Comments on: No, Colin Powell, You’re not a Republican http://www.jimbyrd.com/no-colin-powell-youre-not-a-republican Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:43:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anthony http://www.jimbyrd.com/no-colin-powell-youre-not-a-republican/comment-page-1#comment-3882 Anthony Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:55:55 +0000 http://www.jimbyrd.com/?p=2476#comment-3882 I have been watching with interest, and continue doing so, the internal debates (abetted by plenty of liberals and media) within the Republican Party. In my opinion there is no doubt, as the record shows, that you are correct about running strong principled candidates to win elections. There is a principled way of thought that cuts across political parties and party idealogy and that is conservatism. Admittedly and unfortunatley there are not so many of those that ascribe to it as Democrats except mainly on the local and state levels. A recent gallup poll indicated that conservatives are the single largest idealogical group in this country and I wish that this was reflected in the available political leadership and legislation that was passed -or should I say foisted? upon the American People. Colin Powell and others like him have the freedom to do as Arlen Specter did and change parties and I wish that he and others like him would do just that as the Republicans would be all the better for it. AI I have been watching with interest, and continue doing so, the internal debates (abetted by plenty of liberals and media) within the Republican Party. In my opinion there is no doubt, as the record shows, that you are correct about running strong principled candidates to win elections.

There is a principled way of thought that cuts across political parties and party idealogy and that is conservatism. Admittedly and unfortunatley there are not so many of those that ascribe to it as Democrats except mainly on the local and state levels.

A recent gallup poll indicated that conservatives are the single largest idealogical group in this country and I wish that this was reflected in the available political leadership and legislation that was passed -or should I say foisted? upon the American People.

Colin Powell and others like him have the freedom to do as Arlen Specter did and change parties and I wish that he and others like him would do just that as the Republicans would be all the better for it.
AI

]]> By: Christine http://www.jimbyrd.com/no-colin-powell-youre-not-a-republican/comment-page-1#comment-3775 Christine Wed, 10 Jun 2009 03:44:16 +0000 http://www.jimbyrd.com/?p=2476#comment-3775 The Republican Party needs to divorce themselves from Colin Powell. I ask the question: How can he possibly be a Republican when at probably the most critical point in the capaign he announced his endorsement for Obama when all along he was saying that McCain was the type of Republican we needed to be President. I really believe he is trying to garner popularity on the Obama wave because of his embarassment over the fact that he made the argument that Iraq and Sadam Husain had weapons of mass destruction. The Republican Party needs to divorce themselves from Colin Powell. I ask the question: How can he possibly be a Republican when at probably the most critical point in the capaign he announced his endorsement for Obama when all along he was saying that McCain was the type of Republican we needed to be President.
I really believe he is trying to garner popularity on the Obama wave because of his embarassment over the fact that he made the argument that Iraq and Sadam Husain had weapons of mass destruction.

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