Powell On Obama
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Republicans, Video
“He didn’t have a lot of experience in running a presidential campaign, did he.”
- Colin Powell, when asked about Obama’s supposed lack of experience.
Here he is on Good Morning America…
And what about the Rev. Wright contro?
Returning to presidential politics, Powell condemned controversial remarks by Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama’s pastor of 20 years, as “deplorable” but complimented the Democratic candidate for hisspeech on race that followed in the aftermath.“Rev. Wright is also somebody who has made enormous contributions in his community and has turned a lot of lives around,” Powell said, “And so, I have to put that in context with these very offensive comments that he made, which I reject out of hand.”
Powell added that he does not know Wright, and praised Obama’s response.
“I think that Sen. Obama handled the issue well . . . he didn’t look the other way. He didn’t wait for the, for the, you know, for the storm to go over. He went on television, and I thought, gave a very, very thoughtful, direct speech. And he didn’t abandon the minister who brought him closer to his faith,” Powell told Sawyer.
By the way, is Powell a Republican or a Dem? I think he voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004, yes? But didn’t he vote for Clinton in 1996?
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April 10th, 2008 at 9:31 am
The third graf of the ABCNews.com story sez:
“Powell, who served as President Bush’s first secretary of state, is a Republican, …”
April 10th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Ahh, fair enough. But I did think he has said in the past, he’s more of an independent. That’s what I was wondering more than anything…where his vote may eventually go.
April 10th, 2008 at 11:56 am
I think the fact that the Bush admin. basically ruined his reputation has to leave a bad taste in his mouth towards all neocons (and McCain is definitely controlled by the neocons now.) I bet he votes for Obama.
April 10th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
I agree with BO 2008 - Powell is a good soldier that was left in the fire zone while Bush and his posse jumped in the helicopter and left him there to die…………it probably cost Powell a presidency and I’m sure he’ll never forgive them for that knife in the back.