Comments on: Colin Powell Finally Does The Right Thing
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The official blog of GW College DemocratsFri, 10 Feb 2012 03:45:49 +0000http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1By: Keepthechange
http://blog.gwcollegedemocrats.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-finally-does-the-right-thing/#comment-34
KeepthechangeWed, 22 Oct 2008 19:32:05 +0000http://blog.gwcollegedemocrats.com/?p=38#comment-34I'd like to think that Powell is asking for forgiveness, but I think even he knows it’s too late for that. He either didn't have the backbone to stand up to Bush and not lie about the war or he was a moron and believed the crap Cheney was dishing out. Either way, he looks bad. History will not be kind to him and he knows it. So, his endorsement is not about trying to make things right, it’s about revenge on the party that made a fool of him. If he sways one million people into voting for Obama it won’t save his reputation. He has the blood on thousands of dead US service men and women on his hands as well as the destruction of an entire nation of Iraqis. How many votes do you need to win over to expiate that kind of bad karma?I’d like to think that Powell is asking for forgiveness, but I think even he knows it’s too late for that. He either didn’t have the backbone to stand up to Bush and not lie about the war or he was a moron and believed the crap Cheney was dishing out. Either way, he looks bad. History will not be kind to him and he knows it. So, his endorsement is not about trying to make things right, it’s about revenge on the party that made a fool of him. If he sways one million people into voting for Obama it won’t save his reputation. He has the blood on thousands of dead US service men and women on his hands as well as the destruction of an entire nation of Iraqis. How many votes do you need to win over to expiate that kind of bad karma?
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http://blog.gwcollegedemocrats.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-finally-does-the-right-thing/#comment-33
FDRsGHOSTTue, 21 Oct 2008 14:47:52 +0000http://blog.gwcollegedemocrats.com/?p=38#comment-33Colin Powell is well aware of what he did. He knows full well that he was a Judas Goat who lead his country into a disasterous war. His endorsement of Obama is his way of confessing his sin and asking for expiatiation. Mr. Ingoglia is correct in saying that for partisan Democrats like me, the Powell endorsement holds no currency, but, in a very real way, it is aimed at us too. He is asking for forgiveness.Colin Powell is well aware of what he did. He knows full well that he was a Judas Goat who lead his country into a disasterous war. His endorsement of Obama is his way of confessing his sin and asking for expiatiation. Mr. Ingoglia is correct in saying that for partisan Democrats like me, the Powell endorsement holds no currency, but, in a very real way, it is aimed at us too. He is asking for forgiveness.
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