Colin Powell Blames Media and Tea Party for Divisive Tone in Washington
Colin Powell on Sunday blamed the media as well as the Tea Party for the divisive political tone in Washington.
Not surprisingly, neither the class warfare stoked by President Obama and his Party nor the resulting Occupy Wall Street movement was mentioned during this seven minute interview with Christiane Amanpour on ABC's This Week (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, HOST: What about this tone in the country right now? It's still very divisive. It's still very sort of brash, some say poisonous. I mean, you can barely get anything done on Capitol Hill, just behind me there. What needs to be done, to actually improve the tone and the ability of people to work together?
COLIN POWELL: The tone is not -- is not good right now, and our political system here in Washington, particularly up on The Hill -- Congress -- has become very, very tense in that two sides, Republicans and Democrats, are focusing more and more on their extreme left and extreme right. And we have to come back toward the center in order to compromise.
A story I like to tell is our Founding Fathers were able to sit in Philadelphia and make some of the greatest compromises known to man -- tough, tough issues. But they did it. Why? Because they were there to create a country, where we have a Congress now that can't even pass an appropriation bill, and we're running this country on a continuing resolution which is -- what else are they here for but to pass appropriations bills?
And so we have got to find a way to start coming back together. And let me say this directly. The media has to help us. The media loves this game, where everybody is on the extreme. It makes for great television. It makes for great chatter. It makes for great talk shows all day long with commentators commenting on commentators about the latest little mini-flap up on Capitol Hill.
So what we have to do is sort of take some of the heat out of our political life in terms of the coverage of it, so these folks can get to work quietly.
AMANPOUR: I get your point about heat and light, but what about the fact that, in fact, it is one of the political parties, although -- or rather the big political influence, which is the Tea Party, which quotes left and right the Founding Fathers? They say compromise is a dirty word, and they try to point to the Founding Fathers and the Constitution.
POWELL: They compromised -- the Founding Fathers compromised on slavery. They had to in order to create a country. They compromised on the composition of the Senate, of the House, of the Supreme Court, of a president -- what are the president's powers? Can you imagine more difficult compromises today?
Compromise is how this country was founded, and unless two people in disagreement with each other don't find a way to reach out to one another and make compromises, you don't get a consensus that allows you to move forward.
But the Tea Party point of view of no compromise whatsoever is not a point of view that will eventually produce a presidential candidate who will win.
AMANPOUR: General Powell, thank you very much indeed.
POWELL: Thank you, dear.
It goes without saying that I very much agree with Powell's point concerning the media's role in the political divide in the nation.
However, although the question was asked by Amanpour, any discussion of the Tea Party's involvement in the current tone should certainly have involved the Occupy Wall Street movement and what its participants both overt and covert are doing.
This is particularly important given the press's adoration for a group so antagonistic to the most successful members of the society.
Also missing in this segment was how a president and a political Party that are stoking the flames of class envy fit into the current caustic environment.
When the leader of the nation continually talks about the rich not paying their "fair share" - doing so in a fashion that defies any knowledge of the current tax code as well as who's actually paying most of the costs associated with the federal government - this has as much to do with the divisive tone as anything else if not more.
Not at all surprisingly, this wasn't addressed by Amanpour or Powell.
Exactly why might that be?
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Wanting fiscal
Submitted by rbosque on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 1:32pm.
Wanting fiscal accountability, low spending, and Constituional judges is now "divisive"?
Insane, huh? I grew up buying
Submitted by amyshulk on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 4:39pm.
Insane, huh? I grew up buying into the whole "right wing extremists" meme and now that I've decided to dig deeper, I can't for the life of me figure out what they mean by it!!!
Ronald Reagan
However they did not compromise on "We The People"
Submitted by upcountrywater on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 1:37pm.
COLIN POWELL, Take your 0'bama vote and shove it.
What part of Taxed Enough Already don't you get?
You Didn't Build That.
compromise
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 1:41pm.
In 2009 when the dems had the world by the tail the term 'compromise' made them laugh. Now that they have been rebuked by a majority of voters compromise is their mantra.
MidA, go back to early 2009, when the 0
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:19pm.
said, "I won". He had both houses of Congress and he was prez, and they still punted the budget football deep. As you said, now that they stare into the abyss of minority status in the Senate and House, and the possibility of losing the White House, they want "compromise".
MidAmerica...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 12:03am.
You ignore the fact that tax breaks had been put in the original stimulus package in an effort to attract Republican support. The public option was taken out of the healthcare legislation and other concessions made to placate recalcitrant Dems and hopefully entice some GOP votes.
In return, the administration didn't receive anything from congressional Republicans but a stone wall, "dead on arrival" announcements, and demagogic scare tactics over provisions which they had previously supported.
I honestly don't believe this current crop of Republicans can even spell the word "compromise".
Jer
And you, Jeringo, ignore the fact that ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 12:37am.
you speak liberal Democrat twaddle.
That you would essentially state that the Republicans do their best to avoid 'compromise', and ignore the in your face tactics of the Lib-Dims in doing just that, bespeaks your unyielding partisanship.
QED
MD
And I suppose you describe your partisanship as thoughtful
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 1:12am.
and reasoned, huh?
Spare me.
Jer
Not at all, Jeringo---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 1:49am.
I make no bones about my dislike of liberal fools and hatchet men; nor of my delight in throwing stones in their direction.
I just don't believe in patting myself on the back in front of all of NewsBusters by continually bragging about how I am on record as badmouthing any Republicans or conservatives who get down in the gutter in order to replicate the comportment of liberals and Democrats through words and actions; like, say, Maher and Malloy, et al.
Generally speaking, that isn't necessary because Republicans don't quite measure up to the overall nastiness level of Lib-Dims.
Anyone who goes out of his way to draw attention to his 'good' deeds either has a problem with self-confidence; or is someone who has put himself in the position of suffering the slings and arrows of misfortune.
A situation along the lines of being a liberal Democrat posting on a conservative site.
'Nome sayin' - ?
MD
Matthew...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:33am.
It's not bragging or back-patting. I would much prefer never having to mention my "record". But quite a few persons who should be well aware of that record apparently have a very short memory. I don't think, and would prefer not to think, that someone would deliberately misrepresent my posting history.
Maybe the comments in question have simply been overlooked, but they have been numerous enough that it is difficult to believe they all have been missed. Whatever the reason may be, as long as it appears necessary to occasionally inform or remind folks of the facts, I'll continue to do so.
Jer
Your posting history, Jeringo,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:05am.
at least in the time I have been here, pretty much consists of either defending the left from charges made by the right; insisting that conservative stories, perspectives, and statistics are incorrect; or trying to find a racist tinge to anything less than complimentary said about Obama.
If I didn't know better, based on your insistent insistence that you call both sides out for getting out of line - why, I would swear that you are a left leaning Democrat who is just trying to burnish up his hail fellow well met proclivities in order to be considered a fair minded individual.
No big deal.
I'm sure all liberals think they are fair minded.
MD
To Jer
Submitted by tnmccoy on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:40pm.
Since Obama's efforts were divisive and un-Constitutional, why would the Republicans bother with a quid pro quo that isn't? Republicans don't support Obama---except for a few RINOs---because he doesn't do anything worth supporting. Besides, he spends most of his time on the golf course or playing/watching basketball. His attempts to destroy America don't deserve any support. BTW, it's the Dems who usually play the 'dead on arrival' card, right near the racism card, though they're usually the race baiters. Can you name any time when the Democrats---who held Congress much of the past 70 years---'compromised' with the Republicans? I didn't think so.
Maybe, since Jeringo calls out both sides with ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:19pm.
such regularity, he could tally up the number of Republican initiatives sent Harry Reid's way that got sat on by Reid's bony butt.
MD
Funny thing is,
Submitted by Boudin on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 6:43pm.
All of the cretins from the left, no matter how much Jer denounces them, still represent his Party. Jer likes to pretend to be on the fence, but if all my party had was ridicule and innuendo, I think I might reconsider. Instead, Jer double downs, and defends them. Well, sort of:
While Jer will condemn the occasional leftist putz, he will usually do it by comparing them to something Rush or Hannity said, usually out of context or by stretching the offensiveness. Does anyone actually know of a libtard policy Jer agree's with? Also, Jer NEVER answers a question, never!
Wrong, Boudin...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 8:08pm.
It is difficult to answer your questions because they are customarily composed of indecipherable gibberish which you consistently decline to clarify, with your refusal generally taking the form of some smartass crack.
And your occasional question which is comprehensible generally goes something like this: How can you support a party of idiots who lie constantly and hate this country?
I can't think of a single NB poster less capable of engaging in a productive dialogue and debate than you.
Jer
This is a perfect example, Dean...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 8:15pm.
I've trashed Reid repeatedly and called for his ouster. As far as tallying up initiatives, do it yourself. Of course, it would be helpful if you would learn how to use Google, perform basic research, and teach yourself how that linking thing works.
Jer
Congrats, Jeringo,---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 11:56pm.
on a couple of levels --
proving Boudin right, and showing your red-assed stupidity by clinging to the idiotic 'link strategy campaign" after embarrassing yourself with your own comments reference linking to sources.
See below.
Oh, you lean left.
You favor Obama.
You are IN the Party of Reid.
Embarrassment is not in your vocabulary.
Your insulting nature becomes ever more pronounced as the liberals and Democrats you relate to dig further into the slime of despair that they have created for themselves.
The petulance of your posts is in direct proportion to the idiocy, crassness, and foot shooting abilities of your tribe.
MD
You had to reach awfully low for that juvenile tirade,
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 12/18/2011 - 4:43am.
didn't you, Dean?
On second thought, when you wallow ass-deep in mud 24 hours a day--and that locus is quite obviously where you feel most comfortable--all the slime you need is within easy reach.
So sling the 'stupid' card, the 'dunce' card, the 'fool' card, the 'idiot' card, the 'lacking intellect, morality, and chops' card. You achieve nothing beyond permitting yourself to sink further in the sludge. Your hatred and your anger is slowly but ineluctably consuming you. And it's not a pretty sight.
Jer
No hatred, no anger, Jeringo, ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 12/18/2011 - 5:47am.
