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Thanks goodness for a leader, such as Colin Powell, to say that John McCain and Sarah Palin are campaigning with falsehoods and innuendos and not campaigning with solutions to the problems facing our country. I salute Colin Powell for his honesty and courage to say what needed to be
said by a respected leader of our country.
Had John McCain campaigned, as he did in the 2000 Republican primary with honesty and issue orientation, his appeal to voters might be more favorable now.
DOUG SAWTELLE
Grand Junction
7 Responses to “McCain errs in mudslinging during campaign”
Posted October 22nd, 2008 at 12:30 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
we knew “w” really ticked off powell, leading to his resignation. but to disown a lifetime of principled beliefs and turn “uncle tom” to elect someone with vastly different govermental beliefs along with questionable associations is unfathomable. poell, i no longer hold you in high esteem.
Posted October 22nd, 2008 at 12:59 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
golfdoc,
Here is a cute little cartoon to make you chuckle!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/cartoonsandvideos/telnaes/telnaes10222008.html
Posted October 22nd, 2008 at 1:54 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
yeah “golfdoc”, just disregard the fact that Colin Powell is still an esteemed, intelligent, and admired American hero, who can see the trouble that his country is in, and knows what this country needs now. He can think for himself, and is not blindly following the party line, so you find that acting as an “uncle tom” ? “Principled beliefs” are apparently what he still practices, and your admonishment of him is not only very sad, but also reflective of your party’s desperate anger towards anything NOT following your antiquated beliefs. I find it pathetic.
Posted October 22nd, 2008 at 2:18 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
golfdoc - You said, “we knew “w” really ticked off powell, leading to his resignation. but to disown a lifetime of principled beliefs and turn “uncle tom” to elect someone with vastly different govermental beliefs along with questionable associations is unfathomable.”
Your charge that Colin Powell is an “Uncle Tom” is about 40 years too late. An objective examination of Powell’s career clearly shows that his rise in the military and subsequent government positions came about because he was successful in making a lot of powerful white people happy. He was the ultimate “yes” man throughout his career.
His endorsement of Obama is the first really principled, independent action he’s taken in years, and he should be commended for it.
Posted October 22nd, 2008 at 3:07 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
Golfdoc;
How does voting for an African-American make another African-American an “Uncle Tom”?? I don’t think you’re up to speed on where that term came from. As a matter of fact, “Uncle Tom” behavior would be the exact opposite of what Colin Powell has done.
Posted October 28th, 2008 at 3:41 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
I have a different viewpoint regarding Colin Powell -As an 86 year old AA - and a Democratic voter for the last 60 years
-these are troubling
problems for me - I just may sit out this election:
l. Colin Powell - a Bush - Sec of State that got us into this war
stating Weapons of Mass Destruction which proved erroneous — endorses
Obama who readily accepts the endorsement - wasn’t Obama against the
war in Iraq?
2. Everyone thinks Bill Ayers is not a situation that is disturbing -
people died because of him just like McVeigh - only not as many.
Wright, Rezko and all the other associations - if you know nothing
about a person’s character, which we don’t about Sen Obama - you are
obliged to look at his friends.
3. Bothers me that Sen Obama did not know that Wright was a racist,
that Ayers was a terrorist, that Rezko was a crook, that Acorn was
involved with voting fraud - what does he know?
4. Race baiting constantly - any question you ask about anything from
Sen Obamas past makes you a racist, or a bitter person clinging to
your religion and guns.
5. World Trade Center - dedication ceremony - where was Michelle??
6. Obamas speeches saying that he was raised by a SINGLE parent and
they were poor - actually his mother was single for only two years
between her first and second husband - He was also raised by his
upper-middle class grandparents in a high
rise condominium in Hawaii, where he attended a private college
prepatory school. His grandmother, was the vice president of a bank.
7. Joe the Plumber - he is middle class - he is one of us - he is
struggling - yet
Sen Obama is snubbing his nose at him.
8. Logan Act - Rico Act - why do we have ACTS if no one is
responsible for their involvement - Sen Obama,as proven, talked with
Iraq regarding pull out time frame of troops there.
9. Sixteen States have reported Voter Fraud through Acorn
representatives - what happened to our every vote counts and how can
we possibly use us as an example of a democratic government to other countries.
10. Sen Obamas constant flip-flopping based on where he is giving a
speech and documented - from oil drilling, FISA, Prochoice,
equal pay for women, look at his own staff, taxes, health care
platform, NAFTA, Campaign finance reform, gun ownership, Iraq troop
withdrawals.
11. “People of all ages, stations, and skills will be asked to
serve;. I will set a goal for all American middle and high school
students to perform 50 hours of service a year, and for all college
students to perform 100 hours of service a year.”
12. Reported illegal contributions to the campaign.
13. Mr. Obama supports a requirement for both men and women
to register with the Selective Service, while Mr. McCain doesn’t
think women should have to register.” The draft next??
14. What Jessie Jackson said about Israel and Sen Obama:
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10142008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/the_o_jesse_knows_133450.htm?page=0
15. 401K tax removal plan - spread the wealth???
16. Obamas vision for Social Security would be a “welfare program” -
low earners would receive more in benefits than they pay in taxes -
can you say broke??
17. Obama states that he voted against Iraq War - he was not even a
US Senator to vote against it yet - in fact - before his campaign he
was in the Senate less than 9 months - what kind of experience is
that??
18. American Media - you have to go to Canada or Europe to find
out the truth - why is everything being surpressed here, and why are
THEY deciding who to elect, through the biased media and polls.
Change he has refused to define - Sen Obama used change to advance
his career - Sen McCain used his career to advance change - Country
before Party.
Posted October 28th, 2008 at 3:54 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
For sure, sit it out. Be part of the problem rather than the solution.
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