Would you welcome Colin Powell into the Kerry Administration?

[zaj]

Poll question: Would you welcome Colin Powell into the Kerry Administration?

I don't think it could happen, because he has allowed BushCo to destroy his credibility with his UN speech, but if Kerry were to extend an offer to Colin Powell to stay on as Sec of State or another cabinet officer, would you support it?

[Radical Activist]

1. He's a liar and should not be trusted

He lied during the first Iraq war and he's lying now. We don't need to give this Republican any more credibility by having him serve with another Democrat.

[I_like_chicken]

2. he's already sold his soul to the devil

its too late for him.

[mark0rama]

7. Yes - damaged goods. (nt)

[MsTryska]

19. word.

i still feel bad for him tho. i'm absolutely positive he was a good person once and a man of integrity. (or did i just buy all the desert storm propaganda?)

[phillybri]

3. I still think there's some good to the guy...

I think he'd try to make right for what he's been a part of.

I could be WAY off base, though...

[Media_Lies_Daily]

15. You're talking about the guy that helped cover up My Lai, right?....

And the same guy that helped cover up the effects of Agent Orange, and Desert Storm Syndrome??

And the same guy that lied to the UN about Iraq's nonexistent WMD programs???

Yes...you may just be "WAY off base".

[allemand]

93. Powell and My Lai

"Powell has never been implicated in any of the wrongdoing involving My Lai. No evidence ties him to the attempted cover-up. But he was part of an institution (and a division) that tried hard to keep the story of My Lai hidden--a point unacknowledged in his autobiography. Moreover, several months before he was interviewed by Sheehan, Powell was ordered to look into allegations made by another former GI that US troops had "without provocation or justification" killed civilians. (These charges did not mention My Lai specifically.) Powell mounted a most cursory examination. He did not ask the accuser for more specific information. He interviewed a few officers and reported to his superiors that there was nothing to the allegations . This exercise is not mentioned in his memoirs."

Colin Powell's Vietnam Fog
by David Corn
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml%3Fi=20010514&s=corn20010502

[blondeatlast]

16. Only if he writes the "tell-all" book; and it hits the stores TOMORROW.

He's finished, and I suspect he knows it.

It's a pity, he started with so much integrity and class, but he had to spread it out among the lot of the junta, and his is spent.

[samsingh]

56. then let him join the foreign legion

[Rowdyboy]

4. He has discredited and embarrassed himself...

No...

[Media_Lies_Daily]

5. Not only "NO", but "Hell No"!!

[rock]

36. Exactly MLD

I answered "NO" only because "HELL NO" wasn't an option.

[Disturbed]

79. HELL NO!!!!

Colon sold his soul a long time ago in Vietnam and has been a traitor to democracy and America. He is a national disgrace. Of course, he will get a high paying private sector job after this election.

[Pirate Smile]

6. Not after that speech to the UN that got us into this fiasco in Iraq.

I always thought he would end up resigning from this Administration. He didn't and he is diminished because of it.

[Goldmund]

8. NOBODY who has ANY WORKING RELATIONSHIP with the * Junta would be welcome

as far as I'm concerned.

[blondeatlast]

9. NO> He sold his soul when he testified before the UN, and KNEW

he was spouting lies.

It was in his eyes and body language; he knew it was all horse poop and he happily parroted it for his masters.

[Rambis]

10. C YA!

No room anywhere for him!

[TomClash]

11. NO MORE REPUKES IN DEM ADMINISTRATIONS!!!

[fdr_hst_fan]

12. Hell, NO!

You couldn't trust him to give un-spun advice! That was precisely what was wrong with our China policy during and after World War II: our diplomats kept telling the truth, but the Repukes and fundies didn't wat to hear it! A president needs to be told the TRUTH, no matter how unpalatable it may be.

[Xipe Totec]

13. Definitely Not. The Man Has a History of Lying

Powell also helped with damage control after the U.S. government's failed attempt to kill Libya's Moammar Khadafy - a bombing raid which instead killed one of the Libyan leader's children. In January 1986, the political general again blindly obeyed his superiors and secretly transferred U.S. TOW missiles to Iran without the approval or knowledge of Congress.

http://www.usvetdsp.com/story13.htm

[xray s]

Why on earth would we want that soulless liar?

Is there a shortage of people who have integrity?

Ask Richard Clarke back. But Powell? NO WAY!

