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jezebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:43 AM Original message |
Why is there even an assumption that Colin Powell is going to endorse anyone on MTP? |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:47 AM Response to Original message |
1. There was a column in Huffington Post where the writer said Powell |
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jezebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. interesting. Is this just the writers speculation or inside info? I just don't want the press to |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I personally just think it's this writer's speculation. nt |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. O'donnell used to work in the congress (not a congressman) but he does |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. The speculation is that he wouldn't have waited this long to endorse McCain.. |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:05 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. I agree that I hope he doesn't endorse McCain -- especially since he still |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:48 AM Response to Original message |
2. I am skeptical also, but why would he even go on MTP? /nt |
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jezebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Hasn't he just been a guest in the past? Or is it unusual for him to go on? I'm thinking about this |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. He lost any credibility back at the UN with that bogus speech... |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:43 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. here are some facts to chew on (and why you should stop hating powell) |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Sorry, but Powell should not have supported the Bush junta... |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:55 AM Response to Original message |
7. That's what I wondered - those talking heads sure do take some leaps. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. Wes Clark seemed skeptical this a.m. too...n/t |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
11. Why else would he be on? |
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Condem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:00 AM Response to Original message |
12. Why else would he be on? |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
14. If quite a few of us are not into Colin Powell, it doesn't mean that |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I agree. Most Americans have a lot of respect for Powell. |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. the DU folks crying about powell are a tiny, tiny, tiny fringe of america on this |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Yes. We have the burden (but also the benefit) of following events |
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DU9598 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. Tom Brokaw's show? |
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Thrill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
17. Personally in my opinion if he wasn't going to endorse Obama. He wouldn't endorse anyone |
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Essene (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-17-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
18. 1. powell has increasingly supported obama 2. the hype around the endorsement isnt accidental |
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