Powell Responds to GOP Criticism; Rush Responds to Powell

General Powell is in denial. He may be the last to acknowledge it but, like Specter, he is indeed a Democrat now.

Rush is right. Why does’nt Colin Powell just join with Nancy pelosi and Michael Smerconish anyway.

Figures that are as hated as Rush and Cheney getting in a public brawl with some one as popular as Colin Powell over the direction of their party is music to this liberal’s ears.

What difference does it make if one served in the military? Do Democrats deny membership to Generals?
He endorsed Obama.
He’s for more spending.
He’s for higher taxes.
He’s against raising the social issues. He’s for affirmative action.
He’s for amnesty for illegals.
He endorsed Obama.
He’s a Democrat, whether you want him or not.

What has Powell ever said in his life that distinguishes him from a Democrat?

Powell-A Man who served his Country Proudly
Limbaugh -A fat Addicted Drug addict Who spews nothing but Hate and Divison All day
That why Your going down Faster then the Titanic Republicans Allowing your Leader Rush to Spew his Trash!

Hyene – He served his counry for 30 years.

Next, Powell will say there were no WMD’s in Iraq.

I think some of these people making comments need to look in the mirror or their closet to see if they have any skeletons??

What has Powell ever said in his life that distinguishes him from a Democrat?
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Exactly!
If it walks like a democrat, talks like a democrat, etc….
Powell’s a democrat.

“What has Powell ever said in his life that distinguishes him from a Democrat?”
answer = I support G Bush over Al Gore
Powell has been wounded for America & you, also produced hundreds – thousands of brave warriors to fight for your freedoms.
What has Rush ever done in his life that wasn’t narcissistic?

“The only thing emerging here is Colin Powell’s ego.”…..pot, meet kettle.

May – I was listening to McCain until Miss Alaska arrived. After her hate filled speech at the Rep convention I could not get to a polling place fast enough to vote for Obama. McCain’s straight talk express ran off the tracks the day she arrived.

The Republican Party is bound to emerge from somewhere between those two. That’s probably why they both seem to have a little insecurity about who, between the two of them, is going to be out and who is going to be in.

there are conservative, moderate and liberal democrats
who made the law that all republicans must be Rush conservative?

It is funny to hear Republicans wail about Obama’s spending when for 8 years they had a Republican president and 6 of those years also had a Republican run Congress & Senate that increased spending, increased the deficit and increased the size of government. Now suddenly when Republicans are in the minority they don’t like spending. What a joke Republicans have become.

If Powell’s really a Republican, then man up and run against Obama.
Oh wait, can’t do that since he endorsed him.
A true Republican would never endorse a socialist like Obama.
Powell should just admit he’s a Democrat and be done with it.

Mike
Could it Be he Realized He worked In the Most Corrupt Administration In History so Far, ya Think Maybe Powell Woke up and Seen that the Republican Party was Hi Jacked by the Extreme Right of the Party. It Has nothing to do with him endorsing President Obama he Just woke up to the Republican Party Like most of the Country did!

Well put watching. Not all Republicans are far right wing hate slinging horses backsides. I am a conservative person and support smaller govt and less spending. These are “Republican” ideas. I do tend to be a biy more socially liberal than many Republicans. I m a social worker so I can see the needs of people that many may not. I would have supported MCCain If he had choosen anuone but Palin. He sold out at that moment.

Powell ENDORSED obama! Even after we were dumb enough to run the most liberal Republican ever!!!

Smart people predicted that after the election the GOP would mistakenly think it wasn’t conservative enough. Here we are. Republicans can do nothing better for the Democratic party than to get more outrageously conservative. Keep it up Rush, please. You are doing more to ensure extended democratic rule than you are capable of knowing.

ob08,
you’re the reason obama is president! thanks a lot for getting this loser elected! :)

As a hard-over progressive, nothing gives me more pleasure than hearing Rush and Cheney as spokesmen for the Republican Party. Soon the Whigs will replace them!

the bottom line. Colin Powell has the respect, capabilities, stability and credibility to be our president.
Who would really want Rush near a red button or running this country?
I vote for Colin.

Why do Democrats use racist language and then project it onto Republicans. Wow, indeed.

Gen Powell is a Moderate Republican They are not allowed in the Limbaugh/Cheney Party, thats why Moderate Republicans are running Not walking away from the Republican Party!

Rush limbaugh is just a carpet begger oppurtinist freak that try to benefit by masking himself as conservatist. what did he contribute to this sociaty?big zero.

Limbaugh commenting about Powell’s ego? ROTFLMAO. I know it’s wrong of me, but I am so, so, enjoying watching the core of the Republican base self destruct. It’s like watching one of those little whiring fireworks jump around on July 4. You know it might end up burning you as it destroys itself, but it’s just too pretty not to watch.

Ryan C, why do you want to control what the Republican party is all about? Take care of your own hot mess of a party.

Nice story! Most of it was long quotes from that fat moron. Great work Tapper!

