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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 02:34 PM

Star Member DonViejo (4,568 posts)

Obama Weighs In On Sununu’s Powell Comments

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Obama Weighs In On Sununu’s Powell Comments

IGOR BOBIC 2:27 PM EDT, FRIDAY OCTOBER 26, 2012

President Obama on Friday weighed in on comments made by Romney surrogate and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu, who said on Thursday that former Secretary of State Colin Powell's endorsement of the president was racially motivated.

"I'll let Gen. Powell's statement speak for itself," Obama told radio host Michael Smerconish in an Oval Office interview on Friday. “I don’t think that there are many people in America who would question Gen, Powell’s credibility, his patriotism, his willingness to tell it straight -- so any suggestion that Gen. Powell would make such a profound statement in such an important election based on anything other than what he thought would be best for America doesn’t make much sense.”

Obama was also asked if he had anticipated television coverage of the first debate to include extensive use of split screens, which highlighted his demeanor.

"There's no doubt the way they cover the debates have changed over the last four years," Obama said. "We knew there'd be some splits, I don't think we anticipated that it was the entire time."

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Reply Obama Weighs In On Sununu’s Powell Comments (Original post)
 DonViejo Oct 2012 OP
LineReply I do not like the
 xxqqqzme Oct 2012 #1
LineLineReply It has some advantages.
 reflection Oct 2012 #2
LineLineLineNew Reply I saw that on FB. It's cute.
 xxqqqzme Oct 2012 #23
LineLineNew Reply I agree. It's just creepy. No one needs to have a camera straight on them for 90 minutes.
 Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2012 #19
LineLineNew Reply I watched it on PBS
 high density Oct 2012 #26
LineReply Oct 3rd
 Life Long Dem Oct 2012 #3
LineLineReply Ditto...it's now ancient history.
 SoapBox Oct 2012 #4
LineLineReply Nope. The Other Ones Don't Count as far as the MSM is Concerned
 AndyTiedye Oct 2012 #5
LineLineReply The Proper Story Of The First Debate
 DallasNE Oct 2012 #6
LineLineLineReply Agree.
 Cha Oct 2012 #9
LineLineLineReply A 360 degree screen would have shown Romney all over the place
 ashling Oct 2012 #12
LineReply Next question; Do you think Americans are proud of their racism?
 mountain grammy Oct 2012 #7
LineLineReply Yeah, why aren't the media jackals calling Sununu a freaking race baiter/asshole?
 Cha Oct 2012 #10
LineLineReply Yes, Obama's election forced the racists to stand up and show themselves.
 TrollBuster9090 Oct 2012 #16
LineLineLineNew Reply It wasn't that long ago when Republicans were claiming affirmative action was "obsolete",...
 Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2012 #21
LineLineLineNew Reply I love your optimism and hope you're right.
 mountain grammy Oct 2012 #27
LineReply so how many of Mittens supporters are 'racially motivated'?
 azurnoir Oct 2012 #8
LineLineNew Reply In effect, ALL of them.
 TahitiNut Oct 2012 #20
LineReply UN Address?
 mahannah Oct 2012 #11
LineLineReply True, but the narrative he's tried to spin ever since is that he was duped
 TrollBuster9090 Oct 2012 #14
LineLineLineNew Reply Why do you believe that ...
 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2012 #22
LineLineNew Reply I'm not defending what Powell did, he's stated he had some reservations but one thing I keep in mind
 justiceischeap Oct 2012 #25
LineReply As usual, he's cool and calm and knows how to take his shots without seeming to come off........
 George II Oct 2012 #13
LineReply Thank you, John Sununu.
 TrollBuster9090 Oct 2012 #15
LineReply If all Powell cared about was race, he'd have endorsed Herman Cain.
 SunSeeker Oct 2012 #17
LineNew Reply Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)
 estrada1 Oct 2012 #18
LineLineNew Reply Wrong thread? Oh, and welcome to DU!
 Turborama Oct 2012 #24

Response to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 02:37 PM

xxqqqzme (13,434 posts)

1. I do not like the

continuous split screen.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 06:23 PM

xxqqqzme (13,434 posts)

23. I saw that on FB. It's cute.

That is one advantage but I no longer have an entertainment armoire.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:14 PM

Star Member Dark n Stormy Knight (1,176 posts)

19. I agree. It's just creepy. No one needs to have a camera straight on them for 90 minutes.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:31 PM

high density (13,383 posts)

26. I watched it on PBS

They only showed one camera at a time. I was surprised to see on "The Daily Show" clips from Fox and ABC showing both candidates at once in split screen.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 02:58 PM

Life Long Dem (8,012 posts)

3. Oct 3rd

The first debate. Are we going to get past that, or what.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 02:59 PM

SoapBox (5,823 posts)

4. Ditto...it's now ancient history.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:01 PM

Star Member AndyTiedye (22,977 posts)

5. Nope. The Other Ones Don't Count as far as the MSM is Concerned

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:17 PM

DallasNE (2,960 posts)

6. The Proper Story Of The First Debate

Should have been the Romney lies and how Romney pivoted 180 degrees on everything rather than how it caught Obama flat-footed. This was, after all, something that had never happened in these debates going all of the way back to 1960 so that was a huge story and it still has not been reported on to any great extent by MSM. If that wasn't enought, Romeny did the very same thing on foreign policy in the last debate and it has taken Colin Powell to point this out to any extent. The Romney answer to all of this; he will not conduct any interviews until after the election, turning the next 11 days into mere photo-op's. The proper response to this would be very, very limited coverage of Romney events. But that will never happen as MSM will continue to kiss Romney's a$$.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:44 PM