[SeekingTruth]

14. Only if it would get Kerry elected, then I'd fire his lying ass...

nt...

[GreenArrow]

17. 'bout as much as I'd welcome a polyp

in my colon.

[da_chimperor]

20. Ewww

I'm glad i'm too young to worry about stuff like that.

[Bleacher Creature]

18. Definitely no

He made his bed. Now let him lie in it (no pun intended).

[bluedog]

21. NO freaking WAY

he has lost all credibility with the majority of the people of the United States and the World for his grandstand performance at the UN

[skygazer]

22. Certainly not

And I don't know why anyone would consider it. He's proven himself to be worse than a liar - he's a liar who is willing to impeach his own honor for a worse liar.

Ride 'em all out on a rail.

[cheshire]

23. Colin has been to the crossroad with the rest of this administration. They

made a pact with the devil just as Robert Johnson only they have been evil here on earth. He has had plenty of time to make it right and has failed to drag his ass out of the deep shit. NO WAY.

[OneBlueSky]

24. sorry . . . no whores allowed . . . n/t

.

[zulchzulu]

25. Powell is a tragic Shakespearean figure

If he resigned openly and immediately (this week) and endorsed Kerry, he could possibly get a gig with the Kerry administration in the second term.

Other than that, fuhgetaboutit.

[Kahuna]

26. You missed an option: HELLL NOOO!

:puke:

[Hello_Kitty]

27. Smart man, dumb choices. No way. n/t

[rullery]

28. Powell's advice to Bush was ignored.

The Neocons won out, and their advice was followed, to the detriment of the administration and of the nation. Powell is a good soldier who has followed orders all his life. Only that has kept him from resigning, IMO. I understand that he does not intend to serve Bush in a second administation, should Bush win - (God forbid!)

I seriously doubt that Kerry would offer Powell a position in his cabinet, because of the baggage from the Bush administration that he now carries. However I still see Powell as highly competent, and I for one will not indulge in the frenzy of bashing him.

[zaj]

49. I agree...

[xkenx]

29. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

Colin Powell lost his integrity a long time ago; he is damaged goods.
Nothing he EVER says can be trusted. Besides we have people like Wes
Clark and Richard Holbrook to be Sec. State.

[Chichiri]

30. I would actually say yes.

It would have advantages all around -- Republicans would have someone they probably trust in the highest levels of government, Democrats could point to him as an example of Kerry extending his hand across the aisle, Kerry would have the benefit of his wisdom and advice, and best of all, Powell himself could actually go to bed every night without the sinking feeling that he could be doing better for his country.

[Leilani]

31. NO! NO! NO!

Is that clear enough?

[BillZBubb]

32. Absolutely not!

Their are at least 300 million other Americans more capable and honorable. We don't need that dishonest criminal.

[Jane Austin]

33. His presentation to the UN was the deciding factor for a

lot of people.

It made going to war in Iraq OK with the American public.

He's got a lot of blood on his hands, in my view.





(edited for better sense)

[Thrill]

34. NO

None of those liars

[zbdent]

35. With a mop and a bucket

and say, here, mop the floors. Enjoy your minimum-wage job.

He lost my respect when, after "leaving politics" and retiring in 93, despite Clinton urging him to stay, Powell quickly accepted a position in Bush's WH. So much for wanting to stay away from politics . . .

[Nay]

37. No need for any more gutless wonders.

Good heavens, no. The man can't stand up for what's right in order to save his COUNTRY. The hell with him.

[David Zephyr]

38. Forget About It.

Mr. Powell long lost his chance of redemption. He must now live as the man who lied to the world in the U.N. about war just to please his boss.

[liberal N proud]

39. He destroyed any crediblity he had with this admin. n/t

[Uzybone]

40. I would welcome him into a jail cell

thats where he belongs. A shorter term than Bush Cheney Rummy et al, but he is a criminal too.

[Generator]

41. No no and no

I imagine Powell will be busy during his twilight years looking for his soul. ( and don't tell me Rumsfeld has it in a box somewhere)

[LynnTheDem]

42. Powell is drenched in blood.

IraqGate.

Iran-Contra.

Lied his ass off re Gulf War.

Lied his ass off re Iraq invasion.

The blood doesn't wash off.

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. No. He was complicit with the administration in duping the nation into

war. He knew the intelligence was false and fraudulent, said so, and then went ahead and delivered it anyway. Colin needs to be put out to pasture...because we know these liars and cheats won't be prosecuted.

