Powell can talk all he wants, but conservatism is the only governing philosophy that will provide peace, security and prosperity.  America has to re-learn this every generation.  Last generation's mistake was Jimmy Carter who allowed radical Islam to take root.   Obama is on the same path as Carter although this time in Pakistan.  What does Powell say about that?  

 Regarding the economic situation, President Obama is a great campaigner but a rotten economist.  His policies are extending the recession and inhibiting growth through governent take over of key industries.  Obama's words won't create a single job.  The trillions in Stimulus spending won't create that many either.

Limbaugh and Palin are conservatives who understand messaging.  Limbaugh in particular understands that the way to point out the absurdity of the Liberal Ruling Class is through humor and satire.  Lefties can take abuse but they can't take being laughed at.

Obama is great with words though - like 'inherited.'  For a look at the Leader's other overused words, you can hit:

http://firstconserva...

This man who rose to the top, riding on the backs of American taxpayers and affirmative action, now has the audacity (groan) to turn and bite the hands that fed him, supported him, praised him, and eventually lifted him up to the ceiling of the Peter Principal (he is living proof of that theory).  This man has no shame, buys into the herd mentality of "we vs. them", and divides it simply by color.  

He is not the least bit complex, nor is he a heavy thinker.  And he has no "general principles" either.

Once again, another story of how the GOP is in bad shape and it needs to abandon its conservative roots in order to survive. Have any of these people considered that maybe some of the ideals are actually a resurgence of the usually silent majority? Or perhaps maybe these same people now bashing the GOP were really RINO's all along and see some of their ideals and directions for the party slipping away? I am actually of the mind and agree with the comment that Specters defection constitutes a good riddance statement and the followup that he should take the McCains with him. Ive said all along that its probably a good thing that Obambam actually won this one as it is an abrupt wake up call instead of a slow slide in the same direction blamed once again on the GOP with Mccain at the helm.------oh, and what little respect I have for Powel is only held by the fact that he's remaining consistant since his vocalization against the GOP brand. 

Gen Powell needs to shut his yap and turn on his radio. He is so off-base about Rush it is ridiculous.

"...the party lacks a 'positive' spokesperson?"

I am sorry, Gen. Powell, but if you would actually listen to Rush's show instead of regurgitating the opinions of others (who don't listen to his show, either) you would quickly realize that Rush is one of the more positive voices for conservatism, and this nation, on the radio today.

Like many of us, he laments that government has become an impediment to freedom and liberty in this nation, and that it is bending, distorting, if not outright ignoring, the Constitution of the United States in order to further intrude on our lives.

You do remember the Constitution, don't you Gen. Powell? After all, you once took an oath to defend our founding document.

I do not think the oath you took said anything about defending the government.

-Dave

"I think what Rush [Limbaugh] does as an entertainer diminishes the
party and intrudes or inserts into our public life a kind of nastiness
that we would be better to do without."

Translation: Rush is interfering with Obama's fascist takeover of the USA; he must be silenced.

The term "obsequious toady" comes to mind for Powell.

Powell worked for the Carter administration as an assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, and to the Secretary of Energy. He also supported LBJ in his early career. During his miliatry years he was registered to vote as an independent. IMHO, he basically got where he is by riding the coat tails of Casper Weinberger and Frank Carlucci. Powell does not represent the conservative values the Republican party abandoned but that won't stop the MSM from associating his remarks as a way to bash conservatives.

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We've seen military guys go off the rails before. Rep. John Murtha is insane. Timothy McVeigh was insane. Now, too-smart-by-half Colin Powell is reaching for a straight jacket.

The man is an embarrassment, a calmer, smoother talking version of Joe Biden. And he calls Sarah Palin polarizing?

 ** Loyalty - Duty - Respect - Selfless Service - Honor - Intergity - Personal Courage **

The above are the seven US Army's core values. Since the dear General has left behind his uniform, there has seemed to be a total shirking of anything he should have embraced as a soldier, and allowed them to guide his life, even after retiring.

General Powell, Thank-you for your service, now please try and be find peace with yourself.  It's apparent you are living with regret, and that's a shame, since you were afforded the ability to be 'all you could be', and have now you seem to have chosen to be something else, entirely.

A man should be upright, not be kept upright - Marcus Aurelius

so he's gotta be right

Powell is a nitwit, but he deserves the obligatory thanks for his military service, just as McCain does. Having said that, as "they" say, his criticisms of Limbaugh and Coulter are lame. Powell sits with Chuck Schumer, Obama, Rahm Emanuel (nastiness to the 10th power), and a long list of subversive Leftist swine who make Rush look like and sound like a choirboy. Powell's and Specter's analysis of GOP weaknesses would be better served if they would simply pick up a mirror and look deeply into it. There it is! Oh, you thought you saw McCain in there as well? What a surprise.

Well as we ponder these Democrats setting up a "new belief" system for America and Washington and maybe pushing new president into such role with calls to past comparisons to "messiah" what is a party of a Republic to do but consider a loose federation more than a centralized and socialized "republic," within our existing constitutional rights? 

Lexicon?  What I thought security in Obama era would just need "mood rings"?

jphogan.org spews more though not yet in mention of "mood rings" though yes already about Colin Powell partly thought of as part of Clintons' team that didn't leave Bush Administration a plan for "enforcing" sanctions upon Saddam Hussein with either an entrance, effecting nor exit strategies.  Why did Clintons not think Iraqi Shia capable of governing themselves and so worthy of "enforcing" of sanctions towards prosecution of Saddam Hussein at least as precendence of Nuremberg trials of Nazi and other effectors of war crimes?

