"My GOP ... it's full of racists!"
Posted on 10/27/2012 10:41:38 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The former chief of staff to former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Friday called the Republican Party “full of racists” who want President Barack Obama out of office, not because of his job as commander in chief, but because of “the color of his skin.”
Retired Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, a Republican, was reacting to former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu’s since-retracted assertion that Powell endorsed Obama for re-election because of his race. While calling Sununu’s comment an “unfortunate slip of words,” Wilkerson said it speaks to a larger problem within the GOP.
“My party, unfortunately, is the bastion of those people — not all of them, but most of them — who are still basing their decisions on race,” Wilkerson told MSNBC’s Ed Schultz. “Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists, and the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander in chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin, and that’s despicable.”
Powell broke with the Republican Party to endorse Obama for a second time this week, prompting Sununu — a top Romney surrogate — to say, “he’s got a slightly different reason for preferring President Obama…I think when you have somebody of your own race that you’re proud of being president of the United States.”
Sununu walked the comment back hours later, saying in a statement he did not believe Powell’s endorsement “was based on anything but his support of the president’s policies.”
“To say that Colin Powell would endorse President Obama because of his skin color is like saying Mother Teresa worked for profit,” Wilkerson said on “The Ed Show.”
Wilkerson seconded Powell’s endorsement, saying there has been “steady improvement” under Obama and that “he needs another four years to make more improvements because there’s still lots of improvements that need to be made.”
Watch below, via MSNBC:
(VIDEO AT LINK)
Exactly.
Years ago I wanted to like Powell. He made overtures of running for POTUS without initially revealing his party affiliation or any aspect of his platform. He had high favorability ratings - it was a popularity contest.
When he came out for Obama in 2008 it was clear that he was perhaps more into progressivism than conservatism.
Obama's disastrous administration having underscored the failure of progressivism, Powell's support for a second Obama administration speaks to HIS racism and/or stupidity.
Colin, stop whining and go join the racist Demmunists where you will be more at home.
The General is suffering from jungle fever...
The General is suffering from jungle fever...
Content of his character = Marxist socialist
Competence as commander in chief = Benghazi, Arab Spring, insider murders of our troops in Afg and Ft Hood. Homos in the military.
Color of his skin = I couldn't care less.
Full of BS
He must be upset that evey time he gets up on a stage people start bidding on him!
How do we know he’s a Republican?
Exactly right.
It has everything to do with the content of his character, everything to do with his competence as commander in chief and president, and absolutely nothing to do with the color of his skin, and that’s not despicable, THATS THE TRUTH!
Open Secrets shows the last time he gave to any Republican was 2006 but starting in 2005 he started giving to Democrats and after 2006 his money went 100% to Democrats. As I said where is the evidence the guy is really a Republican
Hey Dalereed, my wife “carmelannie” was banned a couple years ago for essentially saying the same thing.
Does he see the racist staring back from his bathroom mirror every morning?
The left has done their best to make me believe I’m racist. Okay. I’m racist. We’re all racist. Everyone in the history of the world and all that will come after us is racist. Now what have you got? Still waiting......
After four years of ineptitude I am being called a racist cause I will vote Romney/Ryan?
How about all the yahoo’s that voted for this inept, marxist magic negro simply because he is a negro? Seems that is the true racism.
Colin Powell never saw a coverup he didn’t like.
Lawrence Wilkerson is a Dem party activist, not a Republican. The “Special Ed” show simply lied about him. As they lie about a lot of things.
For proof, go to the FEC records of campaign contributions at www.opensecrets.org. Wilkerson has at least a dozen recorded conributions since 2007—all to Democrats, including two contributions to Obama.
General, given your 2nd endorsement of Obama, in four years, we now know which party is yours, and we agree with your charge....
Idiocy. I still remember my drill Sergeant at Ft. Jackson in 1971. He was black three tours Vietnam and a soldier. Colin Powell is no soldier, he’s an ass kisser. Remember Bush I and not going into Baghdad he was the Chair of the Joint Chiefs.
"My GOP ... it's full of racists!"
Did he name any names?
Note to General Powell: I didn’t vote for Obama in 2008 and I will not again this year. I would have voted for YOU in 1996. Am I still a racist?
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