Colin Powell endorses Obama...

[bronco67]

Who wants to bet some Republitard will make a race thing out of this?

[Brujah]

He isn't the only one.
http://republicansforobama.org/

[DudeRick]

This is my shocked face...

[HushMoney]

"I No Longer Recognize My Party

As a registered Republican I fear I must confess that I no longer recognize the party that I grew up with in Oregon. I voted for Mark Hatfield, Tom McCall and other Republicans who found enough common ground with Democrats to govern. Now I watch in dismay as those in my party boast that their primary objective is to defeat the President. Not to govern. Not to bring together a sense of responsibility and willingness to compromise to solve problems we face. Such as the budget. Such as bridges, roads and our electric grid that need maintenance and upgrading, which actually costs money."

-Mike Judd


Exactly this.

[SpeedoDave]

No biggy, he did last election as well.

I like it that 98% of blacks voted for Obama last election but that isn't racist.


Dave

[bronco67]

Originally Posted by HushMoney

"I No Longer Recognize My Party

As a registered Republican I fear I must confess that I no longer recognize the party that I grew up with in Oregon. I voted for Mark Hatfield, Tom McCall and other Republicans who found enough common ground with Democrats to govern. Now I watch in dismay as those in my party boast that their primary objective is to defeat the President. Not to govern. Not to bring together a sense of responsibility and willingness to compromise to solve problems we face. Such as the budget. Such as bridges, roads and our electric grid that need maintenance and upgrading, which actually costs money."

-Mike Judd


Exactly this.

It takes Republicans AND Democrats closer to center to get things done in government. Two extremes in the opposite direction is just a stalemate. Finally someone makes some sense.

[ilnjscb]

Originally Posted by SpeedoDave

No biggy, he did last election as well.

I like it that 98% of blacks voted for Obama last election but that isn't racist.


Dave

This - ask yourself, if Obama weren't black would Powell have endorsed him?

[Barry-xlovecam]

[A]s for the U.S. budget, he added: "It's essentially, let's cut taxes and compensate for that with other things, but that compensation does not cover all the cuts intended or the expenses associated with defense."

Powell has been critical of Romney's foreign policy advisers and has taken issue with the former business executive's stance on countries such as Russia.

A moderate Republican, Powell served under President George W. Bush. Some of Romney's advisers are more conservative veterans of the Bush administration.

"There's some very, very strong neo-conservative views that are presented by the governor that I have some trouble with," Powell said on CBS. ...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/s...,2212188.story

He would know -- Powell does seem repetitive for his missdeeds when he was the Secretary of State in the Bush Administration. Maybe, his claim of being missled on the facts is true?

[blackmonsters]

Originally Posted by SpeedoDave

No biggy, he did last election as well.

I like it that 98% of blacks voted for Obama last election but that isn't racist.


Dave

It was 95% and it's always 90-95% democratic vote for blacks. This is the norm.
The Republican party spent the 60's and 70's fighting integration and "bussing".
Then 80-90's attacking "Affirmative Action" and "welfare blame".
Then 2000's, Katrina, Iraq, etc...

Republican policies push blacks into the other party bro.

Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton both got that same percentage of black votes as Obama.

So is there some racism in pointing out the norm as if it's not normal and calling it racist?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...mes_Republican

The South becomes Republican

For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the white South identified with the Democratic Party. The Democrats' lock on power was so strong the region was called the Solid South, although the Republicans controlled parts of the Appalachian mountains and they competed for statewide office in the border states. Before 1948, southern Democrats believed that their party, with its respect for states' rights and appreciation of traditional southern values, was the defender of the southern way of life. Southern Democrats warned against aggressive designs on the part of Northern liberals and Republicans and civil rights activists whom they denounced as "outside agitators."

The adoption of the strong civil rights plank by the 1948 convention and the integration of the armed forces by President Harry S. Truman's Executive Order 9981, which provided for equal treatment and opportunity for African-American servicemen, drove a wedge between the northern and southern branches of the party.

With the presidency of John F. Kennedy the Democratic Party began to embrace the civil rights movement, and its lock on the South was irretrievably broken. Upon signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson prophesied, "We have lost the South for a generation."[48]

Modernization had brought factories, national businesses, and larger, more cosmopolitan cities such as Atlanta, Dallas, Charlotte, and Houston to the South, as well as millions of migrants from the North and more opportunities for higher education. Meanwhile, the cotton and tobacco economy of the traditional rural South faded away, as former farmers commuted to factory jobs. As the South became more like the rest of the nation, it could not stand apart in terms of racial segregation.

Integration and the civil rights movement caused enormous controversy in the white South, with many attacking it as a violation of states' rights. When segregation was outlawed by court order and by the Civil Rights acts of 1964 and 1965, a die-hard element resisted integration, led by Democratic governors Orval Faubus of Arkansas, Lester Maddox of Georgia, and, especially George Wallace of Alabama. These populist governors appealed to a less-educated, blue-collar electorate that on economic grounds favored the Democratic Party, but opposed desegregation. After 1965 most Southerners accepted integration (with the exception of public schools).

Believing themselves betrayed by the Democratic Party, traditional white southerners joined the new middle-class and the Northern transplants in moving toward the Republican Party. Meanwhile, newly enfranchised Black voters began supporting Democratic candidates at the 80-90-percent levels, producing Democratic leaders such as Julian Bond and John Lewis of Georgia, and Barbara Jordan of Texas. Just as Martin Luther King had promised, integration had brought about a new day in Southern politics. The Republican Party's southern strategy further alienated black voters from the party.

