Powell: Palin needs to stop polarizing the party by talking up small-town values
posted at 6:39 pm on December 11, 2008 by Allahpundit
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Well, the responses from HA readers are probably what AP expected.
I’ll also say that Powell had little creds coming into the fall and he lost what was left when he endorsed Obama.
He has no business presuming to speak one word to or for any Republicans.
INC on December 11, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Aw man, not until 66. That’s a pitiful effort guys.
meltenn on December 11, 2008 at 7:05 PM
I would listen to Powell more you know, if he ACTUALLY VOTED REPUBLICAN.
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RJGatorEsq. on December 11, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Now I know how to prounounce your name, it’s spelled “Big S” but prounounced “Big ASS”.
portlandon on December 11, 2008 at 7:06 PM
General Powell;
When you chose to endorse a Marxist hack for president, you no longer had anything to say to conservatives. Your endorsement of The One truly showed your colors. Your statements regarding Gov. Palin have no more interest to me than would pronouncements from “How weird” Dean, George Sore-ass, AlGore, or any other cesspool dwelling scum. Please run along to the DNC headquarters and practice your Monica Lewinsky impersonation on anyone you find.
That’s where you TRULY belong.
oldleprechaun on December 11, 2008 at 7:06 PM
This guy is a closeted socialist and he finally came out.
I can’t stand Powell, and thought he was a failure at high-level positions.
Now to insult Palin and Rush is the lowest of the low. No self-respecting REPUBLICAN likes this douche. Powell go the hell away.
A word to the RNC, never invite Powell for anything concerning republicans. You hear that Steele?! The tent is not big enough for RINOs.
jencab on December 11, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Its actually more of a screech.
Big S on December 11, 2008 at 7:06 PM
just what I needed…..idiot comments from a has-been RACIST…….
What does Madonna think?
SDarchitect on December 11, 2008 at 7:06 PM
Powell being Powell! Nothing to see here folks
TR-808 on December 11, 2008 at 7:07 PM
“Dim-witted”? Yeah, dim-witted people rise from nothing to become the most Governor in America, with no support from their party establishment. Get real.
Sarah Palin is a brainiac with a photographic memory. Stop getting your news from Saturday Night Live.
Jim62sch on December 11, 2008 at 7:07 PM
Prove it there Big Schnookum Doodles. I wanna see something were Sarah is “Screeching”!
Prove it!!!
upinak on December 11, 2008 at 7:08 PM
When you endorse a communist, then you must be a communist. How else can you explain it?
Powell just thinks he is better than the rest of the people in America.
Obama needs to change the subject, Powell is trying to help the communist out.
tarpon on December 11, 2008 at 7:09 PM
This is the same POS that endorsed a rookie Senator from Chicago over a Moderate Republican war hero!
Screw you Powell! Don’t ever tell me or any other member of my family what we need to do or how we need to think & feel. When you endorsed Obama you lost any respect (what little was left) I held for you.
Keemo on December 11, 2008 at 7:09 PM
My mother taught me that if I can’t think of anything nice to say….
pugwriter on December 11, 2008 at 7:09 PM
I think Big Asp is basing that on how many X chromosomes she has, nothing else.
Y-not on December 11, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Dude,
It’s the moderates and Wall Street types with Washington that are screwing the ecomony including the Mods in the GOP. Palin is a fiscal conservative unlike the moderates in the party who are for bailouts here, bailouts there.
The fact that Sarah is well-liked by socons does not lessen her as a fiscal conservative and government reformer. She appeals to more interests of the GOP than any other politician at this time. What we are not sure of is her foreign policy views. I hope they are not neo-conservative if she takes them up.
What’s the point of a GOP thas is basically the same as the Dems? Better to just settle in for one-party rule.
The GOP must be the moderate to conservative alternative to the Dems. Sarah fills the need. She is inexperienced with national issues but give her time if she seeks national office.
I’ve read Buckley and other intellectuals of politics, philosophy and theology. And yet, I think Sarah has national potential as a leader, not some brainiac nerd.