Just giving my favorite lefty a hard time.
Obama, on the other hand ---.
Why so long to catch up to this post ?
Only one day short of three weeks.
MD
Christiane Amanpour?
Submitted by bobdog on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 1:40pm.
Does anybody actually listen to that nauseating, pompous woman?
Must not. She has the lowest
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:13pm.
Must not. She has the lowest rated of the Sunday talking head shows.
Revolting
Submitted by Kleenex on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:54pm.
I find Amanpour revolting. She's married to an old Clinton advisor which means any hint of objectivity is out the window. Colin was great as a General but he seems to put race ahead of the country now. It's obvious why he supports Obama and he should never be invited to a GOP convention again.
The fall of a good man
Submitted by OldmanRick on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:05pm.
It is unfortunate, but I do believe that Colin has lost his way. However, I still honor him as one who walked the rice patties.
Rice paddies
Submitted by sallyfarrar on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:25pm.
Are you sure he walked those rice paddies? Or did he direct others to do so?
Nevertheless, he is totally irrelevant and is probably trying to over compensate for supporting obama in 2008.
Out of a 30 year career,
Submitted by fsm47 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:59pm.
Out of a 30 year career, Colin Powell spent his 6-months in the combat field.
The only "rice patties"....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 4:16pm.
Colon Powell ever "walked" were baked into stuffed peppers. Beside the fact that they are "paddies", Colon's principals were summed up by the fact that he let Scooter Libby take the rap when he had full knowledge that Richard Armitage was guilty.
six months
Submitted by LarryG on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:13pm.
He was an advisor (1963) well before the place got "hot" and I think his combat experience wasn't sufficient to quality him for command. I was there in 1967 and it was very active.
How true
Submitted by lilgto on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:42pm.
I respected him greatly, until he voted for Obama and showed his true colors. Just another RINO
Colin was not a great
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:01pm.
Colin was not a great general.
He isn't even...
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 4:17pm.
a decent human being.
My bad . . .
Submitted by ajkrik on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:12pm.
. . . I though you meant Colin Powell.
I hope to goodness, not. I
Submitted by shferg on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 4:06pm.
I hope to goodness, not. I feel bad for Newsbusters who have to watch this crap and report on it. I would be yelling at the TV constantly.
Can't stand the man
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 1:41pm.
Colin Powell is not one of my favorite "Republicans" for the following reasons:
He should join the Pinocchio club. He is worth at least three, and maybe all five.
Dennis Prager
There's a reason I call this
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:44pm.
There's a reason I call this 'Eddie Haskell' the 'Fencesitter'....................he always seems to be placing himself in some lofty, elevated position and making sanctemonious and pompous statements about ANYBODY and ANYTHING, while acting like he has nothing to do with the situation. He isn't any more 'ethical' than anybody else in his game...............and when is the last time the guy said anything that wasn't totally predictable - he won't make a move or say a thing until he has decided that it is acceptable to the general public and the MSM.
"Liberals tend to BE the onus of the anus'........................................KILLA
Dick Cheney was right. That's
Submitted by Gat New York on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:07pm.
Dick Cheney was right. That's all we need to know about this man's core.
Ditto
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 4:19pm.
me
he would have to become one
Submitted by MidAmerica on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 1:43pm.
It's quite obvious now why Colin Powell did not seek the REPUBLICAN nomination for president.
powell
Submitted by kinijane on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:22pm.
Its quite obvious that Powell voted his color and not his principles,
now he has to back it up.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Submitted by liberalsarefunny on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 1:49pm.
This guy is funny....
Powell is a Beltway dinosaur
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:37pm.
POWELL: "They compromised -- the Founding Fathers compromised on slavery. They had to in order to create a country."
Right there you have the heart of the national dilemma.
Old graybeards like Powell insist on a compromise. But 60 years of compromise since WW2 have delivered a $15 trillion national debt and a government system that is in a death spiral.
But take Powell's example about the compromise on slavery, of all things. While he is historically correct, he implies that we may have to accept some self-destructive evil in order to preserve the country. The compromise on slavery did indeed permit the 13 original states to form a country, but we then had to suffer a destructive civil war 80 years later in order to rectify the wrong.
Beltway creatures like Powell (whom I once held in high regard) don't get it. The time for compromise is over. In relative terms, the US is now at where it was in 1859, not in terms of splitting apart through secession, but in terms of the eve of another cataclysmic upheaval, this time of an economic nature. We are accelerating toward the kind of economic destructive that anti-capitalists yearn for, because they believe capitalism will ultimately destroy itself (perhaps with a big shove from the extremes), opening opportunities for failed systems like communism and fascism.
Neville Chamberlain believed compromise at Munich in 1938 would spare Europe another world war. It didn't.
The Old Guard in the Beltway believes that compromise will get us past this tough economic slump long enough for them to win re-election. But the simple math proves them wrong.
Compromise is now merely kicking the can down the road again. Republicans and Democrats have kicked the can for decades even when the evidence of a future train wreck was irrefutable. They've known for decades that Social Security and Medicare would become unsustainable in the early 21st Century.
And now we've run out of time for compromise. We need adult leadership that not even the likes of a retierd general can provide.
re compromise
Submitted by Franksam on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:55pm.
A West Pointer should know that all the people who died in the Revolutionary War on either side did not compromise.
Ask your wife or husband what kind of compromise they'd accept regarding fidelity.
college boy
Submitted by LarryG on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:17pm.
He didn't attend West Point. He was an ROTC product.
To Galvanic
Submitted by tnmccoy on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:48pm.
Well said!
POWELL
Submitted by HudsonRiverGirl on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:14pm.
When this dude mentions the media he means FNC. As for compromise, where was he all those times his boy was telling the republicans that he won and therefore didn't have to consider any of their ideas.
Blech.
AMANPOUR: I get your point
Submitted by Reaver on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:16pm.
AMANPOUR: I get your point about heat and light, but what about the fact that, in fact, it is one of the political parties, although -- or rather the big political influence, which is the Tea Party, which quotes left and right the Founding Fathers? They say compromise is a dirty word, and they try to point to the Founding Fathers and the Constitution.
Yep that’s not an opinion that is an indisputable fact. And Powell is only too happy to pick up that ball and run with it. Colin Powell shows why he is the media’s model republican, he is only too happy to accept her premise that all of our political problems are the fault of the republican base and hold the democrats blameless. Obama is possibly the most divisive president in modern memory but you won’t hear that on this show.
Powell is a black, liberal Republican
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:34pm.
which is why he gets interviewed. Would love to see what Christine would do with Herman Cain, Thomas Sowell or Walter Williams. Cain is too gentle to women, but the other two might make her cry, which could only boost her ratings.
Dennis Prager
I think it's only fair....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 4:21pm.
that Powell is categorized with the likes of Meghan McCain. Birds of a feather, eh?
similar sentiment
Submitted by LarryG on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:21pm.
The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
-Thomas Jefferson
Establishment Republican
Submitted by Chad B on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:18pm.
Who cares what you have to say? The one undergirding constant that our founding fathers agreed on was a limited federal government. When establishment types like you want to talk compromise with democrats, it usually does not involve any limitations on the federal powers.
It is all about what is sustainable these days; we are on an unsustainable path and voices like yours will only lead this nation further down the road to hell. What is your solution to the debt, yet alone the deficit, sir? The current path will only lead to this nations demise and patriots in the tea party recognize that. Neither the establishment republicans, democrats or Occpy dirt bags don't seem to want to see the gorilla or elephant in the room.
That's funny, I blame
Submitted by Average_JoeMN on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:29pm.
That's funny, I blame liberals like Powell for division and lies.
Liberals, Powell included, have no conscience.
Agreed
Submitted by buttercup815 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:45pm.
I blame everyone in my family when things go wrong (wife and children) It's all their fault, no quarter or mercy..it's all their fault. Keep up the good work!
buttercup
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:48pm.
I see you are following in the steps of the Dear Leader. Nothing is his fault either.
And the prize goes to?
Submitted by buttercup815 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:59pm.
Thanks for entirely ignorning the point BOTH SIDES DO IT..GET IT!
Bcup
Submitted by Kleenex on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:56pm.
Ah I see, so you'll be voting for Obama again?
Hey silly
Submitted by paragrouper on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 4:26pm.
Thats because your point was worth 'ignorning.'
by the way; your 'Caps Lock' seems to be stuck.
Ignoring?
Submitted by buttercup815 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 4:58pm.
You can 'ignore' it all you want, but the position that "I am always right and you are always wrong" works about as much in polictics as it does in families.
Now, got to send in my laptop to get my CAPS LOCK key unstuck.
→ ButtCup
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:39pm.
Powell is wrong to point to Slavery at our Nation's founding as an acceptable reason to implement it today.
buttercup
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:45pm.
Are you unaware of how many people here were against many of George Bush's policies? And that H.W. Bush lost re-election by raising taxes after promising he wouldn't? People on this site criticize the GOP all the time (does the name Boehner ring a bell?), it's the Obama sheep who cannot see beyond his uptilted nose.
Accusing others of your own faults is called "projecting". Call Doc Sam if you don't understand this.
LOL, Rad
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:55pm.
Now we have a "paging Doc Sam".
I wish we had a little button we could push....to summon the appropriate NB specialist.
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You rang?
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:45pm.
Been off enjoying turkey, stuffing, the grandkids and football. My teams did lousy!
Notice buttercup has been off his/her meds again.
Rad...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:51pm.
The criticism of Bush's policies by NBer's was reserved for those occasions when it was believed they represented an abandonment of conservative principles. In other words, he was criticized by the right from the right.
The same phenomenon has occurred with Obama--despite conservatives claiming he's a Marxist--in that many of those comprising his progressive base believe he has moved too far toward the center, and thus he has been criticized by the left from the left.
So the "Obama sheep" charge is not really a valid accusation.
Jer
Jer
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:15pm.
I have only seen this criticism of Obama in the past few weeks, maybe months. Until now all I have seen or heard from Obama fans I know is that nothing is his fault. Nothing.
And that was my original point, although politicians rarely come out with a mea culpa (correct legal term?) I have rarely heard one so frequently whine that it's the other guys fault. Most tend to just be quiet when things go badly.
