Posted on 07/05/2009 3:41:36 PM PDT by Publius804
Colin Powell Attacks Critics of Sotomayor
Colin Powell, one of the nation's most prominent African-Americans, is going after people who attacked Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor because of her stand in favor of affirmative action.
Powell, who's from the same Bronx neighborhood in New York as Sotomayor, said she should face "a spirited set of hearings" in the Senate. But he said the federal appeals court judge, who would be the first Hispanic justice, shouldn't be condemned for ruling against white firefighters who contended they suffered reverse discrimination.
"What we can't continue to have is to have somebody like a Judge Sotomayor ... called a racist, a reverse racist and she ought to withdraw her nomination because we're mad at her," Powell said in an interview broadcast Sunday on "State of the Union" on CNN.
Powell made it clear that he was referring to critics outside the Senate.
"Fortunately, the senators who will sit on this hearing in the Judiciary Committee, after a few days of this kind of nonsense, said, `Let's slow down, let's examine her qualifications in the way we're supposed to at a confirmation hearing.'" The committee begins hearings July 13.
Powell said Sotomayor has "an open and liberal bent of mind, but that's not disqualifying. But she seems to have a judicial record that seems to be balanced and tries to follow the law."
Powell, a Republican who supported Obama, said his party still is not sensitive enough toward minorities.
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Well, there he goes again.
Would someone in the GOP tell him what we think of him and ask him to change parties.
PROOF that Colin Powell’s agenda is reverse racism
“let’s examine her qualifications in the way we’re supposed to at a confirmation hearing.’”
Is that how he thinks the hearings of Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas went?
Who is this Colin Powell person?
I could care less what that RINO thinks or does.
Someone should take him by the hand and stop him from soiling himself in public like this. But the despicable 'rat left will use this pathetic stooge as long as they can.
**Powell, a Republican who supported Obama, said his party still is not sensitive enough toward minorities.**
I’m sensitive enough to know when I’m being called a RACIST, GENERAL BOWELL.. Calling yourself a Republican really Amazes me, as everything you’ve said in the last year has prior to.. only came from the LIPS of LIBERALS and BLACK BIGOTS.
If I voted for McCain saying “I was voting for the WHITE GUY”, I’d be fighting the likes of you for years.
Mr. POWELL, you are not a REpublican, you are a RACIST and a BIGOT... anything else you have to say... put it in writing so I can Send it to the RECYCLE BIN .. where it BELONGS.
Colin Powell is rapidly becoming the “republican” version of Mario Cuomo. He won’t run for higher office, but he sits back and takes shots at everyone and pretends to be some kind of intellectual. He rose to the top through affirmative action.
The man is a moral coward. C’mon, General, run for something and see what happens to your sorry butt!
I still recall people around here saying we should run this piece of trash as our presidential nominee.
“We?” No. I do not want him to change parties. The man certainly has the courage of his convictions and does not walk lock step with the party. One does have to respect him for that.
are you an ex Texan or an ex redhead?
Colin, your “sell by date” has expired. GO AWAY!
Colin, ALL the Black guys FLUNKED the test! Who is at fault here, Colin? Why didn’t any of the Black guys study their butts off, so they could pass the test? Could it be that the Black guys didn’t think they would need to pass the test? What might give them that idea, Colin?
He is all over the place with opinions lately. Wonder why.
This guy just cannot make up his mind which side of the fence he is on.
Typical shill.
“But he said the federal appeals court judge, who would be the first Hispanic justice, shouldn’t be condemned for ruling against white firefighters who contended they suffered reverse discrimination.”
No she should be condemned for being a racist and an incompetent.
La Raza anyone?
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