Ok, how about he was a "closet Obama supporter" until now..IMHO...nm

• Colon Powell endorses Barak Obama. nm - oldtimer
  • Come to think of it, Colin Powell might be the - October surprise. nm
    • Come to think of it........s/m - gourdpainter
      • I think it is way too late now to make a change...sm - oldtimer
        • Agreed 100%. If McCain can't take charge of his own campaign - how can he be trusted to lead country? nm
        • I agree - gourdpainter
          • By that same logic, Obama is also a puppet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - nm
            • Did you even read what I said? - gourdpainter
              • oops...sorry, musta had a brain freeze.....sorry....:-) - nm
              • Oh lighten up....they're all puppets, we know that.....nm - nm
                • IMHO Colin Powell isn't a puppet. - gourdpainter
          • CP says that he thinks Obama has the potential...sm - oldtimer
            • Yep, McCain has potential to be a good president too....sm - sm
              • If John McCain had stuck to his guns and been...sm - geek
  • Colin Powell....closet democrat...no surprise there...nm - nm
    • Actually, in talking with my husband about this today...sm - ms
    • Yeah, he turned....gone over to the dark side...nm - .
      • Possibly s/m - gourdpainter
        • If McCain had chosen Powell for VP...sm - oldtimer
          • He's already turned it down once - Dee
          • What makes you think Colin Powell would want to be on the McCain ticket? - Educated Voter
            • Not a right wing wacko, just supposing what...sm - oldtimer
              • You are definitely not a right-wing wacko, oldtimer! - Educated Voter
          • If he had chosen Powell... - sam
            • Ain't that the truth! (Sam, great to see you back!) - nm
          • He would have been a GREAT choice but - sm
            • Wrong! Their may have been some people that...sm - oldtimer
              • Sorry, OT, but I must disagree - sm
                • I can only tell you what my feelings were this morning...sm - oldtimer
                  • I felt his pain. - gourdpainter
                    • So, in the same respect, - sm
                      • Must be not. Double standard applies. Crickets. - nm
          • Had he done so I would have voted for him most likely - gourdpainter
            • At one time I would have too, when McCain was...sm - oldtimer
              • I think one of his messages was GOP needs to - moderate itself back toward center next time. nm
          • You got that right. Colon Powell could have - REALLY rocked the vote. Missed opportunity. nm
            • Pretty much shows - gourdpainter
      • We knew it wouldn't take long for McC camp racism - to rear it's ugly head. So 1950s of you...sm
        • It was a Star Wars reference......you're the one that injected racism. nm - No I didn't
          • I knew what you meant as well. - sm
          • I knew what you meant...you notice which side plays the race card....nm - fastymt
            • Thanks...glad you could see it for what it was. Star Wars, pure and simple...nm - nm
              • Choir member reassuring each other that their campaign - is not the least bit racist not that convincing.
                • Choir member....what an interesting choice of words. - sm
          • Like ribs, fried chicken and watermelon - aren't racist stereotypes?...sm
            • could you please - gourdpainter
              • Hay, GP. Don't forget the conebread. - nm
                • SNL fan? conehead/cornbread? HaHa. nm - oldtimer
                  • I understand "conebread". LOL - gourdpainter
                • Goshdangit!!! - gourdpainter
            • Once again....you are the one that saw something that wasn't there. - Not my fault you're acting racist.
              • Like phoney food stamp flyers covered with racial stereotypes, - robocalls, Johnstown PA McC rally,...sm
              • You say what you say. I hear what I hear. Must have been - blinded by all the racism that has been...sm
              • Isn't it strange how you can make fun all you want - fastymt
                • Show me one thing on our laundry list that has - proved to be fatal. Racism kills folks...sm
                  • Liberal softies and whiners are the downfall of this country...nm - fastymt
                    • Yeah. We'll be falling right into the leadership shortly - by popular mandate. Democracy in action. nm
                      • Practice your lockstep and iron your brown shirt... - fastymt
                        • Rubs already hold copyright on lockstep. - Bet my 401K against yours you ar mistaken. sm
                          • Oh, how I love to rile you guys up! Thanks for making my day... - fastymt
                            • The only thing you know how to rile up is each other. - You send the rest of us into...sm
                    • Oh PULEEZ n/m - gourdpainter
    • Yeah right. Served under Reagan, Bush I and Bush II - Considers himself a pub. Nice ry. nm
      • You do understand the term, "closet" democrat, don't you???nm - nice ry yourself
        • What part of "I am republican first and foremost" (Colin Powell) - Do you not understand? nm
          • Ok, how about he was a "closet Obama supporter" until now..IMHO...nm - Is that better?
            • Or how about - gourdpainter
  • Repubublican, former National Security Advisor, - Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff and...sm
  • Colin, not Colon...you must be an MT! Thanks for the laugh..nm! - phillygal
    • Too funny! Yes, I am an MT. nm - oldtimer

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...I think Hillary should stay in the race as long as it takes for every American to be able to participate in the voting process.  Obama has said the very same thing, even though Hillary's been lying about it and saying he wants her to drop out.

Trust is the main issue I won't be voting for her.  If she somehow "wins" the primary, I'll probably write in Senator Obama's name, but I could never vote for her with a clear conscience.

I'm an uninsured American with a terminal illness, and this may very well be the last election in which I'll be able to participate.  This is the first time in my entire life that I don't feel my choice involves voting for the "least worst" person.  It's the first time in my life I've actually been excited about voting for a candidate, and I'm grateful I had the opportunity to know what that feels like.