Maybe the "Obama sheep" charge is not a valid---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:21pm.
one to ewe, Jeringo, but it is plain to anyone who doesn't spend their time bleating about the greatness of Obama while attempting to pull the wool over conservative eyes reference the mutton-headed moves by the current administration.
Obama and his ovine followers, indeed.
MD
LOL Matthew*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:29pm.
That was the POST OF THE DAY!
ps: love your tagline
Nonsense, cajun....
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:41pm.
It was a ridiculous post, capped off by an even more ridiculous tagline. So baaa-d, it deserves to be lamb-asted.
OK, that was pretty pathetic, too.
Jer
LOL Jer*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:50pm.
Never saw you riding coat-tails before
;-)
Speaking of "Read my lips!"
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 12:04am.
To be accurate, George H W Bush didn't raise taxes, Congress did and he signed it.
However, it bears repeating that Bush, Sr., like Reagan, went along with some tax hikes because the Democrats promised to cut spending down the line.
Which they didn't.
So much for "compromise", huh?
Funny how the liberals keep playing that same old game and there appears to be NO ONE on the conservative side who can articulate the simple fact that all their talk about "cuts" is smoke and mirrors.
WE know the truth but trying to get the media and the Congress to admit what the wascally uncompromising Tea Partiers have known for years is an undertaking that boggles the mind of anyone with a lick of sense.
B-Cups
Submitted by paragrouper on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:26pm.
Are you always this inane?
P.S. While your getting that Caps Lock fixed, you may want someone to look at your spell-checker too.
Just sayin'
paragrouper...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:57pm.
While "your" dispensing spelling advice, you might want to brush up on your grammar and word usage.
Just sayin'.
Jer
Jer
Submitted by hydrodynDM on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:37pm.
Admit it - you triple checked your grammar and spelling in that post before hitting "Save" - didn't you?
hydro...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:43pm.
At least three times.
:-)
Jer
And you still made a mistake.
Submitted by Denny Crane on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 1:17am.
.
We Are The 53%
Really, Denny?
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 8:18pm.
How so?
Jer
You don't see it?
Submitted by Denny Crane on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 9:53pm.
How long did you spend rechecking?
;-)
We Are The 53%
Honestly
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:41pm.
I don't recall any other president blaming his failures on others the way Dear Leader does.
PC
Submitted by ISaidSo on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 4:29pm.
PC = that personal computer sitting on the desktop
Politically Correct = predicting the outcome of an election.
Those are the only 2 PC's or political correctness I know. All this other stuff is vomit.
When did an act of terrorism become a man-made disaster? We call a spade a spade (or sometimes it's a GD shovel (depending on the mood)).
Powell was a general
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:41pm.
Not a politician. He knows less about politics than my poodle. The Tea Party has done less than OWS and Obama to cause division in this country.
I believe the media is bringing up the Tea Party now to divert attention away from OWS, the children tantruming there, and the criminals running the show.
Powell was a political general
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:30pm.
He was identified as a rising star when he was a major and assigned to the WH, and he kept close to them all the way to the top.
Exactly, Galv
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:15pm.
IIRC, Colin Powell went from Captain to Lieutenant General without a significant troop command, all of his time as a field grade officer and in the lower ranks of the general officer corps as a staffer, special assistant to the WH, National Security Council, etc. IOW, a political general.
Compare and contrast with someone like General Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf, who reveled in troop command assignments, and ended up in CentCom because he never pursued the "political commands".
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'Colon' Powell
Submitted by wizardjr on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:43pm.
what comes out of his mouth is crap
If the Gen was indeed a Republican,...
Submitted by briefsynopsis on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:51pm.
The Headline would be,...
Powell endorses Slavery!!!!!!
Colin Powell
Submitted by RightStuff on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:51pm.
And we all know how intelligent Colin Powell is, don't we? The man has a loose wire somewhere.
The TEA party is the people.
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:53pm.
The TEA party is the people. The people are saying no more spending.
Powell
Submitted by Pompey on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:55pm.
....Colin Powell is a leftist Obama supporter who used the republican party for political purposes because at the time it was convenient and because republicans were falling all over themselves because a black military man was willing to call himself a republican......the gig is up folks, Powell votes skin color.....any questions?
I can't believe I ever respected him.
Submitted by Mark81150 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:56pm.
Powell has proven himself to be a backshooter, both over Plame, and his endless need to bash his own party's base. Compromise isn't an option when the disagreement is a life or death question, and even a has been like Powell should know that. He means compromise like Obama does.. bend over and shut up,..
He also buys into the "everything was perfect when we had total control, but those damned grassroots Tea Party folks ruined everything and turned the tone ugly" meme.
His friend Obama was rude nasty arrogant, Pelosi called us nazi's, Obama compared us to terrorists, they have called us liars, unAmerican, proviolent agitaters, and they have blamed our half of America for every act of violence committed over politics, even when it was proven the criminal was a leftist. Ugly tone.. those two idiots have happily shoveled pig excrement on half the country for years, and when we rise up to scream ENOUGH at them....
it's all our fault the tone is ugly?
The left can't help it can they? They simply have to distort, and lie about the root causes of the tone.. oh Powell mentions a vague extreme left, but never names anyone, or assigns them specific blame, but oh he knows exactly who on the right to blame.. He has shown nothing but disdain for the party's base, even when they supported him, and idiots on the left called him Uncle Tom for serving a republican president.
We stood by him, till he showed us he was never loyal to anyone but Powel.
He'll never criticise his bud Obama, because he was never really on our side, just rode Reagan's good will, then spit on us for giving him oppurtunities no one ever gave him. He would have retired an unknown Colonel but for Wienburger and Mr. Reagan. They put him on the fast track, guied his rise.. and the reward for all that..
Is to have this ungreatful, partisn wretch stab us in the back...
again.
Thank you, dear?
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 2:57pm.
That doesnt sound very professional to me. Wonder what would be made of this if Powell was indeed a Black Conservative.
You mean if Cain said it???
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:12pm.
You mean if Cain said it??? KABOOM!!! Just another sexually-harrassed female, right??? By the way - what DID happen to that whole hullabaloo with Cain's purported 'sexual harrassment' charges??? I think that the MSM (and their directors in the White House and the DNC) got the desired results of this broadside ( oh god - can I say that??? I mean, it could be construed as a derogitory statement towards Mooooooooooooooooochelle!!!), since Cain has slipped badly in the polls.
But who in their right mind would call Amanpour 'dear' anyway???
Yes
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:29pm.
I think if Powell was a true conservative, the media would not only shun him, but probably make up crude stories about him.
What they have done to Cain is shameful and should never be forgotten!
Powell is a bitter sellout:
Submitted by Superpower on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:00pm.
Christiane I'mNotPoor gives all of her Lib friends softball questions. Powell is just another carpet-bagging useful idiot for this corrupt 0bama administration...and I'm sure Powell voted for 0bama solely based on his impressive political voting record back in '08....yeah, right.
Once again, The affirmative
Submitted by billb on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:05pm.
Once again, The affirmative action general speaks!
Rrrrrrrrrright
Submitted by muckdog on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:09pm.
So we have the Tea Party peaceful protests compared to the Occupy Wall Street violent protests. OWS has shootings, rapings, and pooping in pubilc places. Local law enforcement has spent millions trying to keep the peace in the OWS gatherings. Then, the OWS groups storm shopping malls and stores and yell at shoppers, while calling shoppers "whores" and who knows what else.
Yes, the peaceful Tea Party protests are the problem. Rrrrrright. Sheez.
I used to think Powell was an intelligent man. He has clearly lost touch.
Vote 'em out
Submitted by qquizz on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:18pm.
Once we get a CONSERVATIVE MAJORITY there will no longer be stalemate in congress.
Vote for the most conservative and electable cadidate you can...you must vote!
Democrats and WH fuel the flames
Submitted by Celador2 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:22pm.
Black Caucus called tea party a lynch mob who could go to hell recently and Teamsters pres also had a foul name. To omit Democrats for making the divisive aura in DC is missing the point. But, unless Media are mouthpieces for DNC the Dems are responsible for verbal firebombs.
Compromise
Submitted by LizardLips on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:22pm.
There is no compromising with the spoiled brats of the logic-defying progressive parties. One hundred years of promising the sun, moon and the stars to everyone created a sense of entitlement so ingrained people actually believe they're owed by virtue of the fact they're alive and created a rat hole that's sucked the very life from our society, not to mention the memory-hole that ensured everyone forgot how we got here. Powell needs to get a real job.
Gen. Powell took an oath to defend the Constitution
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:29pm.
Yet he voted for and still supports a "president" that is destroying that Constitution as fast as he possibly can.
What a disgrace of a turn-coat he has become.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Said what I was thinking
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:51pm.
You said it, Dave, I'm embarrassed to say that I once wanted this guy to be a potus and would have voted for him, that's how much respect I had for him before he switched sides. WOW, talk about heart breaking!
Now I can't even stand to look at the guy except with disgust. At least I can look at him a lot longer than Obeyme before I flip the channel or flip him off.
But I have to wonder, what does it take for someone to turn on the Constitution like that? Why would someone follow a person who's one personification of evil in violation of everything he swore to defend at one time?
Unbelievable.
-Jon
jon, Yep, I don't think Gen. Powell will be supporting Oath
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:49pm.
...Keepers any time soon.
Should the unthinkable happen and Herr Dear Führer somehow manages to win/steal/buy a second term, this might just be the only entity in existence that will prevent this country's rapid descent into a dictatorial hell-hole.
And it will not take him four years to do it, either.
If there is one thing we have learned over the last ten months, it sure as hell isn't going to be the spineless congress critters, all of whom that, incidentally, took the exact same oath Gen. Powell did.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Powell is a joke
Submitted by Ralloh on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:39pm.
He has been a joke for a long time. He talks compromise. If I like red and you like green, but we both like yellow, we can compromise to go with yellow. If you are a liberal and have ideologies that will further erode this country, cause higher taxes, deprive more liberties, etc., I will not compromise with you. I will not give up my core beliefs. I guess Powell doesn't understand that concept or have any core beliefs.
Note to General Powell... didn't you get the memo?
