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Ron Paul is a Republican
Checkmate
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Wrong again. I've already provided a very good set of reasons as to why Powell would vote for Obama.
You've been suspiciously absent in addressing my points. Wonder why that is?
Powell is a soldier, first and foremost. That was his life.
He was one of the most influential American general's in history when it came to finishing out the post-Vietnam reorganization of the American military. When you dissect his career and his military philosophy it becomes very clear as to why Powell voted for Obama. Race has nothing to do with it.
Ron Paul is a Republican
Checkmate
And apparently you don't actually read the threads you take a dump in.
He calls himself Skippy. Perhaps you've paid less attention to him than I have, perhaps you just happened to miss that one Late Night With David Letterman in 1996 when he was pushing a book, in which he stated that "Skippy" is what he liked to be called. Or it could have been Leno, it wa a long time ago, but he did say it.
Since he stated he liked to be called "Skippy", I call him that, since he's a little too chubby to be a Peter Pan.
Now that we've resolved that issue to my satisfaction, you could note that I went through the link provided by a person who claims Skippy had "real" reasons for endorsing the Kenyan Kandidate, and found those reasons to be non-existent or shallow. Race would seem to be the only overriding factor.
I think he is moderately conservative. I'm with you on this.
I'm curious as to how you get there from here. As an example I present to you the nomination of John McCain, who was carried by a decent majority within the GOP.
Maybe the moderates are trying to purge the staunch conservatives. Ever think about that?
In other words, you're sore that we won. Noted.
Powell supported Obama because of Powell's own strategic vision for the U.S.
Obama was absolutely the best choice among the two because he was the most likely to actually follow Powell's own strategy on foreign policy and military use.
No such thing as a "moderate" conservative. The moderate label is applied to liberals to make them feel less embarassed about their silly beliefs.
Nothing decent about it, McCain was one of the two annointed by the media to lead the GOP. The Democrat dominated media had been trying to get McCain to lose for the GOP since 2000.
Yes, the moderates are trying to make the Republicans lose more elections, we all know that.
Sure I do.
This thread is sooooo involved, soooooo complex, that it has posts like this in it:
"That last comma was unnecessary. "
I don't guess you got the memo. We all swept the last election, we all outnumber y'all. And it's gettin' worse for y'all by the day.
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If Powell had such a problem with the war policies of Bush and McCain, then Ron Paul the Conservative Republican commited to a small Constitutional Government & no nation building - would have been his choice.
...if he (Powell) was a Conservative that is.
That post added more content than the entirety of your posts in this thread.
Ummmm....seriously. You need to turn off Fox, turn off Savage, put down the Ann Coulter novel, step away from the internet, and visit a zoo, or a park, or something. This is one of the most ludicrous statements I have ever seen posted on this forum.
I've already provided a very good set of reasons as to why Powell would vote for Obama. You've been suspiciously absent in addressing my points. Wonder why that is?
No you didn't, you provided an unsubstantiated reason that allowed you to pretend you were actually discrediting the man. All you did was make yourself look like a fool.I provided a better reason.
No, you don't read the threads thoroughly or you would have seen them.You mean besides the fact that I don't recall seeing them?
I'm sorry, when did Powell announce his candidacy again?That's fine. What's he doing in politics, then? He too stupid to figure out what happened to MacArthur? He had hopes of being an Eisenhower, I suppose. That idea crashed and burned for two reasons. He's too liberal to get a Republican nomination, and the Democrats HATE the military.
You missed it because I never said it and you have no clue as to what you are talking about apparently.You mean, he endorsed Obama back in the 70's? I missed that one.
Why would I?I see you don't mention his pro-gun-control liberal philosophy. Why is that?
You've failed to actually debate the points I made about his military service. All you've done is inject red herrings and irrelevant tripe. No substance whatsoever.Since he endorsed Obama again in, just last year, I saw that one, and it is perfectly clear that, given the fact that Obama has ZERO qualifications to be president, just like my dog, that Powell was not using any practical measure of the man to endorse him. What else is there? Race.
There. I've reviewed your posts.
You provided zero reasons for Skippy to do what he did.
You posted mostly trivial crap not worth responding to.
And now you're whining that I ignored them. Well. Now I haven't ignored them.
Happy?
He is? That's not what the other 8 people in the Republican primaries seemed to think. :2razz:
A legitimate point of policy Powell referenced in his endorsement was Obama's willingness to talk to governments the Bush administration had ignored (Iran, for example). You can debate the merits of his belief, but that's at least one legitimate foreign policy issue..
Yeah, that's worked out well.
North Korea has set off a nuke, and has been spending Memorial Day launching fireworks in the general direction of Japan.
Iran has told Obama "Piss off, yo, we want the bigger M80's, too, and what're YOU gonna do?"
No, I didn't say that at all. You're injecting your hyper partisan assessment of Obama's desire to improve relations with our European allies in order to mask your complete ignorance of Colin Powell's philosophy.Here's another argument of yours:
So, you're saying that Powell's "strategic vision" was for the United States to rush down the path the Russians followed until 1989, and to kiss European ass?
And like you were saying...well you weren't saying much at all because you didn't actually debate the point. You're just spewing ignorant vitriol. You're good at it though.Like I was saying, since Obama doesn't have any qualifications to be president, Powell couldn't have used them for endorsing him.
No, not at all. I'm arguing that Powell's military experience is a major, if not the major determinant in his political decision making. He saw what Bush and Co. did to his strategy, he wasn't going to watch McCain continue the abortion.Now you're arguing that Powell must have been kicked in the head by an Army mule to explain his endorsement.
I think you were the one kicked in the head here. Seriously, you don't debate. You just cackle.So, because Obama wasn't qualified, and because Skippy was kicked in the head, Skippy endorsed him.
No, the race issue makes you sound stupid.Really, the race issue makes more sense.
He absolutely could. And if you knew anything at all about what you were talking about you would understand why. But then we couldn't have your hyper partisan ignorant mindset being compromised by sound logic and reason now could we?I mean, could a person dedicated to preserving the nation actually endorse anyone like Obama? No, that's not possible.
No you didn't, you provided an unsubstantiated reason that allowed you to pretend you were actually discrediting the man. All you did was make yourself look like a fool.
No, you don't read the threads thoroughly or you would have seen them.
I'm sorry, when did Powell announce his candidacy again?
You missed it because I never said it and you have no clue as to what you are talking about apparently.
Why would I?
You've failed to actually debate the points I made about his military service.
All you've done is inject red herrings and irrelevant tripe. No substance whatsoever.
Yeah, that's worked out well.
North Korea has set off a nuke, and has been spending Memorial Day launching fireworks in the general direction of Japan.
Iran has told Obama "Piss off, yo, we want the bigger M80's, too, and what're YOU gonna do?"