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John McCain bitterly denounced former Secretary of State Colin Powell
on Thursday for supporting President Obama for a second straight
election.
“General Powell, you disappoint us and you have harmed your
legacy even further by defending what is clearly the most feckless
foreign policy in my lifetime,” McCain told Brian Kilmeade on his radio program.
In 2008, Powell’s late backing of Obama over McCain was one of the most widely-covered endorsements of the campaign.
Once again, Powell weighed in towards the end of the race this week, telling CBS News
that he stands by the president based on his first term performance on
the economy and foreign policy alike. According to Powell, he witnessed
“the president get us out of one war, start to get us out of a second
war and did not get us into any new wars. And finally I think that the
actions he has taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have
been very very solid. And so, I think we ought to keep on the track that
we are on.”
He also had some tough words for Mitt Romney, whom McCain has backed since early in the Republican primaries.
“I’m not quite sure which Gov. Romney we would be getting with
respect to foreign policy,” Powell said, citing his shifting positions
on Afghanistan, Iraq, and other key policy debates. He added that “my
concern … is that sometimes I don’t sense that he has thought through
these issues as thoroughly as he should have.”
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