Well, how 'bout that?
Colin Powell, one of President Obama's most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern Friday that the president's ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the size of government and the federal debt too much.
"I'm concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them," Mr. Powell said in an excerpt of an interview with CNN's John King, released by the network Friday morning.
Mr. Powell, a retired U.S. army general who rose to political prominence after a long and accomplished military career, said that health care reform and many of Mr. Obama's other initiatives are "important" to Americans.
But, he said, "one of the cautions that has to be given to the president -- and I've talked to some of his people about this -- is that you can't have so many things on the table that you can't absorb it all."
"And we can't pay for it all," said Mr. Powell, who was the first African-American to serve as secretary of state, under former President George W. Bush.
Gee, general...all you had to do was listen to what was coming out of Obama's mouth during the campaign and you could have avoided having to embarrass yourself!
Actually, what I think we can take this to mean is that Powell didn't receive whatever reward he was promised for jumping on the Obama bandwagon with a prominent endorsement and turning on the GOP, which was entirely responsible for his advancement and prominence.
Rest assured, if he actually was still in touch with anyone meaningful in the Obama Administration, he wouldn't be flapping his gums.
not a fan of powell here.
ReplyDeletebefore during or after.
flap his gums is all he ever did/does.