Submitted by gopcongress on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 3:40pm.
(I respect General Powell for his military service, leadership, and his actions prior to his appointment at the State Department, hence my use of his title even in vehement disagreement with his current policy set.)
Didn't Gen. Powell get the memo? The media says the Tea Party is not around any more. Why beat a dead horse?
"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
That anthrax powder was fake, but...
Submitted by StarAZ on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 4:15pm.
it's the Tea Party that is manipulating? Guess you ought to know, General. It couldn't even possibly be a president who used a Thanksgiving message to bash the other party? Nah--not him.
Lets Look At this Positively
Submitted by Yeti on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 4:21pm.
I am glad the Tea Party is "Upsetting the Apple Cart". Anytime I or the Tea Party can irritate the likes of powell or that so-called unbiased reporter is a good day. Folks, its articles like this that let me know that we are winning the war of ideals.
It's so ironic, their side (including the rino's) have been agitating for over 60 years and now in 2 years we have beat them at their own game. It is delicious that they worked for so long and in a short time we are winning and will win our country back from these America Haters.
Powell has head in dark place!
Submitted by BigPat7 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 4:32pm.
Powell needs to remove is head from where 'sun don't shine', he's neither not seeing the complete picture or has a rather bigoted view of it all.
The only good thing to come out of Obama's presidential reign is
Submitted by gobnait06 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 4:34pm.
...the Tea Party movement. Powell and his ilk are upset with the movement because it has revealed the true nature of politicians on both sides of the aisle. Neither side cares one whit for the welfare of the American people. Their only concern is their own career.
Powell is a sanctimonious toady
Submitted by Nelbert on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 4:48pm.
Powell is a sanctimonious toady for Obama. The president has been actively fanning the flames of divisiveness since the day he took office. Obama used race to polarize issues (for example, the Cambridge Mass. police incident and his pandering to win the Hispanic vote); he's pitted the federal government against the states (Arizona, Alabama and others over immigration); and he's fanned the flames of class warfare (his own rhetoric as well as his stated support for OWS).
While Mr. Powell lashes out at congress for being unwilling to compromise, I seem to recall that it was Obama who wanted Republicans to ride in the back of the bus. And I seem to recall Obama taking a fairly non-compromising stance when he told Republicans who were unhappy with his stimulus plan: "I won."
Mr. Powell has flushed his credibility and reputation down the toilet.
Colin Powell, racist
Submitted by ohio granny on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:02pm.
This so-called moderate republican supported Obama for president even though the republican nominee was a very moderate republican.
The only reason I can see for this is because of Obama's skin color. To vote for Obama because of his skin color is just as racist as voting against him because of skin color. Therefore, it follows that Colin Powell is a racist.
I would suggest.........
Submitted by pbthinker on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:06pm.
If Colin Powell wants a better understanding of the tone in D.C., I suggest he watch 2 Obama speeches, the first is the speech he made to the Democrats, in Virginia, in March 2009, right after they passed the stimulus package. That about set the tone for the president's term in office. The second is the immigration speech he made in Texas where, rather than come up with ideas, he decided to pander the hispanics and deride Republicans.
To me, those 2 speeches show a president, not only willing to divide the country, but also choosing the words guaranteed to divide the country. The big difference is the tone of his comments. While it's true the media has been responsible for some of this, the main thing the media hasn't done is call this president on his tone. They've also participated in blaming the tea party for, not only their original protests, but also becoming politically active and getting people elected. Rather than recognizing that's about as American as apple pie, they chose to look on it as a war.
Sorry, Secretary Powell, I disagree with you.
Company man
Submitted by redherkey on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:09pm.
As much as Powell's comments might seem to decent, independent thinking persons to be irrational, particularly in light of the most divisive President with the most irresponsible and dangerous policies and spending approaches, and the almost certain response that would be demanded by ordinary responsible citizens, Powell can't be analyzed in this linear manner. He's a Company Man, the modern equivalent of the house slave who utters whatever the Master finds pleasing in order to get a promotion and a few more table scraps.
Responsible Americans need to learn to spot these types with greater efficacy. As a professional involved in the transformation of a global corporation, I can advise that we use assessments to identify mid level managers with attitudes similar to Powells, and immediately move them out of the organization to where they can no longer harm the company. The Powells of this world enable either totalitarianism of the elites or the radical revolution which eventually comes lacking constant progression and reform of the state or organization. At best, they are apt to consistently advise and recommend the wrong things, using a calculus that is risk-averse, intent instead on enabling narcissists in power. As persons of remarkably mediocre means and poor self esteem, they are often found orbiting narcissists in major corporations and political parties as they seem to find the constant praising from the elites they so empower.
Possessing neither the creative brilliance of true leaders and stars, or the powerful matter-consuming gravities of the black-hole narcissist, they constitute humanities litter of failed, brown dwarfs, useless to all except to the narcissist to fuel its appetite.
Colin Powell
Submitted by mholley0 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:16pm.
Mr Powell must be forgeting king obamy and his all or nothing dictums he is constantly spouting.
Award Time
Submitted by Woody Woodpecker on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:33pm.
Colin Powell is in Washington to pick up his Jimmy Carter Award for Idiot of the Year !
One of the greatest libels
Submitted by eaglewingz08 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:37pm.
One of the greatest libels against the tea party is that they refuse to compromise and are totally ideological (although the democrap socialists in Congress never have such a slur thrown at rhem). However the facts are that tea partiers have compromised far more than other democrats and repubs have. Tea partiers came in pledging to cut current spending by a meagre 100 billion. They compromised to support an actual spending cut of only one billion dollars. A ninety nine percent compromise is evidence of ideological rigidity? That's as truthful as calling tea parties racist.
I respect Powell's service...
Submitted by stage9 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:40pm.
but I never liked him.
"If God is dead, somebody is going to have to take his place. It will be megalomania or erotomania, the drive for power or the drive for pleasure, the clenched fist or the phallus, Hitler or Hugh Hefner." — Malcolm Muggeridge
Powell has morphed from general to political hack.
Submitted by Don L on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:51pm.
Colin Powell in my opinion, is but evidence of the Peter Principle and a man who has never learned the wisdom of knowing when to avoid embarassment.
Powell is a Tool.
Submitted by pcnav on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:57pm.
Colin Powell is now just a leftist tool. He is trotted out every time Obama wants to get a change in the news cycle. I'm retired military myself but I have no use for this "general". The one who actually fought was Swartzkoff, not Powell.
Actually I am quite pleased
Submitted by AtTheRubicon on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 5:59pm.
When the other side wants to cut off both your legs, 'compromise' means letting him have only one.
I think that most Conservatives share the view that we are quite pleased with the 'divisiveness'. In November 2010 we sent Republicans to the House with one mission: stop Obama. Though occasionally we've had to hold their feet to the fire, the Republican house has upheld that responsibility admirably.
Does the good General Powell advocate compromising with the enemy on the battlefield as well?
I agree
Submitted by Kleenex on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:18pm.
I like the gridlock too, it prevents more leftist policies from becoming law. The media never mention this at all.
Those marching orders had been issued even before Obama
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:52pm.
was inaugurated. And I must give the band of 40-41 GOP senators their due for the extent to which they were able to block, delay or cripple the Democratic agenda during 2009-2010. It will be interesting to see and hear the reaction to gridlock if and when a similar shoe is on the other foot.
Jer
Marching orders Jer?*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:28pm.
The GOP did not have a majority of either house in 2009-2010. So without a few treasonous democrats, the R's would be unable to delay or cripple anything. Since Jan 2011, the R's have a majority in the House only. They have presented 6 pieces of legislation for cuts and tax hikes all passed in the house with D support. Not one of those bills have been voted on by the Senate, not because of those pesky divisive R''s but those disloyal D's again. Reid is a whacko but he aint stupid. He knows better than to bring any budget bill to a vote. If the Dems revolt against the messiah, the D's will be unable to blame anyone but themselves, ergo, no vote.
The D's see compromise as surrender as long as they had a majority of both houses 44 of the last 56 years. Now they have lost the House, they have no idea what compromise even looks like. They only see disloyal dems who are foolish enough to want what is best for the country instead of what is best for the democratic party.
There are fortunately for America, a few democrats who are waking up to the damage done by the DC power brokers who care about nothing but party. That includes people like Boehner. The R's are no longer supporting him either. We can only hope that the issue they ALL compromise on is what is best for America, not party. They are aware that Obama's words and promises are now coming true. The destruction of the constitution, the legislative process, and the destruction of our free enterprise system is what he promised . Does this Congress truly want to go down in history as the Congress of "useful idiots"???
They didn't need a majority in the Senate, cajun...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:26pm.
...only 40 + 1 to assure that business would have to be conducted under the continuing threat of filibuster when acting upon most legislation. And the Republicans enjoyed that number for the majority of the time even during the first two years of Obama's presidency.
Furthermore, after the endless series of holds, blue slips, parliamentary maneuvers, legislative roadblocks, committee bottlenecks, and employing every other filibustering tactic at their disposal, well, I'm no fan of Reid, but I can hardly blame him for not bending over backwards to accommodate the Republicans by bringing up their largely political showboating bills.
Jer
Can you give us an example of a bill
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:32pm.
The 40+1 Repubs were able to hold off in Obama's first 2 years. BTW dont even suggest the capntax bill, there were quite a few dimwits that were not on board with that also.
Jer
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:36pm.
I know where you're coming from as far as Reid not accommodating the GOP. I mean, the dems were so accommodating to the GOP when they held majorities in both houses and all. And of course Obama's proposals aren't political showboating at all.
The first budget in more than
Submitted by ThisnThat on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:59pm.
The first budget in more than 2 years is "showboating"? Better check your definitions again, Jer.
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Lay off poor Jer there..
Submitted by Nforce on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:07pm.
The resident token liberal - like all the other bed wetters - thinks that because the GOP stated they will NOT move on negotiating raising taxes, and NOT move on demanding spending CUTS, then, well, it's all the GOP fault. Never mind that the Democrats stated they will NOT budge on demands for tax increases and NOT budge on demands for no spending cuts!