Senca,
Much to your dismay, the republican party opposes the views and policies of the Mr. Obama. In addition, 50+ million voters (who voted against Mr. Obama) also opposed his positions during the 2008 election.
When Colin Powell decided to endorse Barack Obama for president, he removed himself from the republican party and the other half of the country that did not endorse him.

so, I’m not a Rush fan and I used to be a Colin Powell fan. When you remove all of the typical political BS here is what we have. Our Government is out of controll – both sides. Look to California – today’s article says it best – they were voting for all the services and such without thinking about how to pay for it. Now you are going to see what will happen to the entire country in the next few years. Get ready to pay and pay and pay – and all of you that are taking and not paying…. your day is getting close too. We can’t provide for everyone based on the working class upper or lower incomes. Until we look beyond that and tax WEALTH – you know the evil rich that don’t WORK but live off of the money they inherited or made previously then we are toast. Our only hope at this point is FAIRTAX. You play you pay!

Wow! Rush really scares you guys. Your KING has declared that ALL corporations be taken over by the government, Colon (: agrees and you guys go after a harmless little fuzzball. It really is fun to watch all of the Keith Olbermanniacs jumping to a “Republican’s” defense.

50 Million People voted against Obama
Really gang Rush told you that right? What I saw was a smack down President Obama even took Traditional RED STATES From Mccain get your facts straight Ditto heads President Obama just didnt win he Lanslided that Election!

What the Democrats need to do is embrace Powell and people like him. They need to draw in as many moderate Republicians as they can, by moving sightly right of center, then let the Green Party set up to the left of them squeezing out the right-winger and senting them to the dust bin of history.

The GOP; Army of Two.

Plumber – looking at the old kiniscopes of Hitler ranting and rabing a foaming at the mouth sends a chill down my spine to this day and he has been dead over 60 years.

Wow. A pill popping draft dodger tearing apart the man who gave 30 years of stellar military service. What an ego. What a complete idiot. Colin Powell is a hero and Rush is a zero.

Now why do you think Colon Powell is out there talking about republicans?
Powell may intend to run on the republican platform in 2012….you can forget that.
Powell is a democrat. He endorsed Obama, said people WANT TO BE TAXED (no, we don’t).
Powell is too old, he is not the face of the republican party.
You gotta know that when the democrats come out swinging and name calling and stirring things up …they are worried.
Take a look at California..the bellweather state…people don’t want to be TAXED!

Hey Angie that spineless wimp was MY Representative Dr Phil Gingrey(he delivers). I am not suprised he apologized cause here in Gaorgia Rush is practally an idol.

Does one man have to choose his party over his country? Isn’t that obvious McCain and Palin ticket is less intelligent than Obama and Biden ticket?who can guarantee a president from GOP will definitely do a good job? Does sharing an idea or value means a person is qualified to be president?

Rush Limbaugh IS the Republican Party now. In times of a leadership vacuum, somebody takes power, and not necessarily a person that has your best interests in mind.

Powell is a sell out to the New World Order agenda. I used to respect the man, until I found out who he is REALLY working for. Check out the Alex Jones show on

how does a pill-popping, pilonidal cyst oozing (remember this is how he was “ahem” (lol) excused from military service), racist, sexist, uneducated fool get to have anything to say about someone who has served his country all of his adult life?

I wholeheartedly agree with Rush, even though I am a pro-choice (not late term), pro gay marriage, pro some gun control, moderate republican.
This would not be an issue were the party ID’s reversed.
When dems flip to the other side the media castigates them at worst, at best they ignore them.
They are having a party because Powell seems to think republicans should applaud his support of Obama… who is so far left that aside from race it is hard to imagine Powell finding a way to reconcile his jumping the fence. What Obama policies does he support? He never tells us, he speaks in vague language about everything allowing media to fill in the blanks with their bias.
Obama is plainly and openly extreme left. What does Powell expect from republicans who gave him years of support, honored him by making him the first african-american secretary of state, only to have him say screw you now.
I am a moderate but I don’t know what he is talking about when he says a “new repub party is waiting”. Who are these people? I voted for McCain, he is a moderate, maybe they mean him, but Powell took the opposite side. You can’t get more moderate than Mc Cain.
Media hypocrisy ensues;
I cannot even repeat some of the things that were said about Joe Lieberman and no one complained that his departure was the fault of the dems, they ripped Joe a new one.
This is media hype as they continue their open effort to keep Obama afloat and simply a continuation of years long assault on Republicans.

“White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said closing the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was a “hasty decision,” in his daily press briefing with reporters.”
OOOOOOPS!
LMAO

Powell is a Hero.. Rush is just a blow hard! The Republican party will continue on a downward spiral until it gets a clue that the world is changing because the younger generation will not align itself with the current party of hatred and bigotry. Say what you like… the numbers speak for themselves!

MNM—”I wholeheartedly agree with Rush, even though I am a pro-choice (not late term), pro gay marriage, pro some gun control, moderate republican.” i think you have demonstrated, MNM, that we can’t all be pigeon-holed by party affiliation. i am a left wing democrat who is pro-life and opposes gun control.

It is a sad day when Republicans allow someone like Rush Limbaugh stand as a representatives for republicans. Instead chattering drug addict, they should have just picked a bank robber to represent them.

