“ru$h will not get his wish, and mr. cheney was misinformed' ...colin powell

[spanone]

Powell Still a Republican, Despite Party Differences

Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell affirmed on Sunday that he remains a Republican while asserting that his party should become more inclusive. He also rebuffed his party’s relentless criticism of President Obama’s decision to close the detention base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

“Rush will not get his wish, and Mr. Cheney was misinformed,” Mr. Powell said on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” “I’m still a Republican.”

Mr. Powell was responding to a jab from former Vice President Dick Cheney, who two weeks ago had said, “If I had to choose, in terms of being a Republican, I’d go with Rush Limbaugh.” Mr. Cheney, then speaking on “Face the Nation,” added that he thought Mr. Powell had left the party when he endorsed Barack Obama for president last October.

But on Sunday, Mr. Powell noted his long support of Republican candidates and service to Republican-led administrations, including his role as secretary of state under former president George W. Bush and Mr. Cheney.

“For the previous 20 years I voted solidly for Republican candidates,” Mr. Powell said. “I served Ronald Reagan for two years. I spoke at the 1996 convention and I spoke at the 2000 convention.”

He added that he had voted for several Democratic presidents: John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and “even” Jimmy Carter. Mr. Powell called it “unfortunate” that Mr. Limbaugh said he supported Mr. Obama because he, too, was black.

[snowdays]

1. Powell misinformed the UN. He has NO credibility.

[Cha]

2. Colin Powell has missionary

work to do within the republicon party...like Paul Wellstone said was the reason(only Democratic party) he didn't become an Independent.

IOW..listen to the moderates or the lying insane wing of the repuke party.

[OmahaBlueDog]

3. I fear Gen. Powell belongs to a Republican Party that no longer exists

He is thinking of the Republican Party of William Cohen, Gerald Ford, and Nelson Rockefeller. Only a few of those members still remain (Snowe, Collins). The rest are far more in tune with Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney, Ann Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Virginia Foxx, Jean Schmidt, Tom Delay, Glenn Beck, and Sean Hannity.

General Powell, along with Gov. Schwarznegger, Olympia Snowe, and Susan Collins should consider following Michael Bloomberg's lead and going indy.

[Arkana]

6. Incredibly, even Richard Nixon could belong to that old Republican Party.

He'd be derided as too liberal today for his stances on environmental issues and his opposition to the "War on Drugs".

[L0oniX]

4. The fucking liar showed us pictures of oil tank trucks & called them mobile scud missile launchers.

[AlCzervik]

5. I think this is my favorite part of his UN statement-

My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence. I will cite some examples, and these are from human sources.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2003/feb/05/iraq.usa

[spanone]

7. he bought into it...i think he had great doubts, but in the end he bought in.

[malaise]

8. He should have resigned over those doubts

but he loved power more.

[AlCzervik]

9. Party over country.

[spanone]

10. absolutely....