Star Member Cha (124,605 posts)

9. Agree.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 04:28 PM

ashling (19,220 posts)

12. A 360 degree screen would have shown Romney all over the place

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:20 PM

Star Member mountain grammy (1,603 posts)

7. Next question; Do you think Americans are proud of their racism?

You bet! The election of a black man to the presidency, instead of putting an end to racism once and for all, has seemed to awakened the deepest, darkest instincts of many Americans. They're so whacky and pissed off in Texas, we could have another civil war, as soon as they get a day off.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:46 PM

Star Member Cha (124,605 posts)

10. Yeah, why aren't the media jackals calling Sununu a freaking race baiter/asshole?

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 04:43 PM

TrollBuster9090 (1,604 posts)

16. Yes, Obama's election forced the racists to stand up and show themselves.

And they're mostly in the Republican Party. Obama's election has highlighted this. They'd previously kept fairly quiet, and only showed their location on election day. When Obama started running for President they got very vocal, and have found it hard to contain their stupidity.

Personally, I think it's a good thing. Flushing them all out, so their attitudes can be confronted and dealt with.

Yes, if this were pre-1965, all the racists would be hiding in the Democratic Party. But the Democrats were finally able to erase their racist past thanks to LBJ and the Civil Rights movement. I think the Republicans will do the same, eventually. Renounce the 'Southern Strategy' and all the dog whistle politics, and pass some affirmative action legislation. Then the racists will have nowhere to do except to some crackpot third party, where they can be marginalized where they belong.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:28 PM

Star Member Spitfire of ATJ (7,384 posts)

21. It wasn't that long ago when Republicans were claiming affirmative action was "obsolete",...

....since racism didn't exist anymore.

Now there are white people being fired from their jobs for being Obama supporters.

Amongst racists, as you know, there's only one thing worse than a ni**er and that's a ni**er lover.

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Sat Oct 27, 2012, 12:21 AM

Star Member mountain grammy (1,603 posts)

27. I love your optimism and hope you're right.

a few million more mixed race kids like Barack and racism disappears... I should live so long.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:37 PM

Star Member azurnoir (26,658 posts)

8. so how many of Mittens supporters are 'racially motivated'?

hmmm seems Sununu is suffering from an acute case projectionitis, don't know if there's cure though

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:14 PM

Star Member TahitiNut (71,568 posts)

20. In effect, ALL of them.

When a candidate harbors racists and stands behind them as they spew their racist filth, anyone voting for such despicable human sewage is, in effect if not overtly, a racist and a coward.


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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:55 PM

mahannah (24 posts)

11. UN Address?

"Gen. Powell’s credibility, his patriotism, his willingness to tell it straight." Mr. Powell's address to the United Nations just prior to our invasion of Iraq comes to mind.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 04:33 PM

TrollBuster9090 (1,604 posts)

14. True, but the narrative he's tried to spin ever since is that he was duped

and that's why he left the Bush Administration in the second term.

It probably isn't true, but if it gives Powell enough cover to make his endorsement of Obama useful, I'll go with it.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 05:42 PM

1StrongBlackMan (5,408 posts)

22. Why do you believe that ...

it's a narrative he's tried to spin ever since.

Is it beyond the realm of possibility that he WAS duped? And, that that was the reason he left the bush administration? Bottom-line, as Sec. of State, you go with what your intelligence agencies tell you is true, unless you have evidence that contradicts it.

The argument seems to be satisfactory for Democrats/DUers, when it comes to what HRC said about Bengazi ... she was given inaccurate intelligence.

But I guess that's somehow different.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 08:29 PM

Star Member justiceischeap (9,828 posts)

25. I'm not defending what Powell did, he's stated he had some reservations but one thing I keep in mind

is that Powell was a career soldier. They are shipped to basic training, where they are torn down and remade in the mold that the US Military wants them to be, which is order following killing machines (to be blunt). When a career soldier is told by his commanding officer that he is to do something, he is not ALLOWED to question it. I would guess that went through his head when being told to go to the UN.

It's not out of the realm that he too was lied to. Bush/Cheney lied to everyone else, why not him?

Lastly, liberals may not appreciate Powell's endorsement but there are other people in this country and there are still people who respect him, see him as a man who served this nation honorably. No matter what he did in the Bush admin, he was a decorated soldier before that and he willingly gave to this country up to offering up his life if need be. People outside of DU and the progressive community respect that and some moderate Repubs & Independents may take a second look at President Obama based on this endorsement.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 04:32 PM

George II (3,021 posts)

13. As usual, he's cool and calm and knows how to take his shots without seeming to come off........

....insulting or offensive. Perfect response.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 04:36 PM

TrollBuster9090 (1,604 posts)

15. Thank you, John Sununu.

Most of the Republican pundits had been doing their best to make the Powell endorsement a non-issue all day yesterday, until Sununu stuck his big, rancid foot in his mouth with that comment. Now it's a good excuse to get Powell's endorsement back into the news cycle.

I've been VERY impressed so far with Team Obama's ability to run the news cycle. They're beating the Republicans at their own game.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 04:49 PM

Star Member SunSeeker (5,035 posts)

17. If all Powell cared about was race, he'd have endorsed Herman Cain.

Why anyone puts a mic in front of Sununu is beyond me.

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 04:55 PM

estrada1 (3 posts)

18. Spam deleted by gkhouston (MIR Team)

 

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 06:30 PM

Star Member Turborama (19,386 posts)

24. Wrong thread? Oh, and welcome to DU!

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