Wow, Powell and Duberstein are funny guy's. Pretty good zingers in there against Kristol aka "Dan Qualye's brain" and his "musings."

And that is why Powell is presidential. He shows leadership and judgement. When in doubt, lay out.

I sure wish he were the VP choice.

MORE FOX NOISE!

Yawn.

It seems apparent that Kristol assumed something he shouldn't have. You know what they say about those that assume.

There is no way Obama is going to cross party lines for a VP - not with all the Hillary supporters still withholding their support for Obama. I think Kristol just likes to yank chains, which seems to have worked.

Has Bill Kristol ever been right about anything? What a buffoon.

I guess he's not into kool-aid.

"mase. you call it corn." Anyway, BillK has never concealed his dislike of Colon, this was a pre-emptive to force Powell out of a game plan. And it worked.

Statistically speaking Colin Powell will be supporting Obama.

I could care less who Colin Powell endorses.

Scotti - it's because they can't!

Todd:

Do you think that general Colin Powell has any concern as to who you vote for?

Anyone remember that Colin Powell went before the UN to deceive the world into attacking Iraq?

..Oh Stan, I dont think BHO and his big supersized EGO will stand for Hillary being on the ticket. Why?

The woman is brilliant; and he?

ah, uh, ah.. er..

DUH

And with his great credibility we should care why?

Why on earth would Colin Powell indorse Obama for President of the United States - Obama couldn't carry Gen Powells briefcase to a meeting.

Again does anyone really think Obama has a chance in hell of becoming the President? It will never happen -

We need a man or a woman for that job not a school boy with no experience. Hilary was superior in every way but the far left of the party undid her.

It makes for great arguements but Obama has no chance when the chips are down - Jesse Jackson would have been a better choice. Colin Powell was my number 1 - 2 and 3 pick but he didn't want it - and after looking how the press treats you I don't blame him.

Dennis Fort Myers Fl:

I am aware of Obama's 57 states gaffe.....

I was only being sarcastic as was the 60 state wonder fellow.....

"IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID" NOT MILITARY STRENGTH."

Yes there is strength in weakness and the meek shall inherit the earth. Many countries, especially in the Middle-East respect and admire weakness.

Who wants Powel, anyway? He is old news, and his popularity is non-existent. After being used as a mouth piece for lies by the war mongers, this man's credibility is zero.

It seems the possible endorsement of Barack Obama by Colin Powell, a genuine American statesman, patriot and hero, scares the mess out of pseudo-patriots, extremists, and racists. This is a good thing. For now we know who we need to pray for, since God loves all sinners, including Barack Obama and the people who love or hate him.

There's a lot of angry people on here, perhaps they spend too much time listening to Lush Limbo.

If you heard it on FAUX NEWS you can not believe it.
Peace

wmd,s jason

This whole election is a joke and how dare they besmirch Powell's good name by dragging him into this mess.

I absolutely love Obamacons. Preach the word: higher taxes, the death of capitalism, and hello to socialism.

Okay fellows, have a good evening....and read my choice for post of today.... notice the reference to "peace" as in Hebrew tongue: "shalom".....:

The so called Conservative Rightist loves wars(Foreign policy focused government and messing in other country's business) and the so called Liberal leftist wants peace(Domestic policy focused government and diplomacy for peace around the world)Common sense makes me a Liberal Leftist..That is what you call me?..then Jesus,Ghandi and Dr Martin Luther King were liberal leftists..I'm in good company..you can hang out with George Bush, Cheney and McCain..War,War, and more War. "Blessed are the peacemakers"..the big man upstairs said that. Wise up America! Heaven help us all!

Posted by: Stanley | Aug 13, 2008 8:13:51 PM

a fred, Jason, et al:

Who knows, maybe we can find common ground.....

have a good one...

peace to all

If Gen. Colin Powell supports Obama. We will go to bat for him. No question about that! The republican attack dogs will try to take the General down again just like the last time! We will fight them!

Exactly, talking about tax credits when there are people who can't afford to go to the hospital anyways. I have insurance and I get it from my job at an affordable rate, but there are people who can't afford to get employer-provided insurance because they are not paid enough to afford it. A tax credit won't help if you can't pay in the first place. Obama 2008!