Jer of course like all other liberal Democrats won't remind you that Harry Reid's senate hasn't passed a budget in nearly three years. He will also not remind you that the Democrats had ZERO problems ramming Obamacare through Congress in the middle of the night on Christmas Eve. Or all the "czars" that were appointed without GOP approval. Or the fact that the latest SCOTUS has been proven to be biased towards Obamacare only after she was sworn in (info from emails). But of course, that's all the GOP's fault to in liberal pink pony fairytale land. Just sit back and watch the delusional Dems twist, lie, and distort the facts better than Baghdad Bob did.
Agreed, ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:44pm.
Ol' Jer jest cain't hep hissef from screechin' the Lib-Dim screeds.
Slanted, yes; but he believes 'em and that is all that counts.
MD
Nforce...
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:20am.
You know...when you're simply regurgitating Hannity talking points verbatim, you really should put them in quotation marks. Every single Republican member of the Super Committee has signed a personal pledge in perpetuity to never vote for a tax hike under any circumstances. How can they be expected to fairly negotiate a compromise package? One absurdly trivial proposal which provided for a few dollars in revenue enhancements nearly triggered collective catatonic shock among the more fervent Norquist minions. You'll recall Boehner was almost run out of town--and forced to recant--after he had initially indicated a willingness to agree to 800 bil in new revenue during the debt ceiling discussions with Obama. That is the implacable mindset with which the Democrats and the nation are confronted.
The Democrats have already agreed to spending cuts. They have consistently acknowledged the need to curb and cut expenditures as a component of overall debt reduction. Now, it may be reasonably argued that what they have thus far agreed to is inadequate or is less than advertised, but to assert they demand "no spending cuts" is disingenuousness on stilts.
As far as healthcare, considering the broad support for significant reform prior to and at the beginning of Obama's presidency, in hindsight it probably would have been better had the Democrats rammed through comprehensive reform with a public option within the first few months after Obama was inaugurated. Had they known that co-operation from the Republicans was a pipe dream and defiance and demagoguery would be the reality, the legislative trajectory would have no doubt been vastly different. But who would have thought that a plan remarkably similar to the one the GOP itself had put forward in the 90's would later be denounced as a Marxist boondoggle by members of that same political party. Stunningly naive Democrats, that's who.
Do you honestly believe there have never been "czars" prior to this presidency? Or had you forgotten that they were appointed without the approval of the opposite party? This isn't some new and nefarious end run. Presidents of both parties have been doing this for decades, and you can bet that the next Republican president will continue the practice.
I only hope in the next GOP administration the Democrats in Congress will not slow walk the filling of judicial vacancies in the same manner as the Republicans have in the past three years. Part of the blame must be shouldered by Obama for not submitting nominees as speedily as he should. But the shortage in the federal judiciary is mostly the result of plain obstinacy and obstructionism on the part of senate Republicans.
Jer
A long post, Jeringo, filled with ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:13am.
a considerable amount of your personal opinion slams against Republicans.
"Stunningly naive Democrats", indeed.
What a howler.
You actually believe that crap?
MD
Jer, Seriously? Nice
Submitted by Liberallies on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 12:54am.
Jer,
Seriously? Nice propaganda filled post my friend. This is nothing, but Left wing talking points. You should have put all of your post in quotes since it comes directly from the Left wing talking heads. Pure and unadultered Left wing propaganda.
Please read this article, while it is coming from the Left, it clearly indicates in teh first two lines how Republicans were MORE than willing ot compromise on tax increase. What was that that you assured us all about Republicans not willing to compromise on tax increases? Again, please put quotations marks on your post it coudl have easily come from Ed Schultz, Maddow, Chris Matthews, etc, etc, etc.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/republicans-offer-tax-dea...
The Supercommittee was a show for Obama and Democrats to claim, "See, we tried, but those uncompromising, orthodox Republicans cannot be reasoned with. We can't work with them to fix our nation!" Stupid Republicans as always fall for Democratic party demagoguery and the usual Democratic party playing politics with the nations futures.
But never again go around saying that Republicans were unwilling to raise taxes. This is the biggest Left wing lie ever and it is pure and utter propaganda.
Democrats are willing to make cuts? LOL really? They play a political game with cuts and you and I both know it. They aren't serious at all about cutting spending that will fix our economy.
I just had this conversation with a Leftist who came at me with the tired and old, "Republicans do not want to compromise!! It is all their fault!!" which I simply answered, "Really?! Democrats do not want to cut entitlement spending, they are unwilling to compromise" He just looked at me like a deer in the headlights unable to retort and left fuming. Sorry Jer, it is a Liberal's wet dream that Democrats are willing to compromise while the "evil", "mean" Republicans will never budge.
Hmmm...Republicans lost bad and really bad back in 2006 and then again 2008. It was embarrassing. They lost control of the Senate and the House. President Obama had a fillibuster proof Senate until the Senator from MA won Kennedy's seat! The amount of Congressional seats that the Democratic party controlled from 2006 until 2010 was one of the largest majorities that any political party enjoyed in the House of Representatives in a very long, long time.
To claim that Obama's derailed radical, wacked out, pathetic, moronic, anti-American agenda was because of Republicans is desingenious and a Liberal's wet dream at best.
Incredible that you can't bring yourself to think that Americans are no where near as Liberal as Obama, the Democratic controlled Congress, the media and you believe? why? and that it is this which derailed Obama's radical Left wing agenda?
AND....
All I remember hearing and reading from Left wingers during Obama's first two years in office with a Democratic party controlled House and Senate was how good Obama and the Democratic party controlled Congress were. All I got was Left wingers linking me to how many policies and laws were being passed, the most that any Congress had passed, the most any President had signed in a long time and certainly, as Left wingers were sure to point out, many more than the so called Do Nothing Congress led by Republicans before the turnover to the Democratic party in 2006. So, which one is it? Did Republicans derail Obama's plans or were the 2008, 2009 Congresses the most hard working Congress in American history? I mean, the latter is what I heard all the time from Left wingers during the first years of Obama's Presidency. Are you telling me that Left wingers lied? That all this time Republicans have been sabotaging Obama and that the Democratic controlled Congresses of 2008 and 2009 were not as effective and hard working as we were told? You Liberals can't have it both ways!!
C'mon Jer, for whatever reason, I honestly thought you were above this partisan propaganda that you wrote above. Do you honestely believe what you wrote?
And you may want to do research on the amount of judicial nominees that Democrats loved to block from Reagan and both Bushs. This is the second time I have to point this out to you and i know you love to ignore. Start with Miguel Estrada which the Left and the Democratic party hated because he was a self-made, did not need Liberals/Democrats Latino in order to succeed. As DICK Durbin and Kennedy said in a memo, allowing Mr. Estrada to become a judge would have been a big blow to the Democratic propaganda machine that Liberals are for us Latinos. Mr. Estrada was one of the more public cases of Liberals standing against a self-made, well educated Conservative minority nominated for a judicial position, there were others whom Democrats opposed for the mere fact that they were Conservative minorities. PATHETIC!
Jer - who's more powerful . . AARP, or Norquist
Submitted by Gary Hall on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:14am.
Jer - who's more powerful . . AARP, or Grover Norquist?
AARP is running a national campaign threatening congress with retaliation if members touch Medicare or SS.
I see the national media pounding on Norquist. I see no interest from the national media in even mentioning AARP, not to mention reading them the riot act.
Imagine a David Gregory pounding on AARP, like he did on Norquist this past Sunday. Heck, imagine Gregory being impartial on any subject matter.
Republicans have agreed to revenue increases - just not tax hikes.
(;~/ gary
Gary...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:54am.
95% of the Congressional Republicans have signed personal tax pledges at the behest of Norquist who promptly takes to the woodshed any GOP signatory who even hints at heresy. Grover has already crowed about jerking Kyl back in line this past May.
Let me know when AARP demands written oaths of allegiance from the Democrats and I'll be similarly incensed.
I watch Gregory grill Republicans on MTP and think, gee, that's a little rough. And then I watch him grill Democrats--which of course is never included in the NB reports--and I think Gregory must have had his questions drafted by the RNC. Last year, I posted here the full transcript of his ripping Axelrod to pieces. There's no way anyone could contend with a straight face that Gregory was doing the administration's bidding.
Jer
Gregory is a liberal Democrat, a hack, ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 5:13am.
and a piss poor excuse for a "journalist" whether he does the administration's bidding or not.
Most libs would likely deny that with a straight face.
MD
Jer, Still with the Left
Submitted by Liberallies on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:06pm.
Jer,
Still with the Left wing talking points. C'mon Jer, don't forget to put your Liberal talking points in quotes.
Nothing on this article, eh? http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/republicans-offer-tax-dea...
I guess you have no answer since it destroys the Left Wing talking point that Republicans are unwilling to compromise on tax increases. Facts always get on the way of Liberal talking points.
by the way, did you see Sen. Kyl interview on Foxnews along side Sen. DICK Durbin's? He completely denies your claims. Or more like the Left wing talking points that you are repeating.
and only a Leftist would claim that Gregory is impartial. LOL Just because he grilled Axelrod a year ago does not equate to him always grilling Democrats as he grills Republicans.
AND the AARP does not need to have anyone sign any pledge, all they have to do is claim that a politician is against the elderly and that politician is doom. Stop acting as if you were dumb, you are far from it. The AARP is holding the Democratic party hostage.
And Democrats are being led like puppets by the need to win next years election. Democrats are terrified that if they do the right thing and cut entitlement programs, they will lose their Democratic based.
Liberals love to talk about how Norquist is supposedly leading Republicans, an intising narrative. However, what they do not talk about is how the Liberal base, environmentalist, abortionists, pro-entitlement programs, etc, etc are holding the Democratic hostage which has been unwilling to compromise.
Try watching TV without the welding helmet and ear plugs, Jer.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 1:14pm.
Gregory is a rabid Obama lapdog and he proves it every week.
But no one will get through to you on this... after all, you still contend Shmoe is a staunch conservative.
How about 37+1, Jer.
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:35pm.
After all, you are talking about Snow, Collins and Grahamnesty. The Republicans never had that solid, unyielding 40+1 that you claim they had.
The Dems had their renegades, too, UpNorth...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:49pm.
so, effectively, the Repubs generally possessed sufficient numbers to enforce a filibuster.
