Colin Powell Jokes He’s Happy To Be Anywhere But The White House
Mount Pleasant, Mich. – Retired four-star general and former Secretary of State, Colin Powell, was used to having everything; a private jet, security guards and attention from millions of Americans. Now he has none of that stuff. At some point in his life, Powell was okay with with all those things, but not anymore.
“I have to be honest, where I am in my life, I’m happy to be anywhere else [outside of the White House,]” he joked.
Powell spoke about the transformation of stepping down from the office and relating his life to Dr. King’s on Thursday,on the campus of Central Michigan University, in front thousands of people in McGuirk Arena.
The 75-year-old Bronx native honored Martin Luther King by emphasizing how he was a man of compromise, which was how King was able to affect the world during the Civil Rights Movement.
“King fought a second Civil War,” Powell said, “Because he was a man of peace, he was able to fight and win an intellectual war.”
As the presentation continued, King’s legacy as a leader was compared to the leadership of the United States’ government. Powell explained the characteristics of successful leaders and what is needed from the US government in order to lead the American citizens in the right direction.
“The basis of leadership is trust,” Powell said. “There needs to be trust between followers and between the leader and followers. Without any form of trust, there is no leadership.”
Anthony Cossins, a Holly high school teacher, found his speech inspirational.
“What I love about Colin Powell is he still believes this country has not fulfilled its potential.”
Colin Powell left the university on this note:
“We (this country) will be a leader of the planet and touch every nation.”
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He glad to be else where because the country as a whole is a lot worse off than when he was in office!
It does not matter how you spin it, we are in a worse place, and it is the fault of that person in the white house who takes no blame for anything!
And the people who believe he can do no wrong.
Colin Powell was in office when the “Sith Lord: BUSH” was President and Darth Cheney was V.P. They treated him like a lost dog with the mange. BUSH was in charge when the entire economy collapsed ….and for all of his 8 years, millions of jobs were lost or shipped overseas. He did not get along with them many times and he got out early as he could. He is one Republican who is not a fanatic fringe TeaPublican, has good sense and did support Obama.
To put “all blame on Pres. Obama” for these problems is off-base, unfounded and without merit. Why is Pres. Obama TOTALLY to blame, when we have BLACK MILLIONAIRES who do little more than record music that is full of foul negative lyrics…..????
Let’s ask what some of these RICH BLACK RAPPERS AND ATHLETES ARE DOING WITH THEIR MILLION$$$ to help the Black community….beside indulging in nonsense, throwing expensive parties, or getting into gun violence???? Who is setting up scholarships or building libraries and museums for the students? Who is feeding hungry children? Who is creating jobs?
What are KATT WILLIAMS, RICK ROSS, TRINIDAD JAMES, SNOOP LION, and the rest of that bunch of millionaires doing besides “gangstah stuff.”>>>>>>>????
ARE THEY PART OF THE REASON THAT THERE ARE SO MANY GUN KILLINGS IN CHICAGO, DETROIT, and other cities????