Comments on: Colin Powell & the “Good People” of the Bush Administration http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/ Democracy in America Sun, 27 May 2012 05:50:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Principled Reflection: You’re Doin’ it Wrong http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/#comment-7192 Sat, 29 Nov 2008 11:51:58 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=2755#comment-7192 [...] Bush surrounded himself with good people – like Colin Powell – in his first term. But he didn’t listen to them. Because Bush’s “careful [...]

]]> By: didionsmommy http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/#comment-7191 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:00:22 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=2755#comment-7191 p.c., i think you comment is amazingly cynical and myopic. i also believe it exhibits an embarrassingly meager degree of empathy.

]]> By: Progressive Conservative http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/#comment-7152 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:01:49 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=2755#comment-7152 So – just to understand Jeanne’s premise…she doesn’t feel more engaged as an American because Obama has fantastic ideas. She feels more engaged because he has the same skin color as her.

Interesting…

]]> By: Reader Hits the Big Time http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/#comment-7139 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:55:03 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=2755#comment-7139 [...] to Jeanne, whose comment to an earlier post is now a half-page editorial spread in her local newspaper (read the final version here). In it, [...]

]]> By: Ames http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/#comment-7178 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:51:51 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=2755#comment-7178 Jeanne,

I’m thrilled for you! Congratulations! Intelligent people speaking out for Obama in their local papers is EXACTLY what will win us this election (fingers crossed!). Fantastic job!!

]]> By: Jeanne http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/#comment-7177 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:46:38 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=2755#comment-7177 To the folk who suggested I submit my blog post to various newspapers; Well, here it is…I got a half page spread in the Sun-Times.

Thanks (oh, yes…Jeanne & Pateska are the same person. Official name is Pateska Jeanne Woods). Thanks again.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/1243293,CST-EDT-open27.article

]]> By: Ames http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/#comment-7153 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:11:00 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=2755#comment-7153 Brandon, don’t call people idiots. Not on this site.

]]> By: Brandon http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/#comment-7154 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:03:31 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=2755#comment-7154 Ian, you are an idiot.

]]> By: Ian http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/#comment-7156 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:07:30 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=2755#comment-7156 For a disturbing look at the right-wing nuttery, look at this thread including the comments from the Free Republic.

]]> By: Batocchio http://acandidworld.com/2008/10/19/colin-powell-the-good-people-of-the-bush-administration/#comment-7155 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:29:02 +0000 http://www.acandidworld.net/?p=2755#comment-7155 Maybe Bush would surround himself with good people… but Gore was, of his own merits, a good person. Why settle for secondhand talent?

Very well put. I’m reading Angler now, and it’s as good as Gellman’s earlier work. Like BG, I can never fully forgive Powell for his Day of Shame, especially since, while he was lied to on some points, he also knew some of what he was saying was BS.

However, his section about being Muslim was very good, and his endorsement can’t hurt.

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