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Colin Powell May Vote Against Republicans
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AFP
February 10, 2008
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell said Sunday he was weighing his options in the 2008 White House race, hinting he may cross party lines and vote against the Republican nominee.
“I will vote for the candidate I think can do the best job in America. Whether that candidate is a Republican or Democrat or an independent,” Powell told CNN’s “Late Edition.”
“Frankly, we lost a lot in recent years,” Powell added in a swipe at the administration of President George W. Bush, under whom he served as secretary of state from 2001 to 2005.
Powell, a top general and former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, said he would vote for the candidate with a vision “that starts to restore confidence in America. That starts to restore favorable ratings to America.”
“I am going to be looking for the candidate that seems to me to be leading a party that is fully in sync with the candidate and a party that will also reflect America’s goodness and America’s vision.”
He also praised Democratic hopeful Barack Obama, who is also an African-American, and locked in a battle for the White House nomination with Hillary Clinton.
“I think he’s been an exciting person on the political stage. He has energized a lot of people in America. He has energized a lot of people around the world,” Powell told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer.
“And so I think he is worth listening to and seeing what he stands for.”
But Powell added he did not share all Obama’s views, nor did he completely share the views of the other candidates.
“I think every American has an obligation right now at this moment in our history to look at all the candidates and to make a judgment not simply on the basis of ideology or simply on the basis of political affiliation but on the basis of who is the best person for all of America and which party and what does that party look like?” Powell added.
In the past Powell has freely admitted his liberal social views make him a strange bedfellow for many Republicans.
Once seen as a principled, honest broker above the political fray, Powell was once considered a possible presidential candidate. But he was widely seen as an ineffective secretary of state.
And his reputation was sullied by a speech he gave to the United Nations in 2003 making the case for the Iraq war, and accusing late dictator of harboring weapons of mass destruction. Charges which turned out not to be true.
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February 11th, 2008 at 10:00 am
If only Powell would make an open admission to the falsehood created in the Bush’s rush to war – never understood how America could impeach a Prez for lude action but not for sending a COUNTRY TO WAR ON FALSE PRETENCE – THAT SHOULD BE A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIME – If Powell did this maybe McCain the next probable war monger wouldn’t make it to the oval office. Sometimes scrafice including ‘eating crow’ needs to done for the better good [honest - for the people government - screw-up the NWO]. Americans need to rise above all the cramp they’ve been buried under and as the superpower IT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY and responsibility. Hope you keep waking up more of the common man in America.
a canadian
February 11th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
Colin’s just trying to cover his ass.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
No matter what, we’re all fucked. So start preparing now.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Colin Powell is not apologizing for backing the bush administration. Until he does his words ring hollow in my ears. He tells us to listen to the candidates. I ask you which candidates Mr. Powell, most have been pushed to the side long ago by the main stream media. Colin Powell helped create the current state of the union, his resigning/retiring will not be enough to forgive him for his part.
This country had a hope, a dream to return to its roots for a chance to become what it once was. One man had that vision but he was laughed at, ignored. Put on the shelf in some archive as being irrelevant to the problems we face today. When in fact he was the the penicillin to the illness of this country. Unlike a doctor who can diagnose a problem and prescribe a cure to save a patient. We as a nation must vote in a cure, we have failed to do that. Our nation can not survive four more years of Clinton, Obama or McCain. I will not follow the leader to this countrys demise.
Forget not Paul Revere, Forget not Ron Paul, once we raised our arms in defense soon you will gnash your teeth in despair.
February 12th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Thanks to Him our COUNTRY went to WAR ON FALSE PRETENSE ,( Liars) Illegal WAR,.
Thanks allot… The swamp must be drained completely .I will not follow the leader of this country to its demise. Ron Paul 08/ Mike Gravel nothing else makes sense.