“What does Powell expect from republicans who gave him years of support, honored him by making him the first african-american secretary of state, only to have him say screw you now.”
This says a great deal about how Republicans view Powell and perhaps Rice.
The word you are looking for is token.

i love how a man can actually serve his country and get caught up in a political argument with two fat losers who never did about loyalty and patriotism. man forget cheney and rush. the party is 21% of america for a reason. they have already been completely kicked out of new england. so keep it up….please!!!!

The GOP is in a fight for its very identity after two crushing defeats with an odious public figure emerging as the face of the party and a complete incompetent at the head of the RNC and you think Democrats are worried?
Posted by: Ryan C | May 20, 2009 3:02:57 PM
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The media is fueling this impression and making much more of it than it is. They said the same thing after Clinton was elected and 2 years later republicans took control of congress
These things are cyclical, and I have no doubt they will flip again, and soon.
That is why the media is working double time to try to stop the process.
Oddly I agree with you that we need a more aggressive, less milque toast RNC chair.
The problem with replacing him is that while he is plainly not up to the job the old canard of racism will be hurled at republicans for ousting him.

The GOP show is the best . . .funny, ironic, cameos with has-beens and enough farce to keep us all rolling in our seats. Please keep it up while the grown-ups govern.

Limbaugh is simply a mouth piece for many of the basic values of the Republican Party.

Posted by: Ryan C | May 20, 2009 3:10:08 PM
And achieve nothing and are subservient to the others.
America didn’t become great being like Europe. It became great NOT being like Europe.
Hello????
If it’s Europe you want, feel free to move there.

Angie in Pa, no offence. Barack Obama said in his book that he was a crack smoker. I thought you would have justified it, not called right wingers liars. If he did not smoke crack then I am wrong. But I think he was a big time crack smoker. I will research it.

To everyone here who touts Powell’s military service, he as a so-called Republican decided to endorse someone who never served over his pal of 30 years, who spent years in a POW camp, that was real loyalty. I am a Vietnam combat veteran and I wouldn’t want to share a foxhole with Powell if that’s how he shows his loyalty. Nobody can say Powell was loyal to Bush, remember Armitage and Powell could have shut down the whole Plame affair but they didn’t. Bottom line is Powell isn’t a very loyal Republican.

Dr john – Are you the one still looking for the mans birth certificate?

“Countries more socialist (because few countries are a pure economic system and tend to be hybrids mixing capitalist and socialist elements) than the United States that also enjoy a better standard of living, healthcare, lower unemployment etc. include most of Europe, Canada, Austrailia, Japan, Korea etc.”
None of the countries you named enjoy a better standard of living…none have better healthcare…ALL have higher unemployment)…at least until most recently). There is nothing factual in your statement.

Rush Limbaugh makes a fine head spokesman for the Republican Party. He obviously articulates quite well the positions and ideas of the party, and let’s not forget, he’s been endorsed for this position by Mr. Cheney. I must add that both men’s views are very congurent with what I read here.

I lost respect for Colin Powell when he supported Obama instead of McCain and the reason is obvious. Disgustingly obvious. From what I have seen it is backfiring on him tho. Will be be another one that Obama throws under the bus? Or maybe he already has.

deniro – how many non-white candidates have you voted for?

yes it is true that some GOP voted for obama but every one that I have spoke to and that is well over 500 over 90% wish now they had not he fooled every one his party will not last and Obama well he could not write a speech if his life depended on it my pet rock is smarter than he is

“Ryan C lied about who knows what about current events. NPR listeners scored 51%; Limbaugh’s listeners scored 50%. Liar!”
I quoted directly from the Pew report that was cited.
Here it is again
When the Pew Research Center tested the public’s political knowledge earlier this year, the best-informed news audiences crossed the ideological spectrum. Nearly half of regular readers of The New Yorker, The Atlantic and Harper’s Magazine (48%) answered three political knowledge questions correctly. Regular listeners of NPR (44% three correct), and regular viewers of Hardball (43%) and Hannity & Colmes (42%) also fared well compared with other news audiences.
The survey, conducted April 30-June 1 among 3,612 adults ages 18 and over, found that about half of Americans (53%) knew that the Democrats have a majority in the House of Representatives, while 42% could identify the secretary of state (Condoleezza Rice). Fewer than three-in-ten (28%) could name the prime minister of Great Britain (Gordon Brown). Just 18% of the public answered all three questions correctly.
Limbaugh listeners scored a 36% for all 3 questions.
They did best on who is the majority party.

The Repubs have decided on a very strict dress code for their Party. They’ve determined that any concessions of any kind violate purity–and that purity is the most important thing to maintain. I used to believe in a two-party system. Now I’m older and elated to say: Don’t change. Grant no quarter. Ostracize anyone who stands against your perceived core ideals. You stay pure and true to yourselves, Repubs. You’ve earned it.

considering that talking is all that rush has done his whole life, it’s quite laughable that he is now slamming powell for his ego. hello, the guy has done more actually serving and fighting for this country than rush ever had or will.
republicans discount powell’s record and years of service because he made a big tent moderate choice because they’re well on their way to becoming a doomsday cult. and for that, rush will serve as a fine leader.
powell’s service to country speaks for itself. the fact that people always fall for charlatans that chant and yell their way through life is no different than how the masses fell for Mussolini and Hitler for the same cattle-like reasons.