HoganJP57 on twitter too.  Please visit jphogan.org to follow once known mostly as just "uc" here in through 2006 months.

Buzz off!

I'm getting tired of people criticizing Rush as damaging the party while hatemongers like MSNBC, Air America, Poofington Host, and Kos get treated like serious thinkers of the Democrat Party.

If Rush, who isn't, and doesn't claim to be, the head of the GOP puts you off that much, go join Arlen Sphincter.

...is he high or something?  Is he taking some new medication or suffering from dementia?  What dolt wants MORE government, what dolt wants more taxes?  Did a mortar round go off too close to his head or something?

"They'll know we were right in the end"         

-Harry Potter, The Order of the Phoenix-

Race trumps all other things...

called Washington D.C. - specifically, in the political spectrum where no world view is without skew.  He is within a circle of people who are utterly detached from what the majority of Americans experience (on either side of the aisle).  This circle is conveniently called, "government."

OneHigherPower.com

Maybe we can do without comments from a general who didn't speakup against a war until it was waaaay too late.

First off, let's be honest with what Colin Powell actually is: he is and always has been a professional prop...an empty uniform.  He is the manifestation of the self-esteem-driven social promotion movement.  He had as much business becoming Secretary of State as a functional illiterate has getting a college degree.  In putting him on the fast track to the top, the Republican Party ignored the content of his character and focused only on the color of his skin.  Powell has always had an inflated sense of entitlement, as if the Secretary of State position should only have been ceremonial in day-to-day responsibility...make speaking appearances, receive praise, receive flattery and receive a fat check...work and principle were always beneath him.  And as anyone woefully unqualified for his job (like McClellan, Schwarzenegger and Specter) will do after criminally botching the required tasks, he covers his failure by lashing out against the very people who advanced his career.  His disgraceful role in the railroading of Scooter Libby coupled with his pathetically self-serving public endorsement of That One tells you all you need to know about Colin Powell...a disloyal and dishonest opportunist.  A phony.  No doubt he'll be tarting up this weekend to whore himself out on the Sunday show circuit...and with David Gregory, Chuck Todd, Stephanopoulos and Schieffer cruising the streets with dimmed lights and wads of cash, there are more than enough johns around to keep that prostitute busy.

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill

The General’s reputation suffers every time he opens his mouth.  And he just doesn’t get it.

Huh??  Polarizing?? What does he mean by this?  Just what was so "polarizing" about her??

Wait, let me venture a guess: It wouldn't happen to do with her position on abortion, would it?  That she actually walked the walk, demonstrating that heroic love-of-neighbor is not an impossibility, thereby making the Limousine-Left look bad?  How dare she!

"Let's wrap him up, alright?" -- Keith Olbermann

Powell is a RINO.  But remember, he is a rino that wears real body armor.

Americans want more government? Really, General Poo-Bah? Hmmm funny...I don't remember that plank from Barry's pre-election campaign. In fact, I don't even recall Barry ever coming out and saying that during is his post-inauguration campaign. "A vote for me is a vote for more government!" If it's such a great idea, why hide your intentions through redirections and strawman delusions?

Damn Powell, what did the plastic surgeon do?  Did he tie the loose skin that used to make up your wrinkly eyes and brow and tie it off behind your head?  You're looking scary bro, but still talking like a dumba**. 

My belief is that if Powell hadn't been black, Bush would have fired him as Sec State.  Powell was definitely over his head.

By the way, liberals like to call Rush an entertainer as a put down.  He certainly does entertain, but he is a serious political commentator who gives both sides of the story.  And when he is done telling you both sides, he gives his opinion on the topic - always the conservative view; almost always right.  All you have to do is listen. 

What does Colin Powell know, anyway. He's the "Republican" that endorsed Obama, then re-assured us all that Barack 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. He will be considered even more irrelevant (if that's possible) when Obamamania collapses in a poof of dust. And Powell's motivations are plenty suspect, IMO- a guy from Bush's own cabinet promotes Obama... so why has he never endorsed any liberal, inexperienced white candidates before?Team Obama, the DNC, and their MSM sycophants have been employing despicable Alinsky-esque divide-and-conquer and character assassination techniques for months now… manufacturing synthetic “fights” like Limbaugh vs. Steele, plus ceaseless ridicule of Jindal, Palin, even shameful distortion of the legacy of Ronald Reagan. Clearly, the strategy is to eliminate GOP rallying points and philosophical framework for 2010/12 and create the image of a party in disarray.And it’s not difficult to see why the Democrats might prefer to banter playfully about made-up GOP “scandals” and irrelevancies like Meghan McCain’s latest drivel than debate Obama’s ongoing destruction of the country.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.And by 2012? LOL, the GOP could take 40 states running Gilbert Gottfried.http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com/

Even Powell can't help piling on against Sarah Palin.

He's probably just pissed becasue he knows if she picked a General for V.P., it would be Petraeus, not Powell.

Heck, Petraeus might be the one picking Palin for V.P. !

But no Colin Powell in there . . . nope.   Someone should tell him to go back home to the Democrat party.

"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media."  -- Lowell Ponte