Posted on 01/17/2013 11:24:56 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
*Colin Powell went in on his own Republican Party during an interview on “Meet the Press” Sunday, calling out some “former governors” as using racist statements to describe President Obama and noting that there is a “dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party.”
“What do I mean by that?,” he explained. “What I mean by that is they still sort of look down on minorities.”
Powell specifically pointed to October 2012 comments by former Alaska Gov. and Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin on the attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
“When I see a former governor say that the president is ‘shuckin’ and jivin’ — that’s a racial-era slave term,” Powell said, referring to Palin’s words on Obama’s response.
He also brought up another “former governor” who described President Obama’s as “lazy” during his first 2012 presidential campaign debate with Mitt Romney. Powell told host David Gregory that the word “may not mean anything to most Americans, but to those of us who are African Americans, the second word is ‘shiftless’ and then there’s a third word that goes along with it,” when racists describe African Americans.
Powell added that Republicans had become too preoccupied with the candidate-selection process, losing sight of the group’s overall message.
“You’ve got to think first about what’s the party actually going to represent,” Powell said. “If it’s just going to represent the far right wing of the political spectrum, I think the party is in difficulty. I’m a moderate, but I’m still a Republican.” [Watch below.]
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Powell was the first African American to fill the role of Secretary Of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001-05. Despite maintaining his allegiance to the Republican Party, Powell has been an ardent supporter for President Barack Obama...
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Powell hates white women - deep hate. It’s crumbling the area where a backbone should be. Colin is a wuss - finally what affirmative action hid is being revealed. He’s just a JJ or Al Sharpton in a uniform.
Time to get off the stage, Colon.
Good point. I was wondering where this came from - now I know, FEAR.
Darn right. And they SHOULD fear.
Haven’t you noticed they attack the TEA Party almost every time they open their mouths, from i-me-bama on down the line...without saying TEA Party. No. It’s right wing extremists leading the good ol’ go along to get along republicans astray.
We can criticise Obama without using any words that the MSM can use to anyway seem "racist". Shucking and jiving -- that can be easily replaced by straight-forward "lying Obama" and "socialist failed policies"
I'm not advocating changing our message or even toning down the ire, but using the ire wisely and calmly to not let anyone deviat the message which is that Obama's policies are economically sociologically and and morally killing. That would be the same language to use against Biden or anyone irrespective of color of skin
Shuckin and jivin is an adopted term from the 70’s... unless a white person says it. Then it’s racism.
Jeez
What a lieberal embarassment Colon Powell has become. He is a Black Racist with a serious “Hate Whitey” complex. Sad part is that a lot of the PhonyCon Media will end up kissing his arse
“honorable gentleman who unlike preoccupied and selfish others is careful to set aside quality time to ponder life’s mysteries”
Steroetypes ONLY work because they have some TRUTH behind them!!
Obama IS LAZY....He works less than I do and I'm retired!
Powell said it’s a racial-era slave term, by which I assume he meant slave-era racial term. I tend to agree it’s was popular in the 70s, if not invented then. But the burden of proof isn’t on us. Let’s hear Powell explain its etymology. Did slaves dance while shucking corn? Probably not. Can one shuck cotton?
He thinks like Obama a gift to hummanity because he is black. God forbid that he ever be in charge of anything in the U.S. ever.
Sounds like dementia is setting in. Alma needs to rein her old boy back in and give him his meds. He`s just friggin` lost it.
Before his mind went to sh*t, Powell was all about each individual striving for his/her potential, making the most of ourselves, etc. Now, sadly, he`s just another common race pimp like Jesse Jackson saying nonsensical crap to gain back a few more minutes of the long-departed limelight.
A**hole.
Powell has been advising the Obama regime on foreign affairs since Hussain took office. Including Libya. It’s not clear if he was advising the staff during the Bhengazi episode but it sounds like it.
Isn’t he the General who greeted the aliens in “Mars Attacks”?
Or is that just a parody of him.
Hey Colin you buffoon,Old Michelle called her own Husband LAZY in a TV interview.Go Crawl back in your hole you Incompetent Race Baiter
Powell is a racist and a democrat at heart. If he was an HONEST man, he would switch parties.
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