Oh man oh man, have any of the people on here saying that social democratic countries like Sweden are actually “miserable” ever actually LIVE there? Let alone spend time there? Or even ever have a friggin’ valid passport?
Other Dave, you’re dead wrong in your assertions. The median income is higher. The average life expectancy is longer. The access to healthcare is better. On average, they tend to be happier and more satisfied (the US ranked only 16th in a recent study of happiness/attitudes… behind those horrible socialist states!).
These aren’t exactly hard friggin’ numbers to find… but I guess reality has a liberal bias…

MNM—”I wholeheartedly agree with Rush, even though I am a pro-choice (not late term), pro gay marriage, pro some gun control, moderate republican.” i think you have demonstrated, MNM, that we can’t all be pigeon-holed by party affiliation. i am a left wing democrat who is pro-life and opposes gun control.
Posted by: Paul Wall | May 20, 2009 3:06:31 PM
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Thank you! It is party operatives and the media who work so hard to keep the divisiveness in the process so they can win elections.
People need to understand how much we can agree on but the partisanship is so loud it has become impossible.
Many people voted for Obama because he promised to transcend politics and partisanship, something everyone desires, but has openly attacked republicans from day one.
He was no different.
When Obama first began to campaign, and we all thought Hillary would win I found myself appreciating his voice. Then I did my homework on what he had done in Illinois, where I live and his decades of unreported, yet documented history and realized that he was another fraud.

Oxycontin turns ones brains to mush. Or is that Rush??

Didnt you watch “West Wing”. They have professional sppech writers to write the Presidents speeches. At least he can read the speeches.

JohnD – I have no idea why Powell supported Obama. I kow why I did and Caribu BArbie was it. I have heard some stupid remarks made by Biden but nothing that indicates to me that the man is truly studi and dangerously dumb. Unlike Mrs Palin.

“None of the countries you named enjoy a better standard of living…none have better healthcare…ALL have higher unemployment)…at least until most recently)”
Human Development Index (measures standard of living)
1. Iceland 0.968 (▬)
2. Norway 0.968 (▬)
3. Canada 0.967 (▲ 1)
4. Australia 0.965 (▼ 1)
5. Ireland 0.960 (▬)
6. Netherlands 0.958 (▲ 3)
7. Sweden 0.958 (▼ 1)
8. Japan 0.956 (▬)
9. Luxembourg 0.956 (▲ 9)
10. Switzerland 0.955 (▼ 3)
11. France 0.955 (▲ 1)
12. Finland 0.954 (▼ 1)
13. Denmark 0.952 (▲ 1)
14. Austria 0.951 (▲ 1)
15. United States 0.950 (▼ 3)
Countries will lower umemployment than the United States
First Europe; Austria: 3.7, Belgium: 7, Denmark: 2, Germany: 6.6, Italy: 7.1, Finland: 6.5, France: 8.6, Netherlands: 3.9, Norway: 2.5, Sweden: 7.3
Canada: 8%
Australia: 5.7%
Japan: 4.4%
The United States currently ranks 37th on the WHO rankings on healthcare systems, every country listed above ranked higher than the US.
The whole idea that we’re number 1, that right wingers clutch so tightly to is false.
But thanks for serving up a meatball for me to knock out of the park.

Although I am a registered Democrat, but I do believe that Mr. Powell is a true American patriot, and a last decent Republican that there is. Rush the Druggy and Cheney The dungeon master need to get a grip of the reality. Being that Republican Party has lost its root. Only men like Mr. Powell and Mr. McCain are the ones who stand a chance of reviving this party of NO.

Posted by: Ryan C | May 20, 2009 3:30:15 PM
Now put up the standard deviations.

Angie in Pa
Paul says, that Oxycontin turns ones brains to mush. Or is that Rush?? he has a point, but does that mean that Cocain ( only during college) turns ones brain into an Obamicon?

Dr John – Like I said he is a bit of a baffoon but relatively harmless. Palin is given the chance to ni=uke the capital of Georgia would nuke Atlanta instead of what ever the capitol of the country is. That I am confident in.

“Now put up the standard deviations.”
For which?

ex – if the shoe fits. I am not by any means a liberal. I am actually quite conservative in many ways. I dispise the hatred the man and his counterpaorts spew. Disagreement is fine but the garbage this man spews is beyond the pale.

“Isn’t it strange how many good-hearted liberals stoop to fat, divorce or drug use attacks when the target is Rush Limbaugh?”
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No stranger than the obsession with Obama’s drug use or the insinuation of Powell’s race preferences in voting. . . stooping consevatives

Disagreement is fine but the garbage this man spews is beyond the pale.
Posted by: tjsillsga | May 20, 2009 3:43:28 PM
This a lib in conservative clothing. Rush never once has spewed “hatred” unless by demanding our elected leaders follow their oaths to the Constitution, spend less money and get out of our lives,is his idea of hate.

