Colin Powell's approval ratings higher than Cheney or Limbaugh
By John Amato Tuesday May 26, 2009 11:30am
The Republicans are like the gang that couldn't shoot straight. They've been attacking Colin Powell ever since he put a voice to some of his complaints about the GOP. Who is America siding with in this debate?
CNN's new poll says: Colin Powell.
As Colin Powell fires back against Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh in the latest skirmish in the battle over the future of the Republican Party, a new national poll indicates that Americans have a much more favorable opinion of Powell than Cheney or Limbaugh.
The CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Monday, suggests that 70 percent have a favorable opinion of Powell, who was Secretary of State during President George W. Bush's first term, and who served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War.Only 30 percent of those polled have a favorable view of Limbaugh, the popular conservative radio talk show host, with 53 percent saying they hold an unfavorable opinion.
In poll numbers released Thursday, 37 percent say they have a favorable opinion of Dick Cheney, with 55 percent indicating they hold an unfavorable view of the former vice president.
I haven't seen a poll including Karl Rove, but outside of his FOX audience, his numbers would be in the basement and he too hates Colin Powell:
WALLACE: Dick Cheney said if it’s a battle between or a choice between Rush Limbaugh and Colin Powell, he sides with Limbaugh. You?
ROVE: I -- yes, if I had to pick between the two. But you know what? That’s -- neither one of those are candidates. Neither one of those are going to be people who are offering themselves for office.
I'm no fan of Colin, the role he played to persuade American that we should attack Iraq will never be forgotten, but it's interesting to see the GOP rip themselves apart.
Here's Colin Powell on Face the Nation:
"You can only do two things with a base. You can sit on it and watch the world go by, or you can build on it. I believe we should build on it." - Colin Powell today on "Face The Nation," responding to Dick Cheney's comment that he would choose Rush Limbaugh over Colin Powell.
At this point, only the most extreme right wingers will get any kind of support from their base so I'd like to thank them. Keep up the good work!
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Powell is a human being.
can't trust it.
And you said taint. ehehehehee
Powell's approval ratings are higher than Cheney or Limpbaugh? His approval rating is higher than theirs COMBINED!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpbag-KSoYI
He can't help but lie. That is what he does. He did it about My Lai and he does it today about torture. He was so inept that when he was asked to give tha UN speech he jumped up and down wagging his tail with his tongue hanging out like a stupid trained dog willing to do his part to be a war criminal that loves to read reports about dead men, women, children, and babies. These casualties are not important to Powell. He is just another criminal. Being the lesser of three Evils is not really anything to be posted as good. Here or anywhere.
He has only been caught lying twice and he does not do drugs.
is an incarcerated republican
The one who sold us the bill of goods concocted by the other two creeps has a higher approval rating.
Why is the left celebrating this charlatan?
Have we no heros?
I hope Powell continues to speak out . Given his popularity I hope this freak Cheney keeps it up too , in fact I hope he becomes the leader of the Republican party , he and Bush destroyed the Repugs and as long as he keeps talking and comes off as the big kahuna of the party he'll keep them down and out . According to his daughter , Dickles is getting real nervous about maybe being held to account for his actions and that's why he's everywhere in the media now , trying to cover his ass and help his case . How I hope that this nutless madman is one day held to account ! At a minimum this man should be locked up and never again see the light of day .
A triumph for the least worst.
What a country.
Three snakes...but two are quite venomous.
No. Better not go there. I liked that Snakes on a Plane movie.
. . . but who gives a f*ck about "approval ratings" for a bunch of has-beens who don't hold public office?
Approval ratings? Approval of what, exactly? What do these polls measure, since none of these people - Powell, Cheney, Limbaugh, Rove - exercise responsibility or have any power (other than media power, apparently)?
What bullshit.
You're right. The chattering class on the right and the left love their corporate media personalities. The anchors they put on are so pretty you see, they can't help it.
Yep. And it's all Schneider's fault over at CNN. He still has his straw hat on like the republicans still believed in democracy. Like as if conservatives still have a party to represent them.
Actually the republican hive is looking for a new queen. It's looking like they're going to have to select an old generation queen because no young queens are available.
Once the republicans have chosen a new queen it can settle down into laying eggs for a new generation of republicans.
What does Lucifer and his flesh imp of the perverse care of polls?
Colin Powell's approval ratings higher than Cheney and Limbaugh combined.
Do the math.
70% > 30% + 37%.
Cheney and Limbaugh = FAIL!
Just think if McC had picked Powell. He could've won. But he knew better as he would have to be the one dealing with the economy, the wars, and Cheney Limbaugh. Limp Dick Balls...
..that McCain might have won if Powell were his VP pick. I don't think that Lieberman would've helped McCain win and Palin, well, that dog don't hunt, period. But Powell would've been a strong VP pick and that might've put McCain in the race as opposed to what all happened to the old soldier.
All that doesn't mean I would have liked to have seen McCain win.
were tortured and 58% were opposed to investigations. This would mean that Americans prefer torture to Dick Cheney?
"The Republicans are like the gang that couldn't shoot straight."
I'd say that Cheney would be the exception - just ask Harry Whittington.
