Quotes of the day
posted at 10:30 pm on May 5, 2009 by Allahpundit
“Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less.”
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“You simply MUST be vocally and passionately on the side of REFORM.”
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Let Gallup poll this exact question I’ll guarantee the outcome of 70-30 against the proposition.
lorien1973 on May 5, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Powell needs to STFU!
elduende on May 5, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Huh???
manwithblackhat on May 5, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Hi, Hawkdriver. I hope you have seen that your fan base is becoming huge. By the time you come home you will have attained rock star status. Take excellent care of yourself and let your buddies know that we support all of you.
Cindy Munford on May 5, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Exactly. But we all know that when the question is posed, it will be sufficiently tweaked to elicit a more favorable response.
BadgerHawk on May 5, 2009 at 10:33 PM
Colin…I know ya got it in ya…and I’d like to root for you…but jeeze….
The “Americans looking for more Govenment” are pathetic and should be beneath your contempt…
I know I can’t stand the sorry pricks…
BigWyo on May 5, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Race above principle.
jukin on May 5, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Uh, that’s right Colon. Stick it to the man!!!
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Flipping speak for yourself!
Branch Rickey on May 5, 2009 at 10:35 PM
“Americans who don’t pay federal income taxes and receive net benefits from Uncle Sam are looking for more government in their life, not less.”
Fixed.
DerKrieger on May 5, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Of all the issues trending away from the GOP, more government isn’t one of them.
Apologetic California on May 5, 2009 at 10:35 PM
The day I’ll look for more government in my life is the day I think the Borg is the perfect society.
Speaking of which, any libertarian trekkies going to see the movie tomorrow or Thursday?
Darnell Clayton on May 5, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Agreed. We should be preaching reform ourselves before Obama brings a plan to the table.
deidre on May 5, 2009 at 10:36 PM
These are the values that Colon thinks are just fine.
Palin the polarizing queen (according to Large Gov’t Colon)
Powell, the, er, un-empowerer???
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Powell is the same guy who said Ogabe would be a transformative President because he would be the first black POTUS. Thanks for that in-depth analysis, Powell, and for the rest of the advice you are currently giving.
Bishop on May 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Colin Powell is an excellent example of what can happen to a person when they are exposed to the DC lifestyle. He went form being an excellent General to a mediocre Secretary of State to a hack shill for liberals. Conveniently forgetting all the people and values that brought him to prominence in the first place. His picture should be next to the phrase “sell out” in the dictionary.
Tommy_G on May 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM
moron.
therightwinger on May 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Shout out to Hawkdriver! Didn’t know you’d shipped out. Thank you very much for your service, Sir.
inviolet on May 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Ah thanks… Throw in ACORN to make them happy too.
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Can we take up a collection to buy him a plane ticket to France? I’m sure he would fit right in there.
Sgtmack on May 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM
If people wanted government in their life more (not less), then democrats wouldn’t be pretending big government is temporary
lorien1973 on May 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM
Vomit.
JellyToast on May 5, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Man, Mark Levin was ripping Colin a new one today on his show.
I respect Colin Powell for his service to our country, but politically he is a COWARD and an Obama sycophant.
Black is thicker than water.
carbon_footprint on May 5, 2009 at 10:38 PM
But don’t you think he had these “values” before he went to D.C.? He’s what McCain would call a T. Roosevelt Republican.
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:38 PM
I can’t believe that I am about to say this, but I would prefer to look at and hear from Meghan McCain than Colon Bowel.
JeffinOrlando on May 5, 2009 at 10:38 PM
Hmmm. Notice how now all the liberals are talking about small the Republican base is….
It almost seems like it is a coordinated attack. Health care “reform” must be coming soon.
terryannonline on May 5, 2009 at 10:38 PM
What is wrong with these “republicans” who are accepting big government? No. No. No.
therightwinger on May 5, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Excellent point.
Cindy Munford on May 5, 2009 at 10:39 PM
So why is the opinion of a liberal rat bastard traitor who left his boss out to dry vis-a-vis the Plame fraud relevant.
Colin Powell should have left his reputation intact instead of becoming the black version of Jimmy Carter. He isn’t trustworthy or credible- certainly when it comes to the what the GOP should do. The bastard betrayed the party long ago and is no more of a Republican than John McCain, Arlen Specter, Ted Kennedy, or Susan Collins.
highhopes on May 5, 2009 at 10:39 PM
I can’t believe that I am about to say this, but I would prefer to look at and hear from Meghan McCain than Colon Bowel.
