Breaking: Colin Powell To Endorse Barack Obama … ???
(FOX)
Sources say former Secretary of State Colin Powell will endorse Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention, Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol told FOX News exclusively on Thursday.
“He may well give a speech at the Democratic convention explaining his endorsement of Obama,” Kristol said, citing inside sources.
“This is not an absolute done deal, but these people are very confident that Powell will endorse Obama,” Kristol said, adding that he thinks Powell still has “a high respect” for John McCain, Obama’s Republican rival.
Powell spokeswoman Peggy Cifrino strongly denied the report.
“There’s absolutely no truth to it whatsoever,” Cifrino told FOXNews.com. “Colin Powell will not be at either convention. There’s absolutely no truth to this.”
An endorsement by Powell could go a long way to attracting moderates and wayward Republicans to the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate.
Over the years, Powell himself has been touted as a potential presidential or vice presidential candidate. The former national security adviser served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the 1991 Persian Gulf War. He was secretary of state for the younger President Bush.
His tenure is most notable for presenting to the U.N. Security Council evidence that Iraq was pursuing weapons of mass destruction. His presentation led to a resolution endorsing military action against that country, but he later described it as a “blot” on his record.
Powell has unofficially advised Obama and Republican candidate John McCain but had not endorsed anyone. A spokesman said in July that he was undecided.
In April, Powell praised Obama’s response to controversial remarks by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who had said the United States brought the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on itself by supporting terrorism and that the government created the AIDS virus to “destroy people of color.”
“I thought that Senator Obama handled the issue well,” said Powell, the nation’s first black secretary of state. “He didn’t abandon the minister that brought him closer to his faith, but at the same time he deplored the kinds of statements that the Reverend Wright had made.”
Obama later turned his back on Wright after the minister courted controversy again with additional comments in public.
Kristol said sources told him Powell will “quite possibly” speak at the Democratic convention on the same night as Obama’s vice-presidential selection and former President Bill Clinton.
“The Obama people are quietly trying to line up a pretty strong convention,” Kristol said. “I think the Obama campaign shouldn’t be underestimated. Obviously anyone would like to have Powell’s endorsement.”
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That truly blows…
August 13th, 2008 at 1:52 pmThis oxygen-thief is as bad as Wesley Clarke. Neither one of them deserved the rank of “General”.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:53 pmduh
August 13th, 2008 at 1:54 pmOxygen thief, hahahahah.
During OIF Stormin Norman had to drag Powell kicking and screaming to approve his audacious plan to liberate Kuwait. Powell wanted to “talk about it”.
August 13th, 2008 at 1:57 pmOh shit..
August 13th, 2008 at 1:58 pmohhh, thats a surprise. Another Black man endorsing Obama….
August 13th, 2008 at 2:02 pmI wonder how much this cost soros
August 13th, 2008 at 2:02 pmMonkey See… Monkey Do!
August 13th, 2008 at 2:05 pmPowell spokeswoman Peggy Cifrino strongly denied the report.
“There’s absolutely no truth to it whatsoever,” Cifrino told FOXNews.com. “Colin Powell will not be at either convention. There’s absolutely no truth to this.”
Did everyone miss this part in the beginning of the article?
August 13th, 2008 at 2:13 pm__________________________________
I heard that Schwarzkopf had a screaming match with Powell and the Air Force brass right after Kuwait City fell to the Iraqis.
Schwarzkopf wanted A-10’s deployed to Saudi Arabia ASAP and he actually had to argue with Powell about it.
The Air Force I can understand, the Warthog’s always been like a bastard step-child to the A.F. Brass until the last 10 years or so.
Between that and Powell’s recommendation to Bush “41″ to end the war, allowing the majority of the Iraqi Republican Guard to escape has and will forever make me dismiss anything Powell says or does.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:20 pmCould be another case of the Obamalamdas throwing poo at the political and media fans, and seeing what doesn’t blow back in their idiotic faces …
August 13th, 2008 at 2:21 pmOh well, if he does its political suicide, at least on the Republican side.
