he is sickening

nothing more, nothing less

circumstances just aligned to vault him over lots of other ambitious, lying thugs

he had a smooth veneer of respectability, much the same as McCain, another crooked sociopath (he's actually much more corrupt), and rode it as far as he could take it, til his ambition crashed upon Bushrocks '03

Is that just a coincidence?

"...
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The IG report confirmed what we had previously written: Among Clinton’s predecessors, only Colin Powell (Jan. 20, 2001–Jan. 26, 2005)
used a personal email account for government business.
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..."

http://www.factcheck.org/2016/07/a-guide-to-clintons-emails/

opened the iran/contra floodgates on his lying ass

or the izzy stone, if you will

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http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/colin3.html
.... [font size=5]Maj. Powell's Response[/font]

.... After that [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]cursory[/FONT] investigation, Powell drafted a response on Dec. 13, 1968. He admitted to no pattern of wrongdoing. Powell claimed that U.S. soldiers in Vietnam were taught to treat Vietnamese courteously and respectfully. The Americal troops also had gone through an hour-long course on how to treat prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions, Powell noted. ....

[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Powell reported back exactly what his superiors wanted to hear[/FONT]. "In direct refutation of this (Glen's) portrayal," Powell concluded, "is the fact that relations between Americal soldiers and the Vietnamese people are excellent."

[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Powell's findings, of course, were false[/FONT]. But it would take another Americal hero, an infantryman named Ron Ridenhour, to piece together the truth about the atrocity at My Lai. After returning to the United States, Ridenhour interviewed Americal comrades who had participated in the massacre. ....

But[FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"] Powell's peripheral role[/FONT] in the My Lai cover-up [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]did not slow his climb up[/FONT] the Army's ladder. [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Powell pleaded ignorance about the actual My Lai massacre[/FONT], which pre-dated his arrival at the Americal. Glen's letter disappeared into the National Archives -- to be unearthed only years later by British journalists Michael Bilton and Kevin Sims for their book Four Hours in My Lai. [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]In his best-selling memoirs, Powell did not mention his brush-off of Tom Glen's complaint[/FONT]. ....


... [FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: yellow"]Powell had proved himself the consummate team player.[/FONT]

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Wouldn't melt in his LYING mouth.

I guess the so-called "Liberal press" forgot about HIS role in front of the UN and on the world's stage concerning the illegal invasion of Iraq , in their attempt to tar and feather Hillary with the email non-controversy.

I have a friend whose a Democrat and who likes Powell and who thinks Hillary needed his endorsement for president, and I told her no she doesn't, she's doing fine WITHOUT him and his endorsement for POTUS.

called " Not Safe For War: The Definitive List, Ten Years On "
it's basically a list of people we shouldn't listen to, sort of a "boy who cried wolf principle" thing. They list Colin Powell and cite him as being extremely dangerous because most people have forgotten what he has done. He has managed to distance himself from his own actions which is something I think many people in that book would like to do.

And welcome to DU! I think you'll like it here. 😊

John McCain is another person who has been able to distance himself from his past. He was a member of the Keating Five, a group of five U.S. Senators who were accused of corruption in connection to the Savings & Loan scandal. After being acquitted of corruption charges McCain became a champion of campaign finance reform. McCain's role in the Keating Five is rarely brought up in the news media.