Powell Slams Bachmann, Ayers & Socialist Smears

[ecstatic]

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Wow, it looks like Powell watches Hardball!

Kudos to Tweety--I was pissed at him for not going after Bachmann more strongly, but it looks like his approach was genius and may have also been the straw that broke the camel's back for Powell with regard to the endorsement.

[manray11]

1. Superbly done and good to hear a voice of reason...

[MisterBill]

3. Yah, and Collin doesn't have anything to gain by this...oh wait, except for the Cabinet position

Come on....Obama has offered him a cabinet position. It was on CNN today...did you miss that one???
McCain probably pissed him off by not offering him Secretary of Defense job.

Powell's son did a mighty good job of screwing up the FCC, so maybe Dad can do the same thing when he works for Obama.

[manray11]

4. Don't be silly.

Powell's critique of McCain was so utterly devastating and insightful, I honestly believe it is quite genuine and from the heart.
Powell would be a shoe in for a major post in either administration...Cut the crap.-)

[ecstatic]

6. Colin was bribed! Series! nt

:eyes:

[ksimons]

2. Key point about McCain & socialism charge...

-- McCain HIMSELF said that wealthy people, in HIS health plan, would be required to pay HIGHER premiums for the SAME medicine provided under medicare prescriptions! Spreading the HEALTH, uh er WEALTH around?

Sooooo -- McCain's self-described 'Socialism' tendencies are ignored while he tries to pounce on everyone around him ? What gives?

[Duncan]

5. Thanks Powell

[shellgame26]

7. BAM!!!

Powell puts 'em away. I'm starting to respect this man again.

[trickyguy]

8. Boy, he's got it on the money. Really like hearing his views.

[newmac]

9. Now the thugs of the GOP will proceed to eat him.

They eat their own; you know...

[heliarc]

10. Powell is working hard to redeem himself here...

And he's doing a good job. We can't forget how wrong he was to speak that nonsense at the UN, but he is certainly speaking truth to power here. Well said Powell. Two days in a row you have been the shining light of reason on the Mainstream news. Keep it up.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. I have slammed him on the UN speech...

but I really wonder how much they let him truly know.

[Gregorian]

11. Is this the phenomenon of a real leader?

I don't know how else to explain it. One minute he's the doorman for the neocon gang, then he's talking as though he knows how the real world works.

One was Bush, the other is Obama.

If this is the case, we can expect common sense to return to this country.

That was refreshing. Like someone on another post said, it might be very interesting if Obama obtains revelations from Powell. Who knows what we may discover.

[krkaufman]

14. Don't get your hopes up too much about prosecuting Bush's crimes.

Obama's gonna have his hands full trying to turn this boat around. (I want him to, but, given our situation, I'm not going to hold it against him... so long as he corrects the horrendous policies and executive orders that Bush has put in place.)

[krkaufman]

13. Wow, Obama should just pay to have this interview aired as a campaign ad. n/t

[democracy1st]

15. Tweety calls it the Barack technique just let your opponent speak and all things become clearer

to the viewer