No loss if you ask me. Powell has always been an ideological marshmellow. Looks solid on the outside, but soft and spongy on the inside. Hell, soft and spongy all over.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:22 pmObama supporters are only voting on race anyways. not like the guy has anything else going for him.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:26 pmLet’s not go overboard about Schwarzkopf. He lost the cease fire by allowing the Iraqi’s to use their helicopters which resulted in their being used to kill Kurds. He was also not the inventor of the famous “Right Hook” in Iraq. That was decided by Cheney and a military office named John Boyd. You may want to read about him in a book titled “Boyd”.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:35 pm“may well”,” not absolute,”
August 13th, 2008 at 2:45 pm“quite possibly”…..
Little Billy Kristol making news—
I’ve never understood the emphasis on Powell. I never thought him that bright, that impressive, or that Republican. He was and is a politician - not much more.
Race trumps principle…and a classic case of Powell playing CYA since he can’t stand the heat concerning the personal criticism about WMD while standing on the feckless U.N. floor.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:48 pmhmmm, believe it when I see it.
August 13th, 2008 at 2:53 pmDoesn’t mean shit till he actually does it.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:25 pmHe may be a republican but he acts like a liberal. I would have bet he would have picked Obama.
No surprise here.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:50 pmFox reported that Powell has not endorsed anyone and asks where Kristol got this story from.Obviously Kristol got this from the Obama camp. See Kristol thats why before you report a story you first check the source not an informer unidentified souce from within.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:56 pmMeh. Never been a big fan of Powell. While I admire his service, that’s true of millions of active and former military. I always thought that in a sane world, he’d be a Democrat. Of course, that’s true of McCain as well. But McCain has a lot more good qualities to him than Powell.
Actually, if Powell was white, would he be a quarter as famous as he is?
August 13th, 2008 at 4:05 pmNo surprise that he will endorse the Magic Popolo.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:12 pmu knew this was going to happen… jcwatts is supporting odumba too.. they have to…they are all george soros supporters…
August 13th, 2008 at 4:36 pmhttp://www.larouchepub.com/pr/2008/080809soros_georgia.html
I’ll believe it when I see it
August 13th, 2008 at 5:23 pmAs we could have guessed, this is bullshit
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/08/powell-says-hes.html
August 13th, 2008 at 5:31 pmAn “Affirmative Action” General.
I never liked it that he allowed people to pronounce his name as the lower bowel Colon rather than the fine old Anglo-Saxon name Colin.
August 13th, 2008 at 7:22 pmWhatever, it was his advice that left Saddam in place and left the Kurds to invade (get slaughtered) without the promised U.S. air support after Operation Desert Storm.
August 14th, 2008 at 3:50 amI’m endorsing McCain because I’m white…wait, no that’s racist.
August 14th, 2008 at 4:15 amThat’s COLON Powell–he’s full of shit
August 14th, 2008 at 4:17 amAre ppl reading the article???
This is Obama camp BS.
“This is not an absolute done deal, but these people are very confident that Powell will endorse Obama,” Kristol said, adding that he thinks Powell still has “a high respect” for John McCain, Obama’s Republican rival.
“There’s absolutely no truth to it whatsoever,” Cifrino told FOXNews.com. “Colin Powell will not be at either convention. There’s absolutely no truth to this.”
August 14th, 2008 at 6:02 amThat’s why I refrained from commenting…
Apparently they’re at it on Wikipedia too (like that’s news). Someone edited SgtMaj. Estrada’s (former Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps) page and said that he was also for Obamaggot.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:57 amYEAH, TELL ME NOW THAT THIS IS NOT RACE BASED, SOMEONE LIKE COLIN POWEL WHO IS MORE CENTRIST IS SIDING WITH THE MOST LEFT WING NUT, RATHER THAN MCCAIN WHO HIMSELF IS CENTRIST.
August 14th, 2008 at 7:09 amEven if he endorses Obama, he’ll part of the 95% of blacks that will vote for Obama because of his color anyway. Nothing new!
August 14th, 2008 at 8:37 am