I'm hoping to introduce as the next president is a new ethic of [government enforced] responsibility" - B. Obama

Powell has gotten to the point to where if he bashes you, it's a badge of honor.

He's wants to continue to be invited to all the cocktail parties put on by liberals.

I believe some Conservative somewhere didn't give him what he wanted and now he's ticked off, acting just like a little brat. 

He can consider himself anything he wants to, but he needs to stay away from anything Conservative Republican.  Powell, just take the silver liberals have given you and walk away.  You're finished.  Now nobody will trust you.

I never believed he was a Republican ever since he spoke at the Convention a number of years ago. As I recall, he basically bashed Republicans for being racists. Now if I was going to join a party and I actually thought it was against my race, why would I join it? I always thought he was a Democrat plant. And I don't believe he listens to Rush either.

I used to give Powell the benefit of the doubt. Michael Reagan knows him and said that he was just upset over how the Republicans treated him several years back. After how he's been the past few weeks, I'd have to say, I've lost all respect for him now. He's just a Democrat tool at this point.

Who is the "we" he is referring to?  He is NOT a Republican. 

I have been a huge fan of C. Powell.  I would have voted for him for President, even though there are some issues I didn't agree with him on 100%.  I thought him a great man.

His endorsement of Obama bothered me a little.  I just don't think a Republican should ever endorse a Democrat.  However I believed it to be a normal thing for a black person to want another black person to reach the highest office.  Rush, the guy his attacked in a chicken $hit way called in correctly.  It was about race.

What ended by admiration of C. Powell were the gratuitious attacks on Alito and Roberts and his other attacks on  Republicans and their views during his endorsement of Obama.  No "Republican" would do that.  No one I could admire would do that.

I don't care that he doesn't agree with Rush.  I don't agree with Rush all the time.  But this attack could have been handled much better.   To me Rush and conservative talk radio exist because Republicans have no where else to turn to for news and commentary.  Harry Smith, K. Couric, B Williams, Schieffer, Russert, Gregory,  Stepeanopolis (sp), 60 minutes, CNN, MSNBC, Gibson, Lauer, Viera, Roberts, Blitzer,Time, NY & LA Times, NPR, PBS, WaPo, Newsweek, the Trib Papers are as far left as Rush is far right. 

He could just as easily have said, "it is time for the main stream media to seek compliance with their own ethical standards and report the news in an impartial professional manner.  To do so would allow me and my fellow Republicans to turn off the conservative far right talk radio" and stop the rise of liberal talk radio.

The said truth is that Powell is not a Republican.   I really regret saying this but it is time for him to move on and change the "R" to a "D" and be honest with us and himself. 

"...these kinds of spokespersons seem to appeal to our lesser instincts rather than our better instincts?"

"better instincts": liberalism and an anything goes philosophy.

It's time to move over to the party where you are comfortable, General. Comments like this don't make you a "dignified statesman" - they just make you look self-serving - which is probably what you were all along.

Powell is the type of Officer the Armed forces have been working to root out of the system for the past 20 years.  He is a political Officer not a Military Officer.  He did what ever it took to jump up the ladders in the military heirarchy, and it showed.  Now he is simply changing ladders.

"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you"

I liked him. Now I don't. Had to make it about race, had to support Obama. Grrrr.....

On a lighter note:

The name Colin Powell sounds like a spicy Asian dish that might wreak havoc on your insides... Spicy Colon POW! 

Colin Powell, pushed aside by the Bush administration, showed his true colors when he backed Obama. He is a racist who is acting as if he is superior now, saying the GOP went too far right because we listen to the likes of Rush Limbaugh. Well, Mr. Powell, the only truth we get is from conservative talkers and we will fight liberals like you to continue to be able to listen to them. The Obama media is falling apart because the people who buy into their lies aren't very large in numbers. You should go wash your mouth out with soap you sellout!

"Powell, who says he still considers himself a Republican"

One has to wonder out loud, as Mark Levin did last night, what exactly is it that makes Powell consider himself a "Republican."

I guess that would be in the same sense as a Hindu convert still considering themselves a Christian, and thinking all these Christians should ditch monotheism and accept multiple Gods. But you'll still be a "Christian."

If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same...
Yours is the earth and all that's in it...

Notice how Powell in the video clip said, We are not saying it's bad to be conservative. You can be if you want to be...but in other words your wrong and hopefully you will see your need to "go with the flow!"  Powell makes a swipe at Palin for her "small town values" talk and boasts of his inner-city roots. The only problem with his inner-city is that most people are  trying to get out of them because they are crime ridden dens of misery because liberals don't like to punish their criminal element! I'll take small town values - Thank You!

