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Colin Powell Rips Mitt Romney’s Foreign Policy while Endorsing Obama
While endorsing President Obama today, Gen. Colin Powell ripped Mitt Romney’s ‘moving target’ foreign policy.
Here is the video:
Transcript:
POWELL: I signed on for a long patrol with President Obama and I don’t think this is the time to make such a sudden change. And not only am I not comfortable with what Governor Romney is proposing for his economic plan, I have concerns about his views on foreign policy. The Governor, who was speaking on Monday night at the debate, was saying things that were quite different from what he said earlier. So I’m not quite sure which Governor Romney we would be getting with respect to foreign policy.
O’DONNELL: What concerns do you have about Governor Romney’s foreign policy?
POWELL: Well, it’s hard to fix it. I mean, it’s a moving target. One day he has a certain strong view about staying in Afghanistan, but then on Monday night he agrees with the withdrawal. Same thing in Iraq. On almost every issue that was discussed on Monday night, Governor Romney agreed with the President with some nuances. But this is quite a different set of foreign policy views than he had earlier in the campaign. And my concern, which I’ve expressed previously in a public way, is that sometimes I don’t sense that he has thought through these issues as thoroughly as he should have, and he gets advice from his campaign staff that he then has to adjust to modify as he goes along.
ROSE: Are you concerned about the people that are advising Governor Romney?
POWELL: I think there’s some very, very strong neo-conservative views that are presented by the Governor that I have some trouble with. There are other issues as well, not just the economy and foreign policy. I’m more comfortable with President Obama and his administration when it comes to issues like what are we going to do about climate, what are we going to do about immigration? What are we going to do about education? Lots of things like that. I do not want to see the new Obamacare plan thrown off the table. It has issues, you have to fix some things in that plan. But what I see when I look at that plan is 30 million of our fellow citizens will now be covered by insurance. And I think that’s good. We’re one of the few nations in the world, with our size, population and wealth, that does not have universal health care.
Republicans had been quietly hoping for much of the year that Powell would endorse Mitt Romney, but once John Bolton and the Bush neo-con crew took over Romney’s foreign policy, there was absolutely zero chance of that happening. Since Powell was Secretary of State under George W. Bush, his 2008 endorsement was embraced by Obama supporters, but met with skepticism by some parts of the left who can never forgive him for his role in the lead up to the invasion of Iraq.
In 2012, it is more obvious that Gen. Powell has some serious disagreements with the neo-con vision of foreign policy that is personified by Mitt Romney. Hopefully, Colin Powell’s endorsement will prompt some Americans to see past Romney’s foreign policy me too snow job at the third debate, and think about what a potential Romney presidency would mean in terms of foreign policy.
Domestic policy dominated the 2000 election too, but it was George W. Bush’s foreign policy that led the country into two wars that we are still trying to fully extract ourselves from.
The reason why Mitt Romney changed his position on preemptive war in the third debate is because he knows that war is unpopular with the American people. Colin Powell lived the nightmare of dealing with a president who didn’t think things through on foreign policy up close and personally.
Gen. Powell is warning the country what a Romney presidency will bring. Unless Americans want more war, they had better listen.
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clarence swinney
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 11:47 am
Obama leaning on Clinton for help.Good choice.
Show a better record. Yes! BJ bAd bad bad. Yet! lifetime helpiing others.
CLINTON PRAISE-WITH PLEASURE
GDP–rose from 6300 to 11,600
NATIONAL INCOME-5,000 to 8,000 Billion–took 20 years to grow 2500B before Clinton
JOBS CREATED–over 22 million–record by far
AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS–$360 to $478
AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS WORKED–never hit 35.0–hit that mark 4 times in 80′s
UNEMPLOYMENT–from 7.2% down down down to 3.9%
WELFARE TO WORK—11,533,710 on federal roll in 1996 and 3,880,321 in 2007.
MINIMUM WAGE–$4.25 to $5.15
MINORITIES–did exceedingly well
HOME OWNERSHIP–hit all time high
DEFICIT–290 Billion to whoopee a SURPLUS
DEBT—-+28%—300% increase over prior12 years
FEDERAL SPENDING–+28%—80% under Reagan- who da true conservative?