“Europe suffers from a chronically depressed economy, with tax rates of up to 70% on EVERYONE, they have a chronic unemployment rate of 10% as a result of their socialist policies”
Tax rates are not 70%, the very top marginal rate + VAT exceeds 70% in 5 or 6 countries.
Most are around 50% which is comparable to the US when you add in state income, payroll & sales tax.
Also most European countries have less than 10% unemployment, including the ones with the 70% max tax rate.
Thess countries also have better standards of living and healthcare systems with quite a few having lower business taxes (because tax burden focuses on the individual)

Armondo -DO you listen to the man’s show. I think that the most I have ever listened to it has benn ten minutes and then I just had to change the channel. IT IS HATRED that this man spews forth and it is not productive to anyone.

“Dems need to stop the name calling and lying about the characteristics of republicans.”
Then stop embracing racists like Michael Savage and Rush Limbaugh.

Ronald is gone. The old republican party is almost gone. WAKE up..

“Please remember that Obama was caught up in a scandal in Chicago before the primaries in which a male reporter is said to have had intimate relations with Obama and then there is a dead male prostitute involved”
ROFLMAO!
Speaking of which google Jeff Cristie people to see Rush’s former life.

Most are around 50% which is comparable to the US when you add in state income, payroll & sales tax.
Also most European countries have less than 10% unemployment, including the ones with the 70% max tax rate.
Thess countries also have better standards of living and healthcare systems with quite a few having lower business taxes (because tax burden focuses on the individual)
Posted by: Ryan C | May 20, 2009 3:48:43 PM
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I am sure low income earners, or middle income earners in the US are not paying 50% now, but they will if Obama continues his way.
Sorry, Germany has a chronic 10 % unemployment and the other countries are close to it.
There health care is not better and statistics speaking to survival rates for illnesses are horrific in comparison to ours. IN adddition to taxes however, and oft unreported they also pay high healthcare premiums plus co-pay to the government, often costing more than private insurance would cost in the US but they end up with substandard rationed health care.
You also mentioned Japan earlier and they too suffer a chronically depressed economy, at least for the last decade. Now in this down turn EU and Japan are in serious trouble.
Why do you think Obama has funneled a minimum of 200 Billion US taxpayer dollars, via AIG, to eurobanks? Do you think he would need to sneak the money over to them because their banks and economies are doing so well.
And while we are at it, why can’t they afford their own military to work out their own euro problems. Why did we need to spend billions sorting out the croatia, serbia, kosovo stuff? We don’t expect europe to pay for our problems in California.
They can’t even afford to take care of problems on their own soil!

I can’t believe I just read nearly all these comments. Hear me now and believe me later, Television and Internet will destroy the world. Get some lives people, quit complaining and go outside and play while you still can.

Makes sense to me.. You should be with the Party which most represents your views.. Simple.. Powell sure talks like a Liberal Democrat. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. But GO there. Don’t try and dumb-down the Republicans..

Dr John -” Palin was treated unfairly.”
1 Her stuunlg hatefilled rant at the convention had me looking for the nearest polling place.
2.Those astounding interviews. Katie Couric had her for Lunch. KATIE COURIC!!
3. Her speeches became almost like KKK rallies complete with screams of “kill him” being heard from the crowd.
4. SNL was as kind to her as they were to Hillary.
When exactly was she treated unfailry when she had to return all the clothes?

You can’t find one example of Cheney lying outside of your own crass opinions but you buy into the hate promulgated by Obama and the Democrats.
Posted by: drjohn | May 20, 2009 3:58:05 PM
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So true. This thread is full of unsupported hatred and accusations directed at Rush. The kind that they falsely accuse Rush of but is actually a look the dem approach to politics and life.

“3. Her speeches became almost like KKK rallies complete with screams of “kill him” being heard from the crowd.”
Prove that this even happened.
It did NOT happen. It was disabused by many, including the Secret Service.
Do you see what I mean? You traffic in innuendo and rumors and hate people based on those awful things.
“Did I mention he was black?”
Remember some hate monger saying that?

Barack Obama promisd me he’d pay my mortgage and get me a car and pay for my colleg stuff and what not. and i don’t need jerks like Rush Limbaugh makin people afrad ov him. rush should shutup!

“When exactly was she treated unfailry when she had to return all the clothes?”
I think McCain abused her. He abandoned her. She should have a chance to get up to speed before being thrown to the media.
Katie Couric plotted to destroy her, as did Gibson. Those cretins never came close to asking Obama the same questions they asked her.
McCain is a jerk for what he did to her. He is a war hero and I respect that, but he is a jerk.

“You can’t find one example of Cheney lying outside”
Cheney has told dozens of lies, here’s an example from last year
Mr Cheney, in an interview with conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, insisted there had been a link between Saddam Hussein’s regime and the al-Qaeda terror group.
He said former al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi had been leading the network’s operations in the country before the 2003 US-led invasion.
Hours earlier, a declassified Pentagon report said information obtained from Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein had confirmed they had no strong ties.
Would you like more?

