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Getting back to the subject, I will preface this post by saying I was proud to work for Powell. Key word "WAS." He was a good man when he was SecState and did a lot for modernizing the whole IT system. [another reason Hillary has no excuse for her blatant disregard in handling classified information] However, I discovered a totally different face on Powell when he endorsed Obama over a war hero in the first election, and then knowing how poor Obama did in his first term, Powell endorsed him again. I can only conclude that he is just as racist as Obama. That is very disappointing. Up until that point, I had admired Powell as a leader. As far as I am concerned, he might as well have committed treason along with Hillary. From now on, I will always think of Powell as a racist whenever I observe him in public, on TV or in the news media. I am ashamed of him. Any comments coming from him in the future will never be taken seriously, because I will always consider his motive as racist based.
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Has anyone else read any of Colin Powell's books? This is a good summary. Review of Colin Powell's Autobiography
I would support with pride Colin Powell. Does anyone remember why he was overlooked or was it his decision that he was being judged by the company he kept. And he was uncomfortable with that kind of judgement. |
Colin Powell is the consummate gentleman and diplomat who served our country extraordinarily well as secretary of state. The very idea of sending the man down the toilet just because of disagreeing with a decision he made--even a major one--is something I cannot fathom. "Treason"? Isn't that a bit much for his making an endorsement? As far as I'm concerned, he is still the same consummate gentleman and diplomat, which doesn't mean I agree with absolutely everything he's said and done....
It was my understanding that General Powell opted out of being a vice presidential candidate because of Mrs. Powell, who would not have handled well the stresses of having their private lives taken apart by the media and others. He is very protective of her (just as other posters cite how protective Mrs. Reagan was of her husband), and that certainly speaks well of the man too.
IMHO, there is more to life than politics, though clearly there are many who would disagree with me, instead seeing everything through the eyes of politics! I could never live that way....