Colin Powell On Larry King Admits He "Was Not Entirely Colorblind" When Voting For Obama (Video)

hotairpundit ^ | 7/29/09 | talkradio03

[Talkradio03]

Of course we knew this all along, Colin Powell a decorated General, Veteran of Vietnam, votes for an inexperienced radical who was best friends with a guy who bombed his place of employment(Pentagon), over a Vietnam Veteran who spent 5 years in a prison camp for his country getting his arms broken behind his back......H/T to Rush Limbaugh, you were right all along...

[nathanbedford]

Here's my reaction, posted some time ago in the wake of Colin Powell's appearance on Meet the Press, to his climbing on board with Obama:

Colin Powell has actually done conservatives a very great service in his remarks which unfortunately will probably go largely unremarked as our attention gets diverted to Rush Limbaugh.

For years now on these threads I have been asserting that Tip O'Neill had it wrong, all politics is not local, in America, all politics is racial. Colin Powell has just confirmed that for us on two levels. First, and least important, his slip in admitting elsewhere that he voted for Obama at least in part because of his race confirms what many of us have been saying for some time, Obama was elected only because he was black and would not have been elected had he been white. Powell provides anecdotal evidence of the racism of the black vote in America. Second, and this is truly significant, Powell is decamping the party that gave him everything for the party which will be the majority party because of race.

Powell is obviously laying the predicate here for his subsequent announcement that he will become a Democrat. What is significant is why he thinks the Republicans are in electoral trouble for a long time to come-and he is right. As Powell moves from the "white" party to the party of mixed race, he does so knowing that it is safe to do so. The election of a mixed-race president has preceded by a few years the demographic reality. Powell is intelligent enough to know that there is not the slightest chance that Obama will actually close the borders and freeze illegal immigration. He knows Obama and the Democrats will enfranchise on a wholesale basis immigrants who, for the most part now, will be of color, that is, Brown. So we are going to become a nation of color and there is no political means available to stop the demographic tidal wave which is impending over our political destinies.

This is usually the time in which the writer is obligated to state that his objection is not to the color of the voter but to his policies. I hear no objection from Powell about the policies or politics of either Obama or the people who elected him. I hear an obeisance not to the principles which moved Afro-Americans and other of voters of color but to the voters themselves and that because of their color. This is the essence of racism.

Why must I as a writer on this forum perform obligatory ritual disclaimers of racism on my part when Colin Powell is telling everyone that these groups must be pandered to solely because of their color or their race? Explicitly he says that principles of the conservative/Republican party must be put aside to accommodate what is in the "hearts and minds" of people of color. Why? For no reason other than that they will be in the majority. Is it fair to assume that Colin Powell thinks that white racism is legitimate today because whites are still in the majority? What about what is in my heart and my mind as a white person will that count when I go into the minority?

So long as more than 50% of the electorate votes because they are people of color or because they are guilty because they are white, principles, any principles even liberal principles if they have any, are irrelevant. Color and demagoguery conquer all. In playing this race card the Democrats are flirting with the death of democracy certainly of constitutional government and the rule of law.

In America all politics is racial -and that is a truism owing no thanks to conservatives.

[Sprite518]

DUH???

[toddausauras]

You know who I despise even more than Powell? Larry King. Did you watch it? King says (paraphrasing) “some people said your endorsement was “black on black””. I love how he puts it so crudely. Larry just admit you love Obama and hate Sarah Palin okay? The media is far worse than a joke these days.

[4rcane]

Powell just admitted Rush is right about him without realizing it

[MamaDearest]

In playing this race card the Democrats are flirting with the death of democracy certainly of constitutional government and the rule of law.

Is it my imagination or is the word "racism" being used to an extreme measure as of late?

[skimask]

"Is it my imagination or is the word "racism" being used to an extreme measure as of late? "

Boy is it ever and I have just about had it. The way I see it, Obama has pushed race relations in this country back to pre Civil War levels.

[jonrick46]

This is Identity Politics and it stinks. No longer is the individual important. It says that ones only importance is based upon the group he belongs to. This does not recognize the individual for what he is. He is now given a tag which identifies him to a group; something Hitler did with the Yellow Star. It is the Yellow Star of dehuminization and slavery. It is the blacks to the back of the bus bigotry that we should have left back in the 60’s. It is showing that people have not learned from history and are just as stupid with racism as those who enslaved and gassed others because of identity politics.