Powell obviously doesn’t fit w/ the GOP. Powell’s competent.

Rush is a radio persona who keeps the right to the right & politicians in check. He deserves his free speech as much as Michael Moore, Michael Savage & every other talking head who annoys both sides. To assume he costs votes is moronic. He provides valuable information, finds patterns and ideas in politics & media, & is the point of the 1st amendment – to bring an active debate. If he didn’t yell at callers his show would be less interesting. He does his job well hence the #1 show in the country. He’s not a racist. I think affirmative action supported by our “progressive new leader” (vomit) is racist. I don’t always agree with Rush but he has his FREEDOM to say what he wants & clearly IT’S WORKING.

“tjsillga-How do you feel about Joe Klein attacking C.Krauthammer today?”
That will be just fine since it was a Democrat doing it.
It was also no problem when Obama insulted Special Ed kids.

Wow, you mean Colin Powell is really still a Republican? Somebody better tell him, because I don’t think he knows. I think [then] General Powell forgot how he slammed Bill Clinton for his stand on gays in the military and then resigned his post as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I think [then] General Powell forgot how he boldly stood up to Democrats after the ’91 Persian Gulf War for butchering the Defense Budget. Well, what is his stand on those issues now? Maybe he did change. Maybe, Powell…is…now …a…Democrat.

Oh & John McCain’s mom is a bigot & said hateful things about Mormons. We all have our bad days. She was probably suffering from dementia so I’ll let it slide. Give them both a break.

MNM – I know what I heard. Enough said on that.
-”her convention speech was lovely and uplifting. If you disagree cite the part you thought was hate filled….it did not happen.” It certainly was not if you were a poor person or someone in need of assistance. Her slam against community organizewrs hit little old ladies who work the polling places at each election so we can all practice our constitutional right to vote, soup kitchen vlounteers, boy scouts, girl scouts, Habitat for Humanity ,the American Red Cross and the list goes on and on.
If she cannot handle Couric how would she have handled a world leader from say Iran. Now there is a nut case.

Ryan C
Do “link” and “strong ties” mean exactly the same thing? To me, Cheney wasn’t saying that Saddam was running Al-Qaeda. He was saying that Iraq and Al-Qaeda have had contacts. Cheney might have been guilty of believing the Clinton CIA, who said the same thing:
Briefly, Iraq gave money to the Sudanese pharmaceutical plant that Clinton Tomahawked in response to Al Qaeda acts of terrorism. Of that strike, then Gov. Bush said “I think you give the Commander-in-Chief the benefit of the doubt.” The hatemonger!

Posted by: Ryan C | May 20, 2009 4:19:55 PM
“Do you agree with the Bush Doctrine?”
Obama never got that one.
We never got this either – “Mr. Obama, why did you vote four times to allow abortion suriving infants to die?”

tjsillinga wrote:
If she cannot handle Couric how would she have handled a world leader from say Iran. Now there is a nut case.
I thought that would be President McCain’s job. Palin wasn’t the top of the ticket, she was Joe Biden’s counterpart. You know, the guy who is now making the same claim of coming under fire in Bosnia that Hillary faked last year? At least Palin has the excuse of inexperience. She has the chance to improve. Joe Biden ain’t getting any better.

“Mr Cheney, in an interview with conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh, insisted there had been a link between Saddam Hussein’s regime and the al-Qaeda terror group.”
Actually, there has been more linking of Saddam and Al Qaida recently than ever.

And lets not forget these dems who claim Palin was hateful are the ones who made sure to attend every rally she had, ones with families and childrens, carrying the most vile signs. It wasn’t talked about in the media because that might make Obama look bad but you know the ones that I mean.
Big signs carried by dems with the word C word
on them. Insert foul word for female personal parts.
Her kids who were also assaulted in the media sure learned a lesson from you wonderful dems who claim falsely republicans are hateful. What a laugh.

“Ryan C, oh yeah, that question “did you try and talk him out of it?” sure was a stumper!! Man, how did he ever make it thru that interview?”
It was a far harder question than what newspapers do you read.
Obama was able to answer his question, Palin didn’t have that one in her script.

Palin would not have outed the location of the VP bunker.
Biden is an idiot.
As Glenn Reynolds said (slightly paraphrased);
“They told me that if I voted for McCain we’d have have an idiot for Vice President and they were right!”

Republicans can either pick Boss Limbaugh or General Powell as their poster person.
Limbaugh, of course, is a coward, drug addict, bloviator, who has never served this country. A great example of a “real Republican.”
Boss Limbaugh IS the problem with the Republican Party. Until the Republican Party can excise the Limbaugh cancer, expect the Party to die its natural and well-deserved death.
RIP………….GOP.

Saddam and al-Qaeda
American Thinker, April 17, 2008
“The Pentagon papers only stated the EIJ link, not specifically the al-Qaeda link. The second in command of al-Qaeda and the person who masterminded 9/11 is Ayman al-Zawahiri. Ayman al-Zawahiri was the leader of the EIJ prior to its 1998 merging with al-Qaeda. This truth has been subverted by the media. All the major media outlets have just quoted what is written in the Executive Summary of the document which states that there is no “smoking gun[18].” But upon further investigation of the EIJ, a direct link between al-Qaeda and Saddam’s Iraq is seen.”