Sapwolf on December 11, 2008 at 7:09 PM
Colin’s been smoking something.
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Christien on December 11, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Stop!
My side hurts!
Find something else to do Colin Hussein Powell.
Start a vegetable garden.
artist on December 11, 2008 at 7:10 PM
I see his lips moving but all I hear is “vote your race”…. and “gay’s in military good thing”.
Hog Wild on December 11, 2008 at 7:10 PM
You little f&@cking affirmative action sellout. Go blow Obama and get the he’ll out of my party.
texaninfidel on December 11, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Most of us don’t live in small towns? Most of us can associate with small town values, and not the Washington DC values that Powell showed us all when he threw his support to the other party. Ethnicity over loyalty. Period.
afotia on December 11, 2008 at 7:10 PM
Colin (I refuse to call you general after you threw your support to the Marxist Obama), why should the GOP ever listen to you again? You openly declared your loyalties; stay on your side of the fence where you belong. Sarah Palin is a patriot and a great American. For you to belittle and diminish her sir, is an act of a craven and scoundrel. As far as I am concerned you are no longer welcome in the GOP and should be considered an anathema and shunned accordingly. (By the way I do not believe in purging GOP members but in your case Colin it was self-inflicted.)
technopeasant on December 11, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Powell is a democrat, who gives a Blogo’s favorite word what he thinks!
clnurnberg on December 11, 2008 at 7:12 PM
Troll quality alert! Troll quality alert!
AP, can we get someone that at least has seen some of Sarah’s videos?
Are we asking too much of our lazya** trolls to actually think, read and view before they make idiotic posts.
Sapwolf on December 11, 2008 at 7:12 PM
So how much do you think they bought this tool for?
suck it powell!!
christene on December 11, 2008 at 7:13 PM
I wonder if Powell gets disability payments from the VA for his leg-tingling problem.
Jim62sch on December 11, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Fixed it for ya….
MrScribbler on December 11, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Powell endorsed a guy who was friends and political partners with a domestic terrorist who blew up the pentagon….
Powell does have a point, Palin and the people around her were completely obtuse to how the media works… she’s not going to be president…
ninjapirate on December 11, 2008 at 7:13 PM
I have lost all respect for this man. He has zero credibility when it comes to anything now, let alone, lecturing Republicans on how to get our house in order. He made his bed with Barry Obama, now he needs to lie in it. It will be interesting to see how “consistent” Barry Obama seems after this corruption stink bomb continues to sully his Messiah image. In my opinion, any Republican that seeks Powell’s counsel in the future is an idiot.
The premise in the questions posed assumes that Powell is a Republican (which he is not). He is as much a Republican as Fareed Zakaria is an unbiased “journalist.”
sayabule1 on December 11, 2008 at 7:13 PM
He’ll be as forgotten, but never as respected, as Zell Miller.
Entelechy on December 11, 2008 at 7:13 PM
Urban Values = Ignoring your neighbor’s dying pleas for help as she is stabbed to death and raped.
Blake on December 11, 2008 at 7:14 PM
Levin is grinding this stooge up right now.
thomasaur on December 11, 2008 at 7:15 PM
Dim-witted? Really? And you garnered that information based on what, the Katie Couric Interview Newsmagazine Intelligence assessment?
I’m going to go out on a limb here and bet that maybe, just maybe, you’re not a trained psychometrician capable of creating and administering an objective measure of intelligence. I’ll farther postulate that your actual metric for intelligence ran more towards “doesn’t talk smart” and “doesn’t agree with me/appeal to me on a visceral level.”
So, unless you’ve got some objective proof of Sarah Palin’s intelligence, kindly retract your statement. Or reveal yourself to be yet one more person incapable of conceiving of someone who is not like them, yet is actually intelligent. Your call.
