THE ISSUE: Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama in this year’s presidential race.
Does Colin Powell realize that Barack Obama‘s policies are going to be so detrimental to our country that there will be no economy to worry about (“Powell Goes for O,” Oct. 20)?
When our country is under attack and your president is a pawn for the United Nations, you will be lucky to have a job.
Shame on all of us if we can’t or won’t be able to protect ourselves.
William Martin
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Anybody who is surprised by Powell’s support of Obama must be a complete moron.
This is the same Powell who, in 1991 as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with all the manpower and equipment needed, didn’t have the guts to finish the job in Iraq.
Who cares what he thinks?
Robert Lapollo
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It looks like Obama is making a place for Powell in his administration.
It’s too bad no one else noticed the endorsement sitting out there on eBay.
Janet Sawyer
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Moderate Republicans, what does it say that Powell has just joined Susan Eisenhower, Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Warren Buffett, Christopher Buckley, Wick Allison and Paul Volcker in endorsing Obama?
Would they endorse a radical socialist who “pals around with terrorists”?
What does it tell you when The Chicago Tribune, a Republican newspaper, endorses a Democrat for the first time in 161 years?
Josh Gilroy
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Powell went from hero to zero with his endorsement of Obama.
Did he forget about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and his anti-Americanism or Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
As someone who was in charge in Kuwait and deeply involved in the response to 9/11, he is a total disappointment.
Angela Ferrara
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The quintessential Eisenhower Republican, Powell, endorses the modern John F. Kennedy Democrat, Obama.
Like Ike said, “Things are more like they are now than they ever were before.”
Jared Reinmuth
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I wish that I could say that Powell’s endorsement of Obama surprised me, but, sadly, there’s nothing surprising in it at all.
What does being a Republican or a friend of McCain mean?
Powell feels that McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin has moved the ticket too far to the right, but he doesn’t find anything objectionable in the extreme-left, ultraliberal pairing of Obama and Joe Biden?
I guess the high regard in which I held Powell was an error on my part. If only the general had heeded McCain’s call to put “country first.”
John J. Hyland
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I hate to think that Powell might have endorsed Obama because of race, so I had to think of other reasons he might have made such a misguided endorsement.
The first thing that comes to mind is that it has been no secret that Powell is a Republican in name only.
Second, there might be a crybaby attitude toward the Bush administration and other Republicans for his perceived mistreatment for his views on war policy.
Regardless, what this endorsement shows is that Powell’s judgment regarding foreign affairs is just as poor today was it was when he was secretary of State.
Serafin Quintanar Jr.
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How can Powell make all of those favorable statements about an inexperienced Obama but could not make those same statements about Al Gore or John Kerry?
It was the same Republican Party in 2000 and 2004 as it is today, but he saw an important role for himself. Now he is just trying to get another leading role in a different party.
One word describes Powell: opportunist.
Stan Nixon