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Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for White Ho

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Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for White House


Political | 206753 hits | Oct 19 7:49 am | Posted by: tritium
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Colin Powell, a Republican who once aspired to be the first black United States president and later became one of the faces of George W. Bush's Iraq war, has endorsed Barack Obama for the White House.

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  1. by avatar tritium
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 2:55 pm
    Looking closer to an Obama White House. 8O

    I guess it's the younger generation, the YouTube gerneration that is pushing for or will vote for Obama.

    That is why I think they should raise the voting age to 30.


  2. by avatar CommanderSock
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:08 pm

    Looking closer to an Obama White House. 8O

    I guess it's the younger generation, the YouTube gerneration that is pushing for or will vote for Obama.

    That is why I think they should raise the voting age to 30.


    They gotta exlude blacks and mexicans too. Actually, just make it like the "fine" old days, only white land owners should vote.


    Realistically though, Powell should have kept his fucking mouth shut on this. If he is republican he should be quiet. So many republicans have respect for him, why alienate them. He destroyed whatever was left of his career.

  3. by avatar CommanderSock
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:10 pm
    "tritium" said
    Looking closer to an Obama White House. 8O

    I guess it's the younger generation, the YouTube gerneration that is pushing for or will vote for Obama.

    That is why I think they should raise the voting age to 30.



    I just saw the vid.



    HAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.....

    She's got a crush on the wrong man though....

  4. by avatar tritium
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:15 pm
    "CommanderSock" said
    They gotta exlude blacks and mexicans too. Actually, just make it like the "fine" old days, only white land owners should vote.


    :|

    The reason I stated an age limit, is just because you're 18 does not make you an adult, suddenly understand the economy, foregin relations and so on.

    There is a reason why the drinking age in the USA is 21, and many so should the voting age be raised to 21 yrs old.

    Hell most of these 18 year old twits would vote for Paris Hilton if given a chance.

  5. by avatar Zipperfish  Gold Member
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:28 pm
    "CommanderSock" said

    Looking closer to an Obama White House. 8O

    I guess it's the younger generation, the YouTube gerneration that is pushing for or will vote for Obama.

    That is why I think they should raise the voting age to 30.


    They gotta exlude blacks and mexicans too. Actually, just make it like the "fine" old days, only white land owners should vote.


    Realistically though, Powell should have kept his fucking mouth shut on this. If he is republican he should be quiet. So many republicans have respect for him, why alienate them. He destroyed whatever was left of his career.


    It was Republicans that destroyed his career. He was the fall guy who went to the United Nations adn presented the case against Saddam Hussein for the Amercian led invasion and occupation of Iraq. The "case" tured out to be an embarrassing string of lies and incompetent intelligence--he looked like a liar or an idiot, and brought the US to its lowest international standing in the world community in modern history.

  6. by avatar CommanderSock
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 3:59 pm

    :|

    The reason I stated an age limit, is just because you're 18 does not make you an adult, suddenly understand the economy, foregin relations and so on.

    There is a reason why the drinking age in the USA is 21, and many so should the voting age be raised to 21 yrs old.

    Hell most of these 18 year old twits would vote for Paris Hilton if given a chance.


    Canada's legal voting age is 18, we haven't voted in Avril Lavigne yet. 18 is fine.

    I never understood how you could justify sending 18 year old "twits" to dodge bullets in Filluja, but they can't legally have a drink.

    PS: Maturity and age are not perfectly correlated. Just look at the campaign trail for both parties and you'll see plenty of immature adults who will end up voting for all the wrong reasons.

  7. by avatar tritium
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 5:13 pm
    "CommanderSock" said
    PS: Maturity and age are not perfectly correlated. Just look at the campaign trail for both parties and you'll see plenty of immature adults who will end up voting for all the wrong reasons.


    Is that your excuse... :lol:

  8. by avatar CommanderSock
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 6:13 pm

    Is that your excuse... :lol:


    What's yours?

  9. by avatar StuntmanMike
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:58 pm


    The reason I stated an age limit, is just because you're 18 does not make you an adult, suddenly understand the economy, foregin relations and so on.

    There is a reason why the drinking age in the USA is 21, and many so should the voting age be raised to 21 yrs old.

    Hell most of these 18 year old twits would vote for Paris Hilton if given a chance.


    I know plenty of 40 y-o's who have no understanding of economics, politics or foreign policy. They're more interested in watching the Leaf's lose or trying to guess whose going to be America's Next Top Model than Politics with Don Newman.

    Should they be precluded from voting too?

  10. by avatar tritium
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:07 pm
    "StuntmanMike" said
    I know plenty of 40 y-o's who have no understanding of economics, politics or foreign policy. They're more interested in watching the Leaf's lose or trying to guess whose going to be America's Next Top Model than Politics with Don Newman.

    Should they be precluded from voting too?


    Someone on this forum started a thread stating that voters should have to pass an aptitude test of some kind in order to vote.

    At first I didn't agree with him, but now in retrospect, it might not be such a bad idea to weed out people who have no idea why they are voting...

  11. by avatar StuntmanMike
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:18 pm

    Someone on this forum started a thread stating that voters should have to pass an aptitude test of some kind in order to vote.

    At first I didn't agree with him, but now in retrospect, it might not be such a bad idea to weed out people who have no idea why they are voting...


    O.K., fair enough. What material should be covered on the test? And whose going to administer it? What should be the criteria for being allowed to write the test? How many languages should the test be administered in? How often should the test be written? Every year? Prior to every election? Upon turning 18 (or 30, 40 or whatever age we decide is the new voting age) Maybe we could set up a new bureaucracy at great expense, maybe call it "Vote Canada", and hire thousands of public servants on the taxpayers dime to oversee the exams?

  12. by avatar tritium
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:38 pm
    Sure, simple questions to see if they understand politics and who the candidates are.

    1. name four of the candidates in the running for the Prime Ministers Office
    2. name who is currently the Prime Minister

    - maybe a short list of at least 10 questions...

    Not hard ones, but enough to see that they understand who they are voting for and why. Also just to show that they have enough understanding of our current Government and policies.

  13. by avatar StuntmanMike
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:40 pm


    Realistically though, Powell should have kept his fucking mouth shut on this. If he is republican he should be quiet. So many republicans have respect for him, why alienate them. He destroyed whatever was left of his career.


    Why should he "keep his fucking mouth shut"? Not everyone in America hails from the "Rush Limbaugh School of Mindless Partisanship."

    Powell is an accomplished Black-American with an in depth knowledge of Washington politics. In an election where race is an integral issue to the debate, it only stands to reason that his opinion would be sought.

  14. by avatar StuntmanMike
    Sun Oct 19, 2008 8:53 pm
    "tritium" said
    Sure, simple questions to see if they understand politics and who the candidates are.

    1. name four of the candidates in the running for the Prime Ministers Office
    2. name who is currently the Prime Minister

    - maybe a short list of at least 10 questions...

    Not hard ones, but enough to see that they understand who they are voting for and why. Also just to show that they have enough understanding of our current Government and policies.


    Excellent idea. My wife wrote the Citizenship test last year when she got her papers. I had a look at it before hand. To be perfectly honest, I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that alot of born and bred, snowmobile riding, hockey fanatic Canucks would have trouble passing it. It asks some basic questions about our system of government, history etc.

    So, the system you're proposing would actually favour new immigrants in Scarborough and give them a vote over 3rd and 4th generation Canadians from Bracebridge or Port Coquitlam. Is that really the kind of system you want to promote?



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