[nathanbedford]

Here is an old post which I present by way of amplification. The Post contains two other posts, the second of which is the Colin Powell reply which I have already posted here so it is omitted:

It seems to me there are two sides to the race card used by the left. First, there is the negative side which we have seen played against people like Trent Lott and Senator Allen. Second, there is also an affirmative action side. This is plain to see in affirmative action cases, for example, in admittance to university where a finite census makes the process a zero-sum game and the inclusion of one race, based on race, means the exclusion of another race.

My real objection to playing the race card has even more to do with the second ploy than the first. The first is unfortunate and tends to intimidate whites into political correctness. That is a very dangerous cultural conditioning process. But the second category describes an even more dangerous game which is more dangerous because it carries with it the inevitability of corrupting the rule of law and our democratic process. In other words, it elevates considerations of race over the Constitution, the equal application of laws, and the electoral process. If American cities descend into chaos because black majorities elect corrupt politicians, that is ultimately dangerous for the whole country. If black juries are routinely declining to convict for black on white violence, preferring instead the prerogative of "jury nullification" we have lost some of the rule of law.

I have previously posted these two replies which I ask you to read in this context, which is the context of preserving our representative democracy and our precious system of constitutional law. One was written before the election and the other afterward:

There are two facts about Barak Obama which stand out above all others: first, he is so inexperienced that he is unqualified to be the president of the United States of American. Second, he is regarded to be African-American.

The truth, which no one seems to be willing to tell, is that such an inexperienced individual would never be the nominee of America's largest political party if it were not for the fact that he is accepted to be black. He would not be nominated if he were not African-American.

One of the ways he got nominated, apart from the mainstream media like Chris Matthews anointing him to assuage their white guilt, was because he polled better than 90% of African-Americans in the primaries. Another truth that is rarely mentioned is that, quite simply, African-Americans voted their race. They voted for Obama because he is black. That is the essence of racism.

The problem with this development for white voters is that people like Chris Matthews ask us to unilaterally disarm in the face of this racism. We are told at every turn that criticism of Obama's inexperience is thinly disguised racism. The mainstream media who tell us that, as well as black voters who are motivated by racism, are not just playing some abstract game, they are trying to attain political power over all voters including white voters.

That is, after all, what politics is all about: who gets to enforce their desires at the point of a gun about who gets what and who pays for it. In extreme instances, the chief executive commits our sons, and now daughters, to die on some battlefield. The stakes are almost infinite. They involve our blood and treasure.

If the game of politics is to be rigged by racism it is folly for white people to play a different game. If blacks can vote for Obama because he is black, whites can vote against him because he is black. If blacks can vote their race, whites can vote their race too, and do so free of taint or accusation of racism.

The mainstream media, and Chris Matthews is the prominent example, perhaps unconsciously, have been struggling to divert white voters’ attention away from these realities and away from voting their own self-interest, or even the interests of the nation as a whole.

The best that can be said of Obama is that he is inexperienced and unqualified for office. The worst that can be said of this campaign is that it is racist at its core.

[PowderMonkey]

Powell's statement comes as no surprise to me. It is heartbreaking to witness so distinguished an American betray his country and the men who once served under him, by aiding and abetting the ascendancy of a presidential candidate whose interests and core values are so openly inimical to our United States; a candidate whose long-standing participation in a virulently racist “church” should have been cause enough to preclude his participation in national politics. The unblinking eye of history will properly note, and provide Powell his rightful place its chronicles of infamy. May God forgive him.

[bondjamesbond]

[wastoute]

Another thread brought up the impact of how diversity issues become "ethnic struggles" and how these evolve into serious problems. The decades of violence in Shri Lanka and other places was referenced. The author's point was that the unintended consequences of the libtards incessant use of the race shield could be terrible. The places around the wourld he lists are all having a pretty tough time of things in recent years and it appears that they all started when one side thought they could gain something from the other through the political process but "things went south". Interesting.

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[RetSignman]

(not entirely colorblind)

Isn’t that a little like not entirely pregnant?

[nathanbedford]

When the city after city in the world have "no-go" zones, one would think the social engineers might consider whether they have violated a Newtonian law of human nature.

[central_va]

In America all politics is racial tribal -and that is a truism owing no thanks to conservatives.

Sorry, had to fix that.

[central_va]

tribalism

Main Entry: trib·al·ism

Pronunciation: \-bə-ˌli-zəm\ Function: noun Date: 1861

1. : tribal consciousness and loyalty ; especially : exaltation of the tribe above other groups
2. : strong in-group loyalty

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

Rush called it, again.

