Colin Powell: The Republican Party Needs To 'Get a Grip' and Stand Up to Trump. I'm getting ANGRY,

[elleng]

Last edited Sun Oct 6, 2019, 08:46 PM - Edit history (1)

If we don't recognize the value of well-known repugs coming over to the right side, or indicating the possibility, we are FOOLS, and I won't be considered a fool.

'Former Secretary of State Colin Powell called on the Republican Party to “get a grip” and criticized American foreign policy as “a shambles” last week.

Powell, a retired four-star general who served as secretary of state under George W. Bush, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under George H.W. Bush, and national security advisor to Ronald Reagan, leaned toward Democratic candidates in recent years, expressing support for President Barack Obama and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

When talking publicly about Donald Trump over the last few years, Powell has spoken in measured terms, saying in 2016 that he had decided to vote for Clinton because he felt that she was more qualified and later expressing concern on CNN that Trump might not be able to be a moral leader. However, he called then-candidate Trump a “national disgrace” in an email with a former aide that was hacked and leaked online.

Speaking at a lecture with CNN columnist Fareed Zakaria and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright on Oct. 1, Powell criticized Republicans, calling on the Party to “get a grip on itself.”'>>>

https://time.com/5693929/colin-powell-republican-party-trump/?

[Skittles]

2. says the man who could not stand up to Dubya

[TreasonousBastard]

3. This from the guy who shook the bottle of "anthrax"? Another one whose...

destiny of greatness was destroyed by one act.

[LisaM]

4. Says the guy who lied to the UN

and gave * legitimacy during the recount by by gping down to Crawford and showily participating in a shadow Cabinet.

* later nominated judges to the Supreme Court who passed Citizens United and overturned key portions of the Voting Rights Act. IMO, both those decisions helped put Trump into office.

If Colin Powell complains about Trump, he is a hypocrite.

[Me.]

5. So It Took Over 2 Years For Him To Get Angry?

Spare me

[elleng]

6. I AM getting angry,

at those who fail to recognize the value of statements such as his, from significant and well known repugs (whether we like them or not.)

[Me.]

7. You Are Entitled To Your Point Of View

But I am fed up with those of influence who have watched our country being devastated and said nothing. And considering the state of his party, I doubt his statement will have much, if any, of an impact at all aside from allowing the Jackal in the WH the opportunity to defame him along with all the others who have been victimized.

[Nitram]

8. So why is Powell still a Republican?