Colin Powell Offers Uncensored View Of The Clintons In Leaked Emails

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell offered up his unfiltered view of the Clintons in newly leaked emails from Powell’s personal account that were dumped online in a password protected database that was accessed by TPM on Wednesday.

“I would rather not have to vote for her, although she is a friend I respect,” the retired four-star general wrote of Hillary Clinton in a July 24, 2014 email to business partner Jeffrey Leeds, published by the anonymous site DC Leaks. “A 70-year person with a long track record, unbridled ambition, greedy, not transformational, with a husband still dicking bimbos at home (according to the NYP).”

Asked about the authenticity of that email, Powell wrote to the New York Post, “Jeez, don’t remember this one. Best to ignore., (sic) don’t you think?”

Peggy Cifrino, a Powell aide, confirmed to Vice News he was hacked and “these are his emails,” but declined further comment.

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Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/colin-powell-leaked-emails-clintons-unfiltered-opinion

[pnwmom]

1. Note that he says she's greedy -- and in another email complains that he lost a nice speaking gig

because they paid her too much so there wasn't enough to hire him.

[hibbing]

2. This is twice today I have seen "ambitious" used in a disparaging way for her

You would never ever hear that word applied to a man. Of course the Colin has no credibility to me after that performance at the U.N. and being a willing accomplice in the crimes of the Bush administration.


Peace

[deurbano]

3. Project much? Except it was Powell, not his spouse, doing the "dicking."

Somehow, St. Colin's documented infidelity, lying (about the justification for a war that that continues to have a devastating impact) and cover-ups (about actually serious matters) just don't fit the media narrative.

[Rincewind]

17. And don't forget

his work to cover up the My Lai massacre.

[deurbano]

33. That guy has gotten a pass on EVERYthing his whole career... and now into retirement.

[JNelson6563]

29. Amazing, isn't it?

[maxsolomon]

4. "she is a friend i respect",

and then proceed to trash her and bill? some friend.

just think, there was a time when he could have become the 1st black president.

guess what, war criminal? YOU HAVE TO VOTE FOR HER.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. And why hold it against her....

if Bill is still "dicking" other women? If he is a horn dog, that's on him, not her.

[Odin2005]

38. Because a lot of people still only see women as extensions of their husbands.

You can see this in how people project Bill Clinton's policies and positions onto Hillary. Bill is a conservative Southern Democrat, Hillary is "establishment" and has some neo-liberal tendencies, but she's no conservative.

[awoke_in_2003]

39. Very true...

I never understood it, but then between my grandmothers and mother, plus a handful of aunts, and now my wife, I have been surrounded by strong women.

[chowder66]

5. Wasn't there something reported about possible editing of emails?

I thought I saw something on that posted in GD a few weeks back. There was evidence of alterations. ?

I find it a bit odd that in 2014 he says "A 70 year person"? I take that to mean a 70 year old.
And if she was a good friend he would probably know that she was 66 at the time of the email.

Something smells in my opinion.

[jonno99]

26. Apparently Powel has confirmed that the emails are authentic:

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-colin-powell-confirms-authenticity-of-1473869790-htmlstory.html

[chowder66]

35. He didn't seem to recall that one

It's a bit weird, no?

I'm not saying he couldn't have said all of those things but the 70 year old thing and the strange contradictory language just throws me a bit. I wonder if the guy he was emailing has a copy. It doesn't matter much in the end though.

[BlueInPhilly]

6. It just says that he is a back-stabber

I don't know if he is friends with Trump, but he said he considered Clinton a friend and he talks shit about her.

That's why I said I do not condone the release or sensationalism of anything HACKED, regardless of whether it is for the better or worse. It is a crime, it is thief, and we should not patronize stolen information as much as we would not buy stolen goods.

[SticksnStones]

8. Gayle King this am on CBS saw fit to read that very line...

What a way with words he has....sheesh ~

The man's a declared republican for a reason...they can keep him as far as I'm concerned.

[Bill USA]

9. somebody should start leaking "hacked" emails from Trump, RNC with 'interesting' comments in them.

Start flooding eager journalists with the realistic appearing emails from Republican party leadership and Trump. The 'journalists' won't bother to see if the emails can be verified to have come form RNC, Republican leaders or TRump (can they be verified?) -- Hell, does that matter?? Just print 'em! Corroborate later!


Hey, I got one:

[div style="float:right;"]8 July 2002

From: VicePresidentCheney
To: SkooterLibby, ArmitageR, ...

