Powell's a Dud

[dreissig]

Any Army guy knows what a dud is - a soldier who's unreliable, can't do a good job, falls asleep on guard duty, etc. Powell has not lived up to the expectations that he'd be a brilliant Secretary of State - far from it! His low profile reflects his current stature. He's nowhere.

[Catshrink]

1. Hasn't he been marginalized by the neocons?

Rummy, The Dick, Wolfie, etc.?

[Dr Fate]

2. He's a bald-faced liar too.

Remember the plagerized UN dossier, the forged Nigerian documents, and the edited Saddam/Bin Laden tape???

3 BIG lies that the media & most DEMS refused to expose...

[twilight]

3. what happened to Powell anyway?

Last I heard he was having surgery for cancer of the prostrate - never heard a word since ... ???????

:dem: :kick:

[glarius]

4. Harry Belafonte pegged him...called him a "house slave"

Belafonte said in slavery days, slaves who kissed ass with the slave owners got the cushy jobs in the house....I think Belafonte is right on the money where Powell is concerned.

[November 2004]

5. I think Belafonte is almost always

'right on the money' - the Powell thing has been almost as embarrassing as the Clarence Thomas debacle!

[Military Brat]

11. And that goes double for Neocondoleezza Rice

Eyes darting everywhere, pissed off at the world, except when Massah Boosh shows up. She has sold her soul to the devil.

[joeybee12]

6. Absolutely! He has spent his entire career SOLELY working

on his reputation. Anyone with half a brain could see he has accomplished nothing. But he has such good relationships with the press, they are far too quick to make excuses for him. He is nothing more than a political oportunist, and totally ineffective in every capacity.

Oh, and now the media blames it on the neocons. Well, if Powell were at all competent, he'd be able to outmanuever them!

[Orangeone]

7. I Agree

People tried to say he was not as much a hawk as the rest of the administration. He might of disagreed about the methods but he was on board with the objectives.

I started to hated Powell when I saw a PBS program about El Salvador. Powell was hugging an El Salvadoran General, telling him he was doing a great job. This was after the General (I forgot his name) had killed and tortured all these people.

[cliss]

8. Wouldn't you be mealy-mouthed

if you had to work with these guys?

Of course, I would shoot my mouth off after 1 week on the job and tell my bosses to shove it where the sun doesn't shine. I'd tell them what I thought of their plans. So that would be a non-event on my resume.

This is a man with no principles, no scruples, and no personality.

[leetrisck]

9. When I heard James Baker had been sent to Iraq

I figured Powell was through - that is Powell's job that Baker is doing now. Sweet of bush & co to do it with Powell having surgery but then, they are like that. Don't have any respect for Powell anymore (used to) but he let himself & the American people be used for himself and bush & co. On edit - just noticed that is my #1000 so I pat myself on the back - all of you are interesting and informative.

[bahrbearian]

10. You talking about Colon Palup ?

[UTUSN]

12. His Dudness Goes Back to Vietnam Days

He has always done the bidding of SOMEbody, but somehow he gained cache, and during the CLINTON Administration he lorded it over the CLINTONites, whose reputation of distance from the military made him difficult to control.

[Skittles]

13. He did his major Bush Whore job

with his stupid drawings "proving" WMD in Iraq. The blood there is on his hands. He can rot in hell.

[lpbk2713]

14. His kid is a chip off the ol' block at the FCC.

He's handing the Telcos the keys to the candy factory at every opportunity and we are paying for it big time.

[Mercurius]

15. Powell is seldom

in a position to do anything that is worthwhile. He's a good figurehead, and I think that's what the administration means him to be.

[Malva Zebrina]

16. and he is highly over rated

I think. HE is a man who is unconcerned about any of his responsibilities. I think the only cares about his retirement. I also think he is a littl short on the loaf when it comes to intelligence. Just my observations.

[Hamlette]

17. Woodward's Bush at War

depicts Powell as a diligent individual who tried to talk Bush out of the war.

These days? I have NO idea what to believe. Maybe Woodward just wanted to show that Bush was presented with all options and was told of the dangers. That of course would make Bush really look like a hero. His mission was so important he was willing to take it against all odds.

Speaking of which. Has anyone read Brooks in the NYTimes today? I thought there was hope when he supported gay marriage (for all the right reasons) but in today's column he just sounds insane. He's taking about the dangers of ideology (you stop looking for answers because you think you have them all) and then, in the last paragraph, does exactly what he preaches against in the rest of the piece.