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J.J. Jackson | July 5, 2009
General Colin Powell is concerned. Apparently he is taken aback by the flurry and “number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them.” (Source). Mr. Powell is showing that his judgment is seriously in question with such comments about the man he supported for President, one Barack Obama.
It is not like Obama’s penchant for spending money hand over fist was unknown in the run up to the 2008 election. It is also not like Obama’s quest for more government control was a mystery either. Yet Colin Powell supported him anyway. Which of course has to beg the question as to why, if all these things were well known, exactly why he supported Obama in the first place if such things concern him? I hate to suggest that Colin Powell might be one of those voters who voted based solely on race, but the more he speaks, the more it seems that he doesn’t agree with much of Obama’s tax and spend politics and that starts to leave only superficial reasons like this one.
Powell actually had some cogent things to say such as admitting that the liberals he supported are basically drowning us in debt.
“And we can’t pay for it all,” said Mr. Powell, who was the first black man to serve as secretary of state, under President George W. Bush.
Welcome to the party Mr. Powell. Ready to admit that you made a mistake yet? No? I didn’t think so.
But for every enlightened point like this, Mr. Powell also rambled incoherently too:
“I don’t like slogans anymore like ‘limited government.’ That’s not the right answer. The right answer is: Give me a government that works,” he said. “Keep it as small as possible. Keep the tax burden on the American people as small as possible. But at the same time, have government that is solving the problems of the people.”
Hey, goober, “limited” and “small” are synonyms you doofus! So to say you don’t like terms like “limited government” but want “small” government just makes your intelligence come even more into question as you attempt to spin your inability to justify how if you support “small” government you would have supported Obama. Because he certainly doesn’t believe in such things. Plus it is not the government’s job to “solve the problems of the people.” You might know that if you get your head out of the sand. The government’s job is to defend and protect our liberties.
Just admit that you made a mistake Mr. Powell. You are embarrassing yourself.
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Race is a very probable reason for Mr. Powell’s support of Barack Hussein Obama. A more likely reason in my mind is political ambitions. Colin Powell believed that Obama was a sure thing and he did not want to be left out. Consider when he gave his support. It was not in the early beginnings of the campaign. It was after Obama had been running ahead.
Colin has been a politician throughout his military career. It was General Schwarzkopf who ran the first invasion of Iraq and who believed that if you go to war go all the way. Not Colin, he took the credit and went along with not finishing the job. As a politician it is not good to stand on principal when the prevailing mood is not there. Expediency will help your career more.
Colin is now trying to become a voice in the party that he abandoned with the hope of being rewarded for his actions. Well Obama did not throw a crumb to Colin so now he is trying to pretend that he made an honest mistake. Mistake or deliberate move he and his judgment can not be trusted.