TheUnrepentantGeek on December 11, 2008 at 7:15 PM
You wouldn’t think so much BS could be laid out in just 5 minutes. But why would I take advise from someone who votes based on the race of the candidate?
snaggletoothie on December 11, 2008 at 7:15 PM
The woman who couldn’t answer Gibson or Couric’s questions has a photographic memory? Give me an f’n break.
Big S on December 11, 2008 at 7:16 PM
I can’t tell you what we are thinking because AllahPundit already scolded collie once this past week for his flagrant violation of “HotAir decorum.”
My collie says:
CyberCipher on December 11, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Powell can go piss up a rope…
Kaptain Amerika on December 11, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Sorry Powell I’m never going to vote for you now. I assume you got your 40 pieces of silver after your endorsement.
theguardianii on December 11, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Colin Powell??? uh… who???…. yawn…
Romeo13 on December 11, 2008 at 7:16 PM
Since Obama’s stances are the very antithesis of what Powell says he believes in that leaves only one reason he endorsed Obama, because of his race. That makes him a racist and a racist has no business lecturing anyone, much less Republicans on anything.
Go pound sand Colin.
mustng66 on December 11, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Is that Colon or Colin?……whatever…he is waste product.
I suggest we look at Bill Bennett’s “Book of Virtues” I am reading with my children. Do you know of a package better than Sarah Palin with these virtues: Self-Discipline, Compassion, Responsibility, Friendship, Work, Courage,Perseverance,Honesty, Loyalty and Faith? It’s hard to call her a politician, isn’t it?
gracie on December 11, 2008 at 7:17 PM
I was never a big fan of Powell, but when he endorsed The Obama™ he lost the last vestige of respect. Here’s a man who endorsed the least qualified person in the history of this country trying to tell Republicans what we need to be doing? I don’t think so.
Sorry Colin, take a hike.
(Is that the kind of reaction you expected there, Allah?)
johnsteele on December 11, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Talk about opportunists! What part of being a republican does he actually agree with?
GrayDog on December 11, 2008 at 7:17 PM
I’ll state the obvious since no one has yet. Small town values are the foundation of America…its roots. Those values are what made America what it is today, aside from a few that don’t get it and think that small town America is the problem.
Powell a Republican? HA! His actions and conduct most certainly do not reflect any conservative values I’m aware of. I would compare him to the buffoon Colbert…pretending to be a Conservative, just not at all funny. Oh wait. That’s not a distinction is it?
I’ve lived in Alaska all my life. I met Senator Stevens some 25 years ago when he chose to visit us nobodies in the kitchen working for caterers feeding his friends and family.
He brought us some of the expensive wine being served and shot the breeze with us before returning to his guests. (No, that’s not a basis to decide his guilt of innocence, but it shows the character of the man.)
I’ve seen first hand what he has done for Alaska. The majority of Alaskans feel that he was not given a fair trial, even those that did not vote for him, and that a new trial is in order. This man was in a position to make many millions if truly corrupt. The extent of his “corruption” was so sparse they had to make a big deal about the barbecue grill and a hot tub he supposedly got as bribes. Gimme a break.
If a friend brings his grill over and leaves it there because he hangs out there all the time, is that a bribe?
This man was screwed by a “friend”, and I still believe in his innocence. Let’s see another trial at which the prosecutors are not chastised for unethical behavior and withholding exculpatory evidence.
Now…I gotta split some wood for the woodstove or I’m gonna freeze my ass tonite.
Governor Palin was my Mayor in Wasilla, before she was my Governor. Powell knows the woman not at all or he’d keep his trap shut.
Army Brat on December 11, 2008 at 7:17 PM
Powell needs to stop polarizing America by endorsing a (half) black dude because he’s a (half) black dude. Oh, it’s already 13 minutes and counting for Powell…..
SouthernGent on December 11, 2008 at 7:19 PM
“Small town values”? Didn’t Powell grow up in New York City? Or at least the NYC metro area? Like he would know what life in a small town is like, anyway?
Wethal on December 11, 2008 at 7:20 PM
Colin Powell has been a political opportunist since he left his post as Chair of the JCS. He simply wants to be on the winning side. His values are fluid.
