Colin Powell Discusses Obama
Asked what he thinks of Barack Obama's political success this year, former Secretary of State Colin Powell had this to say yesterday on PBS: "I'm terribly excited, I'm impressed, and I'm happy for Barack Obama." You can watch the video here.
As AFP notes, Powell urged Americans to "enjoy this moment where a person like Barack Obama can knock down all of these old barriers that people thought existed with respect to the opportunities that are available to African-Americans."
"He is putting himself forward not as a black man but as an American man who wants to be president of the United States of America," Powell added. "We should see Barack as a candidate for president who happens to be black, and not a black candidate for president."
Powell, who is African-American, considered his own presidential run but ultimately decided against it. During the interview, Tavis Smiley told Powell he "could have been Barack Obama."
Powell responded that he had no regrets about his decision and said he takes joy in Obama's success. "Politics wasn't in my blood – it's in Barack's blood," Powell said.
As AFP notes, Powell urged Americans to "enjoy this moment where a person like Barack Obama can knock down all of these old barriers that people thought existed with respect to the opportunities that are available to African-Americans."
"He is putting himself forward not as a black man but as an American man who wants to be president of the United States of America," Powell added. "We should see Barack as a candidate for president who happens to be black, and not a black candidate for president."
Powell, who is African-American, considered his own presidential run but ultimately decided against it. During the interview, Tavis Smiley told Powell he "could have been Barack Obama."
Powell responded that he had no regrets about his decision and said he takes joy in Obama's success. "Politics wasn't in my blood – it's in Barack's blood," Powell said.
Agreed. SOME black people are all over him because he''s black. Those wealthy black people likely see opportunity for themselves. I can see Oprah having Obama''s racist wife on her show now. Yes, some black people have proven to be da*mn good at being racist. Obama''s wife said that black america knows how much Obama will take care of "his people". This is racist BS. We don''t need it. The black community identified Clinton as being the first black president for all he did for african americans. Hillary has more african americans working on her campaign than Obama.
Obama talks of change but there has been no real substance.
Posted by thomderr
I cannot even get upset by your ludicrous assessment. Hillary is power hungry? Anymore than any male politician has been? That''s the sexism that is beneath europe which frankly is starting to whip america''s *** in terms of their progress. We''re slipping and the ignorant are not seeing this quickly enough.
And just WHAT has Mrs. Clinton done for our society?
She is a power hungry woman who directed her husbands life into office and now wants to run the free world on her own, without the middle man.
Obama will not win.Theres a good chance Clinton will though.If the American people cannot see what she has done for our society, and will do as president, then I feel sorry for this country. Yes we need a change,the concentration needs to be here at home, not in the other parts of the world. What about health care to all? What about all these jobs we have lost because of corporate greed? Living prices keep going up and wages are staying the same. The American dollar is not worth much anymore.Ethenol is not working, it just raises the price of dairy. Lets use all this garbage for fuel, that should do it!