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Now we know why Colin Powell would not run for President or V.P.. Dancing with the stars?

I love Colin Powell. He was a great Secretary of State. I wished he had taken up Obama's offer and run for the VP slot, although I loike Biden also.

Good luck to him in all he does.

BTW, compare him to Sarah Palin...NO BRAINER!!!!

"I stand before you...as an African-American. People have said..you became secretary of state of the U.S.A., is it still necessary to say that you are an African-American or that you are black? I say, Yes, so that we can remind our children. It took a lot of people struggling to bring me to this point in history. I didn't just drop out of the sky, people came from my continent in chains."
Very profound statement, indeed, from an honorable man. Had Barack Obama however made that statement, can you imagine how the republicans would have jumped all over it?

Jenny Rome Ga:

Are you living in Mars!! How
many times we have seen the current
Pres. Bush dancing with different
groups including the African
dancers!

Powell as VP on Obama's ticket would have been foolish and I doubt Obama even made that offer. Powell on McCain's ticket, however, would have been brilliant. Unfortunately, McCain apparently felt that would run counter to the image he was trying to portray for his ticket: unbalanced, erratic and apparently, clueless. In many ways, what Obama has achieved must make Powell proud. It's something Powell didn't want to try to do himself, but I'm sure he's glad to see that in his lifetime, an African American has been able to garner the support, admiration, love and most importantly the trust of *all* Americans from every color, race and ethnic background. Obama represents the best of the US and the re-emergence of the greatness of the American spirit that lies ahead in a new century.

Okay, how long will it take before Gen. Powell starts getting acused of being racist, Afro-centric, Black liberation theologist, etc. etc.? He's a great man and I do wish he would finally come out and say he endorses Obama. Not that Obama needs his endorsement at this point, but I do believe it would enhance Obama's credentials that he is qualified to be CIC.

POWELL SHOULD HAVE BEEN RUNNING INSTEAD OF OBAMA

WOULD HAVE GOT MY VOTE
I DONT KNOW WHO OBAMA IS
I KNOW WHO POWELL IS

I wish I could get past the vision in my head of him at the UN parotting those war criminals to justify the Iraq War. For all he's done for himself, his race, and this country -- there will always be that moment in time I bet he wishes he could take back.

"POWELL SHOULD HAVE BEEN RUNNING INSTEAD OF OBAMA..WOULD HAVE GOT MY VOTE..."

But this election is not supposed to be about which Black candidate you would vote for. Blacks are not cookie cutter humans with all the same ideas and thoughts. There are ideas of Gen. Powell's ideas that you might dissagree with and not all Blacks would support Gen. Powell either.
Alas, there are some people in this country who could never ever vote for Gen. Powell, either.

He says that using African American will always remind our children of their roots. At the same time it divides us as Americans. Whites aren't called European Americans. I don't think God meant for us to be seperate in the end days. That's why, in the end, we will represent a look of a combination of us all. Sometimes Colin Powell is just like McCain. Erratic and Unpredictable. Guess that comes with old age and being part of the military too long.

"I wish I could get past the vision in my head of him at the UN parotting those war criminals to justify the Iraq War."

Or how they covered Picasso's Guernica so he could show his visuals. At least his performance at the Royal Albert Hall did not cost the lives of over one million souls. "Honorable" is not the word that comes to mind.

A AFRICAN AMERICAN FROM JAMAICA...

CHANGE IS CODE WORD FOR FLIP FLOP

It's important for children to also learn about the Black Slave Trade and that the white man wasn't the only culprit in the slave days. The stronger blacks put the weaker blacks into chains and sold or traded them too.

Ralph, the problem with your view is that you have an identify that can be easily traced back hundreds of years. You don't really need to "create" an identity. For us, being brought to American costs us our identity. The only reason Barack can look back is because she's half white and his father came from Africans who never left the continent. The rest of us like using the "African" in our description because it makes us "feel" like we have a culture somewhere....feel like we have a great history.

I guess you would have to be black to understand how uncomfortable it is to not have a real identity. We're not really African and we just became American around 1965 (you can't be barred from eating lunch at the counter and forced to eat it in the alley and still feel American).

