Gallagher on Powell’s endorsement: ‘Race is the factor I think that drives much of this.’
Gallagher on Powell’s endorsement: ‘Race is the factor I think that drives much of this.’
Responding to former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), right-wing talker Mike Gallagher declared on his radio show today that “race is the factor I think that drives much of this” because Powell is “enamored and in love with the concept of a black man being president of these United States.” Gallagher then suggested that Powell might not “have the intellectual capacity to, you know, make a distinction and realize the difference” between Obama and the “long list of black Americans who would make fine presidential candidates.” Listen here:
Earlier today, Rush Limbaugh claimed that Powell’s endorsement “was totally about race.” Powell, however, rejected such claims on Meet The Press yesterday, saying, “If I had only had that in mind, I could have done this six, eight, 10 months ago.”
Transcript:
GALLAGHER: You know Dee, and I’m sorry, I know you want to be on a long time, but I’ve got, I’m really fighting the clock and I want to get as many voices on today as I can. I think that’s at play here. Race is the factor I think that drives much of this. I really do believe that there are people like Colin Powell and Michael Smerconish and Kathleen Parker who are enamored and in love with the concept of a black man being president of these United States.And listen, I’m not unaware of the historic nature of a viable black presidential candidate. I’ve said it before. I’m not going to pretend that it’s not meaningful and impactful. Just not this one. Just not this particular black American. Just not this particular radical liberal, who’s pro abortion and anti-family and high taxes. And everything that we should fear as Americans. Not this one. You know, there’s a long list of black Americans who would make fine presidential candidates. So, I’m afraid that many of these people don’t have the intellectual capacity to, you know, make a distinction and realize the difference. I’m Mike Gallagher and God bless America.
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Oh shut up and go smash something with an oversized hammer
October 20th, 2008 at 5:32 pmMike who?
October 20th, 2008 at 5:36 pmAnd Gallagher is enamored and in love with the concept of his own head up his own ass.
Take No Prisoners!
October 20th, 2008 at 5:38 pmConservative talk radio hosts are like chickens: they cluck real loud in a group all day long, then they sit & lay eggs while having drugs pumped into them and then watch the other chickens serve the greater good by being slaughtered, so they be saved and can cluck for another day.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:38 pmI wasn’t going to participate in this nonsense, and I still wont. I’ll let Mr McCain’s relatives speak for themselves.
http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2041&Itemid=42
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Would race be the answer if Powell had endorsed McCain? Look McCain has got black blook relatives. The GOP is using another smoke screen as Powell just got finished lying again under the oath of God for criminal Ted Stevens. So Powell looks more like a mole for the Republican Party to see inside workings of the Obama/Biden Administration. Good move as this will help the Republicans get back the White House in 2012 with the help of loyal Powell. Powell is use to lying as he lied to the United Nations and to the jurors in the Ted Stevens case.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:38 pmI guess I could get worked up if I had actually ever heard of this Mike Gallagher person before TP repeated his racist bilge. I guess he is just someone else who will need directions to his (small) place in the dustbin of history in a few weeks.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:44 pmWe didn’t have to scratch very deep in the surface for the racism of these f uckwits to spew forth…
October 20th, 2008 at 5:45 pm“Powell might not ‘have the intellectual capacity…’”
If I was blessed, as this ass-clown and his brother-in-law Rash Limpballs are, with an IQ less than my hat size I would not be making remarks about anybody’s intellectual capacity. Unless my remarks were directed at kindred spirits as these must have been.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:46 pmUm. If Powell were so eager to put a black person in office, would he not have run for President himself?
October 20th, 2008 at 5:46 pmYes, race drives much of this.
Had General Powell been white, he probably wouldn’t have been set up as the fall guy (cf. Black teenagers in horror movies).
If Gen. Powell were white, Faux news wouldn’t be saying the decision is one of race.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:47 pmJust one more outrageous thing that they will be trying to distance themselves from very soon.
I think the benidict arnold in blackface one will bring big guns into play against this kind of bullshit.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:48 pmSo, if what these radio clowns say is true, then we should be able to find lots of evidence that Colin Powell supported Alan Keyes in his bids to be president. If there isn’t any, then they are full of it.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:48 pmIt’s amazing that they can ignore so many white people voting for other while people to fall back on this. Totally different standard.
Really ridiculous stuff. The man is hardly known for racial tensions.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:49 pmUm…if Powell is so “enamored and in love with the concept of a black man being president of these United States,” why hasn’t Powell ever endorsed Jesse Jackson for president? Al Sharpton? Alan Keyes?
Yes, it’s true that Powell couldn’t endorse anybody for anything when he was in uniform, but he’s been out of the Army since 1993. Surely, if his big objective was to get a black man into the White House, he would have made that objective known in previous elections.
I suspect that Powell’s support for a black candidate is fairly similar to my support for a woman candidate. Yes, it would be nice to see one of “my kind” get elected to high office, but it has to be somebody I would vote for even if he/she wasn’t one of “my kind”. One of the reasons I will not vote for any ticket with Palin on it. Right gender, wrong everything else.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:49 pmAlan Keyes was running the republican primary but the only debate they let him into was the one in front of a black audience (Jon Stewart’s “break glass in case of racial awkwardness” mocking).