Posted by: Ryan C | May 20, 2009 4:39:33 PM
Once more- it is not a lie. It was the truth. Your interpretation is based on your opinion.
Liberals never seem to understand that because they think something it is not necessarily so.

“Republicans can either pick Boss Limbaugh or General Powell as their poster person.”
Says who?
The Republican party doesn’t need a ‘poster person’ like the Democrats do. It is a party of ideas and not personalities. And, it doesn’t need to be told who its leaders are or are not by Democrats.

“The Republican party doesn’t need a ‘poster person’ like the Democrats do. It is a party of ideas and not personalities.”
Of course, which is why RNC Chairman Steele evoked Reagan a dozen or so times during his recent speech.

Republican Party……….Party of Ideas? What a hoot? When was the last time the Republican Party even had a rational thought much less an idea?
Clearly, only the extremist, lunatic fringe of the Republican Party remains.

One right wing lunatic attacks another
MICHAEL SAVAGE: And yet here in America, I’ve had some people come to my aid. They see the bigger picture. They’re not like [Bill] O’Reilly; they’re not like Limbaugh, who’s the biggest disappointment of all. Limbaugh has turned out to be the biggest phony of all of them, all of them. Amongst all of them, he is the biggest fraud. Rush Limbaugh is a fraud. When he was accused of the drug usage, I supported him. But that man is a one-way street. It’s all about him. He’s in it for nobody but himself.

Really, Tapner: You can’t do better than that? Why bother write this “story”? One paragraph of Powell and everything else Limbo–with no rebutal, no fact check. Nothing? I clicked to read this out of growing respect for your work, but I may have to rethink that.

Jake, fair and balanced you are not in the writing of this story. Very disappointing.
Rush and Cheney’s version of the Republican Party and what our government should and shouldn’t do is scary.
Powell’s ideas make sense for a healthy United States, morally and economically and in foreign policy.
I wish more people could see how they are manipulated by multi-millionaires like Rush and Cheney through the use of fear. Fear can blind you to truth, bind your reasoning power and let those promising safety lead you and our country right over a cliff.

Powell is a democrat!

Cheney is a coward.
Rush is a fool leading the ignorant and not even worth wasting electrons on.
The only one of the three who actually put his life on the line for the country without running Cheney-scared, has been Colin Powell.

“The only one of the three who actually put his life on the line for the country without running Cheney-scared, has been Colin Powell.”
If that’s a test that makes a difference, how do Bill Clinton and Barack Obama measure up against John McCain?

Powell endorses the most far-left member of the Senate and he wonders why many are tuning him out. He should ask Rudy about his endorsement of Cuomo-big mistake.
The Party is somewhere between Powell and Rush but closer to Rush obviously-no one seriously believes Powell isn’t working for the Democrats now.

Funny how arrogant and mouthy Rushian Republiccans remain, and how seemlngly ignotant they remain of how seriously grave the outlook is for thier party. The moderates and centrists will gravitate towards General Powell because thats where the majority of Americans lie in the political gradient, regardless of Party. The Republican party is becoming more and more isolated and one-dimentional, thanks to leaders like Limbaugh and Cheney. Powell is making a power play in response to these attempts to oust him from the party. He wants to be the face of the “new” Republican party which is inevitably brewing, and is made more appartent by this public bickering amongst themselves. Unfortunately, I’m afraid this will be a long hard road for the conservatives, and they will never reshape in time for 2012. Dig in GOP, it’s ging o be a long 8 years for you guys.

hmmm.
The lead (headline) suggests this is about Powell’s response to the barbs. Instead, it is a recounting of Limbaugh’s further rants.
This is reporting?

What Conservatives don’t seem to understand is that Reaganism is stale and old. It was made stale and old by those who trumpeted it as a solution to every problem since 1980…less government, less taxes….Stale and old….Just like the remaining bastions of the conservative movement…

I think the extremes of both parties are very hypocritical.
Whenever the Dems are in office the Repubs and their friends in the media say, “too much spending” “look at this scandal” yack yack yack blah blah blah. Whenever Repubs are in office the Dems and their friends in other parts of the media say, “too much spending” “look at this scandal” yack yack yack blah blah blah.
Oh yeah Fox News is not fair and balanced. They are very very much totally republican. In all fairness, many of the other networks are very biased in favor of dems. But at least some of the other networks will put opposing viewpoints on them. Didn’t Glenn Beck get started on Headline News or something.
Republicans and Democrats have both been in office during some heavy spending. If you converted Reagan’s government spending for the cold war etc. into real money, we’d be astounded. If you did the same for FDR during WWII, we’d be astounded. Moreover, Dems and Repubs have both had some really big scandals…don’t even get me started there.
I think it’s funny that a bunch of repubs were throwing taxation protests supposedly protesting Obama’s budget. He’s only doing what FDR did during the Great Depression instead of sitting on his rump saying nothing is wrong with the economy like Hoover and Bush did . Many of those same republicans agree with what FDR did in such a crisis. Moreover, they act like Republicans 1) don’t spend a lot of money on what they deem important – war in Iraq- still waiting for that connection between Al Qaeda and Sadam Hussein. I heard that Osama Bin Laden is doing saonces in order to establish that link.
Socialism Socialism Socialism
I really think the cries of Obama being a Socialist are very much a straw man fallacy. Last time I checked the drug store down the street still belonged to CVS and not the federal government. Taco Bueno down the street still belongs to Taco Bueno. If Obama was a socialist, wouldn’t all that stuff belong to the “People” through the government. Just about every modern American president belongs to an economic school called the third way that believes in a mixture of socialist and capitalist ideas. I believe even Reagan was lumped into this group of people.
Anyway, let’s get some consistency in our criticisms of people. Rush obviosly doesn’t have that.