[Tom Rinaldo]

44. Why, when we have our own Wss Clark!

They got a General/Statesman who wimped out when it mattered most, we got a Better One in Wes Clark, who is willing to speak Truth to Power.

[texasmom]

47. My thoughts exactly!

We have others more qualified than Powell, and Wes Clark leads the pack.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

83. Agree wholeheartedly

I love Wes Clark and look forward to seeing him in the Kerry cabinet.

[WinterStorm]

45. Hell No!

:puke:

[genius]

46. Colin My Lai Massacre Powell? No place for him in a sane administration

[autorank]

48. WHEN HELL FREEZES OVER

[phish420]

50. Asolutely not!!!

[kymar57]

51. A cautious yes

I still think he's basically a good man who's been swept under by the neocons while trying to be a team player(sadly he's on the wrong team)

[EST]

53. Of course not!

He has helped destroy his own country-what a patriot! What a vicious little monster.

[guitar man]

52. not just no but,

HELL NO! He chose to hitch his wagon to a falling star, let him go down with it. He doesn't seem to have the ability to tell the truth from a lie any better than the rest of this cabal. He needs to come clean on My Lai and a bunch of other shit before I would consider having an ounce of respect for him. Screw him and the rest of this mis-administration.

[librechik]

54. Liar

don't need more of those

[baltodemvet]

55. I thought about that

but no--simply because he's blown his cred. Too bad.

[Nimrod]

57. Might be enlightening

...to see what happens to the man when his children aren't being threatened. Still of the mind that Powell has been set up as the fall guy.

[indie_voter]

58. No

If he had an ounce of integrity he would have resigned. He stood by and allowed us to be taken down this dangerous path.

He didn't have the moral courage to speak out. Would it have made a difference? I don't know, but he never tried.

Now my children, their children and generations to come will live in a much more dangerous world.

Nobody from this administration should be allowed to enter the white house again.

[TNMOM]

59. Hell no. He has no integrity. No credibilty. He's just no different

than the thuglicans he consorts with. Throw them all OUT!!

[kohodog]

60. I hope you're joking.

Or do you want Condi too?

They all committed war crimes as far as I'm concerned and belong in prison.

[a new day]

61. Someday, I'll get an explanation why a hypothetical like this comes up

Colin Powell has already been courted to become a Democrat. He declined. John McCain is a dyed-in-the wool Republican.

[dogman]

62. No f***ing way!

He's a stooge!

[greatauntoftriplets]

63. And do you want Michael Powell to stay head of the FCC as well?

My answer is no, never. He helped get this country into the invasion of Iraq AND helped cover up the My Lai massacre in Vietnam. His credibility is in the toilet.

[RobertDevereaux]

64. You omitted "Fuck No!"

[exsoccermom]

67. No, but he should be given the chance to

Come clean. He has been the good soldier to the Re pukes, but you feel that he knows that these guys are not honest and does not approve. Kerry should not keep him as the Sec. of State (no way) but there are various commissions that he might be good at. Who knows, by the second term, he might be useful for something better.

[KalicoKitty]

65. McCain is wishy-washy

John McCain runs around the country criticizing Bush and getting all that undeserved publicity for himself as an independently minded Republican and then McCain votes with Bush every damn time on every single issue! That’s every single vote in favor of the Bush crooks for the last four years!


McCain bills himself to the public as the Republican even a Democrat can love. It’s all a republican bait-and-switch politics with McCain playing Bush’s perfect foil.



John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, called an ad criticizing John Kerry's military service "dishonest and dishonorable" and urged the White House on Thursday to condemn it as well. 'It was the same kind of deal that was pulled on me,' McCain said in an interview with The Associated Press, referring to his bitter Republican primary fight with President Bush'.”


Remember the smear campaign against John McCain in South Carolina during the 2000 presidential primary? But, McCain had racked up a 19-point win over George W. Bush.



Now, McCain is sucking up to Bush. Bush has probably promised to select him in his cabinet…probably to take over either Rumsfeld’s or Powell’s job.

[Buck Rabbit]

69. Um Kitty, good post but this poll was about Powell

An easy mistake to make. To tell them apart just remember this: * keeps Powell's spine in a jar on the left side of his desk. McCain's spine is in the jar on the right.