I think Patrick (Mass Gov) and Paterson (NY Gov) would make fine pres. but i don’t see Powell endorsing them.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:51 pmYeah, right. Colin Powell was good enough and smart enough to carry the Bush administration water in front of the United Nations to lead America to war…
And now that he has endorsed the Democratic candidate for president, he’s just another dumb darkie.
Friggin’ racist GOPigs.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:52 pmFrom the NEW YORKER-
Ken Adelman is a lifelong conservative Republican- who has never supported a Democrat for President in his life. Two weeks from now that’s going to change: Ken Adelman intends to vote for Barack Obama. He can hardly believe it himself.
Adelman -
“Why so, since my views align a lot more with McCain’s than with Obama’s? And since I truly dread the notion of a Democratic president, Democratic House, and hugely Democratic Senate?
Primarily for two reasons, those of temperament and of judgment.
When the economic crisis broke, I found John McCain bouncing all over the place. In those first few crisis days, he was impetuous, inconsistent, and imprudent; ending up just plain weird. Having worked with Ronald Reagan for seven years, and been with him in his critical three summits with Gorbachev, I’ve concluded that that’s no way a president can act under pressure.
Second is judgment. The most important decision John McCain made in his long campaign was deciding on a running mate.
That decision showed appalling lack of judgment. Not only is Sarah Palin not close to being acceptable in high office—I would not have hired her for even a mid-level post in the arms-control agency. But that selection contradicted McCain’s main two, and best two, themes for his campaign—Country First, and experience counts. Neither can he credibly claim, post-Palin pick.
I sure hope Obama is more open, centrist, sensible—dare I say, Clintonesque”
I guess they can call that one Race Based – But probably won’t fly
October 20th, 2008 at 5:52 pmZooey,
Remember, the Republicans are the ones who deliberately craft their message to be appealing to racists and bigots. This helps draw out the real racists and bigots (the ones who hone in on the racist aspects of that message). These people believe that race must have been a factor because they can think of no other reason why anyone would support a black man to be president. I would even say that it is possible that to them, Barack Obama isn’t the Democratic candidate”, he’s the “black candidate”. Gallagher and Limbaugh are examples of what Jimmy Carter once “benevolently” described as “people who are proud of their own race.”
October 20th, 2008 at 5:53 pmPowell is the Frankenstein creation of multi-million dollar PR outfits.
He needs to be put on trial with the rest of the war criminals.
I regard him as a tragic figure in history.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:55 pmThe chief problem here is that right-wing radio rant-jockeys expect that a seasoned statesman like Colin Powell is as superficial as they are. That’s why they can only perceive that his endorsement of Powell is a racial decision on his part.
Of course, they are also the morons who were crowing about McNumbNuts’ selection of Failin’ Palin which they just knew would lock up the women’s vote for the republican party.
October 20th, 2008 at 5:56 pmIt’s just reflexive spin, aimed mainly at what remains of the right-wing base. “If you’ve ever considered Powell trustworthy you should still ignore this endorsement because it was based purely on race.”
October 20th, 2008 at 6:00 pm* 5 – Tired Of Fighting Says:
Wow…I’m truly surprised. This is the absolute first time I’ve ever heard about this.
But I just found this on McCain’s campaign website. Very strange. I guess they found the reference to the U.S. Naval Academy more impactful than the “plantation owner” bit.
His ties to Mississippi actually go back to 1848, when ancestor William McCain moved from North Carolina to Carroll County, according to information provided by the candidate’s campaign and his book, “Faith of My Fathers.”
McCain’s great-grandfather was a Carroll County sheriff and plantation owner. His grandfather — John Sidney McCain Sr. — grew up in Carroll County, attended the University of Mississippi and then left the state in 1902 to enter the U.S. Naval Academy. …
http://www.johnmccain.com/informing/News/PressReleases/64028c86-3a90-4a30-9528-28bb52820c4b.htm
October 20th, 2008 at 6:01 pmi think we all need to play up this important angle:
Powell Rejects Islamophobia
On NBC’s Meet the Press this weekend, former Secretary of State Colin Powell formally endorsed Barack Obama in this year’s presidential election.
Pundits will spend the next few days debating whether or not this endorsement matters. In truth, his endorsement of a politician matters less than his strong rejection of the Islamophobia that has tainted this race and that continues to exist unabated in many parts of America.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:05 pm[...]
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/guestvoices/2008/10/powell_rejects_islamophobia.html
Thanks for that link, Tired of Fighting.
Apparently, John and Cindy have something in common afterall…
October 20th, 2008 at 6:07 pmPowell is endorsing a guy whose mother is white?
What a racist!!
/snark
October 20th, 2008 at 6:09 pmradiodujour Says:
I regard him as a tragic figure in history.
And because of your false claim that Obama is getting all his donations from Wall Street in an earlier thread today:
I regard you as an idiot
Go away troll, come back when you have some facts.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:11 pmHere’s Gallagher dressed up as a faux soldier, or Greyhound/Trailways bus driver!
