Powell to Rush, Cheney: Room For Me Among 'Emerging' Republican Party

[kpete]

Source: Boston Globe

Powell to Rush, Cheney: Room For Me Among 'Emerging' Republican Party
Email|Link|Comments (26) Posted by David Beard, Boston.com Staff May 20, 2009 06:27 AM

Colin Powell issued a sharp rebuke last night to Rush Limbaugh and Dick Cheney for trying to exclude him from the backbiting Republican Party.

Before some 1,500 business leaders in Boston, as well as Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and wife Gisele Bundchen, the retired general and former secretary of state spoke openly of the dispute roiling the Grand Old Party after election setbacks and polls putting its popularity at roughly one of five Americans.

"Rush Limbaugh says, 'Get out of the Republican Party.' Dick Cheney says, 'He's already out.' I may be out of their version of the Republican Party, but there's another version of the Republican Party waiting to emerge once again," Powell told the crowd.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2009/05/powell_to_rush.html

[SpiralHawk]

1. Powell actually meant to say

"...Room for me among the regurgitating Republicon party."

[Arkana]

2. Goddamnit Brady.

Your knee better be set this season.

Christ, why are all of our star athletes right-wing douchenozzles?!

[SpiralHawk]

4. Answer: money, money, money, money

Republicons with their 'tax breaks for the rich' economic strategery are highly seductive for million dollar jock boys.

[bulloney]

14. Ironically, these jocks wouldn't be the millionaires they are without players' unions.

Do you believe that the Republicans would side with the players unions over the franchise owners if such a conflict would occur?

[fascisthunter]

11. disappointing, isn't it

athletes have a tendency to believe might makes right, and feel a need to be part of the elite, when all they really are, are entertainers. Sad...

"Johnny.... be a winner!"

[JackRiddler]

15. Untrue: Carlos Delgado, for example.

[Arkana]

16. OUR star athletes.

By that I mean Boston-area pros.

Still, I think there's some guys on the Sox who voted for Obama and I know that Doc Rivers was pro-Obama too.

[JackRiddler]

17. Oh, you were about to get it.

I was gonna make a big outraged speech about how Puerto Ricans are citizens and how dare you, racist clod, etc. etc. But reading your post I see now your patriotism is just the "Boston" disease.

By the way, the Giants put a Perfect End to That Season, don't ya think?*

This year's triumph of the New Miracle Mets (cos it will be a miracle when they win!) will also be remembered as "Buckner II" and start another hundred-year drought, which this time will include the hated Patriots.

(* Stolen from The Onion.)

[Arkana]

18. Gee, all that post was missing was an incoherent diatribe

about BILL BELICHEAT and the CHEATRIOTS who can only win when they film the other team's signals amirite?

And at least the Sox have won a couple times in the last ten years. :evilgrin:

[JackRiddler]

19. "Yes but in the morning I will be sober." (obscure Churchill reference)

Nah, I don't do bad puns. Sounds like Limbaugh or something.

And the Belichick video scandal was definitely waaaaay outside my personal outrage zone. (Meaning: Who cares?!)

The real scandal would be fixing by officials. Some of the regular season games toward the end of the perfect season looked like the NFL really, really wanted to keep the story going. If you know what I mean.

Anyway, only baseball counts, see? And actually, I love Boston. And I much prefer the Red Sox to Yankees. And even after his trade and recent downfall, who can't love Manny Ramirez?

[Arkana]

20. Haha...can you say Ed "Guns" Hochuli

and San Diego v. Denver?

[Captain Hilts]

3. Powell was loudly cheered at the inauguration when his image appeared on the jumbotron. nt

[No Elephants]

6. He should not have been. He knew his credibility with Americans was higher than the rest of

Bushco. And he still abused that to sell the war to Americans and the rest of the world. To him, it made a huge difference that he made George Tenet sit behind him--in the camera shot--while he did so. All he cared about was covering his backside for when everyone finally got that what he said to the UN was bs.

Endorsing Obama should not have gotten him off the hook for that, even with the most brainwashed, not to mentioned that he helped Clinton cook up DADT.

Colon Powell.
Still crappy after all these years.

[Captain Hilts]

13. Hell, folks here were thrilled when he endorsed Obama. nt

[snappyturtle]

5. I will never forgive Powell for 'educating' the world at the U.N.

but, the republic party (my answer to calling us the democrat party) could/has do/done worse. He would have a lot of 'plaining' to do though.

[Javaman]

8. he's trying his best to scrape off his past as morons* UN water carrier.

he knowing slung the bullshit, now he wants to pretend he's clean of all wrong doing.

It's truly amazing just how low a repuke will go.

[snappyturtle]

12. And to carry it one step further, I think that Powell et. al. believe that

if they confess everything is OK. Truly mind boggling how that works.

[AnneD]

21. Through out his career...

Powell has been nothing but a yes man and water boy-which his how he got his rank. Just google his name and Mia Li massacre and read what you got. He was chosen by Bush-co BECAUSE of his unique qualifications. I don't think he was fooled or lied too-he just finally got caught.

[AlinPA]

7. The map at the link below shows their future; regional.

http://countenance.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/the-red-delta-map/

[Faygo Kid]

9. "Emerging," my ass. Ruled by Rush and Faux News, and no dissent allowed.

Forget it, Colin. You War Criminal.

[fascisthunter]

10. Republican Party... represents the wealthy

greed heads hate paying taxes of any kind, so they become unthinking, irresponsible republicans who really could give a damn about society unless it helps their image.