Show me where the repubs attacked their families and called names other than socialist. Attacked anyone who dared contradict their candidate or illegally use state data bases to dig up dirt on them. Is Powell out of his ever loving mind?

What lies beneath... well, at least it's out in the open now.

///The people have spoken!/// INDEED. Slightly over half don't have a CLUE what they spoke for. Enjoy the process as these people slowly get CLUES over a 4yr period. Painful, but enjoyable.

General Powells assertion the GOP needs to stop shouting at the world and the country tells me he is looking at this with blinders on. The mere mention of the names of our current President and Vice President will create howling winds of anger from the left. Has the General forgotten what Moveon had to say about General Petrause? Does the General know there are Democrats in Congress who want to impeach the President? Is the General aware there are members of the media who believe the country should just set aside the Constitution and swear in president elect Obama at this moment? Is the General  aware of the fact there many on the left who just hate his guts and wish him nothing but the worst simply because of his role in the lead up to war with Saddam Hussien? Is the General aware of the fact the left is getting quite testy at Obamas choices of centrists in his administration? Has the General spent a moment of his time in the angry world of the Daily Kos, Huffpo and others like them? Sorry General, but as much as I have admired you and your contribution to our country your contention about the angry right is not the problem with the GOP.

To think I always said that I would vote for him if he ran for Pres. Never again. "Republicans need to see what's in the hearts and minds of hispanics?" I'm hispanic and I have a different view than Powell's about what's in my mind and heart. If he means we should put up a wall on our borders, stop enabling minorities with welfare, and quit throwing money at government funded institutions, he's right. Republicans need to be Republicans which they haven't been for quite some time now. Not all hispanics think alike, Colin. In fact I probably disagree with about 95% of  hispanics in this country. Powell's just doing this to save his legacy. He realizes Americans think unfavorably of him because of his role in the Bush Admin. Now he wants to make sure he goes down in the history books as a bleeding heart lib with a social conscience. Who needs him. He should be done with politics.

the good General has lost his way. His race called him all the vile names in the book for being a part of the solution. As BHO moves through his days in office and the public sees what has been done, the Good General is setting the foundation that it is all GWB left overs , that are the problem. Like the Lady Gov. /Rush/ and others who love America 1st. The General has never been a true conservative, but he was given a shot, and this is how one says thanks.Take your 4 Stars a shove them. Once BHO destroys our fine country Colon Powell will be sent packing, or running.

 allow me to Love America

"...the GOP must see what is in the "hearts and minds" of African-American, Hispanic and Asian voters ..."

But Powell isn't African-American, he is Jamaican-American.  He made that point long ago, before Tiger Woods, pointed out that he was African-Thai-American.

And saying what he said about Rush Limbaugh makes it sound like Powell doesn't listen to Rush, he just listens to what his friends say about Rush.  I listen to Limbaugh often, and he comes up with some high-powered arguments on some complex situations.  He is NOT a hate-monger like Michael Savage on the right or Randi Rhodes on the left.  He is one of the more intelligent talk-show hosts on the radio, and that is why the left hates him, because he comes up with logical, factual arguments against most of their socialist schemes.

For Powell to buy into the left's arguments against Limbaugh is very disturbing.

Powell needs to get out of that bubble he's living in there in Washington. He has no idea what in the heck he is talking about. The msm loves to trot him out because he "claims" to be a Republican...sure he is. I wonder if he would have the nerve to tell Rush that to his face?

I lost all respect for Powell so long ago I can't remember what did if for me back then, I also know he was very involved with the Plame/Wilson BS...Armitage was the guy he used too...I can't prove this, but I posted my thoughts way back when here regarding this all...he was let go by the Bush administration for a good reason...he is a traitor...at least in my eyes.

None of this is surprising for me, he is a disgrace as far as as I am concerned, he isn't and hasn't been a friend of conservatives forever in my eyes.

He has done what he has had to do to get where he is...nothing more, nothing less.

"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh

One must be careful how much energy and hero worship they lend to these people we call politicians. Gen Powell was a political officer while in uniform and not a combat or a "soldiers" General like Norman Schwartzkauf. The ranks are full of them. Wesley Clark is another one. Historically, they make piss poor politicians or should I say "Statesmen". While in uniform they have to keep their real opinions to themselves in order to make life comfortable and Fitness Reports favorable. I see many saying they lost all respect for Powell, or they admired him, would have voted for him. Many of us who were in uniform while he was Head of the JCS knew him for what he was. You kind of develop a sixth sense about people and he just came across as one who looked for opportuities and made certain he was at all the right parties, rubbed the right elbows, kissed the right behinds. I and others on here and elsewhere have said long before this latest display of Opportunism that Powell was a fraud. His explanations exposes his true self and does not hold water or even make logical sense. He was a phony twenty years ago just like he is now. Pick your heros carefully. The man and woman in the trenches is the ones whose blood was shed for your freedoms, not the General who butt sits in a leather chair in Washington D.C.

