{"id":14052,"date":"2016-10-26T05:35:41","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=14052"},"modified":"2016-10-26T05:35:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T05:35:41","slug":"colin-powell-says-he-plans-to-vote-for-clinton-reports-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/colin-powell-says-he-plans-to-vote-for-clinton-reports-say.html","title":{"rendered":"Colin Powell says he plans to vote for Clinton, reports say"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Colin Powell says he plans to vote for Clinton, reports say<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Colin Powell says he plans to vote for Clinton, reports say:-<\/strong> Former secretary of State Colin Powell intends to vote for the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, for president, according to CNN and The New York Times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Powell announced he is voting for Clinton and denounced her opponent, Donald Trump while speaking before a Long Island trade group, the Times reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Powell&#8217;s decision to vote for Clinton was confirmed by his chief of staff, Peggy Cifrino, according to CNN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">His support of Clinton comes despite his feelings in 2014 that &#8220;he would rather not vote for her,&#8221; which came to light when hackers released a number of Powell&#8217;s private emails in September. In one email, Powell called Clinton, &#8220;A 70-year-old person with a long track-record, unbridled ambition, greedy, not transformational, with a <\/span>husband<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"> still d&#8212;ing bimbos at home (according to the NYP).&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Whatever his misgivings about Clinton, they seem to have been outweighed by his dislike of Trump, whom he called &#8220;a national disgrace and an international pariah,&#8221; as well as a &#8220;know nothing&#8221; in his emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Clinton would be the third Democrat in a row to win Powell&#8217;s endorsement, although he identifies himself as a Republican.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/onpolitics\/2016\/10\/25\/colin-powell-voting-clinton\/92744546\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/colin-powell-says-he-plans-to-vote-for-clinton-reports-say.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colin Powell says he plans to vote for Clinton, reports say Colin Powell says he plans to vote for Clinton, reports say:- Former secretary of State Colin Powell intends to vote for the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, for president, according to CNN and The New York Times. 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