Colin Powell "still undecided"

[AkFemDem]

And the mystery goes on-

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

(CNN) — Former Bush Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that he has not yet decided which candidate to back in this year’s presidential race.

The election of an African-American president “would be electrifying,” Powell told a George Washington University audience, “but at the same time make a judgment here on which would be best for America.

“I have been watching both individuals, I know them both extremely well, and I have not decided who I am going to vote for. And I'm interested to see what the debates are going to be like because we have to get off of this ‘lipstick on a pig’ stuff and get into issues,” he said.

[Lost-in-FL]

1. Anyone undecided at this point...

is an idiot.

[Booster]

2. I have absolutely no respect for his opinion. He sold us out.

[AkFemDem]

5. I don't have respect for his opinion, but I have an INTEREST in it

Fact is a lot of Americans are still in denial about how this war was sold to us under false pretenses. It's a legit debate to raise in this campaign *but* every republican voice that endorses Obama, counts in the big picture. He's not going to UNconvince anyone to vote for Obama, but he just may make some nay-sayers look twice.

[NewJeffCT]

22. I agree - most Americans still have a pretty good opinion of Powell

Bill Maher, for example, says that Powell is his dream president...

[JI7]

3. again showing he only cares about himself

only ignorant people need to watch the debates to figure out who to vote for. both candidates have a record out there going back years and we know their position on the issues.

what exactly is Colon Bowel waiting for ? what does he need to know ? what issues does he care about where info on the candidates is not out there ?

[madeline_con]

4. I've lost a lot of respect for Powell.

I thought he was smarter than that. :(

[MichDem10]

6. Don't hold your breath. He will endorse McCain - once a repuke always a repuke!

[ribrepin]

8. Ditto

It's rope-a-dope...at the last minute, Powell will decide that the only way this country can be saved is with Palin and what's his name.

[noonwitch]

10. Yeah, but the longer he takes to do it

is good for Obama. It looks like he is seriously considering him.

Even better is if he endorses no one. As a lifelong republican, that helps Obama.

[flpoljunkie]

17. Powell donated the maximum to McCain in Q3/'07, but will he endorse McCain's neocon foreign policy?

Powell must still be angry Cheney and his neocons gave him bogus information when he testified before the United Nations in the run-up to the war in Iraq--now the endless occupation costing us upwards of $10 billion a month.

These same folks are advising John McCain. His chief foreign policy adviser and spokesman is Randy Scheunemann, executive director of the Committee to Liberate Iraq and board member of PNAC.*

Surely, Powell will not endorse more 'Bush Doctrine' foreign policy. We will soon see.

*http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/06/17/randy_scheunemann_mccain_advis.html

[renie408]

21. Maybe not. You might not like Powell, but he is a REAL person, unlike Palin.

That is the biggest mistake to me in choosing Palin. REAL people, SERIOUS people have got to have a hard time standing behind her or McCain now that he has chosen her. Especially with McCain's age and health issues.

Perhaps the best we get is NO endorsement, but that is still a defacto endorsement for Obama.

[BlooInBloo]

7. ;nuff said. Fuck him.

[ladjf]

9. We were wrong to have thought so highly of him.

(my apologies to J.F.Cooper)

[Orsino]

11. What a vial person.

Oops. Vile. I meant vile, of course.

[ladjf]

27. He was, for awhile, a wonderful role model for all Americans,

especially African Americans. He could have had the Republican Presidential nomination at one point.
And with all of that going for him, he hooked up with the Bush Administration and became their "flunky". That always saddened and puzzled me.

[renie408]

12. Wow. I think that is quite good for US and bad for THEM. Though you know if he

backs Obama, people who want to believe it are going to say it was a raciallly motivated decision, no matter that Colin Powell is the whitest black guy on earth.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

13. That's because he's always been a cowardly chicken shit despite of the uniform and medals. nt

[shadowknows69]

14. Do we care?

Maybe I don't see it. Might win us the four or five African American rethugs I guess.

[riverwalker]

15. beyond redemption

Colin Powell, we already know how history will remember you. Everytime you are offered a chance to redeem yourself, you throw it away. Gutless lying coward.

[Virginia Dare]

16. Knows them both extremely well and still undecided?

knows he can talk McBush into giving sonny boy another cushy job I guess.

[spanone]

18. colin powell is the most useless politician of our time

[Nikki Stone1]

19. He says he is waiting for the debates. I'll take him at his word.

But, after the debates, he should endorse.

[Ichingcarpenter]

20. He's a Coward.. He didn't stand up in the military and do the right thing

nor to Bush. He's an opportunist

[iceman66]

23. As someone already pointed out

Powell has recently donated the maximum possible amount to McCain:

http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=powell&fname=colin&search=Search

Would he have done that if he was even considering supporting Obama?

My guess is that he's either looking to time his endorsement to have the maximum benefit for McCain, or else he's looking for an excuse to endorse him without looking like a tool.

[Avalux]

24. At this point, what Powell thinks is completely irrelevant. He's lost any integrity he may have had

Allowed Buscho to use him in front of the UN to manipulate the public; he knew it was a lie and said NOTHING. Allowed us to go to war, left office quietly and since has said very little.

Now, the same damn people who used him want 4 more years and he can't decide????? Loser.

[Avalux]

25. At this point, what Powell thinks is completely irrelevant. He has zero integrity.

Allowed Buscho to use him in front of the UN to manipulate the public; he knew it was a lie and said NOTHING. Allowed us to go to war, left office quietly and since has said very little.

Now, the same damn people who used him want 4 more years and he can't decide????? Loser.

[rxdem84]

26. October. He will expose the Bush Administration, apologize and

endorse Obama.

[BigAnth]

28. CP needs to worry less about the election and more about being prosecuted as a war criminal.