Colin Powell may support Democrat or Independent in ‘08

[Lucinda]

February 8, 2008
Colin Powell may support Democrat or Independent in ‘08
Posted: 08:12 PM ET

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican who served under President Bush, said Friday he may not back the GOP presidential nominee in November, telling CNN that “I am keeping my options open at the moment.”

“I have voted for members of both parties in the course of my adult life,” Powell, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “And as I said earlier, I will vote for the candidate I think can do the best job for America, whether that candidate is a Republican, a Democrat, or an Independent.”

Powell also offered praise for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, who is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, calling him an “exciting person on the political stage.“He has energized a lot of people in America,” said Powell, who briefly weighed his own run for the White House in the mid-1990s. “He has energized a lot of people around the world. And so I think he is worth listening to and seeing what he stands for.”

Powell, who has largely steered clear of politics since leaving the administration in 2004, noted that the next president will need to work to restore America’s standing in the world.

“I will ultimately vote for the person I believe brings to the American people the kind of vision the American people want to see for the next four years,” he said. “A vision that reaches out to the rest of the world, that starts to restore confidence in America, that starts to restore favorable ratings to America. Frankly, we've lost a lot in recent years.”

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/08/colin-powell-may-support-democrat-or-independent-in-%e2%80%9808/

[Xipe Totec]

1. Don't bother n/t

[Olney Blue]

2. I'm still baffled that Colin Powell enabled the chimp so completely.

[montanacowboy]

3. WHO EVEN CARES WHO THAT LYING WAR MONGER

VOTES FOR? WHO EVEN CARES THAT THAT POS IS STILL WALKING AROUND AMONG THE LIVING = FUCK YOU COLIN POWELL AND DAMN YOU TO HELL FOR THE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS OF THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF INNOCENTS.

IS HE TRYING TO WEASEL HIS WAY BACK INTO SOCIETY AGAIN? HE DISGUSTS MY DOGS.

[thunder rising]

4. There isn't enough holy water in the vatican to wash that MF clean

Do the country a favor Colin, STFU and keep you vote a secret.

[TheDebbieDee]

5. Colin Powell......he is dead to me!

He's a war criminal, a right wing tool that knowingly lied to the UN and the world to justify the invasion of Iraq.

[DinahMoeHum]

6. Who gives a flying fuck what Colin Powell thinks, anyway???

After his performance at the UN in the winter of 2003, I consider him to be less than a man - 3/5ths of one, actually.

:evilfrown:

[AX10]

7. Shut up and go home you lying bastard!

He lied to the congress and to the WORLD COMMUNITY for Bush.
:thumbsdown:

[joeybee12]

8. Great, the guy who told the most lies about WMD's in Iraq...they'll

be clamoring down his door for that prized endorsement.

[joeybee12]

9. Great, the guy who told the most lies about WMD's in Iraq...they'll

be clamoring down his door for that prized endorsement.

[AX10]

10. Shut up and go home you lying bastard!

He lied to the congress and to the WORLD COMMUNITY for Bush.
:thumbsdown:

[nonconformist]

11. Since people are looking for people to blame for the war...

Right here is a BIG ONE. People respected him, and therefore believed his lies to the UN. AND HE KNEW BETTER.

[Sebass1271]

12. LOST ALL RESPECT FOR HIM

A LONG TIME AGO..

HE CAN SWIPE HIS VOTE THRU HIS A--. I DON'T CARE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY..:puke: