Barack Obama and Colin Powell ticket?

[Blu Dahlia]

To counter McCain and Lieberman?

What do you think?

Is the ticket too republican? Too black?

[Fresh_Start]

1. Too associated with failed Iraq war

he should not pick Powell

[rwheeler31]

2. too republican

[Dems Will Win]

51. TOO NEO-CON

[bunnies]

3. Never. Colin Powell can screw.

Frigging liar helped get us into this damned war.

[David__77]

4. Interesting.

But I don't think so. Not after his performance in the lead-up to Iraq. Terrible and he'd have to beg for forgiveness on that one.

[WinkyDink]

48. It isn't interesting. It's downright idiotic of a suggestion.

[havocmom]

5. Powell served some good, but caved when it counted

NO!

[flor de jasmim]

6. A resounding NO

He needs a more "conventional" VP to balance out things for the people who are leery about voting for a black man. Biden? Boxer?
I would love to see Boxer on the ticket, but a black man AND a woman may be too much for some.

[TheDebbieDee]

7. That ticket would not be too repuke, not too black, but TOO WAR CRIMINAL

with Gen. Colin "I lied in my UN testimony" Powell.

[nancyr]

8. Colin Powell lacked integrity.

I used to respect him, but that was before he began to backtrack and make excuses for why he was pro-war. He should have spoken up when it might have actually helped.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

9. I used to respect Colin Powell

that was before I realized he was just a yes man who got where he was by propping up those above him.

[DemzRock]

10. Wow! Colin Powell? He's been proven a liar for war. A whore-warmonger...

He should have jumped parties and ran with Gore in 2000.

Then he aligned himself with W and the illegal Iraq war. And lied to the world in that UN conference.

I think if he runs with ANY Democrat, it would be the first time, I voted third party.

Just NO!

[bicentennial_baby]

11. NO!

I don't want that war criminal on any ticket, ever.

[jaksavage]

12. NO NO !!

[MaineDem]

13. Powell is a Republican. It will never happen.

Simple as that.

[JoFerret]

42. Horrible thought

.

[rug]

14. Powell could help Obama weasel out of his 2009 deadline.

[fishwax]

15. hell no

we can find a democrat, for one thing, and somebody who didn't lie to the U.N. on behalf of this administration and their march to war for another.

[Amy6627]

16. NO WAY! Powell is as guilty of treason as the rest of b*sh co., he just regrets it. n/t

[Growler]

17. No way

Not after Powell's lies leading up to the war.

[BuyingThyme]

18. Colin Powell is one of the best known war criminals alive today.

So I'm going with NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ysabel]

19. fuck no...

n/t...

[Whisp]

20. that egg sucking lieing weasel Powell has no right to be

associated with a good man like Obama.

fuck him and his wavy vials of bogus during the Security council speech.

never forgive him for that, Never.

and My Lai, never forgive him for that, Never.

and probably a bunch of other stuff about him I don't know yet.

[ima_sinnic]

21. a traitor, a republican, a war monger, a liar--could anyone be LESS appropriate?? (nt)

[olkaz]

22. Colin Powell is complicit in one of the greatest war crimes in history

And I'll be damned before I have anything to do with him.

[w13rd0]

23. Absolutely not...

...and frankly, I don't see a need to "counter" the "old warmonger" ticket with a "polar opposite". McCain/Lieberman would be a loser of a ticket that the vast majority of the GOP would not accept. Lieberman was on the 2000 ticket with Al Gore, poster boy of the "fight global warming" movement. McSame/Loserman would become a common refrain with pictures of both of them kissing the ass of Bush. They might gain some in the middle, but at the expense of their wing/base.

I don't know quite who the perfect running mate would be on an Obama ticket, but I don't think it's Powell.

[goletian]

24. wouldnt work. hed be accused of picking him because hes black for sure!

plus, right wingers hate powell since he abandoned their stupidity. so the ticket wont help him a whole lot. i think obama does need to pick a guy thats a repub, though. i think this would help him a lot.

[TheDoorbellRang]

25. None of the above. It's just too stupid

Why would this even occur to you as a possibility?

[yurbud]

26. too republican, too bushy. If you want someone with military experience, try Webb or Clark

[JoFerret]

27. What a nightmare.

I feel sorry for Powell.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

28. Emily? Is that you?

[Marnieworld]

29. Umm.. Are you outta your mind?

Colin Powell deliberately lied and misled the UN to start a war that he knew would be a mistake based on shaky evidence. How in the world is someone like that on an Obama ticket?