[vademocrat]

66. NO - It's too late for him

If he'd resigned at any of the "forks in the road" where Shrub made his wrong choices I might still respect him. But he's an empty shell of what used to be a person.

Let him disappear quietly after the election.

:thumbsdown: :thumbsdown: :thumbsdown:

[napi21]

68. There was a time I would have, but he buckled under shrub's pressure

Too bad, Colin. You sold your honor for a paycheck.

[dennis4868]

70. I would welcome him....

in a court for his war crimes...blood is on his hands!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

71. Hell NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Colin LIED for *!!! That tells us all we need to know about his "character" or, lack of.

[Demi_Babe]

72. I think there is some good in that man

and I feel he has some inner regret getting involved with Bush. I really feel this way.

[TankLV]

73. NO FUCKING WAY!

They should prosecute and imprison the war criminal!

[jonnyblitz]

74. this is a bad as McCAIN for vice president!

HE LIED TO THE UN. FUCK THAT ASSHOLE. :puke: :puke: :puke:

[featherman]

75. Now ask me about John McCain - NO!!!!!!!!

Screw those guys

[KT2000]

76. Hell NO!!!

he has proven who he really is - spineless and a synchophant so he can advance his son's career in an adminsitration he KNOWS is dishonest and corrupt.

[Spiffarino]

77. H.F.S. No!

Powell is gone. He has no credibility in Bush World, so even less for Kerry's administration.

Powell had every opportunity to come clean and leave the Bushies behind if necessary, but he chose to stay. Therefore, he's as good as toast once the good guys take charge.

[demwing]

78. Yes. But Only On This Condition:

Resign now, renounce the Bush Machine, and make your apologies to the American people and the UN.

[Droopy]

80. That has a snowball's chance in hell of happening

But I like your idea. It would be very damaging to BushCo.

[demwing]

82. You're right - its more than a longshot

But if he really is an honorable man, then let him show it now, not after Kerry has won. Once the election is over, Powell's reputation is cemented.

Decide now - Colin Skywalker or Darth Powell.

[Buck Rabbit]

84. You require him to do three things, I'll forgive him with just one.

He bring back to life the tens of thousands of Iraqis that have died from lethal doses of forced freedom.

[demwing]

85. I can't bring back the dead

But a Powell defection and apology would greatly help to advance a Kerry victory.

And with that, Im sure we can save lives. Many lives. Perhaps American lives. Perhaps even our lives, or our children's lives.

[secular_warrior]

81. Powell has no courage - won't stand up for his own principles

I'm tired of hearing how 'poor little Colin' is the good soldier trying to hold off the neocons. Sorry, but Powell is just as responsible for this mess as the rest of them. He could've taken a stand against the Administration .. he alone could've stopped the war. But instead he chose to go in front of the UN and shill for them.

Colin Powell's once promising political career is over.

[oasis]

86. Hell no. He's a lying, kool aid drinking, Bush boot licker.

[AgadorSparticus]

87. HELL NO!!!!! that sellout POS is nothing but a slimeball opportunist.

at one time, i thought he had some integrity. now, he's in the same category as mccain. please let them both fade away into oblivion.

[AntiFascist]

88. No!!!!!

Powell masquerades as the liberal influence in this Administration, when in fact he is their tool, in every sense of the word! He sold his soul to the devil and he should burn in hell. He should be a face card in Kofi Annan's card deck of the greatest international criminals. I could go on and on...

[althecat]

89. Frankly there is not much difference between him and Rand Beers

[LTR]

90. Powell's the only semi-rational person in the administration, but...

...the man is tainted goods. No way should he be in a Kerry cabinet. But if Kerry needed some advice, he shouldn't totally shut Powell out.

All in all, I think Powell just wants to retire anyway. He isn't getting any younger.

[in_cog_ni_to]

91. Hell No!

He's complicit in the march to invade Iraq. He knew they were lying. He knew the shit he spewed before the UN was just THAT, shit. No, Powell needs to join the rest of the cabal in PRISON.

[allemand]

92. Holbrooke or Clark will do a much better job as SOS

However, I don't think he should have resigned on January 13, 2003. There is a reason the neo-cons wanted him to resign:

"we were told by the neoconservative political appointee David Schenker that "the best service Powell could offer would be to quit right now.""
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/10/osp_moveon/index2.html

I think he will be remembered not for what he achieved, but rather for what he prevented.

Iraq is a mess now, but can you imagine the mess had they attacked Syria and Iran as well?