The Democrats’ whole MO is to use the Alinsky method. They have to find a target to demonize and polarize. Since they do not have one handy, they chose Rush.. what a mistake! Rush is a citizen like the rest of us who has the right to say what he thinks. He simply has the luxury of the extensive reach of his radio show. They made a big mistake when they attacked Rush because he knows how to take on these liars, robbers and hypocrites.
Many republicans are afraid to use the word ‘socialism’? Gimme a break. They should do more than that!
RIGHT NOW the Demcrats/Liberals/Globalists are ruining this country.
Obama has allowed his foreign banker corporate friends to steal, yes STEAL, $14 TRILLION DOLLARS from poor people like you and me, and are in the process of bankrupting the country so these global elites can have their WORLD GOVERNMENT.
It is no longer a theory, it’s here, it’s now and America is falling to the enemy within.
EVeryone in Congress and the WH should be arrested and removed from office. WE need to start fresh with pro-American, pro-sovereignty, pro-freedom people who are not working for the Rockedfellers, Soros, Warburgs and other world bankers to redistribute the wealth so they can have their dream of global domination.

This article is conpletely misleading. Where is Powell’s point of view in this article. Is a bunch of ranting from Limbaugh, who wants to hear his crap. Anyway Powell will come out on top in this one, necause i believe he;s a man of integrity and his opinion are driven by the desire to see this country prosper. However Rush’s motivation is quetionable, His goal is to build the Rush Limbaugh brand and enterprise. He recently signed a new contract worth million upon millions to continue to push his super conservative views. He can care less what happens with the republican party and their agenda.

Why doesn’t Powell start his own political party? What do moderates stand for? What are their core values? Are they leaders? We’ll see how well that goes.
For all the liberal’s talk about the demise of the Republican party – worry about yourselves as you are ruining our country. The backlash that is coming against Obama and his socialist politics is going to be huge. Hopefully we won’t have to lose any American cities before that happens.
Colin Powell endorsed Obama due to race. For a 4 star general and former sec. of state to endorse a community organizer with no executive experience, barely spent time in the senate is unheard of.
Just because someone has served in the military does not automatically make them a person of integrity. Powell constantly leaked info to the NYTimes while he served under Bush, kept his mouth shut about Armitage’s role in the Plame affair even though Libby was being raked over the coals, and then endorses a far left community organizer for president over McCain – a fellow military officer and Vietnam Vet. Very strange.

let us face it republicans& CONSERVATIVES HAVE COMITED SUSIDE

NH – I think your so-called “Alinsky method” is basic political behavior that has been going on for over 200 years.

Rush Limbaugh is a typical ultra-right conservative: His only interest is in himself. Period. Nothing else matters.
He would happily see the Republican party go down in flames (or, more accurately, smolder down from charred remains to blown ash) than lose the 6% of completely out-of-touch Americans who worship him. They are keeping him in prescription pain pills and air-time. No one else thinks he’s relevant. Without the support of this delusional ultra-minority, Rush would justifiably be moldering in the Smithsonian as an exhibit demonstrating why the Republicans went from the ultimate power wielders to powerless in less than four years.
GWB ‘stayed the course’ and like a passenger on the Titanic of politics captained by the former President, Rush has gone down with the ship. He just hasn’t felt the cold grip of political obsolescence setting in yet. Too much hot-air, I suppose.

Powell voted for Obama because he was black, because he was for increasing social benefits to those that do not contribute, and because Powell was sour on the republican party that exposed him for being somebody that apparently doesn’t ask the right questions and ends up being duped. McCain and Powell were good enough friends that Powell gave all he could to his campaign and then publicly abandoned him. This is the Powell we all know very well. Powell’s recent comments that Americans WANT to pay more taxes to have bigger government is perhaps the most stupid and dangerous comment he has ever made. We are a broke nation. We have been subsidizing everybody, including most countries for so many years the well has run dry. Admitting he voted for Carter is clearly pointing out once again that giving without expectation of work is a mantra Powell endorses. Jimmy and Obama each share the mantra also that the US is the cause of problems not the solution. I think the republican party should stop responding to Colin Powell, because we can’t even depend on his vote, so what the heck???