That's cheeney's way. If you can't shoot straight just use a shot gun - shoot flak everywhere and hopefully remove a bad guy in the process of destroying everyone else.
a weapon also called a "scattergun."
General Powell: Do you believe that your actions on behalf of your president indicate compliance or disregard for laws regarding your conduct? Do you consider yourself a target for being indicted on war crimes violations due to your forced renditions, perjury to congress, or any other action you have enacted while serving the Cheney/Bush white house? Are you concerned that your statements indicate high treason based on your foreknowledge of both events and facts used to begin a war to forcibly take the resources of a sovereign nation?
>>>Neither one of those are going to be people who are offering themselves for office.<<<
So... does that mean that Dick Cheney IS going to offer himself for office? Otherwise how is he any more validated than the other two?
Colin Powell. What can you say? I don't agree with Powell on a lot things. One thing I do admire about Powell is that he can have an honest debate. Except for that U.N. lie that he told. It will take a long time to get over that lie that justified the invasion of Iraq. He should have known better. I would bet a lot of money he wishes that he did not do it but you can't change history. Other than that there is not much debate about Powell's integrity. Without the U.N. cluster fuck Powell would... Without his participation in the Cheney White House he would be.... That's the thing about the radical right. They will screw anybody in the ass. Even their own. Throw them under the bus. Such a shame (for them). This past weekend's interview on Face the Nation was very good. You can listen to it here.
The Republicans would do themselves a great favor if they would listen to Powell and act on his recommendations. I have no fear that they will listen to Powell when you have Cheney and Rove siding with Limbaugh over the intellectually superior Powell. The Republican downward spiral is safe with the Cheney/Rove/Steele wing of the Party running the show.
No one is celebrating Powell over Dems, though I would take him over Pelosi or Reid. Don't be counting the Repukes out (not without a stake through their black heart) just yet. They may not come back in 10 or 12 but they will be back; that's just politics. And when they do eventually come back would you not prefer moderates like Powell at the helm than the Cheney/Newt/Palin/Limbaugh reich-wingers.
Powell, who was a member of President George W. Bush’s Principals Committee which oversaw the interrogation policies, claimed to have been kept mostly out of the loop. He asserted that while the techniques "were outlined" at meetings he attended, he was “not privy” to the legal memos authorizing the abusive treatment, nor many other details.
"I think it was unfortunate but we had a system that kept that in a very compartmented manner,” Powell said. “And so I was aware that these enhanced interrogation techniques were being considered. And they were judged not to be torture at the time."
Powell also repeated the all-purpose Cheney-Bush excuse for all manner of sins: “9/11.”
"Facing the possibility of a 9/11, you had to give some -- some flexibility to the CIA," Powell said. "It's easy now in the cold light of day to look back and say, you shouldn't have done any of that."
Outside the CBS News' Washington offices after the interview, media analyst Sam Husseini asked Powell what he knew about the torture of al-Qaeda suspect Ibn al-Shaykh al-Libi, who made false claims linking Saddam Hussein's Iraq and al-Qaeda, lies that Powell then cited in his infamous pro-invasion speech before the United Nations on Feb. 5, 2003.
"I don't have any details on the al-Libi case," Powell responded.
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/052509.html
Don't start wars without having any experience fighting them.
exhibit his own integrity he failed. Like the other war criminals in the Bush Regime. How can he be the head of the repugs after he is jailed for his war crimes.
http://www.cjr.org/full_court_press/colin_pow...
oops. how did this get here...
The way liberals are kissing this guy's keister makes me puke.
Cheeney can remain head of the republican party from behind bars, with the help of some of his boys on the outside.
Of course nobody here approves of Colin (right?) - this post is about the continuing downward spiral of the repuglican party.
I don't believe that 37% have a favorable opinion of Cheney, there just can't be that many morons in this country!!
Oh, wait a minute . .
I have considerable respect for Powell. He was a lone voice for moderation in the Bush administration and when it became clear that he was being used to falsely lend credibility to the case for the Iraq war he retired. He paid a very heavy price for that and deservedly so. I remember that quite a few people on both sides of the aisle who were misled or bullied into supporting the war in Iraq. Whatever mistakes he might have made his long service to his country deserve respect. Crossing party lines to endorse Obama likewise cost him but I remember the statement he made in giving his reasons for his endorsement and that too deserves respect.
http://beltwayblips.dailyradar.com/video/coli...
Even today Powell - when asked about torture - acts as if he does not even know what it is.
got his start whitewashing the My Lai massacre, so he is generally accepted as an American hero.
I've never seen such a hateful group of people. Even Michael Steele has a perpetual scowl on his face. It must suck to be a republican these days!
Faux Noise is comical entertainment, but dying out with more and more intelligent people bored by seeing Reslugs repeatative talking points of total lies, bigotry and deceitfulness.
He & his daughter went to school to learn how to lie without blinking. They hope that as long as they have a CONVINCED TONE in their voice that they will be CONVINCING to the general public.
Let's see how much he cries as he gets hauled off to jail. LOL
in the GOP it might be Colin Powell. He is a politician, but quit when he saw what was going on in the Bush administration. He is speaking out and trying to calm things down on GOP side, good for him, hope it works.
Was he punked? who knows. At least hes not extreme.
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