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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-08 08:26 AM
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13. Just curious...were you politically aware when My Lai happened?
Powell gained a great reputation due to his high profile during the Bush I administration, but the guy's early career included spinning the My Lai massacre so that it didn't tarnish the reputations of field grade commanders or the Divison itself.
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  -Please control yourself if you don't like Powell - THIS IS A HUGE endorsement for Obama!!! SeeHopeWin  Oct-19-08 08:19 AM   #0 
  - The reasons he gave for supporting Obama are concrete.  jaxx   Oct-19-08 08:21 AM   #1 
  - Bingo!  SeeHopeWin   Oct-19-08 08:22 AM   #5 
  - why? we are amongst friends here. Out talking to moderates and right wingers  mucifer   Oct-19-08 08:21 AM   #2 
  - We have to move on and NOT do a circular firing squad over this. We can't undo  K Gardner   Oct-19-08 08:55 AM   #34 
  - I actually like Powell. I bet I will be banned now.  Jennicut   Oct-19-08 08:21 AM   #3 
  - Just curious...were you politically aware when My Lai happened?  HereSince1628   Oct-19-08 08:26 AM   #13 
     - Your right and yes I remember I was there  donco   Oct-19-08 08:50 AM   #26 
     - I think this endorsement is a bad thing for McCain  HereSince1628   Oct-19-08 10:21 AM   #43 
     - Sorry, I wasn't born yet. Not till 1975. I am 32.  Jennicut   Oct-20-08 09:04 AM   #46 
  - If the DUers who don't like him will actually listen to  OKNancy   Oct-19-08 08:22 AM   #4 
  - I am happy he endorsed Obama. But, I can't forgive lying us into a war. He was part of it.  mucifer   Oct-19-08 08:24 AM   #8 
  - Agreed.  SeeHopeWin   Oct-19-08 08:24 AM   #9 
  - Agree. Rec'd  esuna   Oct-19-08 08:23 AM   #6 
  - Kaboom! went the McCain campaign!  SurferBoy   Oct-19-08 08:23 AM   #7 
  - Powell was disturbed by the Palin pick  democracy1st   Oct-19-08 08:24 AM   #10 
  - Yep. There was no way he could support McCain after he picked Palin and still  renie408   Oct-19-08 08:27 AM   #16 
  - Most nornal-thinking people were disturbed by the Palin pick.  Kalyke   Oct-19-08 08:56 AM   #35 
  - I agree  Hope2006   Oct-19-08 08:25 AM   #11 
  - Look ...  Cosmocat   Oct-19-08 08:25 AM   #12 
  - That is how I also see it !!! But I'm grateful. Very grateful he came through  Mira   Oct-19-08 08:29 AM   #18 
  - I bet Bush and Cheney are PISSED ! nt  steve2470   Oct-19-08 08:27 AM   #14 
  - Reminder: General Powell is really respected AROUND THE WORLD...  SeeHopeWin   Oct-19-08 08:27 AM   #15 
  - Make sure you watch - very moving  LEW   Oct-19-08 08:28 AM   #17 
  - Yep... I Had Tears In My Eyes By The End Of That Endorsement  WillyT   Oct-19-08 08:30 AM   #20 
  - I don't like Powell anymore AND I am thrilled he endorsed!!!!  npincus   Oct-19-08 08:30 AM   #19 
  - A lot of it related to Palin.  MyPetRock   Oct-19-08 08:34 AM   #21 
  - He just really dogged on Bachmann  Rose Siding   Oct-19-08 08:41 AM   #22 
  - What did he say about Bachmann? (I am hearing impaired--can't hear  tblue37   Oct-19-08 08:43 AM   #23 
     - He talked about a congress person  Rose Siding   Oct-19-08 08:53 AM   #28 
  - I think it's big. You can't spin this as anything but a disaster for McCain.  terrya   Oct-19-08 08:46 AM   #24 
  - Let's win the election first, then you can bash people helping us!  Democat   Oct-19-08 08:46 AM   #25 
  - I'm glad he endorsed Obama, it's major.  Balderdash   Oct-19-08 08:50 AM   #27 
  - I'm very grateful and glad.  Waiting For Everyman   Oct-19-08 08:54 AM   #29 
  - I am not surprised. It was very obvious how he felt used and abused by the Bush administration  musicblind   Oct-19-08 08:54 AM   #30 
  - He was not a victim  dansolo   Oct-19-08 09:00 AM   #39 
     - He was lied to and reassured by the head of the CIA about the information.  musicblind   Oct-19-08 09:58 AM   #42 
  - We need this endorsement  graywarrior   Oct-19-08 08:54 AM   #31 
  - You might want to ask the 4,000+ troops killed because of  dgibby   Oct-19-08 09:39 AM   #40 
  - This has been the best weekend evah!  FloridaJudy   Oct-19-08 08:55 AM   #32 
  - Thank you for this post.  Unbowed   Oct-19-08 08:55 AM   #33 
  - :)  SeeHopeWin   Oct-19-08 05:55 PM   #44 
  - In the short term, it's politically expedient. In the long term,  nichomachus   Oct-19-08 08:56 AM   #36 
  - 10 reasons to lay off Powell... cuz his record is actually better than some democrats  Essene   Oct-19-08 08:58 AM   #37 
  - Thanks for this. N/T  michele77   Oct-19-08 09:54 AM   #41 
  - Oh bullshit  JNelson6563   Oct-19-08 08:59 AM   #38 
  - True- no arguing with Powell's reasoning  progressiveforever   Oct-19-08 06:01 PM   #45 
 

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