WHY is it that republicans are ALWAYS the ones who need to change?? Why do the cowards in the media never ask dummycrats to change? (no answer needed)

When and until the cowards in the media start 'reporting' or even doing their job, the consumers of media will always be told republicans are the problem. When the propaganda stops, the country will get back on track.

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

I can't say I'm surprised by the run of commentary concerning General Powell.  Jokes about his skin color, his name, calling him a traitor, the usual Newsbusters vulgarity.  Whatever you people say about HuffPo and Kos, et al, how in the name of God do you people truly believe yourselves to be any better?  Apologies and respect to those few of you who wrote decent and thoughtful comments.

Colin Who? A quick search shows that the time he has spent out of work corresponds exactly with the the onset of dementia and the ravages of Alzheimers. Usually the patient is the last to know he needs help.

     "The usual News Busters Vulgarity"The subject at hand is a pretty heated subject, and this is a place to vent, pour out your personal opinions, but by comparison to the vicious liberal web sites that spew the most vile and toxic $hit you can immagine, no comparison.

Example: Tony Snow was a very articulate, accomplished journalist that fought a long and courageous battle against cancer, and a lot of it was on T V. Never ever heard the man whine one time about the absolute hell he had to be going thru. Those liberal web sites said the most vile and rotten things about the man that could ever be conjured up just because he was a conservative.

      I've only been coming on News Busters since this past September, and sure, there's a train of conservative thought, and that's why I like to come here. As far as Collin Powell is concerned, I definitely expressed my negative feelings towards him, and I am not going to retract anything I said. For a Military man to have the resume he has, I expect a more dedicated, honorable, principaled, and supportaive example to the people you align yourself with. When you accept the job as SOS to the USA, and you know the political party you have sided with, then take yourself out, and later come back in an adversarial form against that party, and expect the followers in that party to think highly of you.....BULL $HIT! Hey colemine! Go to the Seattle P I David Horsey web site. You wanna see some real one sided, back stabbing vulgarity? They don't need my promo!

Powell is a washed up wannabe.  If he doesn't like Rush he has the same option that 20 million listeners have.  His opinion is worhtless and his instincts are about the same he had when he knew there were WMDs in Iraq.

Nick O

OK, I'm fine with any useful criticisms of President Bush since he was part of that administration...but Rush and Palin???

WTH is he up to?

One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

i love how you republicans still dont get it.  bush ruined your image, it has to now be remade.  period.  get started or become even more irrelavant. 

and btw it is quite the stretch to say powell 'bashed' palin and limbaugh.  palin was a hired attack dog, everyone with any sense new that.  it backfired.  again, get over it and move on, let her go back to alaska and hibernate.  limbaugh is struggling to maintain even the loosest grasp on reality, again, get over it.  turn him off and start thinking dittoheds.  ironic that you morons rail on the 'mainstream media' and then lap up the swill this vile man spouts.  oh well, good luck with that.  youve got 8 years to get a clue, should be enough time. 

What does Colin Powell know, anyway. He’s the nominal “Republican” that endorsed Obama, then re-assured us all that he was “qualified to be Commander-in-Chief” the week before the Russians caught Obama completely asleep-at-the-wheel and nabbed the Krgyzstani air-base that we use to fly-in most of our supplies to Afghanistan.I don’t trust Powell an inch, he apparently feels guilty about promoting the Iraq war (but shouldn’t) and is trying to make amends. Powell’s advice and a quarter will get you a cup of coffee at 7-11 (small). Who cares what he thinks, Obama's programs are a guaranteed fail- and that's all that matters in the end. There'll be no hiding the damage Obama is doing to the county in a year or two. I love how these critics of the GOP assume everything will just work out great with trillion dollar deficits and a pacifist foreign policy- When their pork-n-welfare spending orgy fails to create any real economic gains -but stokes vicious inflation and crashes the dollar instead- the Democrats face a bloodbath in 2010. Barack can kiss 2012 goodbye, no matter how hard he attacks the GOP and has the MSM plant BS stories and manufactured "scandals". His foreign policy is headed straight for an iceberg, as well.Ironically, Powell and W did a lot of damage to the GOP brand... but Obama-Pelosi-Reid will be the ones to fix it all-up for us- already as good as done. Funny how life is.http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com