JeffinOrlando on May 5, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Man, Mark Levin was ripping Colin a new one today on his show.
I respect Colin Powell for his service to our country, but politically he is a COWARD and an Obama sycophant.
Black is thicker than water.
carbon_footprint on May 5, 2009 at 10:39 PM
Indeed! It goes unmentioned that Dems run to the right in elections to appeal to the center-right public. Even Obama ran on tax cuts. How does Powell square that circle?
DerKrieger on May 5, 2009 at 10:40 PM
This has to be from The Onion, right?
SoulGlo on May 5, 2009 at 10:40 PM
*snicker* isn’t the whole Obama admessistration from the Onion?
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:41 PM
Wow, I posted twice.
Doh!
carbon_footprint on May 5, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Ah, but remember they are the ones telling us not to be so socially conservative. This is ridiculous. If you take social conservatism and fiscal conservatism away from the party, why even have a GOP!!!
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:42 PM
General Powell, you.. are a Meathead, dead from the neck up!
thomasaur on May 5, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Hey hawkdriver, Iraq or Afghanistan?
fumpbump on May 5, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Colin Powell could never be mistaken for a Conservative but the idea even a Republican would say this is ludicrous.
He is no longer relevant in any real sense of the word.
Rocks on May 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Yep they wanted a centrist so much that they elected McCain…Powell you are a genius.
/sarc
Jamson64 on May 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM
50+ million people who didn’t vote for Ogabe would beg to differ with Colon.
His claim is wispy and undefined, so put it to a test by asking the American people with real world situations:
Do you want a government clerk deciding on where to place a stop-sign in your neighborhood? Sure, no big deal.
Do you want that same clerk making your healthcare decisions for you? Uhhh, NO.
Bishop on May 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM
This is not the Colin Powell that I know……..
d1carter on May 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM
Where the heck is Madison Conservative?
Cindy Munford on May 5, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Sgtmack on May 5, 2009 at 10:37 PM
at this point i think it is us that are going to have to leave. the fight has been bred out of our people and the inmates are rigging it so that they remain in control. i wonder if anything will jar our side out of its apathy during this relentless enemy assault.
elduende on May 5, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Powell, Specter, and McCain should start the Irrelevant Party… They’re guaranteed to get the 20-something vote from MegMac
You’d think they do these things to make the base more upset and thus stronger!
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Colon should have learned something from the military. Don’t tell us your opinion – we didn’t ask!
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Ok, I may be in the minority here, but what did Colon ever really do that was so great? Ok, he was the chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Hmmmmm wonder how he got that. One should look at his military record and see how long he spent as a 1 star, 2 star and 3 star!
fumpbump on May 5, 2009 at 10:45 PM
The republican party needs a colostomy.
carbon_footprint on May 5, 2009 at 10:46 PM
I want to know who these people are who wake up and say, “Man, I can’t wait to visit a government building and ask for permission to do something.”
lorien1973 on May 5, 2009 at 10:46 PM
More like a colectomy.
deidre on May 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM
There are some honest people in the GOP that are willing to give someone with military experience the benefit of the doubt. We should realize that some eggs do go bad – John Kerry comes to mind.
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Now dammit I just finished cleaning out my keyboard and now I have to start over! It’s a good thing I drink my coffee black cuz the sugar would really mess things up!
fumpbump on May 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Colonoscopy ?
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Yes! That’s what I meant.
carbon_footprint on May 5, 2009 at 10:48 PM
Does Powell not realize he is irrelevant now?
upinak on May 5, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Perhaps he did and hid them well form President Bush. But then again, President Bush was always good at helping out his political enemies to show what a great guy he was. Remember how he rehabbed President Clintons reputation? Without that Hilliary might not have been elected to the senate.
Tommy_G on May 5, 2009 at 10:49 PM
:)
Whatever procedure it is that removes the Colon.
carbon_footprint on May 5, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM
I agree with the giving someone with military experience the benefit of the doubt, but….
I will quote the movie Tombstone. “Wearing that badge don’t make you right!”
fumpbump on May 5, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Colon must be running low on money. He’s practically begging Obama for a big government job. Maybe he has some gambling problems or something… Poor guy.