A good question to ask is why his backing of Obama faded into obscurity within days, yet Sarah Palin is continuing to be talked about in all circles? It may be that one is values driven and one is not, and people sense and respect values.
Bigurn on December 11, 2008 at 7:21 PM
I think you should ask yourself whether you’re able to immediately fill in as Governor of Alaska. If yes, then by all means continue your derogatory comments. If not …
darwin on December 11, 2008 at 7:21 PM
Pencil me in for 600 +; now, if this was a Weekend, I’d be looking to crack 1,000. On the troll count, they are so unpredictable (but pretty darn loveable)
Red State State of Mind on December 11, 2008 at 7:21 PM
So far we’ve had the following “Republicans” hit on Palin and so-cons since the election:
Christie Todd Whitman
Senator Anonymous (Martinez)
Colin Powell
Definitely long-time stars in the GOP.
Wethal on December 11, 2008 at 7:22 PM
Go away Rino.
crabtree on December 11, 2008 at 7:22 PM
Big ASS, go back to your “Internet Woodshed” http://internetwoodshed.blogspot.com/ and blog something new. You haven’t been keeping house over there. 2006? Wow, you need to stay home more.
portlandon on December 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Gotta reach out. Attitudes are changin, man. Don’t ya know it. Everything is different now. It’s 2008. Gonna be 2009. Can’t keep lookin backwards to those dead dudes called the founders. They’re so old it’s unreal.
The Bill of Rights, man,, that’s like,, no one knows what that even is. Get real! This is the Age of OBAMA. OBAAMMAA! AGE of OBBAAAMMAA! Say OBAAMAA!!
Constitution, man,, it was written like 2 centuries ago! Get over it! Attitudes are changin. It’s the AGE of OBAMA!
South Bronx, man,, that’s where it’s at! Small Town America,, nobody goes there! Nobody! South Bronx, man.
South Bronx is cool, dude.
And Palin, man,, she shouts like a moose. Always shoutin. Always screamin somethin nobody cares about,, like, She’s a loser! Where in the AGE of OBAMA man. Attitudes are changin. gotta go with the flow! Age of OBAMA!
JellyToast on December 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM
What? WHAT?!! Why is Powell still allowed to speak about anything related to the Republican party? He needs to crawl back under his rock and wait for Obama to tell him what he’s allowed to do for the new Socialist administration.
.
Squid.
BrideOfRove on December 11, 2008 at 7:23 PM
Ok, since no one else did it, I just looked up the census data to see if Powell’s assertion (that most of us do not live in small town America) is correct.
Here it is:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 American Community Survey
Urban: 30.4%
Rural: 36.4%
So in addition to ignoring the relative square miles attributable to one versus the other (kinda’ odd for a general), he’s wrong about the population figures. Not that this guy seems to be overly-concerned with facts, but still…
Y-not on December 11, 2008 at 7:24 PM
Ah yes, the noted Gibson/Couric Intelligence Assessment. I’m sure that’s a highly reliable, valid, objective measure of mental acumen.
Good God. People keep throwing around this “stupid” label as if there weren’t ways to actually measure intelligence.
Unless you’ve done a real, valid test or are in possession of actual results, your opinion isn’t worth the electrons it took to send your packets to HA’s server.
PS. No, your “gut feeling” doesn’t count.
TheUnrepentantGeek on December 11, 2008 at 7:24 PM
You mean the heavily edited and slanted hackjob interviews? Seen any other interviews with her? How about the one with Canadian television from the other day? You really need to broaden the base of the news you read/watch.
The link I gave you to the “photographic memory” statement was an article written by a Democratic feminist who spent time with Palin. You’ve spent time with Sarah Palin and are able to refute this? Even Camille Paglia says she is smart. Hell, Colin Powell says that she’s smart in the interview linked above! But you know better?
Jim62sch on December 11, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Perhaps for the same reason that Howie Kurtz thinks Sullivan is still a conservative? I’m just guessing.
