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2016-09-15 Home Front: Politix
Colin Powell Bombs Bill, Hillary, and Trump
[THEDAILYBEAST] You’ve never heard Colin Powell talk like this.

The former secretary of state and four-star Army general who has been in the national spotlight since he was Ronald Reagan’s national security advisor let loose on Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as The Heroine of Tuzla and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as Another William H. Seward ...
("greedy, not transformational"), her husband Bill (still "dicking bimbos"), and Donald Trump (a "national disgrace").

The frank, biting version of Powell made public is thanks to private emails that appeared on dcleaks.com, a mysterious repository for hacked information suspected to be of Russian origin. Powell’s office confirmed to The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
that the emails were genuine.

His criticism of Hillary Clinton, for example, reflects a skepticism that you would respect from a man who served in a Republican administration.

"Everything HRC touches she kind of screws up with hubris," he wrote in one email.

Powell’s negative appraisal was also tempered by his personal relationship with the Democratic presidential nominee, whom he got to know when he served as Bill Clinton
...former Democratic president of the U.S. Bill was the second U.S. president to be impeached, the first to deny that oral sex was sex, the first to have difficulty with the definition of is...
’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later when she served as his successor at the State Department.

"I would rather not have to vote for her," Powell wrote in 2014, "although she is a friend I respect."
Both friend and respect appear to have unique personal definitions for the good general (ret'd).
Powell’s assessment was that Clinton had a track record of "unbridled ambition."
Possibly he wrote that with admiration...
The leaked emails also reveal Powell’s attempts to avoid being blamed for Hillary Clinton’s controversial email server setup. In recent days Democrats have been trying to take the heat off Clinton’s arrangement by releasing an email showing Powell giving her advice on how to use email.

"Sad thing... HRC could have killed this two years ago by merely telling everyone honestly what she had done and not tie me into it," Powell wrote in one email last month. "I told her staff three times not to try that gambit. I had to throw a mini tantrum at a Hamptons party to get their attention."

Powell also had a harsh judgment of Bill Clinton, who he served under, as someone "still dicking bimbos at home." Powell had served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under the George H.W. Bush administration, and continued in that position for less than a year under Clinton’s administration.

It’s no surprise Powell doesn’t like Trump, but he’s kept that opinion to himself. In emails though, he was absolutely blistering about the Republican presidential nominee.

"He is at 1% black voters and will drop," Powell wrote, citing the birther campaign Trump ran as a major reason. "He takes us for idiots."

Of the birther movement, which Trump promoted, he expressed consternation that President Barack Obama
I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money...
was born a "secret Moslem."

"As I have said before, ’What if he was?’ Moslems are born as Americans everyday," Powell said, adding that he thought "the whole birther movement was racist."
Posted by Fred 2016-09-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views ]  Top

#1 He lost my respect a decade ago. He does not know which way is up after all this time.
Posted by newc 2016-09-15 00:26||   2016-09-15 00:26|| Front Page Top

#2 He didn't get the $ for speaking fees he wanted because of HRC and he's pissed.
I doubt the emails are hacked, he's playing gotcha right now.
Posted by jvalentour 2016-09-15 00:57||   2016-09-15 00:57|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, he is a lost cause.
Posted by newc 2016-09-15 03:04||   2016-09-15 03:04|| Front Page Top

#4 MY Military Commanders keep their Loyality to the cause and that has NEVER been the piece of shit democrat party which always gets US IN a war, will neither let US win a war or fund it to fruition. And the global costs are staggering.

He is a playfool in the circuit. Caring about troops is ensuring they are not needed again.

The Democrat party is EVIL, EVIL, EVIL. And he has no idea what he is doing. He is as dumb as a private with stars in his eyes when he votes for people like Obama.

So FUCK HIM.

No Loyalty there.
Posted by newc 2016-09-15 03:08||   2016-09-15 03:08|| Front Page Top

#5 "As I have said before, ’What if he was?’ Moslems are born as Americans everyday," Powell said

Because, like Hillary's health, it would change a lot of votes.

What he is saying is people don't have the right to choose which individuals represents them. Only the party has that right. Which is unfortunately the case in most of the world.
Posted by phil_b 2016-09-15 04:32||   2016-09-15 04:32|| Front Page Top

#6 Actually, this does have useful info. A careerist like Powell would never attack Hillary if he felt there was a chance she'll be next POTUS.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-09-15 06:13||   2016-09-15 06:13|| Front Page Top

#7 Not surprising, the media jackels completely glossed over Powell's comments about Bubba. Can you imagine if Ivanka (whatever her name is) was suspected of sleeping around? But for Clinton Inc it's just a snicker and move on.
Posted by DepotGuy  2016-09-15 08:15||   2016-09-15 08:15|| Front Page Top

#8 "He is at 1% black voters and will drop," Powell wrote, citing the birther campaign Trump ran as a major reason. "He takes us for idiots."

Should read: "He is at 12% and rising... He takes me for an idiot."
Posted by Shick de Medici6262 2016-09-15 08:55||   2016-09-15 08:55|| Front Page Top

#9 And yet, Powell said he respects Hillary. Go figure--there's a mixed message of an acceptance of immorality.
Posted by JohnQC 2016-09-15 09:48||   2016-09-15 09:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Otherwise, what newc said in #4.
Posted by JohnQC 2016-09-15 09:50||   2016-09-15 09:50|| Front Page Top

#11 I think Powell was close to running in 2000 and his wife counseling him not to for fear of being assassinated (being the first black President and all). He listened and Obama got that title. The US was ready for a black President after all.

Too bad as Powell despite all his faults would have been far better than Obama.

When the General decided not to run for President he should have faded into the Sunset.
Posted by rjschwarz 2016-09-15 11:32||   2016-09-15 11:32|| Front Page Top

#12 I don't think I would officially label a girl a bimbo until they are at least 18.
Posted by swksvolFF 2016-09-15 12:20||   2016-09-15 12:20|| Front Page Top

#13 Under 18 is a Bimbett.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2016-09-15 13:03||   2016-09-15 13:03|| Front Page Top

#14 Bimbo-in-training (Bit).
Posted by Bobby 2016-09-15 13:07||   2016-09-15 13:07|| Front Page Top

#15 #1 He lost my respect a decade ago.

Yeah, but mad props for the crack (heh) about Bill still dicking bimbos.
Posted by SteveS 2016-09-15 16:52||   2016-09-15 16:52|| Front Page Top

#16 #13 Under 18 is a Bimbett.

Under 18 is also Slick Willy bait.
Posted by JohnQC 2016-09-15 17:36||   2016-09-15 17:36|| Front Page Top

#17 Credit where due, Dicking Bimbos is a damn fine cuss.
Posted by swksvolFF 2016-09-15 20:10||   2016-09-15 20:10|| Front Page Top

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