There, I said it.

…and liberal means more government. Moderate means pro-choice? and liberal means pro-choice. Moderate means appeasement? Liberal means appeasement.

So what’s the difference between moderate and liberal?

Why doesn’t Colin Powell just hire a plane to skywrite “Surrender Dorothy”. He’d at least be honest.

to define what “far right” means and what “moderate” means. They just throw out the terms to demonize Conservatives because we oppose Big Government. IMO this is all a push by those with a vested interest in government to expand it.

And I’m sure the 40+% of Americans that don’t pay federal income taxes are only too happy to say the rest of us should pay more taxes and that they want more government services.

I want to see a poll of only those that pay net income taxes to the government on issues of taxation and more government.

why should we expect anything else from him. Maybe the man got too close to the chemical factories he blew up in ’91. He should have stayed out of politics… BTW he should have finished the job in ’91. I never liked the guy period, ever. Former Generals can be idiots too!

Anyway, does what he say really matter anymore?

Not for his views, but the posturing, politicizing and attempts to promote policies based on a scaled methodology.

Our policies should be based on broad principals that appeal to a majority of Americans. That should not be hard for Republicans given our primary beliefs which a plurality share.

It is in our own faulty articulation, unorganized manner and mischaracterization by those we oppose which creates the illusion we are out of step with the populace.

The enemy is slashing at our flanks and all General Powell can do is stand and point out how bad our position is as the ranks are decimated. I can’t tell you how empty and hopeless that makes me feel.

But respectfully, the general is not only wrong but completely disingenuous. When he had a chance to promote the standard bearer of moderate Republican politics, who did he choose?

Here is a man that benefited his entire life from the type of policies we promote along with the goodwill of principled Republican benefactors. Yet all he can seem to muster is ingratitude, scorn and criticism. Then he abandons the line, retreats, comforts our enemy and writes tomes in exile lecturing us about how we abandoned him. Hardly; and what shameful, disreputable behavior of this once great man.

Yes, we should listen. For somewhere in the articulation we may find the real reason for such bitter contempt and resentment.

Another word for the “political center” is triangulation. The center in 1994 is surely different than the center in 2008. Powell is advocating policy without regards for objective reality—whether something is a good idea or a bad idea. Did the political center ever do anything helpful like end slavery, protect civil rights, or win a war?

D: Push for $1T stimulus package
R: Oppose
“Center”: Push for $500B-$800B stimulus package

R: Reduce highest marginal tax rate from 70% to 29%
D: Oppose
“Center”: Reduce highest marginal tax rate from 70% to 50% and add a whole bunch of tax credits for people who don’t pay taxes

For a military person to embrace triangulation is surprising and disappointing. If the military ever triangulated on something like D-Day, thousands of lives would be lost, not to mention the war.

But not disloyalty on this scale. If it wasn’t for Republicans, Powell would have retired as an obscure brigadier general in the early eighties. To turn on those who supported him unconditionally all these years is just plain dishonorable . I agree with Mark Levin. Powell is a superficial clown who doesn’t really know what he is talking about.

in the Army to become Ronald Reagan’s National Security Adviser. As such, he had almost daily contact with a staunch conservative, with a cheery optimism that infected everyone around him. Apparently none of this ever wore off on Powell, as he has become more and more ultraliberal and pessimistic in tone since those glory days.

My only question is why does he continue to claim he is a Republican? He runs from the core principles of the party as fast as he can. He is nothing more than another phony in the mold of Frum and Brooks.

The only “a very polarizing figure.” I seen in the election was obama and his racist remarks about bill clinton.
obama was and is an inompetent marxist LIAR.

We already WERE right and finally someone came out to where we were desperately waiting, our heads hung in despair at our only choice for President.
Don’t get me wrong, McCain has my respect and admiration for his service, but as a self-professed “Conservative”, hardly!
Why were we energized, Mr. Powell?
Because AT LAST there was a Conservative on the ticket. Inexperienced with the federal processes and the DC MSM meatgrinder, you saw what happened next.
We are NOT moving left, you move right or get out of our way, Sir.

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Instead of just criticizing. Mark Levin says the guy has made a clown of himself, that he’s nothing but good buddies with media types.

I have heard this over and over that the GOP has moved far right. Is this to hide the fact that the Dem Party has moved to the extreme left? Can anyone recall a time then Dems were more left than now? Obama is perhaps the most liberal US President ever elected. Reid and Pelosi and Obama make a left wing troika.

Powell was a loyal Republican as long as it would help him advance his career in the military. I doubt if he ever was a true Republican. Powell was an opportunist who knew when in Rome do as the Romans do. Now that Powell has retired, he can be his authentic self. Too bad he doesn’t realize he’s lost credibility and tarnished his image. Perhaps it’s a relief for Powell to stop living the lie.

What people don’t seem to understand is that when we ask someone to “Change” what we are saying really is “you gotta be more like me”, and thats nothing but raw egotism.

What is change? The word is so loosely defined, that those who use it (I am speaking generally here) can’t even explain what measuring stick they have used to define your need for Change.

What is “the center”?

I take the definition to be sit down, shut-up, give up, and look pretty. “Because Gosh darn it, People Like ME!”

Thats “be more like me” that they can believe in!

Wasn’t he in Vietnam ? Wasn’t the goal there to destroy a goverment that basically believes in the same things as Colin Powell ???
He probably killed people who were his ideological cousins !!!
AMAZING……..