Jer
Blacks' mindless support of liberalism
Submitted by Alpha Tango on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:04pm.
Colon Powell was never a conservative. He doesn't have the brains or the will to think for himself anymore. He has always been a liberal but kept it hidden during his military service. A General who follows liberal policies is working against his military and for the enemy's. Wesley Clark is a prime example.
The biggest divisive component in the US government today is our America-hating president, Barak Obama.
The TEA party has been an uplifting movement that supports free-market capitalism and less government spending. That is like showing a cross to a liberal vampire. Liberal vampires are the Democrats in congress, our president, all who serve him and the occupied ones.
Divisive Tone in Washington
Submitted by lel2007 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:10pm.
The Divisive Tone in Washington is a GOOD THING. Every time there's a "compromise" in Washington America moves a little more to the LEFT. It's time to MOVE RIGHT big time. Ideally, America would be safest were Congress & Senate to shut-down until 2012 election results. If the commies win re-election we need to look for at least three "George Washingtons".
Where was Powell?
Submitted by Fredy on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:10pm.
Where was the Powell call for compromise when Pelosi ran the House of Representatives? His attitude then was exactly the same as Obama's, "we won so shut up!"
Powel is a useless hack of a politician that has made an absolute fool of himself. Now, in a desperate attempt to prop up the failed President he endorsed, he has buried his legacy under the ash heap of failed socialist policies!
Token Powell
Submitted by cbinflux on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:11pm.
Who listens to this lightweight anymore??! Gen. Schwartzkopf carried him during the Gulf War!
Colin Powell - RINO
Submitted by Jasonn on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:11pm.
If you looked up RINO (Republican In Name Only) in the encyclopedia you're probably see Colin Powell's photo next to the definition.
Powell RINO -- Not
Submitted by Clinger on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:39pm.
A RINO is more Republican than Powell.
Colin Powell Blames Media and Tea Party for Divisive Tone in Was
Submitted by Clinger on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:26pm.
Oh yeah.. The architect of compromise that created the DC Pentagon "Powell Doctrine" of conventional warfare ONLY who would trash any military officer's career that was too strong an advocate of Special Ops. Powell a great example that is symptomatic of the philosophical self adulation of DC mentality that believes anything outside is of no value. The reason we had such problems in Iraq is that he did not create the military mindset to discuss all tactics/stratagems to insure they remained in military establishments engagements tool box.
Divider-In-Chief
Submitted by giatn on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:35pm.
How has he missed Obama's "Venom and Divisiveness" tour? Never in history has a
president devoted 24/7 to creating a mean-spirited, antagonistic, poisonous atmosphere.
Worse still his spiel is pure propaganda. The Repubs are not responsible for his failed
agenda of massive deficit spending, countless overreaching regulations, war on fossil fuels
and the rich, and 9000 pages of the worst legislation ever written. Blaming the tea party
for issuing a restraining order in 2010 is nonsense.
→ SemiColin promotes Slavery
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:36pm.
Was that SemiColin Powell giving the Founding Fathers glowing praise for compromising on Slavery?
Is he actually suggesting America should sell her children into Slavery just because it's been done before?
Poor flaccid old "lead from behind" war horse!
Sell your own kids into Slavery, Colin. I'll pass.
Colin Powell is an a-hole
Submitted by timbo44 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:45pm.
How or why he was ever allowed to join the Armed Forces and be chosen to serve the former President can be summed up with: Because he's black. The same reason Hussein "I'm Not A Muslim" Obama was elected. Wait, he's only half black. But, to the liberal media (ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN) he LOOKS black, so he is black.
Powell isn't being honest
Submitted by drdrem on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:53pm.
Mr Powell needs to be honest about compromise and his comparison of the founding fathers and the tea party. Both groups of patriots refuse(d) to compromise principles. So, when it comes to foundational tenets: No Compromise.
Colin Powell - RINO/Democrat
Submitted by BigLouie15 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 6:58pm.
Colin - Your liberal/progressive views are irrelevant to conservatives so why don't you just admit it and change your party affiliation to DEMOCRAT. I'm sure you'll be welcomed with open arms by the socialist we have in the WH.
You may have been half-right when you said the media was to blame as the alphabet soup media are in the bag for the Big Zero but maybe you were referring to Fox in which case you are totally wrong.
Seems to me and a whole lot of other people that the Big Zero is mainly to blame as he is the most divisive, class warfare promoting president I can remember in my 64 years of life.
Colin Powell
Submitted by Jim in Houston on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:01pm.
When he voted for O'Blamer simply because of the color of his skin, he lost all credibility; therefore, I pay him no heed. I too am retired military and wouldn't vote for a socialist, community organizer, fraud for all the oil in Texas. Colin needs to quietly go away and pull his head out.
to think...
Submitted by ByteRider on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:14pm.
To think I supported Collin Powell's forey into a Presidential bid years ago... I'm so so so so so glad it didn't go anywhere. I chalk it up to nieveness of youth.
COLLIN POWELL IS NOT AN AMERICAN... he's an anti-American communist skum bag that needs to be ran out of this countr tarred and feathered along with the other llberals....
TEA PARTY FOR EVER!
FLEA PARTY NEVER!
You lost me at Christiane
Submitted by millslite on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:20pm.
You lost me at Christiane Amanpour...
Ah, Colin, Colin, Colin....
Submitted by Slyrr on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:33pm.
Ah, Colin, Colin, Colin.... You tried, once again, to be too smart and wound up playing at being too smart by half. You should have shut up half-way through that statement. If you had, you'd have been totally and undeniably right.
You should have shut up after saying 'the media' was guilty and at fault. But no, you tried to be smart and wound up becoming dumb - again.
Quit trying to impress your media slave lords, Colin. You only wind up being their fool instead of a king.
What are General Powell's "true colors?"
Submitted by Thalpy on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:38pm.
ABC News’ Rick Klein (@rickklein) reports:
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who famously crossed party lines to vote for President Obama in 2008, said today that he’s not necessarily supporting the president for reelection in 2012.
“I haven’t decided who I’m going to vote for,” Powell said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “Just as was the case in 2008, I am going to watch the campaign unfold. In the course of my life I have voted for Democrats, I have voted for Republicans, I have changed from one four-year cycle to another.
The present President is a Marxist and General Powell is going to "watch the campaign unfold." What are his principles? Does he have any?
→ Thalpy
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:44pm.
I don't think Obammy's the least bit worried as to how his little "Collie" will vote.
I find it hard to believe
Submitted by ConservativeRex on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:38pm.
I find it hard to believe that there is anyone left in this country that still believes that Powell is still (or ever was) a Republican, much less laughably, a Conservative.
He is now, an always has been, a butt kissing brass that capitalized on affirmative action and rode that horse till it died of exhaustion. That's the sum total of this joker.
Someone posted earlier that when this joker mentions the "media" he of course means Fox News and any Conservative on the radio. He's not fooling anyone but that Un-American back-stabbing interviewer he's spouting off to.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
hell yes, the moment he
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:34pm.
hell yes, the moment he supported the Obama he became a zero, nothing in my book
Schwarzkopf
Submitted by Chupacabra on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:59pm.
Didn't Schwarzkopf have a low opinion of Powell as well?
Colin Powell
Submitted by lvh on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:46pm.
endorsed obama and help cause the total confusion in D.C. At one point I was hoping he'd run for president. Not anymore.We have Compromised Ourselves Away
Submitted by lowglow on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 7:58pm.
Colin Powell seems to want to blame all the divisiveness on Conservatives, however can he name one single thing that we have through out history not compromised on ?, No we have always given Liberals everything they have ever asked for and look were we are today ?. No it would seem to me he is asking us to make a compromise on exactly how we should die, by lethal ejection or electric chair.
It's Easy if You Try
Submitted by aposematic on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:01pm.
If Colon Powell wants to know why the tone is bad in America all he needs do is listen to his idiotic words; looking in a mirror while doing so would also help!
With All Due Respect......
Submitted by DaMama on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:40pm.
With all due respect to Gen. Powell, he is WAY off on this one. The Tea Party is not responsible for division in Washington. It is leftist liberals who will not budge when it comes to stop spending money we don't have and shrinking government. Conservatives want Washington to run its budget the way every American home does - by not being in the red at the end of the month. If I was over drawn on my checkbook at the end of the month, I'd get slapped with overdraft fees and would have my account frozen and my debit card revoked. Washington just spends and spends and grants entitlements to anyone who wants to feed off the Nanny State. We must stop this nonsense. Gen. Powell has swallowed the liberal media's kool-aid about the Tea Party, and that is a shame. I expected him to be smarter than that.
i used to have a lot of respect
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:51pm.
for General Powell. He seemed like a highly intelligent, competent, steadfast patriot, but over the years he has revealed himself to be a bumbling idiot who is totally spineless when it comes to standing up against those who seek to destroy our way of life.
i used to have a lot of respect
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:52pm.
for General Powell. He seemed like a highly intelligent, competent, steadfast patriot, but over the years he has revealed himself to be a bumbling idiot who is totally spineless when it comes to standing up against those who seek to destroy our way of life.
No surprise here with Colin's reaction,
Submitted by Kansasgirl on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:52pm.
this is exactly who the TeaParty are trying to rid Washington of.
I would say he and his ilk see who are a threat to their power.
I pray daily that it comes to past.
Colin .. . who?
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 8:54pm.
Oh, you mean the whiny little bitch who is too much of a coward to run for public office because he knows he has skeletons in his closet? The one who hides behind liberal media and blows spitwads through his "I'm mad because I didn't get my face on Mt. Rushmore" straw?
Shut up, Powell. Or don't. I enjoy laughing at how pathetic you've become.
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
Powell has gone off the deep
Submitted by HappyHourKennedy on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:09pm.
Powell has gone off the deep end.
Colin Powell to Tea Party:
Submitted by Rousse on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:21pm.
Colin Powell to Tea Party: drop dead. Why you're just wrecking Washington D.C. We were all one big happy family until YOU showed up. Your opinion does not count.
Powell
Submitted by omelveny45 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:24pm.
