clifto wrote:

Powell is a flaming, Bush-bashing, card-carrying liberal. Everything
he has said since the start of the Iraq war confirms it.

Huh??? Bush chose the "Bush-bashing, card-carrying liberal" Powell to
hold a very high position in his administration for four years and
additionally made his son Chairman of the FCC. THAT Bush-bashing
Powell?? Yeah, right. Get real!

Everything he [Powell] has said since the start of the Iraq war confirms it.

Are we talking about the same Powell here? The one whose impassioned
speech in front of the UN helped *start* the Iraq war???

Do you even remotely consider the possibility that Powell "saw the error
of his ways" and was man enough to want to set the record straight?

Carter-K8VT wrote:
clifto wrote:
Everything he [Powell] has said since the start of the Iraq war confirms it.

Do you even remotely consider the possibility that Powell "saw the error
of his ways" and was man enough to want to set the record straight?

Doesn't fit his actions as well as my explanation.

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clifto wrote:
Carter-K8VT wrote:

clifto wrote:

Everything he [Powell] has said since the start of the Iraq war confirms it.

Do you even remotely consider the possibility that Powell "saw the error
of his ways" and was man enough to want to set the record straight?

Doesn't fit his actions as well as my explanation.

Well, if you say so...but I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I
just have too much trouble accepting your explanation that dubya would
give the highest (or one of the highest) appointed posts in the land to
"a flaming, Bush-bashing, card-carrying liberal" for four years. Now,
you *could* make the case that after a few years, Powell changed his
tune, going from a Bush loyalist (loyal enough to get the job) to being
a "Bush-basher".

You can say many things about Powell, but not that he is dumb. So, even
if the (unlikely) scenario I described above of Powell changing his
spots is true, then you *have* to ask WHY he changed from a loyalist to
a basher. Did he just finally get sick of the lies and corruption???

Carter-K8VT wrote:
clifto wrote:
Carter-K8VT wrote:
clifto wrote:
Everything he [Powell] has said since the start of the Iraq war confirms it.

Do you even remotely consider the possibility that Powell "saw the error
of his ways" and was man enough to want to set the record straight?

Doesn't fit his actions as well as my explanation.

Well, if you say so...but I guess we will have to agree to disagree. I
just have too much trouble accepting your explanation that dubya would
give the highest (or one of the highest) appointed posts in the land to
"a flaming, Bush-bashing, card-carrying liberal" for four years.

Bush has angered a lot of conservatives by what appear to be conciliatory
moves, like Powell; backing Arlen "Here's The Blade, Where's Your Back?"
Spector over Toomey; and several others.

Now,
you *could* make the case that after a few years, Powell changed his
tune, going from a Bush loyalist (loyal enough to get the job) to being
a "Bush-basher".

You can say many things about Powell, but not that he is dumb. So, even
if the (unlikely) scenario I described above of Powell changing his
spots is true, then you *have* to ask WHY he changed from a loyalist to
a basher. Did he just finally get sick of the lies and corruption???

He wasn't getting enough spotlight. He figured the Democrats would offer
more spotlight.

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If John McCain gets the 2008 Republican Presidential nomination,
my vote for President will be a write-in for Jiang Zemin.