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM
agreed. this man was someone who had been in Reagan’s confidences as his NSA which was when I began to admire him as a kid. But what he’s done is unforgivable.
elduende on May 5, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Sounds to me like someone is looking for a—–darn, hey Joe what is that 4 letter word again???? Oh yea, JOB….
Ladywolfnl on May 5, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Well, 4 am comes early. Husband will be home tomorrow and doesn’t get my “political obsession”. Will see ya’ll all next week!
TXMomof3 on May 5, 2009 at 10:50 PM
At least Colon will need to be clean for the GOP to get a colonoscopy.
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:50 PM
…well…here’s $.02 from someone else who’s been sold to the American people as noble, leaderly and infallible….
…and, it’s so sad…here was a black man that anyone could admire…so long as you did it uncritically…another face on the Black Mount Rushmore, along with Rosa Parks and Dr. King…and so very beguiling, too, to those sold on their own “racial entitlement guilt…and who needed a black man to admire….
…because, you see, noticing a person’s race is, well, what we’re supposed to do in America…before looking to their achievements, so’s to better judge those achievements….
…shhhhhhhhhh…airing dirty laundry…move along…nothing to see here….
…and, don’t'cha like the way his prominence as a Republican got blacks just ruuuuuuuuushing to the GOP!
Personally, I fell for the sales pitch, myself, for a lot of years…and then found that he was a token in the country club which is the Republican Party today…guess that makes me a prime sucker for hucksters flogging soap flakes and over-priced sneakers, n’cest pas….
…well…he shot his bolt as an appointed politician…wouldn’t risk his reputation in an election…so, I guess that he’ll take his place in the college of “moderate” cardinals and spend the days he has left among us lecturing us on how “moderate” we should all be….
…let him lecture. Personally, I think that he’s about as genuine as naugahyde….
Puritan1648 on May 5, 2009 at 10:50 PM
“Do you favor a big strong powerful, proud government, or a tiny little weak government with no power to protect you. Please choose one:
A. Yes, a big strong powerful one
B. No, tiny and weak
“
LibTired on May 5, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Hey, I’m willing to give anyone (especially servicemen) the benefit of the doubt; however, sometimes I wonder if the whole structure thing goes to their heads… I don’t think we want to anything like Turkey or any other military ran country…
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:51 PM
OK, I’ll bite………..
……. I will agree with you if you can name just one single Federal, State, or Local government bureaucracy that is NOT filled with graft, theft, or corruption, runs itself with the efficiency of a private business, and actually dissolves itself when the problem it was “created” actually fixes the problem and returns the unused tax dollars to the American tax payers.
Just one will do, sir, just one ………
Seven Percent Solution on May 5, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Hey, Joe, where do people like Colon find jobs?
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Where do they find washed up Generals?
upinak on May 5, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Hey now… you didn’t think of California? Isn’t Arnold the model GOPer that Colon would have us all morph into?
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Switch the wording to “should organized society play a larger role in addressing the needs of average americans” and you’re gonna get 70% in favor.
ernesto on May 5, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Then :
“That government is best which governs least.” — Thomas Paine
Now:
“Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less.” — Colin Powell
OK…guess all those wonderful ideas from the Founders are nothing but out of date witticisms from a bunch of old dead white guys.
coldwarrior on May 5, 2009 at 10:53 PM
They wash out after the colonoscopy….
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:54 PM
The RINOS jumped the shark after their “we’re fiscal conservatives” act was exposed as a fraud when Specter left and they whined about the right. I think they will give up all pretense of conservatism now and Powell will lead the way for them.
We’ll see if any of the usual suspect RINOS show up in this thread to criticize Powell. I’m pretty sure that his silence shows that Dubya agrees with his guy Powell on this.
Buddahpundit on May 5, 2009 at 10:54 PM
Hey Colon, if you cared so much about the GOP and it’s future, why did you throw your hat in the ring for Ogabe?
Go have a double kool-aid with Arlen.
fogw on May 5, 2009 at 10:54 PM
6 years ago, Colon Powell was formally charged at The Hague by our Leftist friends with War Crimes.
And then, in the autumn of 2008, he officially endorsed Barry Hussein O’bama.
He was immediately “rehabilitated”, as old Joe Stalin would say. And all of his sins were forgiven.
Give me that old time religion, Lyndon!
Del Dolemonte on May 5, 2009 at 10:54 PM
It’s all a sham. Everything. I’m tired of being told how to think, how to feel, how to vote, how to live my life. I thought I was past that decades ago when I moved out of my Mommy and Daddy’s house at 18-years old.