I’ve got you down man. We’ll go with a fifth of Jack as the prize.
meltenn on December 11, 2008 at 7:26 PM
Sarah Palin didn’t give a presentation to the UN swearing that Saddam Hussein had an advanced WMD program that presented an imminent threat to world peace. That was Colin Powell. The same Colin Powell who led the world to believe that the United States had rock solid intelligence confirming the existence of this advanced WMD program and that this intelligence necessitated the US to launch a preemptive invasion of Iraq.
Hundreds of thousands of lives and trillions of dollars later, we now know that he was wrong about that “imminent threat”.
So who the hell is this man to criticize Sarah Palin? Sarah Palin sent her first born son to fight in the war that this disgusting fool started.
If he had any self respect, he would withdraw to a monastery for the rest of his life and make daily penance.
ramrocks on December 11, 2008 at 7:26 PM
As Leonides said to the crippled shepard,
May you live forever….
Sonosam on December 11, 2008 at 7:26 PM
So when Sarah affirms ’small-town values’ she is tearing down urban values. When was Harry Truman’s affirmation of his ’small-town values’ ever taken to be as an affront to the voters of New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago or Atlanta? Seldom, probably never. But when Sarah affirms her belief system is based on living in a small town the MSM and Powell treat it like a personal affront with the express intention to ridicule her to exact some retribution. This is a sign of a bigger problem in America: feigned outrage to legitimate biography, in this case subtling implying that Sarah’s background is ‘illegitimate’ and ‘foreign’ in a sense it no longer represents America, if it ever did. Once the left deems her illegitimate then they’re half way there to declaring everything she says and does and proposes as illegitimate as well. I know the game you guys are playing. I just hope Sarah and whoever is advising her know this as well.
technopeasant on December 11, 2008 at 7:26 PM
Jim, don’t even bother
these people are like those dolls … somebody pulls the string and they speak:
“Couric interview”
“i can see alaska from my house”
enter something said on MSNBC here
“she banned books”
same old same old
joey24007 on December 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Conservatives to Powell: STFU
fossten on December 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Hey Bayam,
You forgot to take your meds again, you little stinker. And when you get back home, say “Hi” to the tin man for me, OK? Bye-Bye.
missouriyankee on December 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM
You mean unlike “dim-witted Prez elect who doen’t know what the hell is going on around him”?
As for predicted post count in this thread, I say 500, including quite a few from resident libs who want to tell us how stupid Palin is and how we are soooooo dead until we become Dem Lite. They have to convince themselves, you know.
ddrintn on December 11, 2008 at 7:28 PM
Palin 2012, 2016, 2020, etc, etc, etc. Powell is no Republican, just the media’s current fave since MCain lost
trainwife1962 on December 11, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Big Schnookum Doodles?
upinak on December 11, 2008 at 7:08 PM
ROFL, kiddo.
Powell reminds me of when the Monkees thought they could write their own music. They were irrelevant, too.
kingsjester on December 11, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Maybe the reason NoVa votes for big govt has less to do with values and more to do with their jobs and/or pork. Palin was sticking up for small town values, and her doing so doesn’t make her values better than those of big city dwellers.
An example of South Bronx values: don’t snitch EVER. As opposed to small town values: I have a gun, and I’ll shoot, because the cops will take 20 minutes to get here. No more RINOs like Powell speaking for the party, when they were the turncoats this year.
Powell is ex-communicated. Period.
chunderroad on December 11, 2008 at 7:29 PM
The questions were easy (”what newspapers do you read?”) and she could hardly complete a sentence in response to them. I know my assessment is not scientific, but the standard I’m referencing is pretty low.