[Dr. Ursus]

Has Larry signed his Obama final days will?

[nathanbedford]

"Tribal" certainly makes for an easier sell than the word "racial." To sign on to the maxim that, "all politics is racial," is to ask the individual to knowingly open himself to charges of racism. That charge is the greatest taboo in America today. Anxiety over it, or the need to compensate for it, put Barack Obama in the White House in my judgment.

Until the Republicans find a way to neutralize the Democrats' ability to play the race card, they remain at a significant disadvantage in the debate and at the polls.

I want to see the day in which membership in La Raza is aspolitically incorrect as membership in the Ku Klux Klan. I want to see the day when Jesse Jackson is shunned as thoroughly as David Duke.

I want to see the day when the very idea that the president of the United States will point a self-confessed communist to the job of "Czar" would be unthinkable.

I want to see the day when race is no defense to criminality or communist affiliation. I want to see the day when merit is based on the content of character.

[central_va]

Our society is devolving rapidly into tribal and regional factions. I have no hope at this time for anything but disaster. Maybe I’m wrong. Hope so.

[ought-six]

“...Obama has pushed race relations in this country back to pre Civil War levels.”

It seems that way.

[ought-six]

“Our society is devolving rapidly into tribal and regional factions. I have no hope at this time for anything but disaster. Maybe I’m wrong. Hope so.”

I share your conclusion and fears. I am afraid things are going to get very hot in the not too distant future. God help us.

[Altura Ct.]

Good post NBF.

I've just been wondering if whites were ever/are ever going to wake up to reality. Many still deny it but we, both our race and nation, are being destroyed using race as the battering ram. While there are always exceptions the majority of "people of color" vote their tribe while whites act like France. The thing too is that this is not a new phenomena. Race has mattered for thousand of years and only whites of the last 50+ years or so have been convinced to our detriment that it does not. (communism is dead!) We are starting to see first hand why "multiculturalism" is Marxist to the core and has never worked anywhere except by force.

To further the point. We are allowing millions of invaders into this country who at the very least don't care about us. Our institutions, way of life, culture, ancestors or posterity and at the worst outright hate us. What a neat trick to convince the majority that it is somehow in their best interest to allow for this.

In America all politics is racial -and that is a truism owing no thanks to conservatives

Indeed in fact the GOP/conservatives? have also jumped in with both feet to "reach out". Hip Hop Steele for example and the most recent bizarre black hero Harry Alford, the PRESIDENT of the BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE just to name a couple. Of course we have to throw out the obligatory T Sowell & Walter Williams that the "anti-racist" always do as if the few exceptions somehow represent the reality. Not to mention, I would imagine in moment of private and complete candor neither Sowell or Williams are "above it all".

[Gay State Conservative]

I guess that makes me a bigger man than is Mr Powell for,in a race featuring Ted Kennedy (a Boston Irish "Catholic" like me) and Dr Condeleza Rice,I'd go with Dr Rice without a millisecond of hesitation.For me,unlike for Secretary Powell,it's not the color...gender...ethnicity...or place of birth that's important.It's the content of the candidate's character.

Sound familiar,Secretary Powell?

[Vaduz]

Colin Powell On Larry King Admits He “Was Not Entirely Colorblind” When Voting For Obama just stupid.

[ScottinVA]

Just call it for what it is, Colon (misspelling intended)— it was a racial pride thing. Though far less honorable than actually voting for the good of the country, your failure to acknowledge it makes it all the worse. Just own up to it, you tool.

And, by the way, General — how’s it working out for you?

[nathanbedford]

I believe that if the left persists in this reckless course, in the end there will be either the subjection of one race by another or the tribalisation of America.

[DuncanWaring]

DE Ping.

[Travis McGee]

love your tribal icons. “Choose One.”

[Toespi]

Racial profiling at it’s best.

[wardaddy]

racial identity hypersensitivity for any minority has been flamed far beyond what I knew as a lad in Jim Crow days

much worse now

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Looks like Rush was right, Powell was not colorblind when voting for Obama

"don't doubt me"

[wardaddy]

I'm partial to these two being I come from them...meet Wessex and his descendents :

[DuncanWaring]

Remember Bill Whittle’s essay on “Tribes”?

Unfortunately, the only place I can still find it is here:

http://www.lilesnet.com/thoughts/tribes.htm

[wardaddy]

that man loses weight faster than anyone on the planet not in prison