Whats up?

name one obama accomplishment

Stanley, I download the policy statements of both candidates and read them carefully, weighing how my taxes will be affected, how national security will be affected, and what our country will be like under the leadership of the two candidates.

Of course I am voting for Obama. There really isn't any other logical choice.

Bob posted the best comment ever here. Well Spoken and True

stanley ever hear him off the teleprompter. He was not at the top of his class either

STANELY

I'm am so sick of hearing about that one accomplishment (Harvard trained Lawyer) What the hell else has he done? absolutely NOTHING! He has no state senate record, no senate record, never ran a business, never governed a damn thing...etc!

proud stanley, when he tells a little girl amaerica is no longer great
proud stanley , when he says hes been to 57 states two to go
proud stanley, when he calls a racist church his home

obama voted present, 29 times in the senate he wont stand on anything

Now didn't Hilary Clinton and John Edwards point out is State Senate record? Didn't he already go over that and how he, unlike most Republican elitist, became a community organizer instead of make it big and rich, then get old, then run for office. I would like you all to listen when he talks for once or read what his ideas are. McCain's ideas are more of the same and haven't worked for the past 8 years so it will not work the next 4 or 8. Republicans always want to do nothing and hope it works out. I'm happy that Obama is going for it and he's going to win in the end. Obama 2008!

What is the DNC up to now that they would misrepresent Gen Colin Powell, who served his country well, and is a long-time Republican. The DNC no longer represents the Dem party. The DNC have botched the fairness of the election process. Their latest actions of misrepresentation are a continuation of their ineffective and strong-arm tactics. Their DNC candidate is behind this and supporting them, otherwise he would have spoken up long ago against this. It's time for Dems to wake up and stop the DNC debacle with votes for the best Republicans.

I live in illinois. he has no record trust me

This whole discussion, Powell going to the Democratic convention, sounds like it has a connection to racial politics to me. I don't care for Obama, but if this is a right-wing maneuver to try to falsely paint high-ranking people of color as being aligned with Obama,regardless of political persusasion, in order to create a white working class backlash, I'm quite certain that it will not work. I don't trust Bill Kristol, I frankly think he's a dirty tricks kind of guy.

we have spent alot of money to defend ourselves ,this is true. Clinton voted for nafta there went the jobs, quit blaming repubs for the state of housing
crisis

I LIKE IT!

"musings" A fabulously dismissive (and entirely appropriate) label for what is forthcoming from Kristol's word processing program. I'm gonna steal it; since the NYT unwisely decided to give him a platform outside right-wing communications circles, there ends up being more reason to comment about him derisively.

How does anyone know if they are voting for Barry Soetoro, or Barack Obama? Does he have citizenship in Indonesia as well as the US and where is his allegiance? Did he legally change his name to Barack Obama in Hawaii or is the name on the ballot not legal? So many questions and absolutely no answers.

ann makes sense

stanley do you believe there is ever a reason to defend yourself militarily

We all believe we should defend yourself militarily when there is a threat. Iraq wasn't a threat. Afghanistan was and we left that alone to deal with Iraq, then we found out there was nothing to deal with in Iraq, and now we want to go back to Afghanistan and add on Pakistan. Next time we involve ourselves in a war can it be for a real threat? Al-Qaida was in Pakistan the whole time, so let's go after the ones who did the bombing. Obama 2008!

I think we found some al-qaida in iraq
marcus

stanly
kemosobi
i know mccain is old but i hope he doesnt think he is fighting indians.
maybe he thinks he is the lone ranger---and his sidekick--wonder if he has a song for russia

a fred, after we destabilized that country with this war. They weren't there until Bush decided to get rid of the security they had. Saddam did not like Iran or Al-Qaida, since he was Sunni. He actually got along with Saudi Arabia, one of our allies. Obama 2008!

erin
yes and he was a republican---kind of scary

Nope, because there is corruption throughout this show government that Bush helped put together. Yeah he put more troops in there. Obama would have to do that too. Even the Iraqis want us out. They just asked for a clear timeline on troop withdrawals. It's done, it has to change, and it's time to end this. Obama 2008!

