Colin Powell Attacks Rush Limbaugh

NewsMax ^ | Tuesday, May 5, 2009 | Staff

[Turret Gunner A20]

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell blasted Rush Limbaugh Monday during a speech in which he said the Republican Party is in a state of collapse.

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Powell lashed out at Limbaugh and conservative icon Ann Coulter. Neither serves the party well ....

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“The Republican Party is in deep trouble," he said, according to the Journal. “The party must realize that the country has changed. Americans do want to pay taxes for services. Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less."

[Turret Gunner A20]

"Powell lashed out at Limbaugh and conservative icon Ann Coulter. Neither serves the party well, Powell said ...."

Maybe so, but then they are out to SERVE THE COUNTRY, not the no-guts RINO party.

Powell stirred controversy last year when he came out for the Democratic presidential candidate, then-Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! And he thinks thAT anyone should take him Seriously any more?????

[BenLurkin]

"Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less."

WRONG!

[Tribune7]

I guess to be a true Republican who cares about the party you have to endorse Obama.

[fml]

Our party should be for conservatives...these moderates are just clogging up the system

[truthingod]

Why should anyone accept this “the country has changed argument”? What kind of leader states that the change they think has come is any good?

I would think it is more admirable to challenge this so-called “change” with many litmus tests to prove out the changes.

I think Mr. Powell needs to quit being paid so much to open his mouth.

[dajeeps]

I don’t want to hear anything this Obama koolaid-sipper has to say.

[prismsinc]

Powell is a hater. These people are all haters. No matter how much compassion, recognition, or empathy one shows them, they still hate. Powell, I think, is a reverse racist.

[DesertRhino]

“Americans are looking for more government in their life, not less.”

Incredible,,,im speechless.

[GOP_Lady]

Why Colin Powell is Mad at Me
May 6, 2009 
 
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT 
 
RUSH: I'm getting e-mail, people here at the studio, "When are you going to talk about Colin Powell?" Folks, I don't care, I don't care what Colin Powell says.  This kind of stuff is said about me three times a day by liberals under the sun, and Colin Powell is just another liberal.  He did this back in December, and I responded to it then.  Look, if you want to know what this is all about, Colin Powell is out there saying the American people want more taxes, they want bigger government.  He's out there saying I am killing the Republican Party while he endorsed and voted for Obama.  The Republican Party nominated the exact kind of candidate Colin Powell thinks the Republican Party should have and he still endorsed Obama.  He's just mad at me because I'm the one person in the country that had the guts to explain his endorsement of Obama.  It was purely and solely based on race.  There can be no other explanation for it.

What Colin Powell needs to do is close the loop and become a Democrat, instead of claiming to be a Republican interested in reforming the Republican Party.  He's not.  He's a full-fledged Democrat.  The only reason to endorse Obama is race.  I don't think Powell thinks he could get away with not endorsing Obama because the Republicans nominated the exact candidate that had the exact campaign, other than Sarah Palin, that Colin Powell advocated.  So I don't care.  This kind of stuff is said about me ten times a day by liberals.  He's just one of them doing it.  
 
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Read the Background Material...
• NewsBusters: Colin Powell Bashes Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and GOP • Powell Says Shrinking GOP Should Return To The Center • NewsMax: Colin Powell Attacks Rush Limbaugh

Why Colin Powell is Mad at Me
May 6, 2009 
 
BEGIN TRANSCRIPT 
 
RUSH: I'm getting e-mail, people here at the studio, "When are you going to talk about Colin Powell?" Folks, I don't care, I don't care what Colin Powell says.  This kind of stuff is said about me three times a day by liberals under the sun, and Colin Powell is just another liberal.  He did this back in December, and I responded to it then.  Look, if you want to know what this is all about, Colin Powell is out there saying the American people want more taxes, they want bigger government.  He's out there saying I am killing the Republican Party while he endorsed and voted for Obama.  The Republican Party nominated the exact kind of candidate Colin Powell thinks the Republican Party should have and he still endorsed Obama.  He's just mad at me because I'm the one person in the country that had the guts to explain his endorsement of Obama.  It was purely and solely based on race.  There can be no other explanation for it.

What Colin Powell needs to do is close the loop and become a Democrat, instead of claiming to be a Republican interested in reforming the Republican Party.  He's not.  He's a full-fledged Democrat.  The only reason to endorse Obama is race.  I don't think Powell thinks he could get away with not endorsing Obama because the Republicans nominated the exact candidate that had the exact campaign, other than Sarah Palin, that Colin Powell advocated.  So I don't care.  This kind of stuff is said about me ten times a day by liberals.  He's just one of them doing it.  
 
END TRANSCRIPT

Read the Background Material...
• NewsBusters: Colin Powell Bashes Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin and GOP • Powell Says Shrinking GOP Should Return To The Center • NewsMax: Colin Powell Attacks Rush Limbaugh

[Secret Agent Man]

Colin Powell is a disgusting, lying traitor.

[PLD]

And I suppose that you serve the party well Collin..You can take your thoughts and shove them we don't care what you think..You know these democrats should know that they are just making Rush and Ann more popular with all the stuff they are spewing about them..Go back to your golden boy and kiss some more butt..I wonder what job old Collin is working for..

[Oldexpat]

Go directly to Rat land..do not pass GO do not pick up $200.
If he really thinks we want more govt and higher taxes then he belongs in the Rat party. Go join Spector and see if they want you like they wanted him.
Old Soldiers never die..they just keep kissing butt.

[skeeter]

So the "moderate" republican, fresh off voting for the Marxist democrat over the "moderate" republican candidate, is preaching moderation to the republican party as a winning strategy.

This big tent crap really has reached its logical conclusion.

[bgill]

No, the party has changed, not the people.

[MayflowerMadam]

“I guess to be a true Republican who cares about the party you have to endorse Obama.”

We can probably add to that list of Condoleezza Rice. Although she never came out and said it, it was easy to infer that she planned to vote for Hussein along with Powell. Race always trumps truth, it seems. America should have risen above this decades ago. Sadly, that didn’t happen.

[blam]

"And Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, McCain's running mate last year, is "a very accomplished person" but became "a very polarizing figure," he said, adding that Palin's advisers created the polarization."

Shallow, low IQ thinking from an AA liberal. The media/Democrats demonized Palin at every opportunity.

[dajeeps]

I’d like to revise my previous statement. He’s an Obama koolaid-gulper, not sipper.

Can’t Mr. Specter take Mr. Powell with him?

[peace with honor]

he must have hit his head REALLY HARD

[Jeff Head]

Maybe it's just me and my Texas upbrining, but I get a real sinking feeling when I hear a former General telling me that most citizens really want more government in their life and not less.

That kind of thinking, in the end, didn't work out too well for Santa Anna.

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[armymarinemom]

Mr. Powell is going to even more to help Limbaugh's ratings. Powell is going to learn that conservatives just don't value his opinion yet treasure Limbaugh’s.