Big S on December 11, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Maybe Palin can invite Powell up to Alaska for a little hunting, snow machine ridin’ and sight seeing.
darwin on December 11, 2008 at 7:30 PM
Uh, didn’t he endorse Hopenchange? His credibility is, approximately 2 on a scale of 100.
gemchick on December 11, 2008 at 7:32 PM
I lost a lot of respect for him over that. Then he played CYA and it was all about how he was opposed and didn’t agree with the intelligence or the decision to go. Then man up and resign sir. Gosh, wasn’t there someone who resigned when she didn’t agree with what was going on? If I could just think of her name…Oh, right: Sarah Palin.
meltenn on December 11, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Congratulations Hot Air posters. I’ve been hearing repeatedly how intolerant the right is. So I decided I would test for myself whether Left Blogs or Right Blogs were more intolerant and hatefilled. I posted one racist comment here and was called out immediately and it was suggested a be banned. On the other hand I posted 150 anti-semtic posts on Huffington Post and not one complaint. I have simply proved what I pretty much knew all along. The right is far more tolerant and willing to banish those who make hatefilled comments than the left. Now I’ve probably been banned from this site, but it was worth it. I can now tell my liberal husband with data to back it up that my side is more tolerant .
church on December 11, 2008 at 7:32 PM
FIFY
portlandon on December 11, 2008 at 7:33 PM
We get it. Drop Powell a line. Maybe you two can get together and talk about … you know, Palin.
darwin on December 11, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Hot Air should not post any of Powell’s opinions. He’s not a republican and definitely not conservative, he’s a faker.
durhamite on December 11, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Why are we debating something that is years away (2012)? We should all wait and see what happens from here to when the Republican primaries start. Plus, I’m not sure Palin wants to run for prez in 2012. She’s avoiding the press right now, that doesn’t sound like someone who’s terribly interested in being in the national spotlight.
terryannonline on December 11, 2008 at 7:34 PM
Big S on December 11, 2008 at 7:30 PM
You don’t know shit about Sarah Palin you petty ignorant fool. The woman would eat your lunch and send your precious ego floating down the gutter in a NY minute, except for the fact that a nobody like you will never have the pleasure of meeting her.
Keemo on December 11, 2008 at 7:34 PM
church: our side is way more classy; it takes people with class to know that you don’t have it.
technopeasant on December 11, 2008 at 7:35 PM
I could be wrong,bit I get this sense that
the next political war appears to be directed
at ‘Small Town Values,wtf!
Its one thing to have the Left continually
attacking Governor Sarah Palin,but the Repub
lican Party certainly doesn’t need Colin Powell
to carry the Lefts water,so to speak!
canopfor on December 11, 2008 at 7:36 PM
Psst… Big S is followed by three little letters, the last one being t, and the middle ones are “hi.”
chunderroad on December 11, 2008 at 7:37 PM
After Colin Powell, a former General who betrayed the Republican Party by endorsing a socialist for President, and who betrayed the military by endorsing a cut-and-run appeaser for President because of his race, what does he know about what’s good for Republicans when he endorsed a Democrat? Oh, by the way, Sarah Palin is Commander-in-Chief of the Alaska National Guard, and she goes out to meet the troops, and they like her, unlike Powell’s new hero Obama, who is too busy to meet them!
Gen. Powell, you left the Republican party–we don’t need your advice. Go advise your ignorant new hero Obama–he needs all the help he can get.
Steve Z on December 11, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Yeah … never understood the anti-semitism from the left.
darwin on December 11, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Like, after all, that moderate,reaching across the aisle candidate really resonated with you, eh?
And exactly why should *any* Republican give a flying fig what General Benedict A Powell thinks? I think Mr. Powell should slink back to his Obama buddies, STFU, and STFD.
This is one of the very few recent news articles that has managed to make me more than angry — I’m livid. How dare he lecture the Republican party on how it should do anything?
Guess he realized that even Obama doesn’t accept turncoats (unless they are willing to blow up the US) and is now realizing he’s not going to get an appointment into the new cabinet.
AZfederalist on December 11, 2008 at 7:37 PM
I listened till the end and it ends with the typical
unfaithful telling the President whatever……
Just like that creep richard clark another fuck
he departs, writes a book and apologises for the leadership.
real dirtbags,
I like how powell says things werent hunky dorry, we had disagreements on basically every aspect of the war….