Ok so now it's time to leave. We're still there wasting money and we could be using that here so that we can deal with our own problems. They want us to leave, so we should work on leaving. Obama 2008!

Now Russia is using what we did to justify what they're doing in Georgia, and probably will do in the other former countries not covered by NATO. We've opened a can of worms that we can't do anything about. It's time for a change and we can't keep fighting. Obama 2008!

stan do you think we should drill off shore?

stan you cant isolate yourself good bye

Powell is definitely A BUSH MAN! HE WENT TO THE U.N. LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH ABOUT WMD IN IRAQ! HOW DARE HE THINK HE IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ! He is a weasal, a mealy mouthed cutthroat. BACK OFF, POWELL

911 picked us

They say those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. I remember the 1972 election, Nixon was very unpopular with Watergate, Vietnam, etc. Democrats were fighting amongst themselves, McGovern received the Dem. nomination, Humphrey supporters felt robbed were not going to vote for McGovern, vote for Nixon, stay home, etc. Nixon won by a landslide. Fast forward to 2008, any of this sound like Deja Vu boys and girls. We're going to wind up with McCain like it or not.

thats what im talkin bout

you just told me you are uninformed but yet youre going to vote for one canidate over another.. stanley ...waz-up

obama rasing taxes will only hurt the economy...thats what mccain says and i agree with him even kennedy said a rising tide lifes all

read your history books stan there will never be peace in the world ...we can,t agree with each other and we both love america ..so how can you expect the rest of the world to agree

The "Fox Noise" fingered Edwards' shenanagans 2 weeks before he owned up to it and abc and the rest of the media finally covered it. Don't blame the messanger if Kristol doesn't know what he talking about.

If the American political-media system were differet, I suppose Mr. Powell might run. But as an old solider, I guess he doesn't feel comfortable mouthing worthless platitudes about change and changing his stance to suit whatever audience he is talking to an that moment.

I have great respect for Powell and would have voted for him if he ever tossed his hat in the ring (unlike the distasteful Obama), however, his whole career would be a sham if he publicly declared support of Obama. Now he can go into the booth and pull the lever for the guy, like 98% of blacks in this country will, whether the black Rebubs tell you that or not....but we'll never know. I believe he will NOT publicly endorse Obama.

ekanem,expected more from u...otu.bush would have gone to war anyway.the man stil got rep men...

Duh, he's a republican!

Obama gets elected and there goes our military even more, budget cuts, more downsizing, and we'll be back to being left even worse then before Desert Storm.. not enough troop planes, new technology alreay there for missle defense will be tossed aside just as obama said he would do as he thinks we dont need it, he already made plenty of enemies within the military. My bet is something will happen once again to the miltary vote come november.

geevill - that's rather insulting to Powell, suggesting he's going to follow race rather than issues in making his personal choice of which candidate to support. Powell is a serious guy, who achieved a lot and who would most likely be president right now if he had wanted it.

Yes, he has that chink in the armor of his presentation to the UN, building the false case for our Iraq invasion.

Still, I think he carries a lot of credibility and I'm hoping he does cross party lines to make a public endorsement. The fact that he hasn't flat out said I'm supporting the Republican is intriguing.

Yes, time to focus on Convention not Russia so much a lot more to worry about there are pleanty other issues to solve don't forget

When is the losing party a winner?? When the candidates are Obama and McCain..Colin Powell for President 2013.............

30yrdem - I don't think Obama's team would play those kind of games. It would be too easy for Powell himself to put an end to it, and if irritated at having his name used, to really embarrass the Obama team in the process.

What I find interesting is that Powell isn't just ending the speculation by flatly stating an easy one-liner - "I'm supporting my party's nominee."

He hasn't done that yet. All he has said is he's not going to either convention.

Paul...see above comment..........

It was Powell who convinced Bush Sr to not finish the job in Iraq like Stormin Norman wanted to. and yes we have learned blacks like Clyburn are only supporting Obama because of race.

haha Obama/Powell 2008+ Minorities are majority in 2047= end of the old US

Obama is outpacing McCain 6 to 1 in support from troops stationed overseas. He doesnt need any support from Powell.