As is always the case with the left-wing, mainstream media, Christian Amanpour blissfully allowed Powell to make this claim. God forbid she challenges him with questions that would force the former Secretary of State to recite facts and specific incidences that would tend to support his unchallenged opinion.
Thank you dear.
Colin Powell is a useful idiot.
Submitted by ChuckySchmucky on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:33pm.
Colin Powell is a useful idiot. And an arrogant one, at that.
Just get it over and change your official party to Democrat.
Congrats Noel, as I just noticed Drudge has linked to this post
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:46pm.
LOL - I hope whoever is pedaling the NB generator is keeping the speed up.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
I burned my signed copy of "My American Journey"...
Submitted by Nforce on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 9:58pm.
...some time ago. Yes, I threw it in the fireplace. Colin Powell is no longer representative of anything I believe in or stand for. He has sold his soul to the America-destroying, class-warfare monger liberal Democrats. Good riddance.
Compromise
Submitted by TXTRUTH on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:03pm.
General Powell. If you received an order that you knew would kill all of your men for no reason would you compromise and just accept the order or stand up and say NO, this is wrong?
Powell Propaganda Machine
Submitted by Jeffdube on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:22pm.
Start another Iraq Mr. Powell...you two faced hypocrite. You can bow to Washington politics or show some backbone. The Tea Party will win in 2012 because of losers like yourself who murdered thousands of Americans in Iraq and then blamed others for your UN BS to justify this criminal action. Phonies like you are disgusting to real Americans.
Affirmative Action is a Failure
Submitted by RightStuff on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 10:50pm.
Colin Powell is proof that affirmative action is a failure, and that maybe Herrnstein and Murray were correct.
He is right....
Submitted by Oneunder on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 11:04pm.
Why else are those in Washington having to address the Tea Party? They cannot run over the public like they have been doing for the last few years.
To those in the Tea Party, KEEP IT UP. Louder next time.
- Ronald Reagan
another career gubmit worker
Submitted by thescoots on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 11:17pm.
who feels threatened by the Tea Party...because lowering taxes means fewer gubmit workers...
COMPROMISE
Submitted by BeanerECMO on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 11:41pm.
Colin Powell, who knew from the getgo who belched Plame's name and let everyone else twist in the wind for over two years. He has no credibility with anyone who cares to be informed. The only reason Powell backed BHO was because he was black. Is that being a racist? Oh yeah, he 'cud talk gud, too'. And, now we know how much of an empty suit BHO is, which means those that voted and backed him are guilty by association; i.e., they are empty suits, too.
Hey Dummy...
Submitted by adamjw2 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 11:51pm.
That's what happens in a democratic republic... We disagree.
Well, I guess we can say in this instance...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Sun, 11/27/2011 - 11:56pm.
Colin Powell may be correct.
The Tea Party divides the country into two groups: Those who want to cut back on our debt and overspending and those who don't.
I'm on the side that does.
The media divides the country into two groups. Those who believe the media and those who don't.
I'm on the side that doesn't.
We must never forget. Colin Powell supported Barack Obama, the most divisive president in history...by far!
Colin who?
Submitted by OldOllie on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 12:53am.
We don't know this person. We wish he would stop using our name.
Sincerely,
The Republican Party
Colin likes the "nanny state"
Submitted by shankblack on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 1:47am.
Colin Powell has no business commenting on politics. He shows his ignorance whenever he does. Stick to war, Colin and leave the "nanny state" for the other Democrats to handle.
Ronald Reagan was right, "It's not that our Democrat friends are ignorant, it's just that they know so much that isn't so."
To Colin, compromise means giving up your values and principles, especially when they don't agree with Colin. Colin Powell has lost his way.
Mr. divisive is the one who let a special Prosecuter run wild.
Submitted by Avitar on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 1:49am.
Colin Powell knew who gave NBC the name of Valerie Plane three years before the Partisan special prosecutor finally got a trumped up conviction against Chaney’s chief of staff Scooter Libby. If Powell had told the truth the Valery Plane prosecution would have saved the country twenty million dollars.
There were many villains in that act. Colin Powell, Richard...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 4:47am.
Armitage, Joe Wilson, Valerie Plame and Patrick Fitzgerald the special prosecutor, along with the left wing media, were the villains.
Scooter Libby was the "victim" and George Bush made an egregious error by not giving him a full and complete pardon.
Media Responsible?
Submitted by tomaspain on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:15am.
CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR? Powell reporting the media problem to the very epitome of the "media divide" proponents. I doubt she ever has supported any conservative ideas. Compromise to these folks is total submission.
POWELL: Thank you, dear. Can
Submitted by joev11 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:52am.
POWELL: Thank you, dear.
Can you just imagine the fire storm coming from the PC Lefty loons if this had been said by a Republican (Powell endorsed and voted for Obama in 2008) and a white man?
Colin Powell
Submitted by Peted on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:35am.
As long as that fool Amanpour keeps asking other fools like Colin Powell, there will always be divisiveness! This Amanpour is a media hack and Colin Powell is out of touch with reality! Hard to believe that he was considered p;residential material at one time!
Colin Powell
Submitted by Peted on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:35am.
As long as that fool Amanpour keeps asking other fools like Colin Powell, there will always be divisiveness! This Amanpour is a media hack and Colin Powell is out of touch with reality! Hard to believe that he was considered p;residential material at one time!
Colin Powell
Submitted by Peted on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:35am.
As long as that fool Amanpour keeps asking other fools like Colin Powell, there will always be divisiveness! This Amanpour is a media hack and Colin Powell is out of touch with reality! Hard to believe that he was considered p;residential material at one time!
Colin Powell
Submitted by Peted on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:35am.
As long as that fool Amanpour keeps asking other fools like Colin Powell, there will always be divisiveness! This Amanpour is a media hack and Colin Powell is out of touch with reality! Hard to believe that he was considered p;residential material at one time!
Colin Powell
Submitted by Peted on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:35am.
As long as that fool Amanpour keeps asking other fools like Colin Powell, there will always be divisiveness! This Amanpour is a media hack and Colin Powell is out of touch with reality! Hard to believe that he was considered p;residential material at one time!
What else...
Submitted by BobAnthony on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:41am.
does one expect from a war mongering neocon like Powell who supports Obama/Soetoro because he's "a brother."
The reason the media is corrupt? Two words...OPERATION MOCKINGBIRD!
MOCKINGBIRD - The Subversion Of The Free Press By The CIA
Paulbot
Submitted by Unsane on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 12:32am.
Your words reveal you to be a racist anti-Semite bigot and a Paulbot (but I repeat myself).
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Ahhhhhhh Yes ...
Submitted by Karl Magnus on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:51am.
Good old Colin Powell, the same affirmative action appointee who took credit daily for Desert Storm, and then tried to be a wimp at the State Dept. and lackey to the United Nations, THAT Colin Powell?
POWELL: "A story I like to tell is our Founding Fathers were able to sit in Philadelphia and make some of the greatest compromises known to man -- tough, tough issues. But they did it. Why?"
And a story I like to tell is how a certain Southern State was promised, with a wink and a nod, that they could secede when whenever they felt sleighted by the new Federal Government. That turned out well, eh Colin?
The GOP doesn't need that squish Powell for anything, that's one of the reasons why the Left loves him.
The man has been inconsequential for years, and we are the better for it.
Powell to Amanpour: "Thank you, dear". Class act, Colin. (sigh)
~(Ä)~
Colin Powell does it again
Submitted by Dennis in WV on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 7:56am.
There's little doubt that Colin Powell has bought into the Black thing with Obama.
General Powell is a RINO
Submitted by apgreco on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 8:41am.
What General Powell does not realize is that 'compromise' over the years is what has caused the economic situation we are in right now. Compromise on the tax code, compromise on spending, compromise on just about everything. That compromise has led us into $15 trillion of debt, a deficit of $1.5 trillion this year alone!! General Powell is a RINO (Republican in Name Only). He backed Obama and never says anything bad about him. He should admit he is a Democrat.
COLIN POWELL IS RACIST
Submitted by CATHERINE1000 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 8:59am.
COLIN IS blaming us just like BARRY blames everyone else for his own failures.........is that what AFFIRMATIVE ACTION FOR 40 YEARS IN THIS NATION HAS CREATED - A BUNCH OF WHINEY BLACK GUYS????....................hey Colin, there are millions and millions of intelligent black men in the country and Obama ain't one of them, sorry - it ain't racist - it is the TRUTH............
COLIN this veteran thinks you were crazy to promote this 'present' community organizer for president. HE IS AN INCOMPETENT TELEPROMPTER READER and the world is being destroyed in our eyes---you are following Jimmah Carter down the rabbithole
since he assumed command the middle east has burned down, today the IMF is spending 800 billion to save europe, 160 billion of the IMF bailout IS OUR MONEY
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS ARE BEING WALKED INTO UNEMPLOYMENT CAMPS EVERY SINGLE WEEK FOR 3 YEARS
and you freak are blaming the tea partiers?????/ Racist, get off the stage .....................shame on you Colin, get lost! We get it with you liberals - race and party trump AMERICA EVERYTIME - IN NOVEMBER 2012 WE WILL REMEMBER THAT
catherine
http://www.examiner.com/republican-in-orlando/the-incredible-shrinking-p...Powell and politicians
Submitted by jlburdge on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 9:43am.
I've got a secret for you Mr. Powell; The politicians of today aren't anything like the founders. Example? Take a look at their criminal records or personal finances of today's politicians, from Washington right down to our own locals. Want more proof? There's lots more, want names?? I've got names. AND YOU want to blame the tea party??? I would suggest Mr. Powell, that YOU, and national figures like you, are part of the problem. A BIG PART.
Double exposure
Submitted by RealVet on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 9:43am.
This guy has shown his hatred for conservatives and his racism one too many times.
Collin Powell
Submitted by BobPDX on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 10:54am.
So Powell now thinks the clean cut hard working middle class is now the new boogie man enemy of the United States of America?
That's called communism folk's and now we really know who Powell really is, a Marxist.
He is also a 33 degree free mason of the New World Order type.
Remember those WMD's he was so sure of?
Powell
Submitted by jjstoledo on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 11:28am.
