Powell: I stay Republican 'because it annoys them'

[rpannier]

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell joked that he identifies as a Republican to annoy the GOP’s right-wing.

“Yes, I’m still a Republican,” he said about his party affiliation during the Washington Ideas Forum in Washington, D.C., according to the Daily Mail.

“I want to continue to be a Republican because it annoys them,” Powell quipped to host Walter Isaacson.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/255501-powell-i-stay-republican-to-annoy-gop


good a reason as any i guess

[arcane1]

1. As long as he stays there n/t

[Art_from_Ark]

2. It didn't seem to annoy them

when he was shilling for their war

[Carolina]

11. It didn't bother HIM either

He aligned himself with thieves and liars and did their bidding WILLINGLY. Fuck him

[navarth]

28. +1

[awoke_in_2003]

31. Hey Colin, My Lai Massacre...

fuck you very much.

[Beowulf42]

42. Reposte

Well, it doesn't bother me. It unfortunately for you it is where you belong.

[RufusTFirefly]

3. Colin Powell: Faux dissident

Anyone who has followed Powell's career realizes that he is a Company Man up to his eyeballs.

Ask him about his role in My Lai, for example.

I'm far more likely to listen to Powell's henchman Wilkerson, although I even take what he has to say with a grain of salt.

[akbacchus_BC]

4. I have no idea how to comment on this but Powell is tired and useless. He bailed

on morals when he became a stooge for George Bush to promote the invasion of Iraq. He should just go away! But these folks feel like if they have some kind of momentum in commenting now. Frigg them

[Carolina]

13. K&R

Totally agree, but he's more than tired and useless. He's as much of a war criminal as the thieves and liars he CHOSE to align himself with. He sold his soul to the devil ages ago (perhaps at Mi Lai but certainly at the UN). and of all the Bushies, may he especially rot in hell because he knew war, had been to war and had seen the waste, the atrocities and the senselessness of war. Yet he still argued for a war against a nation that was totally innocent. Not a single 9/11 hijacker was from Iraq and after the 1991 US war there, that poor nation had been kept under horrific UN sanctions making it impossible to morph into an alleged imminent threat.

So what had Iraq ever done to the US to justify such action as Shock & Awe and such lead up lying as Powell's UN bullshit?

Fuck him

[dougolat]

38. Ferociously well put! Also, those sanctions ...

...from recovering their former status of being a successful secular society.
And how could they overlook being pushed/lured into a war with Iran for years, then finding us backing the Iranians too!

But he served the MIC well, (don't forget Haiti) and they owe big-time.

[herding cats]

5. As a Democrat this suits me fine.

He's all yours Republicans.

[Solly Mack]

6. He's hoping JEB is elected so he can get another government office.

[tomm2thumbs]

7. the company you keep....

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

34. Quit it! I'm trying to eat my supper and I'm about to

[n2doc]

8. Tool n/t

[madokie]

9. Mr Powell we'll never forget what you did

In attempts to cover up this Massacre

Colin Powell, then a 31-year-old Army major, was charged with investigating the letter, which did not specifically refer to Mỹ Lai, as Glen had limited knowledge of the events there. In his report, Powell wrote, "In direct refutation of this portrayal is the fact that relations between Americal Division[75] soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent." Powell's handling of the assignment was later characterized by some observers as "whitewashing" the atrocities of Mỹ Lai.[74] In May 2004, Powell, then United States Secretary of State, told CNN's Larry King, "I mean, I was in a unit that was responsible for My Lai. I got there after My Lai happened. So, in war, these sorts of horrible things happen every now and again, but they are still to be deplored.

Read the whole link for a better understanding of what went on.
I personally knew briefly one of the monsters who was involved in this. He moved to our area after the war. He was bat shit crazy and I think somewhat before this but I'm sure this had a lot to do with his insanity. Finally shot himself in the head twice and still didn't die right off, spent the last days in a rest home as a vegetable. Fitting end to a monster.
We always figured his wife at the time pulled the trigger the second time, at any rate I don't think she was even questioned as no one wanted to come to his aid. Everyone was scared of him and hated him with a passion.

[1norcal]

26. Thanks

Thanks madokie, I Know what makes you mad; me too...