Shalom and Michael-Thank you for saying the obvious. Powell eagerly threw his integrity out the window when he sold his soul to promote the Iraq lie. I don't care if he fades away-like all GOOD generals should do. But he won't because he's no longer a 'good' general-just another traitor with a title he no longer deserves.

spudmctater and cc - I mistakenly attributed to shalom and michael what should have been attributed to you. Keep up the good work.

"...comments here generally are from the babbling fools who wouldn't begin to know what a logical argument looks like...ignorant fools who post on these blogs...lack a real life."---Glad to see you aren't one of those 'ignorant, babbling fools'. LMFAO!

CuriousIndep - So if I understand your point, your implying that Powell might be saying nothing to make us all think he's supporting Obama... to help Obama will win so he can run for the GOP nomination in 2012?

Not the craziest thought I've ever read here, but it does sound awful Clintonian.

Paul..just wishful thinking..no actually I believe that the next President will be a one term President since neither Obama nor McCain, in my opinion, have much to offer..If Obama's does take it I truly believe he will be Carter the sequel high taxes, higher unemployment, gas lines etc; therefore, he will have to contend with a stronger Republican candidate in 2013..If McCain takes it, I believe he is too tired and old to go for a second term as well as a shoot from the lip attitude (it disappoints me to say that as I lean repub)...Should be an interesting next 4 years, I just hope we survive it.........

My post's on this blog have been deleted, yet I see that the purely leftist strain remains? I think I feel a tingle up my leg. I guess it is an honor considering the source, whose motto is "We will tell you all the news that we agree with, the rest we will spin or omit, truth be damned". Also, why is it that a lefty can post over and over but mine get tagged as spam? Something stinks in here worse than B.O.

Colin Powell would be the best choice for President. I find it hard to believe he would endorse the anti-christ for anything.

"There is no way Obama is going to cross party lines for a VP "

Well... not from the Republican party, but maybe from the Green or Socialist party.

Powell never endorsed Obama, so why is this news? Of course Powell will not go to a Democratic Convention. Powell is a Republican and in the past has stated that he will remain a Republican. So why is this news?

Here we go again. Another Republican on a post on this page has just receited the Republican verse of calling the Democratic Candidate 'Anti-Christ'.

Republicans always say they want to discuss the issues, But they always use the 'Anti-Christ' name calling instead.

How boring!

Hah! Poor Colin Powell, you know the republican slimers would be after him if they heard he would officially endorse Obama. He can only let us know he approves of this surpisingly intelligent candidate. We are all glad for it.

Way to go Powell! Kick that right wing, neocon Kristol in the butt! Dan Quayle's brain??? Come to think of it - Kristol didn't do that much for Quayle that I can think of.

Colin is more than likely feeling that he has played his role and given to his country above and beyond most and many are pleased and admire him. Regardless of his mis-information that was given to him that initiated the war, it does not change who he is and his possibilities and forward thinking toward change and integrity. It is my hope that he does make the decision to be apart of a turning point in our time in our country. That something inside him says, "GET OUT THERE AND REPRESENT YOUR CONCIOUS FOR THE WHOLE OF AMERICA." Perhaps this is not his time to sit on the side line or the phone lines with one step into retirement, but instead start part two of his journey. There is unfinished work in this man and I hope he realizes that and gets on with the business of HOPE & PROMISE that he and his country deserves! His leadership should be seen and I would love to see it again behind Obama!

Colin has done nothing but wear a uniform and speak with a deep voice.Get off the military garbage.911 was 7 years ago.

The military donations are very misleading. We now know that there is over $200 million including $38 million from overseas that Obama will NOT tell the FEC the names of those who made the donations. After the complete FEC post election investigation is complete it is likely we will see that a lot of the donations to Obama in the name of service men actually came from other sources. A poll of military personel show McCain with a massive lead in support from military personel. A closer look at the details show McCain at 70% plus in a majority of the different groups with the only group Obama showing a lead is among blacks in the military. Doesn't matter if it is commissioned or non commissioned. White or non black minority. All groups except blacks show McCain with a companding lead in military support. Even with blacks Obama's support is 20 points lower than blacks in the general public. Powell was looking for a way to get back for being quietly being forced out. He had often publicly presented positions that were in contrast to the official US position and tried to set US policy himself.