Duh!, you mean no consensus, how could that be?
He rates about scott mcquillan level.
Sonosam on December 11, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Screw that jerkoff, Powell. What a phony.
dragonash on December 11, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Colonoscopy required.
Captain America on December 11, 2008 at 7:38 PM
Um, yeah, whatever. The “newspaper” thing has been responded to and debunked about a million times. She was annoyed with Couric, who was being snarky and condescending.
But you already know that, you’re just trolling. Do you want to talk rape kits or book burning now? Or are you planning to light straight out into full-on Trig Trutherim?
Jim62sch on December 11, 2008 at 7:39 PM
So, we’re going to take Powell’s advice on how to rebuild the Republican Party?
What next? We choose a Republican Presidential candidate endorsed by the New York Times?
Oh, snap! I’ll just shut up now…
ynot4tony2 on December 11, 2008 at 7:41 PM
You’re not referencing a standard of any kind whatsoever. You’re generalizing something fundamental to a person (and something extremely important) based on a couple of high pressure media interviews that weren’t even designed to measure intelligence. Plenty of people don’t do well with media interviews. You could argue that a VP candidate needs to do better, but even forgetting that her observed behavior in other environments paints a markedly different picture, what you saw was no proxy for a valid intelligence test.
Just come out and say you disagree with the woman’s ideas or didn’t like her background if that’s why you don’t like her. This “Sarah Palin is stupid” narrative is yet one more dishonest, evidence free, lie of an argument that should be shunned by fair minded individuals on both sides of the aisle.
TheUnrepentantGeek on December 11, 2008 at 7:42 PM
I boil that response to Palin not being media savvy. Do you really think a Governor of state really doesn’t read a newspaper? Come on now.
terryannonline on December 11, 2008 at 7:42 PM
He also said we need to quit listening to Rush Limbaugh. It’s sad to see him take his grudge on Rush public.
Age is robbing him of his senses. A lesson to all.
FireBlogger on December 11, 2008 at 7:42 PM
terryannonline: Sarah needs a hiatus from the trail and by the way it’s the Christmas season. But let me ask you one question: If you were leading in every poll taken after the election for the 2012 GOP nomination and you were now considered by the base as the most popular Republican in the country and by many including myself as its de facto leader and you had several web sites and a weekly radio program set up to back your candidacy, all ready to support you wholeheartedly would you perhaps take a long and hard look at getting back on the campaign trail in the next election cycle? I think so. Contrary to popular MSM belief Sarah is not stupid.
technopeasant on December 11, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Colin Powell = WMD
IlikedAUH2O on December 11, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Because Sec. Powell thinks only one is smart enough to notice the difference. Rural equals Gov. Palin equals stupid.
Cindy Munford on December 11, 2008 at 7:46 PM
+1
This guy’s douchebaggery knows no bounds.
(Gawd, I love that word!)
wccawa on December 11, 2008 at 7:46 PM
Wonder no more. Powell, go pound sand.
Did someone already mention he should do that? Too funny! As if we cared what CP thinks.
kahall on December 11, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Like I’ve said before,SarahCuda is an effective
Republican,and if she wasn’t,then the Liberal
Left wouldn’t say a word,but since they know
Sarah will be a rising force within the Conserv
ative movement, the Left are in a continous ‘Seek
and Destroy Missions’!
Btw,I would rather see,a Republican’s use of any TV
airtime, to be a positive message,and not, one of attack
ing its own colleagues!
canopfor on December 11, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Powell knew all along that Armitage leaked the Plame info and let Libby and everyone else twist in the wind. At the same time he worked the system to get a plume job for his son. No character, no class, no honor.
rocinaterider on December 11, 2008 at 7:47 PM
Or why Jewish folks always overwhelmingly vote Dem. It just doesn’t compute.
Sigh.
wccawa on December 11, 2008 at 7:49 PM
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