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"I voted for him in 2008 and I plan to stick with him in 2012 and I'll be voting for he and Vice President Joe Biden next month."
Powell explained his choice to Charlie Rose and Norah O'Donnell:
When he took over the country was in very, very difficult straits. We were in the one of the worst recessions we had seen in recent times, close to a depression. The fiscal system was collapsing. Wall Street was in chaos, we had 800,000 jobs lost in that first month of the Obama Administration and unemployment peaked at 10 percent. So we were in real trouble. The auto industry was collapsing, the housing was started to collapse and we were in very difficult straits. And I saw over the next several years stabilization come back in the financial community, housing is now starting to come back after four years, it's starting to pick up. Consumer confidence is rising."
Turning to foreign policy, Powell said he saw "the president got us out of one war, start to get us out of a second war and did not get us into any new wars. And finally I think that the actions he has taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very very solid. And so, I think we ought to keep on the track that we are on."
Speaking to Mitt Romney's foreign policy views, Powell expressed his concern about Romney's changing positions on international affairs. "The governor who was saying things at the debate on Monday night was saying things that were quite different from what he said earlier."
Powell says he remains a Republican. "I think I'm a Republican of a more moderate mold," he said before adding, "That's something of a dying breed I'm sorry to say."
Geeeee-
I wonder if it has anything to do with Obama's race? Did Powell endorse Gore or Kerry?
Powell expressed his concern about Republican candidate Mitt Romney's changing positions on international affairs.
"One day he has a certain strong view about staying in Afghanistan but then on Monday night he agrees with the withdrawal, same thing in Iraq. On almost every issue that was discussed on Monday night, Governor Romney agreed with the President with some nuances. But this is quite a different set of foreign policy views than he had earlier in the campaign. And my concern ... is that sometimes I don't sense that he has thought through these issues as thoroughly as he should have."
This is a guy who stopped Stormin' Norman from destroying the Republican Guard that kept Saddam in power and caused US to fight another war.This man was wrong then was wrong in '08 and is wrong now...
Powell says he remains a Republican. "I think I'm a Republican of a more moderate mold," he said before adding, "That's something of a dying breed I'm sorry to say."
Amen. Burke-Taft-Kirk-Powell Republicans are for the genuine moderate in this race.
.....a "solid conservative" wouldn't endorse Obama and his "spread the wealth" ideals.
Obama is far from being a conservative.
I said Colin Powell is a solid conservative, and he did endorse Obama. He had to choose between two liberals, Mitt, and Obama, he went with Obama. The truth is that Mitt may well be more liberal than Obama. Look at his past: Gun-bans, socialized health-care, pro-abortion, gay unions, big spender, bragging about milking a billion dollars from the tax-payer to fund Olympics etc, etc....You vote for him, and you'll be liberal by association.
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