Colin Powell Says Obama Handled Reverend Wright Issue "Well".. Wright "Has Made Enormous Contributions"...

Try and remember that this war belongs to Bush and Cheney and anyone who at that time believed in the
garbage that they told to the American people. As far as Colin Powell, he will live with that decision for the rest of his life. George Bush and Cheney will be haunted by the vision of the bodies of our soldiers and the Iraqi people who lost their lives for this unnecessary war.

Mr. Powell,

You helped lie us into occupation. Today ABC reports what some of us already know, that torture has been deemed just fine from 'the Principals', the group to which you belonged.

Please go away.

Treasonous liar - how many troops are dead becuase of Powell's lies ? Powell should be in prison, not collecting tens of thousands of dollars for speaking fees.

Disgraceful, disgusting liar - thats all Powell is.

He did not stand up to Bush/Cheney , if he did, we would not have this unnecessary war, where thousands of good men, women and children are still dying.
And no he speaks !

I've run out of Race Cards - anyone know where I can buy another deck?

Powell, you are a disgrace to humanity. Seeing your face and knowing what you did, make me ill. Go away, your done.

Typical racist remark.

I hope no one is stupid enough to fall into the neocon long desired plan to destroy Colin Powell.

I also believe that Obama handled the Reverend Wright brouhaha very well.
I don't need Colin Powell to tell me that, or anything else. He had his moment in history, and he blew it. Completely. Totally. He went in front of the United Nations and he lied like a big dog.
Hundreds of thousands of people, perhaps millions, have died because of his villainy.
He should never show his worthless face in public again.

For what it's worth, I'm still somewhat glad that he has access and influence with these potential presidents. He is a very sound man and thinker. It's too bad he doesn't have the balls to really make an impact when it counts! Like at the time when it was decided to go to war, at the planning stage of the war, or the end of the initial phase of the war and how it was handled, or mishandled. He's not going to distance himself from TPTB, so he has access, but will he make a difference? Has he ever really made a difference?

WAR MONGER

This is what happens when good men are silent.

MLK tried to tell us.

Colin Powell is not an honorable man. He's a liar, a bigot and an opportunist. He, above all others, was in a position to know the truth about Iraq, and he chose to make himself an accomplice to the President's lies and crimes. He knew, or unless he's grossly militarily incompetent, should have known what would happen in Iraq. I'm sure history will prove he knew weapons didn't exist and knew precisely what Sdam Hussein had and didn't have. He also knew that if Bush was allowed to "break it" that we would "own it " and if he had any schooling in history, he knew what that would mean. Harry Belafonte called Powell precisely what he was to the Bush regime. I have no respect for this coward who put personal ambition above the lives of the troops and the welfare of our nation. And that weasel of a son is not one whit better, just more obnoxious and arrogant. I'll be happy if they are both soon consigned to the dung heap of political scaliwags and pimps.

For all of those taking pot shots at Colin Powell. You are doing what the Repug Kingmakers intend you to do. They set out to destroy Colin Powell's crediblity. Secret polling of the Republican base in 1999 proved what the Repug Kingmakers feared. Colin Powell polled as a highly credible and popular choice to run for President and the poll said that White Republicans would vote for him in high numbers. George Bush, Jr. would be at risk in 2004. Leaving Powell outside the administration to build on his current popularity was unacceptable. Powell could run against Bush in 2004 and Powell was popular with Democrats as well. Powell couldn't refuse Secretary of State. Cheney and Rumsfeld hated Powell who had had the ear of the Senior Bush during his administration. Bush ignored Cheney and Bush until he saw how Powell handled the press corp during his introduction in the White House garden as the new SOS...articulate, knowledgeable, and Presidential. George changed his demeanor toward Powell...Cheney and Bush worked to undermine Powell at every turn. As a soldier and as the head of joint chiefs of staff, Powell required his men to follow orders they disagreed with...on board at the White House he did the same through clenched teeth. Cheney and Rumsfeld finagled Powell into his statement at the UN. He never suspected that George was so weak and never believed Cheney and Rumsfeld would sell the country out for oil... He was wrong on both counts.

You know what's absolutely comical? All of the HRC supporters posting that Colin Powell -- an admittedly flawed man who has honestly acknowledged mistakes, and who actually served his country rather than repeatedly dodging the draft as was the fashion of the day -- has "no credibility." Is the implication that either of the Clintons has one single, solitary, infinitesimal iota of credibility? HA. Can you say "Columbia," or "Bosnia," or "I did not have sexual relations..."? What a joke. I wonder how much credibility this man would suddenly have to her supporters if he appeared to say positive things about Clinton.

Colin Powell has enjoyed his 15-years of fame at the country's expense. Things are looking good for Senator Obama and, typically, Powell sees a new chance to help himself and his son. Powell's background is replete with opportunism--from protection of his boss, the pardoned felon, Sec of Defense Weinberger, in the Iran-Contra scandal, to his insubordination in the case of newly elected President Clinton's proposal for eliminating discrimination in the armed services, to his complicity in the deceptions used to sell the Iraq invasion and occupation. His UN speech to the world should have been sufficiently humiliating for him to stay under cover for the next 100-years, where he could clandestinely coach McCain, his true friend, on the fine points of keeping the war going as planned. This would, of course, depend on what the polls show.