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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has reportedly called Republican nominee Donald Trump a "national disgrace," according to leaked emails. The Republican retired four-star general's comments were revealed in a hack on his personal emails. The emails were posted on DCLeaks.com, which has reportedly been tied to other recent high-profile hacks. Mr. Powell, who has been quiet during the election, said he had "no further comment" but was "not denying it".
[...] Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who crossed party lines in 2008 to endorse Democratic [candidate] Barack Obama, has tried to float above this year's tendentious presidential election. So much for that. First the government released his note to Democrat Hillary Clinton advising her on how to use personal email for back-channel communications while secretary of state. Now - in an ironic twist - his personal email has been hacked, revealing sweeping denunciations of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and some sharp criticisms of Democrat Hillary Clinton.
[...] "Yup, the whole birther movement was racist," the email read. "That's what the 99% believe. When Trump couldn't keep that up he said he also wanted to see if the certificate noted that he was a Muslim." But the leaked emails also revealed Mr Powell's frustrations with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and her handling of her use of private email while at the State Department. "Sad thing... HRC could have killed this two years ago by merely telling everyone honestly what she had done and not tie me into it," the email read, referring to Mrs Clinton. "I told her staff three times not to try that gambit. I had to throw a mini tantrum at a Hampton's party to get their attention."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Thexalon on Friday September 16 2016, @03:04PM
So if I'm understanding your argument correctly, it doesn't matter who's president of the United States, really, so long as they aren't part of the corrupt political establishment that is rigging elections. Right?
Based on that same argument, who you should really be backing is not Trump, but Vermin Supreme [wikipedia.org]. Unlike Trump [politico.com], Vermin Supreme has no connections whatsoever to the political establishment, has never been involved in rigging an election in his entire life, and his winning would tell both the Republican and Democratic parties to stuff themselves. So why not back Vermin Supreme instead? I know for a fact he's a very nice and smart guy: A number of my friends got to hang out with him at the RNC, where he spent most of his time diffusing situations that could have turned into riots by turning them into comedy instead.
Except that he hasn't, because nobody's voted yet.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 3, Funny) by bradley13 on Friday September 16 2016, @03:26PM
No, I'm not saying that is doesn't matter who is president. It does matter, or at least it should matter.
I'm just saying that this election is going to go to whoever was *not* pre-designated by the R's or the D's. People would appear to be fed up with the political elite - at least, enough people to make a real difference. Trump could have any anyone, as long as that anyone was a billionaire and could speak in public.
If I could vote in the US elections, I would be one of those people. And absolutely, I would vote for Vermin Supreme before voting for Hillary or Jeb.
That's not how it should be. That's just how it is. Barring disaster, Trump will almost certainly win in a landslide: I'll be shocked if he doesn't get 60% of the vote.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.