Ouch, Powell hints McCain was out of bounds re: Georgia...

[mcctatas]

POWELL: And I think it was foolhardy on the part of President Saakashvili and the Georgian government to kick over this can, to light a match in a roomful of gas fumes.

SESNO: So you’re saying the Georgians provoked this?

POWELL: They did. I mean, there was a lot of reasons to have provocations in the area, but the match that started the conflagration was from the Georgian side.

AMANPOUR: And yet…

POWELL: And that’s a given.

AMANPOUR: And some debate in the presidential elections has basically been, “We are all Georgians now.” What does that mean? It’s the same as was said after 9/11.

POWELL: One candidate said that, and I’ll let the candidate explain it for himself. <…> You have to be very careful in a situation like this not just to leap to one side or the other until you’ve taken a good analysis of the whole situation.

If I were a betting man, I would wager that Powell will throw his support behind Obama. Powell is rightfully criticized for pushing the administration’s bogus case for war with Iraq, but there’s no denying he is a respected voice of foreign affairs. The message an Obama endorsement would send would be a huge blow to McCain.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/Media/Play/32995/2/CNN-Powell-Russia-Georgia-092108.mov/

[vaberella]

1. I already know that Powell is on the boat for Obama. No doubt in my mind.

As for this. Finally someone is speaking out. I knew that the Georgians were to blame but everyone, and the Dems being slower on the lever, claimed it was Russia. I thought that was out of bounds. The issue seems to be that we have some people working with the better of Georgia in mind, yet they are the wrong doers in this situation. That needs to be rectified. Then we have an extra idiot on the Repub ticket basically challenging Russia to war.
K*R

:kick:

[mcctatas]

3. And did you see that now russia is sending war ships to...

Venezuela? :wtf: GOP= Saber rattling douchebags!

"But the announcement was made just a week after Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned that Russia would mount an unspecified response to recent U.S. aid shipments to Georgia.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, an unbridled critic of American foreign policy, was specific and blunt Sunday night about the possibility the U.S. might be concerned about the exercises.

"Go ahead and squeal, Yankees," Chavez said in a national broadcast in which he announced the exercises."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/08/world/main4424585.shtml

[vaberella]

12. Yup. This I did hear about in class. Why am I not surprised? n/t

[iceman66]

4. I doubt that.

Powell has already donated the maximum to McCain. He just hasn't made an official endorsement yet.

http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com/neighbors.php?type=name&lname=powell&fname=colin&search=Search

[vaberella]

11. I don't think so. I still think he'll go Obama. n/t

[Bad Thoughts]

5. But is Obama on board with Powell?

Having Powell support the same foreign policy vision as Obama is beneficial, but I doubt that Powell endorsement would be particularly useful. It would lead to embarrassing questions about Powell's involvement in the Iraq War or a rather tepid statement of support.

[mcctatas]

6. I don't think you have to accept a persons policy positions

in total in order to accept and benefit from their endorsement...

[Bad Thoughts]

9. Don't we complain about the radical pronouncements of McCain endorsers

Are we only taking him to task for the ideas of his reactionary Evangelical supporters? The bad advice of Phil Gramm?

[mzmolly]

15. We'll see. I hope he'll endorse after the next debate if so?

:hi:

[Enrique]

2. Powell is saying McCain is reckelss

:bounce:

[Jennicut]

7. Powell is a Republican but can't bring himself to endorse McLiar

cause he knows McLiar to be the unstable asswipe that he is.

[mcctatas]

8. Unfortunately, it also appears that he doesn't have the balls to

endorse Obama either...

[uponit7771]

10. Right, he KNOWS endorsing McSame will be the WRONG thing to do

[Jennicut]

14. True. He needs to really grow a pair and go all the way for Obama.

[K8-EEE]

13. But....but....MOOSELINI SAID IT WAS UNPROVOKED!

But Colin Powell doesn't have her vast "executive experience".....and he can't even see Russia from his front porch! So what does he know!