LAT: Powell Being Seen, Heard More as Election Closes In

[DeepModem Mom]

THE RACE TO THE WHITE HOUSE
Powell Being Seen, Heard More as Election Closes In
The secretary of State, who is highly popular with the public, touts Bush's foreign policy.

By Paul Richter, Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — After staying away from the GOP convention to avoid the appearance of partisanship, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell is suddenly taking on a more visible role as chief advocate for the president's foreign policy.

Powell, who made no appearances on Sunday television news shows in July or August, will appear on three shows this Sunday morning. On Wednesday, he appeared on three network morning shows to defend President Bush's foreign policy after the U.S. death toll in Iraq reached 1,000.

U.S. officials say the cluster of appearances is a routine part of his job. But some others contend it reflects the administration's desire to use its most popular senior official, one who has special appeal to the moderate voters it is courting. They predict Powell will continue to be visible for the remaining 51 days until the election.

"Every time they need to appeal to moderates or independents to make their foreign policy believable, they turn to Colin Powell," said Robert Boorstin, a former Clinton administration official now with the Center for American Progress, a think tank in Washington. "It was no surprise that he was the one sent to the United Nations to provide the 'intelligence' on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. This is a continuation of that."...


http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-powell11sep11,1,7772491.story?coll=la-home-politics

[0007]

1. Don't folks remember that this is the guy that got up in front

of the U.N. and lied his ass off for one solid hour. Why would anyone want to listen to him now?

[allemand]

2. In my opinion, the best strategy to deal with this

would be to point out how often Powell has been sidelined by the hawks who dominated foreign policy in the Bush administration.

[Racenut20]

3. Trot out the token "blackFolk" to get a positive image.

They have done it consistently every time they got their *** in a wringer.

[madrchsod]

6. you`re right -ring the bell

for the house boy-there`s some cleaning up after the master to do.....

[Gyre]

8. Where's Condi?

Ensconced in a cozy little loveshack w/ Zell Miller somewhere in Atlanta?

[izzie]

4. The white mans party needs some one they hope we will believe.

Trouble Powell has sold him self to the devil when he went to the UN with the crazy story. They still have Keyes.God but I hate to go back to the days of white mans rule.

[cliss]

5. Highly popular? I wonder.

Colon Bowel probably had lots of credibility before our little adventure first in Afghanistan and then Iraq. Although I wonder about that also, because of the My Lai incident in VietNam. Did he have any left after that? Or was he just a "Ken" doll, or a showpiece dressing.

Colon does not have any crediblity left. I heard a clip of him speaking about current events in Africa, and I turned off the radio. I just couldn't listen to him anymore.

He sold out, and there's no getting it back any longer. He knows it, as well. Whatever integrity he had, is gone. His face shows it. He just looks drained.

[Cocoa]

7. he's still phoning it in

I've seen some of these appearances, he's there but he's not really there.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

9. Pitiful..... still willing to take any crumbs that may come his way.

He is the #1 whore in this country - willing to be used and abused....

[dennis4868]

10. Powell....

is a lap dog!