In addition to its white middle-class base, Republicans attracted strong majorities among evangelical Christians, who prior to the 1980s were largely apolitical. Exit polls in the 2004 presidential election showed that Bush led Kerry by 70?30% among Southern whites, who comprised 71% of the voters. Kerry had a 90?9 lead among the 18% of Southern voters who were black. One-third of the Southern voters said they were white evangelicals; they voted for Bush by 80?20.[49]

[HelmutKohl]

What!!!!, the top Republican supporting Obama not me ? I feel like a Mor(M)on ...

[Barry-xlovecam]

repetitive = repentant

[Robbie]

Originally Posted by SpeedoDave

No biggy, he did last election as well.

Originally Posted by ilnjscb

This - ask yourself, if Obama weren't black would Powell have endorsed him?

Can't blame him. If I were black I'd be proud to finally have a black president too. It's just human nature.

[JP-pornshooter]

Originally Posted by Robbie

Can't blame him. If I were black I'd be proud to finally have a black president too. It's just human nature.

Obama is half white so you should be half proud.

[StickyGreen]

An establishment shill endorses an establishment shill?? Shocking....

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by bronco67

Who wants to bet some Republitard will make a race thing out of this?

so wtf was it b4 obama??

[Dvae]

Just another RINO - Good riddance!

[CyberHustler]

I'm voting for Obama too.

[2012]

congrats to the weiners, i need a vacation

[ColBigBalls]

What will GFY be like after the elections?

[CyberHustler]

Originally Posted by ColBigBalls

What will GFY be like after the elections?

The same

[acctman]

Originally Posted by SpeedoDave

No biggy, he did last election as well.

I like it that 98% of blacks voted for Obama last election but that isn't racist.


Dave

Is this racist?

[bronco67]

Originally Posted by bronco67

Who wants to bet some Republitard will make a race thing out of this?

Quoted myself, because we have a winner...

http://www.wbay.com/story/19922608/s...f-his-own-race

[cashcows]

I have been a Republican my entire life. But I also feel the same way. I would have preferred Ron Paul but the Republicans fucked that up.

I really think they are all puppets, but I think Obama might actually try to do some good and rebel a little in his second term. The Republicans want to dictate morals, lifestyle, and have lost compassion for others for the most part and have no respect for the Environment.

I just can't stand to even be associated with them anymore and some of the absolute fear based stupidity they put out is mind blowing. And when Obama won their top Agenda was to make sure he failed... That's not ethical and it's not in the best interest of this country.

I do think Romney winning would bring some wealth off the sidelines into the economy but at what cost? A war, destruction of the environment, a repeal of abortion (but I think that's unlikely to happen)

My only concern of Obama is him instituting a draft or mandatory civil service and I'm not happy with him appointing a Monsanto Lobbyist to head the FDA!

[BFT3K]

[brassmonkey]

what a bunch of bullshit! he voted for a white man all his other times. if he votes for obama its because he's black no other reason. its c-o-n spiracy

[AsianDivaGirlsWebDude]

A 2012 Presidential Election Analogy In Music...

The Boss (Springsteen) has Obama's back:





And Mitt has...well, Meatloaf:









ADG

[bronco67]

Originally Posted by AsianDivaGirlsWebDude

ADG

Shitloaf.

[crockett]

It's a shame Colin Powell laid down with the Bush admin dogs, to sell the war in Iraq. Prior to him going TV and outright lying to the American people & the world about Iraq's WMD capabilities he was likely one of the few Republicans, I would have voted for.

He was the only sensible public figure in the Bush admin and he threw that away when he lied to support the war dogs.

[brassmonkey]

Originally Posted by crockett

It's a shame Colin Powell laid down with the Bush admin dogs, to sell the war in Iraq. Prior to him going TV and outright lying to the American people & the world about Iraq's WMD capabilities he was likely one of the few Republicans, I would have voted for.

He was the only sensible public figure in the Bush admin and he threw that away when he lied to support the war dogs.

it was his job he does what he's been told to do.

[Theo]

Originally Posted by cashcows

I have been a Republican my entire life. But I also feel the same way. I would have preferred Ron Paul but the Republicans fucked that up.

I really think they are all puppets, but I think Obama might actually try to do some good and rebel a little in his second term. The Republicans want to dictate morals, lifestyle, and have lost compassion for others for the most part and have no respect for the Environment.

I just can't stand to even be associated with them anymore and some of the absolute fear based stupidity they put out is mind blowing. And when Obama won their top Agenda was to make sure he failed... That's not ethical and it's not in the best interest of this country.

I do think Romney winning would bring some wealth off the sidelines into the economy but at what cost? A war, destruction of the environment, a repeal of abortion (but I think that's unlikely to happen)

My only concern of Obama is him instituting a draft or mandatory civil service and I'm not happy with him appointing a Monsanto Lobbyist to head the FDA!

Good post, did he really do that with FDA? Unreal!

[onwebcam]

Originally Posted by AVN Theo

Good post, did he really do that with FDA? Unreal!

Sure he did just like his appointment of John Holder.

Obama's Science Czar Considered Forced Abortions, Sterilization as Population Growth Solutions

"President Obama's "science czar," John Holdren, once floated the idea of forced abortions, "compulsory sterilization," and the creation of a "Planetary Regime" that would oversee human population levels and control all natural resources as a means of protecting the planet -- controversial ideas his critics say should have been brought up in his Senate confirmation hearings."

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009...#ixzz2AUcNCidn