It's why I have so much sorrow when people degrade Rev. J Wright. He lived through ugly times. He has ugly memories. Why can't you guys see that means he may sometimes say ugly things? His anger didn't "fall from the sky". He is of a depressed and repressed time. People like Barack and I may listen to him. The reason we don't agree because we didn't live through those injustices. That doesn't mean that we don't understand his pain. I hear the pain, still, in my parents voices when they talk of those ugly times.

I understand that you guys can't understand....you didn't walk in those shoes. I just wish you guys would stop condemning. Time does NOT heal all wounds. Ask the Jews who still have numbers tattooed on them.

TJ, THE CLINTONITE:

If you don't know who Obama is after almost two years, that already tell me how well you did in school.

FM - Face it Powell has much better style.

JDL -" But this election is not supposed to be about which Black candidate you would vote for. Blacks are not cookie cutter humans with all the same ideas and thoughts." Neither are as McCain is findling out rapidly are women! I would vote for Colin Powell for anything, anywhere, anytime. He has always seemed to be a man of great dignity, intelligence and leadership. I am sure If he were to run someone would dig up buckets of dirt on him but knowing whatI know He is still Presidential to me. That having been said OBAMA/BIDEN 08 PLEASE!!

Truth17, give it a rest. I have heard Powell speak in person and he has a wonderful perspective on life..never would I, a conservative, call him a racist. He is an honorable man. If he endorsed Obama, that would get my attention. Powell is all about character and doing the right thing aside from politics, race, and rancor. If he endorses Obama, I'll vote for him. How's that for a racist Republican?

Have a nice day.

Is there one black person on here who is voting for McCain .. if so, can you tell everyone why?

NoOneCaresAboutTheTruth, thank you for your comment. I hope that Obama's incredible speech on race and the feelings that have bubbled up during this election will allow us all to engage in an open discourse like this. As a country, we need to talk about race, not sweep in under the rug or act like racism doesn't exist any more.

Gansta rap should be outlawed, it's filled with hatred, racism and sexism, this sickens me to see such a VIP dancing to this so-called music.

davectrep - shows how ignorant you are. All hip-hop music is not gansta rap. They have plenty of postive rappers out there. But only a few are highlighted. I seriously doubt a respectable man of his calibar would be dancing to gansta rap.

davectrep-excuse me but did you hear the words to what was being sung? for your information not all gansta rap fits the definition that you gave it, and for another thing colin powell was dancing and enjoying himself so get a grip! and to aar-you took the words out of my mouth!
obama/biden08
the change we need

You can NOT call hip-hop real Music, there is no talent in it, give us all a break Cindy, you're boring us Cindy, stop boring us.

This man should be taking the time to come clean about his activities within this criminal administration by either coming out with it all in an in depth interview or writing a book instead of taking up rapping. He has a lot of explaining to do still.

terry with a small t, you must agree with me that hip-hop is not in the same league as classic rock, ask anyone who Jimmy Page is and the name will ring a bell, know ask anyone, who is Olu Maintain and they'll look at you and say "who" ? I'm right and you're wrong, I win !!!!!!

terry with a small t, you must agree with me that hip-hop is not in the same league as classic rock, ask anyone who Jimmy Page is and the name will ring a bell, know ask anyone, who is Olu Maintain and they'll look at you and say "who" ? I'm right and you're wrong, I win !!!!!!
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By that logic a Chevy Cavalier is a better car than a BMW 535 because more people have heard of the Chevy. That's plain stupid.

As much as i like Jimmy Page he's be the first to say quantity does not equal quality.

Big Daddy had a party. What is so wrong with that? He is no longer a representative of the Republican Party, no longer a representative of the government of the United States. As a private citizen, if he wanted to run naked down Wall Street, it's his right!

For a dancer, he would have made a great Vice Presidential pick. Seriously, Powell is great. I don't always agree with his views, but when he talks I don't feel as if I should be checking my back for knives or my wallet for missing money. I don't blame him for the UN fiasco. He was duped by Bush just as many of us were. As for reminding children of their heritage by calling them African American, I don't have a problem. My family has always emphasized our German and Danish heritage. As long as the children remember they are American first and they shouldn't never judge anyone else by their heritage, religion, etc. they should be fine. Remember what makes you special, but also remember what makes you the same as the rest of us....many people the world over hate all Americans, black, white, brown, yellow, red......doesn't matter.