October 20th, 2008 at 6:12 pmgallaghersarmy.com/images/GAFgui11-13-4_GenMG.jpg
TP, you missed something in the transcript: I really do believe that there are people like Colin Powell and Michael Smerconish and Kathleen Parker who are enamored and in love with the concept of a black man being president of these United States.
See, that’s the real reason Kathleen Parker said that mean stuff about Palin: it’s because she’s “in love” with the idea of a Black President. Especially a dirty liberal abortion-loving, tax-loving, family-hating colored president. She’s just too stupid to understand that.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:26 pm…after the election, righties are going to form nomadic militia-mobs, ala Mad Max, and who knows what the hell will happen then…
October 20th, 2008 at 6:29 pmPowell (and most if not all African-Americans) would certainly greet a ‘black’ president.
There’s a valid and non-racist reason/excuse for this; a ‘black’ president would offer hope and motivation for many more than an Eurasian president could ceteris paribus.
Powell’s speech and endorsement was convincing enough without consideration of race, though.
October 20th, 2008 at 6:32 pmClusterTim, I am so tired of this crap. Will you please stop?
October 20th, 2008 at 6:52 pmGallagher then suggested that Powell might not “have the intellectual capacity to, you know, make a distinction and realize the difference
If you’re going to sit on your ass for a living, you might as well not open your mouth and remove all doubt of your stupidity.
This idiot says “Powell might not have the intellectual capacity”? A Chairman of the Joint Chiefs? Multiple degrees? Reagan’s National Security Advisor? Is he insinuating that a black (wo)man, no matter his/her education and experience, can’t make an informed decision, that he must refrain from endorsing one of two of the major party candidates just because he’s black, even if the better candidate just so happens to be black?
If the McCain camp hadn’t turned so nasty these last few weeks, Colin, I’m sure, would have leaned toward endorsing him, and that’s why he waited it out until he had the information he needed to reach a decision. He made a good case.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:01 pmIt’s exactly what the Obama campaign wants them to say.
But Smerconish? Really?
…yep, does seem to be the case. Mr.”wussified America” himself.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:03 pmIronic that these morons who say it’s about race are the biggest racists of all; but as usual, real racists have no clue and no honesty.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:48 pmI think this is good because now we will see who the real racists are in the media. One by one, we will see the true racists reveal themselves to the world and destroy their credibility. So far, Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan, this Mike Gallagher (who is he?) have outed themselves. I suspect that over the next few days we’ll see people like Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and others bring up the race card, saying that Powell endorsed Obama only because he was black.
To his credit, McCain himself, has not said this. Unfortunately, his quest for power has blinded him as he allows the same people who destroyed him in South Carolina in 2000 with dirty smears, to now do their dirty work on Obama. It’s sad but true: power and money corrupt people.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:52 pmWhen they get trapped into acorner and see the fate that is in front of them these rabid far right talking heads get uglier and uglier.
Powell is one of the smarter people to ever work for this country and for this radio hack to say he doesn’t have the intellectual capacity is more a reflection on himself.
This man is the scum around the drain.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:48 pmLet the racists come out of the woodwork and expose themselves for who they really are, whether it is Rush Limbaugh, George Will or Mike Gallagher (whoever he is). Maybe we can be rid of them once and for all.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:41 pmAl Campanas Lives!!! Blacks don’t have the “intellectual capacity….”
At some piont, we need to stop giving people who truly lack “intellectual capacity”, a public forum in which to spout their idiocy.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:43 pmBoycott wingnut media. If this is a “marketplace of ideas” then it’d be wise to ignore the people trying to sell you crap sandwiches. I know a lot of people who can use jobs who are far more qualified to do theirs than they are.
October 20th, 2008 at 11:38 pmColin Powell was George Bush’s most trusted advisor. He sold the war in Iraq to the American people and the U.N. Selling Barrack Obama should be a “slam dunk”.
October 21st, 2008 at 4:07 amGallagher is not intelligent enough to hold a Dick and Jane conversation with Powell. Like his cohorts, all he does is rant and rave about other achievers. He quickly jumps on whatever the controversy of the day is. A couple of years ago, after hearing him go ballistic about Americans who did not agree with Bush and his actions in Iraq, a caller confronted him. He said disagreeable Americans were unpatriotic. She asked Gallagher why his able-bodied sons were not in Iraq like other young men their age. He became so incensed he hung up on the caller. A week or so later he announced that his sons had appointments with recruiters to enlist. Gallagher came back another time with excuses for his sons not following through with their enlistment goal. He threw out a list of illnesses and afflictions his sons suffered: high blood pressure and ADDD, to name two. One of the unenlisted sons went on to get married. He proudly announced that one of them was going on the Murray Povich show for a makeover. To date neither of them have gone to Iraq to prove they love America. Oh, yeah when another caller demanded to know why Gallagher himself hadn’t enlisted to serve in Iraq. Again, he saw red and said he was serving his country being on radio to confront Democrats like her. He said only a Democrat would ask such a question. What a pathetic loser.
October 21st, 2008 at 3:15 pmWhy do Republicans hate the troops?
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