DOW JONES AVERAGE–3,500 to 11,800 all it’s history to get to 3500 and Clinton zooms it
NASDAQ–700 to 5,000—all of it’s history to get to 700 and Clinton zooms it
VALUES INDEXES– almost all bad went down–good went up in zoom zoom zoom
FOREIGN AFFAIRS–Peace on Earth good will toward each other—Mark of a true Christian–what has Bush done to Peace on Earth?
POPULARITY—highest poll ratings in history during peacetime in AFRICA, ASIA AND EUROPE even 98.5% in Moscow–left office with highest gallup rating since it was started in 1920′s.
STAND UP FOR JUSTICE–evil conservatives spent $110,000,000 on hearings and investigations and caught— ONE— very evil man who took a few plane rides to events.
BOW YOUR HEADS–Thank you God for sending us a man of Bill Clinton’s character, intelligence, knowledge of governance, ability to face up to crises without whimpering and a great leader of the world.
THANK YOU GOD FOR THE GOOD TIMES THE CLINTON YEARS.
Echelon
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Colin Powell really needs to cross party lines. He would be a great asset to the Democratic Party. And he certainly would make a great VP.
C Prompt
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
No doubt,his views would cross party lines and work to gain consensus. EXCEPT…I don’t think he’s considered a natural-born American which you need to be in order to be prez or VP. It’s a sad twist but I’ve always liked how well-spoken Powell is and how he measures his words when he speaks.
Reynardine
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 12:42 pm
What I would like to see is for Colin Powell to gather around himself old-fashioned “normal” center-conservatives and either retake the Republican Party, or establish a new one. We need two parties. We don’t need a Nazi Party.
Letel Prek
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
We know that Powell is a very rationale person. So, if he endorses Obama/Biden it makes good sense. Three rational men who knows something about foreign policy.
TnkAgn
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
I had lost so much respect for Col. Powell after he shilled for the Bush/Cheney war of choice in Iraq in front of the UN. He has steadily rehabilitated himself in my eyes over the last four years. Keep up the good work, Colonel.
Dave Koch
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 3:14 pm
Colin Powell endorsed President Obama for re-election. Colin Powell is the only credible person to emerge from the Bush administration, and he has the experience to understand why Romney is the most dangerous man in the world.
Michelle
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
TnkAgn – he’s a retired General, not Colonel.
TnkAgn
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 8:09 pm
I knew that!
Thomas Johnson
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 7:57 pm
Powell went out and sold the iraq war because his president asked him to – a president who had the neo-cons talking directly into his ear (and that includes cheeny). Powell got f**ked by the neo-cons and he is not going to let them forget it. I agree he has rehabbed his image over the last four years which allows him to speak with more authority and respect about where he thinks the country should be headed. I also think he is giving the neo-cons the big middle finger.
TigerLily
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
i would not want to be associated with a repuplican right now.if i was republican..i would tell no one!
Pilot Teacher
Oct. 25th, 2012 at 9:58 pm
Colin Powell would make an excellent Secretary of State.
Anne
Oct. 28th, 2012 at 9:56 am
Colin Powell is an intelligent, well-spoken man with the integrity that motivates him to take responsibility for his role in the debacle that GW Bush’s administration brought to us. He has outlined all of the reasons for endorsing the current president, all of them very sound reasons. More than most of us, he knows just how dangerous Willard Romney and his chicken hawk ilk are because he’s seen that kind of mentality up close. Former New Hampshire governor John Sununu had the nerve to suggest that Powell endorsed the president only because both are men of color. As a black woman who has been subjected for nearly 4 years to the accusation that I voted for the president just because he’s black, I find that accusation patronizing, ignorant, and downright offensive. Apparently, the mentality displayed by Sununu and other Republicans is incapable of acknowledging that black people reject Willard for the same reasons that people of other ethnicities do. They praise the very few black folks who endorse Romney, claiming that’s an example of blacks who think for themselves. What they can’t see is that thinking, rational folks of all races reject their deeply flawed and dangerous candidate who is GW on steroids. They can’t admit that many white Republicans are voting for Romney just because he’s white. They’ve been known to call whites voting for Obama race traitors. This kind of thinking says everything about them and nothing about those of us who want to re-elect the president.
Shiva (Moderator)
Oct. 28th, 2012 at 10:12 am
The GOP followers run to the extremes. You have the 4-5 of them that are decent really nice people. Then you have 99% of republicans that are insane and accuse everyone of something
If you are a reader, get the book DNA USA. You will get a huge laugh at our southern bigots