He would of never done this display of immaturity if he was still in office, what an embarrisment to himself and to his family.

Gen. Powell getting his "groove" on? How funny - yet how real! It is funny to see a stanch military man dance - discipline and all that - but be FREE to be who you are before the world - to help CHANGE the world.

Bravo Gen. Powell!

He should go to jail like everyone else in that willingly participated in this evil administration!

It's important for children to also learn about the Black Slave Trade and that the white man wasn't the only culprit in the slave days. The stronger blacks put the weaker blacks into chains and sold or traded them too. As long as we keep looking back to where we have been we will keep walking into the walls. We need to look ahead and we can walk a round the wall and start healing this land we can change the future but the past is in the past. All slaves and owners are dead and gone So lets give the future to our kids and not the past we are all one race human we all bleed red.

Another person bringing up the fact that past people had slaves, I have some news for you, there are no more slaves !!! No one alive today has anything to do with slavery so DON'T let it surface again to keep it alive !!!1

Colin Powell IS REALLY A GOD SENT 4 OUR African-American WE LOVE HIM & MAY GOD BLESS HIM

Any bets on who Powell is voting for. I am sure it will not be the chosen one. Not sure it will be McCain either but they are good friends.

Anyway he should have been the one running for President not these others. McCain is the best of the bunch but he is not really the one we need, Powell would have been great. Too bad Maybe him and Palin or Rice next time. WE all know that Obama will be lucky to make 4 years with out impeachment.

Trugh17, that was a very brilliant post. Bravo!

Did he find any of the WMD's he promised us?

Seems like the peeps on this board are cool with giving him a pass on the hours he spent testifying about Iraq's WMD's.

Paula, as an African, I would say that what you;re saying is true to some extent. The difference is that the Europeans engaged in slave rade on a massive sacle for economic reasons. The few misguided Africans who dabbled with this immoral behavior did it out of spite and revenge. It went like this: if an African was indebted to another African and was unable to repay his debt, the debtor would be sold in exchange for what he owed. You might say that this was foolish.

Yahoozee music is not a gangsta music, its a Nigerian song written in Yoruba language(Yoruba is one of Nigerian languages)
Those who do not understand the song should ask for the interpretation before condemning it.

Hi Marcus, here is one "black" person who would vote for John McCain. But, there is one problem: I have always been a great admirer of McCain as a "maverick." But lately, McCain has lost that unique quality, because he has been held captive by the neocon ultra conservative idiology. I would have voted for John McCain, but he has shown lack of good judgement because of his choice of a running mate.

MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA

davectrap, that was an African traditional dance, not gangstar rap. Know the difference

No place for this Bush apologist in the Obama cabinet.

VOTE FOR CHUCK BALDWIN!!!!

Can you imagine if Barack Osama gets elected this is the kind of moves we will have on the WHITE HOUSE lawn. I have always voted Democrat but because of the color of this guy I will vote McCain. I mean come on folks its the WHITE HOUSE

Marcus, an AA Navy vet told me he plans to vote for McCain, because he has republican views and likes McCain's support for the troops. As a Navy vet, he explained to me: McCain is in the best position to do the right thing in Iraq and bring the troops home. McCain is the more moderate candidate, who shares his political views. Freedom and America's wellbeing are something McCain cares about, which is why he put solving our financial crisis ahead of his debate preparation. While McCain suffered alot of backlash and grief for his support on the economic crisis and on a personal level it was a risky move, McCain's actions have proven over the years that McCain is a good leader so we need to vote for McCain. He was somewhat concerned that some AAs might vote based on a skin-color match.

IF Powell endorses Obama it is 100% absolutely about RACE. Period.

If Colin Powell votes for Obama it is a 100% about logic. Being logical is what he is known and respected for. I'm glad to see he was Dancing and having a great time.Colin Powell is a centrist, go to the Website and there he is. A moderate, nothing extreme about him.

President Obama will mandate dancing lessons in public schools with an emphasis on hip-hop and krump. Square dancing and swing will only be offered thru private church based organizations, to preserve their place in history as a cultural oddity.