l******a
发帖数: 3803 | 1 remember the rumbustious 2008 race when the highest
black politician had to give in to the "peer pressure"
to endorse Odumba?
In 2010, he spoke truth, good but too late. still much better
than those stupid zombies that pickaPoo shitpile of chemical waste.
Colin Powell critical of President Obama
By CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN | 9/19/10 12:06 PM EDT Updated: 9/19/10 11:01 PM EDT
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who endorsed Democrat Barack Obama
for president in 2008 despite serving three Republican presidents, said
Sunday that Obama needs to change his approach in the White House because
voters are feeling overwhelmed by sweeping new laws that expand the scope of
government.
“The president also has to ... shift the way in which he has been doing
things,” Powell said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “The American people
feel that too many programs have come down. There are so many rocks in our
knapsack now that we’re having trouble carrying it.”
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Powell, a retired Army general, who was national security adviser and
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush and
who ran the State Department for President George W. Bush, said Obama must
focus “like a razor blade” on employment, giving the same level of
attention to creating jobs — and bringing down the 9.6 percent unemployment
rate — as he did to passing bills overhauling health care and reforming
education.
“I understand the importance of all of that,” Powell said, referring to
Obama’s signature legislative accomplishments. “But as far as the American
people are concerned, the main attack is employment.”
Powell’s critique is noteworthy, given his decision in the 2008 election to
spurn Republican John McCain — a fellow Vietnam veteran and personal
friend — to back Obama, whom he described as offering “generational change
.” The president has continued to consult with Powell in the White House.
“He has lost some of the ability to connect that he had during the campaign
,” Powell said. “And it is not just me picking on the president. It’s
reflected in the polling. Some of the anxiety and anger that you see out
there, I think, comes from a belief on the part of the American people —
whether it’s correct or incorrect, and the White House would say it’s
incorrect — that ... his singular focus should be on employment.”
Powell declined to say whether he would endorse Obama and the Democratic
ticket in 2012, adding that he will evaluate him and a Republican candidate
as Election Day nears.
But Powell did praise the president, saying he still considers Obama a “
transformational figure.” |
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