Bush's Unannounced Dinner With Powell

[Rose Siding]

Just eight hours after publicly chastising the Senate this week for not confirming his choice for ambassador to the United Nations, President Bush hopped into his motorcade and headed out to Virginia for a private dinner with the man who may have done as much to stall the nomination as any senator.

Bush's unannounced visit to the McLean home of former secretary of state Colin L. Powell was described as a purely social engagement involving only the two men and their wives. If John R. Bolton came up, neither side said so afterward.
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Asked about the matter recently, Powell rejected suggestions that he had been "underhanded" by speaking with the senators. "When Republican members of my party called me for my views on certain aspects of his nomination, I gave those views," he told U.S. News & World Report. "The senators I talked to, after listening to my views, indicated they probably would support him. Fine. Nothing underhanded about that."

He added: "I'm pretty supportive of the president. I'm very proud of what we accomplished together, the freeing of Afghanistan, of Iraq. But where I may have a different point of view, I will express that different point of view."

(second story at link)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/03/AR2005060301816.html

[Double T]

1. Sounds Like He May Be Getting Ready To Run For President....

...Powell/Rice ticket in 2008

[beanball]

10. Powell and Rice

a sure win for the dems,all of those old racist dixiecrats,will return to their roots.

[KC21304]

2. " freeing of Iraq " ? ? ?

When did that happen ? He is not going to get out of taking responsibility for this mess. He knew his UN statement was BS.

[Vickers]

3. "I'm pretty supportive of the president."

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
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:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Powell's lies echo through the halls of history.

[cobaindrain]

5. Powell is the worst offender

Because he knew better, but still went along with it.

[IndianaGreen]

6. Powell could become our Rommel

Many people idolized Rommel because he turned against Hitler. The problem is that they forgot that Rommel gave his personal loyalty to Hitler after the Night of the Long Knives. Rommel was a willing participant in the war crimes of the Third Reich. Rommel only turned against Hitler when Germany began to lose the war.

Had Rommel not taken poison on Hitler's orders, and had he survived the war, I have no doubt he would have stood alongside General Jodl during the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials.

[burrowowl]

13. Very Good Analogy!

Powell tried to whitewash the Mai-Lai Massacre. Has always been a brown-noser.

[nevergiveup]

7. Powell damaged his image but

he can still have the presidency if he wants it......just my opinion.

[Pachamama]

8. He had dinner to warn Powell not to become the next Deep Throat n/t

:spank:

[Island Blue]

9. You better believe

it wasnt' just a "we were in the neighborhood so we thought we'd pop in" visit.

[Stinky The Clown]

12. That's my take, too

Damage control.

I wonder if a horse's head was left behind .... ?

[Pachamama]

18. That was left for them in the morning to wake up to....

:puke:

[LuPeRcALiO]

17. yep

maybe a medal of honor for dessert?

p.s. no hard feelings about firing you AND your son m'kay? Please?

[DeepModem Mom]

11. I've never heard another report of the Bushes...

going to such an intimate dinner at a private home. I can't imagine that this was a purely social call, especially since GW seems to have little respect for Powell.

[MaineDem]

14. "Bush's unannounced visit to the McLean home..."

I hope Colin and Alma knew about it first. :)

[burythehatchet]

15. I would have peeked through the blinds

kept quiet and waited until they left.

[MaineDem]

16. Quick, turn the lights out

Don't answer the door.

:D

Thanks for the laugh.