:shrug:

[blogslut]

30. you're joking, right?

The day that Mr. Powell switches parties, apologizes for his part in this horrendous war and begs forgiveness from the American people, that might be a possibility.

[Marnieworld]

32. even so

You can't run on "judgement" attached to that baggage. Colin Powell lost all credibility forever. He made the weakest of choices and should never recover.

[blogslut]

35. Oh, I know

I was just wondering whether or not the OP was joking.

Colin Powell has been covering up for crimes since My Lai. No way in hell does he deserve any position in a Democratic administration.

[npincus]

31. Hell NO- that Iraq war enabler Powell?

he's stained with the blood of innocents/

[LWolf]

33. Too republican, too hawkish, and too dishonest.

Considering that Obama's positions on many issues are closer to republican than not, that he is open to unilateral military action in other nations and wants to continue the "war on terror," and that Colin Powell is the one who formally presented the lies that sent us into war in Iraq.

[JerseygirlCT]

34. Oh please. Why?

What do we gain?

If you're thinking that McCain/Lieberman would be a mixed ticket, party-wise, you're sadly mistaken.

We don't need Powell, we need a strong Democrat, who cares about Democratic values.

[Barking Spider]

36. Noooooooo!!!

Colin Powell hasn't been forgiven, much less tried.

[alarimer]

37. no, no, no.

Powell the known liar? They guy who helped cover up My Lai? I don't think so...

[Bluenorthwest]

38. Untied Nations liar

I wonder if the OP has any memory at all. Colin Powell is perhaps the worst of the Bush enablers, for he was a trusted man, and he told lies he knew were lies, not just to the American people, but to the United Nations, and so to the entire world.
On top of that, the man is a Republican. I do not vote for Republicans. The fact that Obama keeps saying he will appoint a bunch of them to high positions is almost too much to deal with. If any Republican is placed on our ticket, I will leave this Party at once. Born into it, with relatives in elected office then and later, a family that has 100% Democrats.
I vote for Democrats. Already we have chosen only candidates who funded the war and other Bush bull too much for my taste. To put some Republican known liar and one of the greatest shames to the Amreican imgae, Colin Powell, on the ticket would be in essence a declaration of no Democratic ticket at all in 08.
This is the kind of post that makes me tremble. If Powell is what people have in mind, what is with all the talk of change? Why not just have Jeb Bush run as our VP candidate? Or Rush or Rumsfeld?
I read this and I miss the Democratic Party that used to be.

[undeterred]

39. I believe Powell was a good man who was exploited, but his day is done.

[against all enemies]

40. No thank you. Powell failed to protect the US from Bush.

[Orsino]

41. Too corrupt.

If Obama's promising change, he shouldn't even consider recycling *'s biowaste.

[Seabiscuit]

43. Just what we need: Obama/Powell vs. McCain/Lieberman.

I'll be puking so violently on election day, I'll have to be transported to the hospital in an ambulance.

After they revive me, I'll put all my affairs in order so that I can expatriate ASAP to a civilized country, because this one will be doomed no matter who wins.

[theredpen]

44. Colin Powell is apologetic for what he's done... but he just keeps doing it

It all started when a young Lt. Powell was tasked with writing up media briefs attempting to quell rumors about a war crime at a place called Mai Lai in Vietnam. It continued all the way to his embarrassing performance in front the UN. He seems like a decent guy, but he's played the loyal stooge too many times in my opinion.

[Warren Stupidity]

45. No. Can't vote for war criminals. Can't vote for republicans. nt.

[Lucky 13]

46. nah... won't happen

I hate to say it, but having another black man on the ticket isn't going to HELP him. He's locked up the african american vote. He needs someone who is a DEMOCRATIC uniter and can bridge the divide to white and/or Latino and/or older voters.

I think the shortlist has to be:
John Edwards****
Bill Richardson
Barbara Boxer

Either one of these folks will really solidify his ticket and reach a base that he is less strong in. But I have a partiality to John. :)

[WinkyDink]

47. I see you wanted to waste one of your three.

[Bensthename]

49. Could be.. Hillary/Bill vs Obama/Powell vs McCain/Lieberman

[PurityOfEssence]

50. I would simply NOT VOTE for that even if at gunpoint.

I wouldn't vote for McCain, but I might not vote in a bi-annual national election for the first time since 1976.

He lied frontally to the U.N. to get us into a war for profit, and that's just a good and obvious example of his calumny; there are many others. This man is filth.

I'll vote for the Democratic Nominee unless something despicable like this goes down.

[Emillereid]

52. NO!