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Colin Powell Wants Out
EFL & hat tip to DailyPundit.comSecretary of State Colin Powell is exhausted, frustrated, and bitter, uncomfortable with President George W. Bushâs agenda, and fatigued from his battles with the Pentagon, reports GQ magazine writer-at-large Wil S. Hylton in the June 2004 issue of GQ magazine. Why GQ? Come on, cowboy it up, just a little. Powellâs mentor from the National War College, Harlan Ullman on Powellâs discomfort with the Bush team: "This is, in many ways, the most ideological administration Powellâs ever had to work for. Not only is it very ideological, but they have a vision. And I think Powell is inherently uncomfortable with grand visions like that ... Thereâs an ideological core to Bush, and I think itâs hard for Powell to penetrate that." Whatâs wrong with a vision. I have them all the time. Ullman on Powellâs relationship with Vice President Dick Cheney: "I can tell you firsthand that there is a tremendous barrier between Cheney and Powell, and there has been for a long time ... Itâs like McCain saying that his relations with the president are âcongenial,â meaning McCain doesnât tell the president to go f*ck himself every time." Thatâs not very collegial. Ullman on National Security Advisorâs Condoleeza Riceâs comments that Powell and Cheney are "on more than speaking terms," and that theyâre "very friendly": "Condiâs a jerk." Letâs see where this goes... Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-05-05 |
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