The news that he intentionally hid the 800K plus he donated to ACORN.  His camp has admitted to it but said it was an "oversight".....yea, right!  Obama knew what ACORN is mostly all about and he's all for that........ya know, voter fraud?!!!  I'm still waiting for someone to post a fact to refute that statement made by his own spokesperson.   Where is it?   So many underhanded, deviant, illegal characters he has contact with......this is a dem that will NOT be voting for him. 

wanting segregation no matter what race you are (minority or not) is racist.  That is what I took from her thesis.

Pretty much sums it up, if you ask me:

From the  Sunday Portland Oregonian:

"Other than telling us how to live, think, marry, pray, vote,
invest, [balance our budgets], educate our children--- and now, die--- I think the Republicans have done a fine job of getting government out of our personal lives."

Wow!  LOL.  I can certainly relate to making MANY mistakes, and I agree that it's okay to say you're wrong.  I also agree that it keeps us humble and human, and to me, some of the best laughs I've ever had were when I was laughing at myself! 

Although I appreciate very much your message about being nice to you, I can't help but feel sad that it's come to the point on this board where someone has to thank someone else for just being civil.  I plead guilty to sometimes letting things get to me and have complained bitterly about those things at times, but I have always tried to complain about the issue at hand and not personalize it because I believe we can all agree without being disagreeable.  (If anyone on this board believes I have attacked them personally, then I truly apologize because it wasn't meant that way.)  Being nice to someone shouldn't be the exception; it should be the rule.

I, too, enjoy reading people's different opinions because I want to learn as much as I can, as well, and find new things to research, just like you. 

As far as Anthony Hopkins is concerned, I couldn't agree with you more, and I can understand how one might think his characters are based on real people.  I laughed out loud when I saw his inclusion in your list of doctors, and I'm very glad you interpreted my post in the manner it was intended:  as something funny and as something I, myself, might be more than capable of doing and laughing at myself for it, as well.

I just wanted to thank you for such a lovely post and wish you a great day. 

I hope you haven’t just eaten, because what you are about to read will disturb you–and well it should. It’s proof that John McCain foresaw the Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae disaster in 2006– and tried against all Obama-Like minds to ward it off.

Below are John McCain’s remarks urging the passage of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, which he co-sponsored and which was rendered “Dead” in Congress.

Guess who prevailed and didn’t take heed? Or more appropriately, guess who deliberately “looked the other way”?

This is all we need to know to understand exactly WHICH candidate in this election is willing to break some eggs when it comes to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac–two organizations that, with the help of certain Democrats, deliberately redistributed wealth the easy way. Now we are all paying for it, as intended all along. Just as John McCain warned below.

As we view the carnage, this is all we need to know to understand exactly WHICH candidate foresaw this carnage we are witnessing,  and which candidate worked to convince the other candidate to help avoid it. It is all we need to know to recognize exactly WHICH candidate had the right judgment and was looking out for the rest of us.

Joe Biden? It’s time for US to be Patriotic? No. It’s time for YOU to be patriotic. In fact, it’s too late. As for you saying, “It’s time to be part of the deal”. We want no part of this “deal”. And what a “deal” it was!

May 26, 2006

Mr. President, this week Fannie Mae’s regulator reported that the company’s quarterly reports of profit growth over the past few years were “illusions deliberately and systematically created” by the company’s senior management, which resulted in a $10.6 billion accounting scandal.

The Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight’s report goes on to say that Fannie Mae employees deliberately and intentionally manipulated financial reports to hit earnings targets in order to trigger bonuses for senior executives. In the case of Franklin Raines, Fannie Mae’s former chief executive officer, OFHEO’s report shows that over half of Mr. Raines’ compensation for the 6 years through 2003 was directly tied to meeting earnings targets. The report of financial misconduct at Fannie Mae echoes the deeply troubling $5 billion profit restatement at Freddie Mac.

The OFHEO report also states that Fannie Mae used its political power to lobby Congress in an effort to interfere with the regulator’s examination of the company’s accounting problems. This report comes some weeks after Freddie Mac paid a record $3.8 million fine in a settlement with the Federal Election Commission and restated lobbying disclosure reports from 2004 to 2005. These are entities that have demonstrated over and over again that they are deeply in need of reform.

For years I have been concerned about the regulatory structure that governs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac–known as Government-sponsored entities or GSEs–and the sheer magnitude of these companies and the role they play in the housing market. OFHEO’s report this week does nothing to ease these concerns. In fact, the report does quite the contrary. OFHEO’s report solidifies my view that the GSEs need to be reformed without delay.

Quick Info

S-90 Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005

Last Action: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Status: Dead

I join as a cosponsor of the Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005, S. 190,to underscore my support for quick passage of GSE regulatory reform legislation. If Congress does not act, American taxpayers will continue to be exposed to the enormous risk that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac pose to the housing market, the overall financial system, and the economy as a whole.

I urge my colleagues to support swift action on this GSE reform legislation.

Update: Well looky here. Here’s a glowing Wall Street piece on Obama, written in June 2008. You would think Mr. “Regulator” Obama really is Jesus looking out for us! But…..here’s the paragraph that hooked me–the paragraph that haunts today:

He characterized the senator as a quick study on financial services, citing his early support of efforts by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank to empower the Federal Housing Administration to help struggling homeowners.

Oh they “empowered” all right. The Democrats killed this bill while Dodd, Frank and Obama fiddled and helped Fannie and Freddie cook their books, continue to tank, all the while keeping the regulators out of their way. These are the guys who killed the bill that McCain fought for. The bill that would have avoided the financial disaster we witnessed during the past two weeks. In the meantime, take a look at which senators were feeding at the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac trough. My party is not what it used to be. My party has not only let me down, but it has also screwed me and my country in the process.

Note:  All of these facts can be independently confirmed if you are interested in the truth of this matter.

Obama has shown great judgment in the people who surround him.  He picked a great VP choice, and his wife is impeccable as a helpmate and is a fantastic role model for the American children.