It's too bad that these old RINO's just won't go away. Number one what Powell says is irrelevant, he decided many years ago not to be a player and his lack of resolve during Desert Storm was perilious at best. Secondly, Amanpour, is a joke herself, I mean why does anyone think she's a relevant reporter or whatever. It's always about these left leaning zealots who think what the say is important. What is odd to me, is that all of a sudden it's the American people who are the problem, not the Barney Franks, the Reids, Pelosi's or the Obama's, it's us, you know who want a safer, more prosperous country with a less intrusive government.
the leftwingnuts love anti
Submitted by CATHERINE1000 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:18pm.
the leftwingnuts love anti american christie because she once roomed with jfk, jr.........SHE WEARS IT LIKE A BADGE AMONG THE ELITE..........THAT EVERY STORY SHE DOES IS ANTI AMERICAN - DOESN'T BOTHER ABC AT ALL
THE BEST part about barry obama is that he is wiping the democrat party off the face of the earth and the lying media that sold us this bag of garbage is going with them this time.................and for good measure we are throwing the enviro terrorists out too, one scumbag gone today (barney frank) and hundreds on deck...............the democrat party and liberalism has been destroyed by this gang of idiots..........THANK GOD the world is seeing the liberals as I always have, utter destructive fools
catherine
http://www.examiner.com/republican-in-orlando/the-incredible-shrinking-p...Colin who?
Submitted by Davart on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 11:39am.
Colin Powell is like most of the colons in the world full of crap... he is a has-been and his opinion no longer matter. Shut up General nobody that matters listens to you anymore. Just joint the democrat party like you should and STFU.
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and to think
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 11:59am.
i was ready to vote for this man for president. it was a great disappointment to me when he chose not to run. oh well, thanks for unanswered prayers.
and he called Christinie "dear"? Oh no he didint. Doesnt he know she's a battle hardened professional journalist? would he have called walter cronkite "dear"? I think not. and yet, he got away with it.
Colin
Submitted by rpeeler42 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 12:28pm.
I do not think Colin Powell was a "great general." He was probably okay as an Army Colonel, however, he went the rest of the way because he was articulate and the Army needed an African-American Four Star General.
The political arena supported Colin Powell along with the Pentagon. When he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, before he would agree to invade Kuwait he had to have about a 200 to 1 advantage in manpower, plus an overwhelming advantage in firepower. It was called the "Powell Doctrine". Hell, anyone could win with those odds!
I personally do not care what he thinks about anything.
compromised on slavery???
Submitted by ruskynews on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 12:37pm.
America compromised on slavery??? Has the general not heard of the American Civil War? What a stupid stupid assertion.
of course this liberal has
Submitted by CATHERINE1000 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:19pm.
of course this liberal has not heard of the Civil War - then they would have to acknowledge that THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE VICIOUS RACISTS - they remove all facts that don't portray their lies....................ROFL
catherine
http://www.examiner.com/republican-in-orlando/the-incredible-shrinking-p...nov 2012 is right around the corner
Submitted by gr29az on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 1:38pm.
nov 2012 is right around the corner. it will make nov 2010 look like a walk in the park.
i hope comments like these from those people keep on coming. it will only solidify my
fellow racist tea party (s.o.b.’s) even more.
Oh yeah!!!
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:05pm.
The Tea Party (in the immortal words of Wayne of Wayne's World) is going to "Party On!".
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
you blame the TEA PARTY??!!!
Submitted by johninlongmont on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 1:47pm.
well, Gen. Powell, we blame rhinos who supported obama...YOU SUPPORTED OBAMA!!!!..and you think you have any standing to say anything about the Tea Party?????....PLEASE!!!!
Powell Revises Historical Facts
Submitted by ClassicFilm on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:01pm.
My respect for Colin Powell, dwindling since he made an 11th hour switch to support socialist/Marxist Obama just days before the 2008 election, has plummeted. His retelling of the early days of our nation and its founding fathers conveniently leaves out the months and months of heated debate and anger, research of previous governments, backstabbing, threats, before they ultimately drew up the Constitution. To hear him tell it, they blithely compromised and all was peachy. Not so. Dissension existed long after - his little fairy tale is a far cry from historical reality.
Powell ignorantly blames the tea party for our woes, ignoring the vicious attacks for nearly three years on the peaceful movement by the media, liberals, members of Congress, and Obama, Pelosi, and Reid, and barely mentions the socialist Occupy movement, which is fraught with violence, destruction of property, terrorism of small children, destruction of small businesses, and non-stop mayhem. And which has been endorsed/applauded at least twice by the president, as well as by millionaires in Congress and Hollywood. Obama has purposefully contributed to the nation's class warfare and dissent more than any other president in recent history.
Powell himself is in the 1% decried by the OWS, reportedly worth $27 million. The tea party wants smaller, less intrusive government, fiscal responsibility of the government, smaller taxes, and adherence to the Constitution - Powell obviously wants the opposite. To audaciously blame the tea party is to ignore the very reasons why the movement began in the first place. It's reprehensible that Powell ignores the insidious power grabs of the Obama administration to rob Americans of their freedoms, ignore the corruption and cronyism in our government, and give a green light to the castration of America's security and free market economic principles.
The retired general whom I had once admired, whom I thought had conservative values, and had once hoped would run for the Oval Office no longer exists. If he ever did exist. And for the record, Christine Armapour is also one of the hated 1%, earning a whopping $2 million per year. The OWS Flea Party squatters need to get on the ball and protest both of them... and most of Congress and POTUS Obama, who has a reported net worth of $10.5 million.
Fox news and the TEA paty are to blame
Submitted by cocodrie on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 1:56pm.
Until Fox news and the TEA party came along the liberal lie machine had a monopoly. Our side was denied the right to be heard nationally.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Washington Discourse
Submitted by tnmccoy on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:32pm.
Colin Powell is now a full-fledged Liberal with all it's failings. He doesn't understand Washington or American History. He seems to think early politics and the Continental Congress were just social clubs with easily found solutions for the start of a Country. Politics back in the early days of [and before] our Country were down and dirty and far more divisive than now---if you can believe it. The Southerners wanted slavery, and that morphed into the Democrat Party in the South---the creators of the Ku Klux Klan, which was formed to fight blacks, Republicans, and other minorities. The Dems haven't really progressed very far from that mindset. They're still involved with promoting class warfare and racism. How does Powell explain the longevity of Democrat Robert Byrd in the Senate? You know him, the ex-Ku Klux Klan honcho? And as the author says, Powell didn't bring into his commentary the OWS degenerates or the continued efforts of the Democrats and Liberals to divide and conquer the Nation. We already know the Amanpour's Liberalism and uselessness. But, In so many words, Powell's no longer a RINO but a pure Liberal. You can tell by his rhetoric and lack of common sense. I'm so glad we never ran him for public office.
Who Knew Colin Powell was a Racist Lying Pig
Submitted by jqc1985 on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 2:37pm.
Poor old demented Colin Powell showed his true colors when Obama was elected. Powell is nothing but a racist joke, supporting the failed Obama without facts.
Blame game
Submitted by Boray on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 3:13pm.
Of course the Turncoat General would blame the Tea Party and their loyalty to their ideals. No compromise? To the left, compromise means "my way or the highway." Just consider the recent "super commitee" (read: Obama punts), discussions. The left continued to beat the "tax the rich" drum which they've beaten since 2003. It's like they're stuck on stupid. I was surprised that he didn't blame Fox. Rather, he didn't call out the real problem with the media, that they have a man-boy love affair with Obama.
Like so Bush appointees, he has flipped toward the democrats and leftist. He's just another leftist ass.
KookAide poisoning
Submitted by JeddMcHead on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 3:47pm.
Colin Powell is an absolute TOOL of the Left. What an embarrassment this buffoon is. Seriously, Sean Penn practically has more creds than this loser.
"Compromise is how this country was founded... " What?
Submitted by JLin on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:14pm.
What history books did this guy read? If the Founders were faced with the ideology and central planning of Colin Powell's friends we would have had violent revolution a whole lot sooner. Statism was what they fought against then and is what we are fighting against now. The former monarchal, the latter communist, both tyrranical and intolerable. Neither of them produced the "social justice" that Powell and friends whine about losing when evil Republicans are in power.
Amanpour didn't interview Powell because he is a Republican but because he is a reliable Republican basher. He did not disappoint.
Powell
Submitted by constantvigil on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 5:37pm.
Powell blames media and tea party for divisive tone in Washington?
But not Obama who called Americans enemies, racists and terrorists. Or who didn't call for civil behavior or speech from union thugs saying to "take em (tea party) out" and other inflammatory speech or call for OWS to be civil?
Looks like Powell's name needs to be added to the list of people without credibility - including anyone who still supports Obama with his record of lies, corruption, sedition and failure...
It is really simple
Submitted by paganposts on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 11:03am.
The founding fathers were able to create and get the States to accept the constitution because the vast majority of power was left to the States. The whole purpose of the constitution was to create a severely limited Federal Government that would only hold power in those areas that could not effectively be decentralized, primarily, national defense and trade and treaties with other countries.
If the Federal Government was still limited to those roles, we would not have the division we currently have in Washington. Almost all of our division is due to economic and social differences that the Federal Government shouldn't be involved with anyway. If there was no EPA, DOE, SS, TSA, HUD, etc. then the vast majority of the so called divisiveness would not be occurring.
That is not to say government should not be involved in environmental regulation, education, housing, etc., but rather, we should stick the the grand compromise made by our founding fathers, and leave those functions of government to the State and Local governments.
By decentralizing the majority of governmental power you give people choice in the type of government they want to have and you create incentive for the government to be responsive to the will of the people, because the people always have the option of moving to the next State over.
But our politicians, and sadly far too many Americans, can't see this. Big central government has been so ingrained into our psychic, that when discussing governmental balances of power, all we ever discuss is the three branches of the Federal Government, the government that the founding fathers saw as the smallest and least powerful. They considered the States to hold the majority of governmental power and considered it so important they wrote it into the bill of rights.
10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
Compromise?
Submitted by Jeffdube on Tue, 12/27/2011 - 9:13pm.
You can't compromise on NOTHING, and that's what Obama proposes.