Colin Powell and Dr. Noneck are just two cogs among the very many tearing us down so they can ‘build us back up’. They’re doing the bidding of thy master(s).
We’re being kept in the cooler under glass and soaking in marinade for awhile. Once we’re tender and saturated with juicy flavorful indoctrination, we’re going to be dutiful and obedient liberal-elitist-Obamatons like the rest of the sheeple. If they’re lucky, we might even ask for seconds. If we’re good, we may get a small minty wafer for dessert.
Screw that. Colin Powell’s got his nose so far up the liberal Democrats’/Socialists asses, all he can see are butt cheeks pressed up flat against his lenses. He’s gone and got himself tetched in the head. We don’t need bigger/more government. We need quite the opposite. I demand quite the opposite.
But as they say; Demand in one hand. Crap in the other. See which one fills up first.
Dr. Noneck is a wolf in sheeple’s clothing. But he’s not the GOP’s wolf. That’s for damn sure.
I’m sick and tired of these shenanigans. I’m sick and tired of my countries new President (he’s not MY President). And I am fully sick and tired of my Government.
SilverStar830 on May 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM
My opinion is that people are just scared. They see the abuses already.
But….
They are just scared.
AnninCA on May 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM
I’m embarrassed that I ever respected that man.
txag92 on May 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Did someone mention Greasy Joe?
Wonder what the “dumb level” is today?
carbon_footprint on May 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Yes, the wording matters, of course.
But your example tempers reality. Using Powell’s words is reality.
lorien1973 on May 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM
I live in California………..
………. pray for me.
Seven Percent Solution on May 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM
Public Education is killing conservatism.
True_King on May 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM
I guess Spectarians do have something right… They can cure themselves of GOPism and come out of the closet as true (non-blue dog) democrats.
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:56 PM
LMFAO!!!!
They need one for the TOTUS and one for Powell.
upinak on May 5, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Person’s like myself (and I’m sure I’m not alone) thought we were Republicans until Bush taught us that we were conservatives first and Republicans only because we thought Republicans were the conservative party.
I no longer view myself as a Republican (after 40 years of being one)I hardly recognize todays Republican Party. McCain, what an absolute train wreck.
Ernest on May 5, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Where I grew up, they called it ‘doing a brutha a solid’.
SilverStar830 on May 5, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Powell is an idiot
jp on May 5, 2009 at 10:57 PM
The Pow-US…
Powell (with the aid of Pow-US): “The government wants the Pow-ell… give in!!!”
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:57 PM
…I think that it would be a colonectomy…-ectomy, I think, is the propery suffix for “cut the damned thing out”…having had a colonoscopy, and still fully capable of all the major and minor benefits a colon makes one (and one’s immediate surroundings) heir to, I can attest that a colonoscopy wouldn’t rid anyone of anything….
…a colonoscopy is more of a procedure along the lines of doing an Indiana Jones via the cat-flap….
…and, besides…it’s Colin….
Puritan1648 on May 5, 2009 at 10:57 PM
thomasaur on May 5, 2009 at 10:58 PM
I’m just waiting for Obama to become the CEO of CA – isn’t that what they do for bailed out companies?
We will keep you and most other CAers in our prayers ;)
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Yep. Which is generally pronounced as Cawl-in and not Coal-in. Odd that.
carbon_footprint on May 5, 2009 at 10:59 PM
Eh, yeah! Someone get the scissors! We need to cut out some cancer!
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Colin Speaks
Blatantblue doesn’t give a kalab’s a@@
blatantblue on May 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM
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Ampersand on May 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM
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blatantblue on May 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM
Run with it…
Upstater85 on May 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM
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Ampersand on May 5, 2009 at 11:00 PM
I know I’m going to draw flak for this, but damn the torpedoes: full speed ahead.
I – a military brat – respected General Powell once, but not anymore. Military service aside, it has become evident that the man is more determined to assure his legacy more than he is concerned about the welfare of our nation.
One could try to rationalize that his heart is in the right place; however, it doesn’t take much to realize that he is helping promote the same vile politics and policies he once fought against as a soldier. The same goes for Wesley Clark and several other retired and discharged officers of our armed services.
Service to the nation doesn’t end on the day one retires or is discharged. These men may have served their nation, but that is almost nullified by the backwards politics and antics they now advocate.
rightg33k on May 5, 2009 at 11:01 PM
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