Wouldn't it be too bad if somebody outed that bitch Plame? That would make it seem like her husband, Joe Wilson, only got the job to check out Niger re "yellow cake" shipments to Iraq, out of nepotism and help squelch his article debunking our "yellow cake" TP in our rationale for invading Iraq. Yeah, if only somebody let it be known Wilson only got the job out of nepotism and he really doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about, that would be 'interesting'. I'm sure some of 'our boys' in the media would love to get that tidbit.

Vice President 'Darth Vader' Cheney

[Sunlei]

21. Whoever hacked those type personal emails probably will only "leak them" if needed.

Cheney stated he took "no notes". His government business 'emails' (public) were always very dry.

[Cal33]

10. This looks like a personal email sent privately and never meant for publication. It became public

only because of some email leak that Colin Powell had nothing to do with. If the above is correct,
then, in my opinion, he has done nothing to deserve such wide-spread criticism.

What do you think?

[moonscape]

15. I agree. We all vent about people, and Powell has not been

publicly slamming the Clintons at all. He's entitled to private emails and thoughts. My guess is that there were many complementary things he said privately also about the Clintons. He didn't say she would be a terrible president.

[lapucelle]

28. Didn't he accuse Clinton of lying a few weeks ago about the email advice he gave her?

And wasn't it Powell who was actually lying about the timing and his advice?

[deurbano]

34. Yes.

[JNelson6563]

30. Ok, no.

I see this thought put forth often enough, I need to comment.

I was in politics for some years, local and state level stuff. When I was chair of our Congressional district, I knew *never* to put anything in writing I would not want the world to see. (Even at such lowly levels one has adversaries.) Shit, I learned about not writing personal things in high school decades before that.

So no, someone who has been on the world stage should not get a pass for putting that into writing, as it were. He knew the risk and it has been realized. Judging by his hopefully dismissive response my guess is he is well aware of this and is currently hanging out with some familiar acquaintances; hindsight and regret.

[adigal]

36. Really!! And in an email?? Just abject stupidity.

I am a high school teacher, and I know, know, not to put things in emails. Between FOAIs and hacking, I could lose my job if I put some of the stuff I think into emails!! Not that it's bad, I just work in a very conservative district.

[JNelson6563]

40. Amen!

[Jim Byrd]

11. wanting to be President makes her have "unbridled ambition, greedy"???

why doesn't he say the same about all the other candidates for President??

[fleabiscuit]

16. Jealousy. eom

[mercuryblues]

22. the other candidates

earned the right to be president on the day they were born.

[Cal33]

24. Please read Msg. !0 (3 or 4 posts above yours).

[Odin2005]

37. Sexism, he probably finds her ambition "unseemly" for a woman.

The supposed "greediness" is just his own sexist projection. People like Clinton much prefer power over wealth, and while the idea of wanting political power is seen as somehow inherently bad, I don't think it is as long as the person wants that power to do good.

[milestogo]

12. Colin Powell lost all credibility 15 years ago.

I don't care what he says in his emails or anywhere else.

[GeorgeGist]

13. This clown deserves a picture ....

[tavernier]

14. Wow. I actually respected him.

Thought he made an error in judgement.

Now he is trying to pin the lies to Hillary.

But as his own emails show, he is just covering up his own ass.

Damn, why don't I ever learn that these republicans are just liars???

[Sunlei]

18. Not a national security issue but the hack was for sure embarrassing for Powell and the Clinton's.

Now Powell will stand up like he did with Obama and say he'll vote for Clinton. All people will hear is 'dicking bimbos'.

This type of hack and leak is also a 'threat' to all who have private emails with private chat they would never say in public.

[AngryAmish]

19. "dicking bimbos"....my sides...Bill still got it.

[daleo]

20. Powell lid to the UN to start a war that has thrown the world into turmoil ever since

His opinions of other people's character have to be considered in that light.

[csziggy]

23. Several of the reports yesterday claimed Powell said worse things about Trump

But they did not discuss the Trump comments, only the ones about Clinton. If the more critical comments are about Trump why is no one covering those? (This of course is a rhetorical question.)

[KittyWampus]

25. Hacked emails can be edited. And I don't care what Powell says

about anything.

Anyone willing to lie to the United Nations has a worthless opinion.

[jonno99]

27. Powell confirms authenticity:

http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-colin-powell-confirms-authenticity-of-1473869790-htmlstory.html

[KittyWampus]

32. Authentic emails can still be altered. Did he see them all and vouch they are all 100% accurate?

If he did, it still doesn't change the fact he lied to the world and helped commit war crimes.

[gwheezie]

31. I'm more upset that Russia is meddling

In our election. How do we know they aren't holding back positive emails that would support Hillary. The email hacking is purposeful and targets Hillary & democrats and anyone who opposes trump.