Clinton Calls on Powell

[sabra]

Source: ABC News

ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Hillary Clinton often talks about sending her husband around the world to conduct diplomacy but on Tuesday, the Senator said she would also call on Colin Powell.

"I have said I won't even wait until I'm inaugurated, but as soon as I'm elected I'm going to be asking distinguished Americans of both parties -- people like Colin Powell, for example -- and others who can represent our country well, including someone I know very well," Clinton told the predominantly black audience after receiving the endorsement of dozens of South Carolina ministers.

Clinton's mention of Powell, who served as President Bush's first Secretary of State and made the case for invading Iraq before the United Nations in 2002, is rare. And it comes as former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was doing some defending of her own.

But at the same time the candidate was seemingly offering a bipartisan olive branch, she also touted her electability against the Republicans.

"There are some on the Republican side who are not exactly my fans," Clinton said. "I am well aware of that. I've been fighting them for years and I've been the recipient of all those incoming attacks."

"I'm still standing," Clinton declared.

Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/11/clinton-calls-o.html

[wake.up.america]

1. Powell?????!!!!!!! What a load of manure.

[Solly Mack]

2. Yes, he can take his little vial of sunshine everywhere he goes

[Cha]

17. This sounds like hillary's

had her brain snatched by the desperate mark penn.

Everybody that's been paying attention to how the War got started on Iraq knows colin powell lied at the UN to give cover to the bushites..and now they want powell for their own cover?

[Alexander]

3. Ugh. No. Thank. You.

Senator Clinton, I'll still vote for you if you're the nominee, but you aren't making my job easy.

:puke:

[AlCzervik]

4. Powell the enabler, i don't think so.

you had your chance to put your country above your job Colin and you failed, epically.

[Captain Hilts]

5. It's a good idea to reach across the aisle, or you have Woodrow Wilson all over again, BUT...

he's lost a lot of appeal on both sides of the political equation. I don't know if he can get it back after rolling over and playing dead in the cabinet.

[Zhade]

23. Then there's the who lied-to-start-a-war thing he was part of.

That's pretty important, don't you think?

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

31. Don't forget My Lai.

And "Emily, get out of the way!"

[demnan]

6. Maybe he can undo some of the bad things he's done

n/t

[rodeodance]

15. i do think he realizes the big boo boo he made.

[goclark]

26. Then why doesn't he come clean and spill all the beans?

All he has done is set up his next book offer.
How is his son that messed up the Communications Office or whatever the gift job he was given?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

7. So, Hillary wants to engage the services...

of a known liar to "help" her with her foreign outreach.

Just what will Ms. Clinton want Powell to be lying about this time???

Damn, she disgusts me more each day. :mad:

[lovuian]

8. Hillary has absolutely lost her mind

she obviously needs a reality check

[Demeter]

28. Reality Check--Coming Up!

Just over one month until the primary season!

[rAVES]

9. Well with the respect this man commands after that glorious UN speech.. how could she not!

[acmavm]

10. This is just so, so, so HILLARY!

Another empty gesture, another bad move.

I mean, what can you say to this guy? Could you ever believe anything he says? I'll answer that question. The answer is an emphatic NO!

But then, you can't trust a Clinton either.

[Cha]

18. It is so hillary and that mark penn.

What shark are they gonna jump next?

[Didereaux]

11. If I were dictator Powell would face a firing squad! n/t

[peace13]

12. 100% hoooey! n/t

[Javaman]

13. the blurring of party lines continues. nt

[tekisui]

14. Shame on her.

This is worse than Kucinich "considering" Ron Paul. She is planning on bringing a war crimes enabler(at best) into her fold.

This is indefensible.

She is not our candidate.

[mitchum]

16. Why am I not surprised by this?

[AlinPA]

19. I just lost it with Hillary. Powell lied for Rove-Bush** to push the invasion.

Crazy. (I have never posted anything negative about Hillary. This Powell thing is just too much to take)

[olddad56]

20. Why not Chuck Hagel?

[Inuca]

27. Because he is not enough of a yes man? n/t

[Demeter]

29. Or Arlen Specter? Or Tom DeLay?

There are any number of men of such caliber to draw upon....

[FreeStateDemocrat]

21. Wait until after she buys her Dem coronation and she takes a hard turn

to the right for the general election, might be some "buyer's remorse" for many of Dems she duped.

[Zhade]

22. The guy who LIED to the UN about nonexistent WMD?

Holy fucking shit - added to her desire to pick her own powers (which are and is ILLEGAL), this is insane.

Wake up, Hillary boosters.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

39. "Wake up, Hillary boosters."

Daily, I just shake my head as I read through post after post here excusing/condoning/spinning shit like this Hillary has done and potential problems of her electability. It's going on right now in the thread on reports of Bill's alleged recent affairs.

As far as I am concerned, a Hillary Clinton presidency is a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. It's just a matter of where and how and what the damage is.

And that is the last kind of shit we need as a country right now.

[tabasco]

24. I'm sure John Negroponte has some great ideas too, Hil.

As long as you're conferring with war criminals for advice, don't skip any big ones!

[Demeter]

30. Oohhh! I Forgot Him!

Of course, it's awfully dark in the shadow government...

[conspirator]

25. Stop attacking Powell. He was just the escape goat.

He couldn't know if the reports were true or not.
What would you do if you were in his place? Call your boss(bush) a liar? Bite the hand that was feeding you?

[Demeter]

32. Uphold Your Oath to the Constitution?

Naahh....

[conspirator]

33. bush wipes his ass everyday on the constitution, the war would go ahead

with or without Colin Powell's support

[Le Taz Hot]

34. Had Powell taken a public stance

AGAINST this war and exposed the lies of WMD to the world, there's a good chance we would NOT have gone to Iraq.

[SpikeTss]

35. This excuse was very popular at the end of World War II

Fortunately it did not help the murderers who perpetrated the wars of aggression at this time.
And consequently it shouldn't help criminals like Powell now.

[RaRa]

37. "What would you do if you were in his place?"

Uh, resign with my self respect somewhat intact? It's not like he wouldn't be able to earn a living without that job. Sorry, Powell lost ALL credibility a long time ago. I have zero respect for him. It's a wonder if he sleeps at night with what he should have on his conscience. Bastard.

[redqueen]

38. Let's see... bite the hand that feeds me or help cause the deaths of innocents.

Yeah, that's a real hard one there.



(Escape goat? PLEASE tell me that's a freeperism! :rofl:)

[liskddksil]

36. A glimpse of whats to come

when Hillary switches into general election mode.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

40. are they all in this together?

Republicrats
Demopublicans

[NoodleyAppendage]

41. So, she needs a "token black" to counter Obama? How disgusting.

I didn't like Hillary before this news, but this only cements my distaste for her. She sees the need for an African-American presence to counter Obama and Oprah's support for him. She seeks out Powell as a shield...not as a person.

J