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Bush Fired Colin PowellPosted on Sep 30, 2006Despite having some distaste for the administration and an inkling that he might step down as secretary of state, Colin Powell, it turns out, got the boot from Bush’s then-chief of staff, Andrew Card, who said simply: “The president would like to make a change.” Washington Post:
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By R. A. Earl, October 1, 2006 at 7:50 pm Link to this comment
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It was obvious, if only to me, that Colin Powell, as far as I know an honorable man, was used and abused by GWB & Co. If I had been lied to and undermined by my own boss as he had been, I would have walked out in the most public way possible, timed for maximum impact, I would never have signed any “resignation” or other such document, and I would have told all to every media outlet not yet controlled by Bush’s capitalists.
Sure, I likely would have been found “strangely stranged” the next day, but at least I would have let the cat out of the bag and have died with a clear conscience.
Many would have dismissed me as a disgruntled and disloyal traitor for doing so. BUT DAMMIT… someone needs to stand up and shout THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES! I am stunned by the lack of courage and ethics displayed by our legislators. It makes me sick in my heart and angry to the bone.
I will not forgive, nor forget, what George W. Bush has done TO my country. I hope to witness his fall from power in disgrace. He is the highest ranking hypocrite the USA has ever had. He disgusts me.
Report thisBy Gary M, October 1, 2006 at 11:03 am Link to this comment
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Quick everybody, blame Clinton!
Report thisBy GW=MCHammered, October 1, 2006 at 8:16 am Link to this comment
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Bush & Co. stole a page from their corporate buddies: fire even experienced voices of reason if they so much a slide a toe in your path… especially when those voices are popular.
In hindsight, the world likely would be a better place had Colin Powell staged a coup d’état and established some junta of sanity.
Report thisBy Manny, October 1, 2006 at 6:28 am Link to this comment
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It was with great reqret when Mr Colin Powell
Report thisjoin the Bush mafia. He was surround by draft dodgers and a former pilot that was at the helm that was unable to verify his time in the service. This two factors should have given him a clue of what kind of breed of men represented the Bush mafia. For some reason I never felt that Mr. C. Powell belonged in the company of these Iraq conspirators. I think that is why the Bush mafia used him at the U.N.. American’s trust in him crossed all political lines.
I think the American people are cogizant that as we were lied to by the Bush mafia so was Mr. C. Powell. The anger that Mr. G. Bush expressed about the letter Mr. C. Powell he had written
concerning Artilce 3 is not suprising. Yes, there was one man in the inter cirlce of the Bush mafia that reflected civility and a rare breed of integrity.
By Broiler, October 1, 2006 at 5:50 am Link to this comment
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What does it matter how he left. It would
appear he was at loggerheads with the administration
and that in a short time he would have resigned
from a bad case of conscience.
That he is not still in the process creating at
Report thisleast unseen opposition to the runaway administration
is a shame. The administration was wary of him
and needed to show a united front. Our loss.