[KG]

10. a lying sack of shit, he's always has been.

[Vinca]

12. Any half sane individual who remains a Republican might as well

wear a neon sign that says "I'm stupid."

[Orrex]

14. If he truly wants to annoy them...

He should participate in the manufacture and falsification justifying the unprovoked invasion of a sovereign state.

That would really show them!

[newfie11]

15. He's a repug through and through

And proved it many times.

[GOLGO 13]

16. Good! Then stay there & saturate yourself with their funk.

He's still full of shit even now.

[Sunlei]

20. Not full of shit when he voted for Obama twice, spoke up about why & how dangerous todays RW are.

He's a better and braver 'outspoken' D than most of todays D in office elected are.

[HughBeaumont]

17. "I stay Republican because it's easier to get away with crimes!"

"And trust me . . . there's no better paying gig."

#youbelongintheHaguewithCondi

[Proud Liberal Dem]

18. Powell should have resigned IMHO

It might have dealt a serious blow to the credibility of the Bush (mis-)Administration and forced them to re-think invading Iraq (but then again, maybe not but at least Powell would have retained some of his integrity). Powell seemed to know that what he was being asked to talk about was bogus, if not highly suspect. The crazy thing about all this is that Bush/Cheney could have achieved a bloodless and legitimate foreign policy objective if they had just let the UN Inspectors, which their pressure- and that of Congress- helped get back into Iraq, finish their job and come to the same conclusion that everybody else did long after the invasion occurred- that Iraq had no more WMDs/proscribed weapons. Now, they just have the blood of 4000 dead Americans and countless dead Iraqi civilians (and lots of wounded) on their hands.

[Sunlei]

19. “I want to continue to be a Republican because it annoys them,” said Powell. :))))))))))))))))

[NightWatcher]

21. Bullshit! He helped them sell a war. He stays R because he's an R asshole.

He has not had an enlightenment moment or anything else like that. He's not converted nor advocated democratic ideas. He's a warmonger like the rest of them.

All of these tools should STFU and just be thankful that they are not in Den Haag (The Hague) rotting.

[Javaman]

22. you stay republican because we thinking Democrats won't have you.

we all remember your UN bullshit presentation.

we have long memories, you fucking war criminal.

[ChiciB1]

23. NOT Buying This At All. I Know His Wife

is a Democrat, but Colin Powell... he's been a Repuke for way to long so until he ACTUALLY switches, this falls flat with me.

[patsimp]

24. i hate to say it but Powell kisses republican ass

I don't know if he's personally exhibited any bravery, but when it really counted back before the Iraq war, he submitted like a complete utter wimp (e.g. any typical republican).

I have 0 respect for Powell. Zero.

[hibbing]

25. Go back to the hole you crawled out of

Take your millions and just shut the hell up. I will never forget this immoral war I will be footing the bill for the rest of my life.

Peace

[SoapBox]

27. Gee...

Mr. Powell, you annoy me too.

[ananda]

29. And Colin Powell deserves respect for anything he says ..

because why?

[niyad]

30. hey, colin, you lying, hypocritical pos-- WE DON'T WANT YOU, so stay puke, okay?

some of us have very long memories--all the way back to MyLai (ring a bell, colin??)

[jaxind]

32. Loser!

The only way I'd be able to give you some kind of respect is for you to come out now, and say that Bush/Cheney should be tried fo war crimes. Tell us everything, and maybe you'll get immunity!

[NCjack]

33. Opportunist without a conscience.

[Iggo]

35. Fuck you, war criminal.

:middlefinger:

[lpbk2713]

36. Powell stays in the GOP because they are made for each other.

The party of thieves and liars is home to Colin Powell.

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-schwarz/colin-powell-wmd-iraq-war_b_2624620.html

[dae]

37. I'll be pretty dam annoyed if he changes. You could tell

he was lying while showing pictures of aluminum tubes and making his case for war.

[reddread]

39. like Icarus

they burned him.
he is the blood on our hands.

[ImaPolitico]

40. Don't you just love it.

Good for Powell. Stiick it to the lying nasty GOP.

[UTUSN]

41. Hey Colon it annoyed ME too until I wrote off your My Lai-based career forever. n/t

[Skittles]

43. that's his excuse for pimping for the GOP