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Powell: GOP has ´a dark vein of intolerance´
Politico, by Ginger Gibson
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Posted By:JoniTx, 1/13/2013 12:01:44 PM
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| While continuing to identify as a Republican, former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday criticized the GOP for a series of racist attacks against President Barack Obama. "There´s also a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party," Powell said on NBC´s "Meet the Press." "What do I mean by that? What I mean by that is they still sort of look down on minorities." Powell, who endorsed Obama, pointed to a number of statements that were directed at Obama as evidence that there is still racism within the party.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
sternben, 1/13/2013 12:05:13 PM (No. 9114174)
Is Powell a race hustler?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
loosecannon1, 1/13/2013 12:05:18 PM (No. 9114175)
Powell´s ignorance is embarrassing.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
killerbee, 1/13/2013 12:05:46 PM (No. 9114176)
Powell has no credibility and no honor. After what he did to Scooter Libby, he´s persona non grata with me.
But he´s a hero to the leftists for his dishonest commentary on race. What a pig. Someone needs to ask him how his first fancy house was financed in Virginia. You´ll find an Arab royalty if you dig just beneath the surface. He´s only ever been loyal to Colin Powell, the rest of America is "the little people".
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
a man over thirty, 1/13/2013 12:07:39 PM (No. 9114180)
There are few more intolerant than leftist ideologues. Why would a self-described Republican not know that? Didn´t realize how racist Colin Powell is and how bound by identity politics he must be.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
ColoWapiti, 1/13/2013 12:08:45 PM (No. 9114183)
Why should I care what any Democrat says about anything, especially this one?
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/13/2013 12:08:47 PM (No. 9114184)
Many Blacks are showing just how racist they are. Coming out of the closet, so to speak. I think Powell is bitter because he KNOWS he got where he is by affirmative action and not merit.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jgalt, 1/13/2013 12:12:23 PM (No. 9114189)
Powell has not creditbility. When asked back in 2008 what qualifications or credentials could he list for supporting obama, he basically had NOTHING. Ended up saying something about obama´s election being "historic". In other words, he was going to vote for obama because he was black - NOTHING ELSE ! (except for the unspoken fact that he and obama just happen to share the same SKIN color.)
That means that Powell is the RACIST - voting and supporting obama solely on the basis of their shared race. And like most / all racists he is PROJECTING his racist views on all republicans. Powell has gone from hero to ZERO in my book.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Philipsonh, 1/13/2013 12:16:46 PM (No. 9114198)
The man is dead wrong in his statements. There are many of us who absolutely abhor what has happened over the last four years and we could care less what color skin the people have that were responsible. In fact, many informed and intelligent blacks feel the same way.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
LWGII, 1/13/2013 12:18:20 PM (No. 9114202)
Wow. "A dark vein" of intolerance? Racist code words, there Colin.
If a Conservative said that, the butt-hurt would be heard around the world.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Keekng, 1/13/2013 12:19:19 PM (No. 9114204)
Powell was the largest token ever to hit the military ranks. Blacks in this country are better off than anywhere else in the world and there are still the whiners. We should have picked our own cotton.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
MisterDickens, 1/13/2013 12:20:31 PM (No. 9114209)
The race war has been simmering beneath the surface for many years. It´s about to boil over.
Powell, and people like him, either want it or are such morons that they don´t realize they are causing it.
If you could look behind the scenes, you´d probably find out that the mainstream media is writing his lines for him, just as they do vritually every democrat in the country. The MSM runs the show, not the democrat party as so many seem to think.
Communism creeps in slowly until all of a sudden it´s too late to stop it. And for those of you who think the New York Times is about to go belly up, think again. They will simply order the democrats to bail them out... and they will. Some Pubbies will go along, too.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Newtsche, 1/13/2013 12:25:10 PM (No. 9114220)
A view on darkness from the quintessential lightweight. Has Powell ever said anything that doesn´t serve him first? If he had any value, you´d think a book would have been ghost written for him by now. Bottom line here, ambitious but weak minded.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
arkfamily, 1/13/2013 12:25:38 PM (No. 9114223)
How about Obama´s intolerance to wealth? He makes it out to be evil. Yet, I know some very wealthy people who are very gracious. So Colin Powell, did you forget about that intolerance of Obama´s toward the wealthy? That was what his whole campaign achieved.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
woofwoofwoof, 1/13/2013 12:26:57 PM (No. 9114226)
Powell´s disintegration continues, but he´s already nothing but rubble, which tends to bring up the question, was he really ever anything more?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
lilo, 1/13/2013 12:30:41 PM (No. 9114230)
Intolerence? How bout that party that supported Jim Crow, the KKK, segregation, anti-civil rights? Forgot. That doesn´t count, they were DEMOCRATS!!!!
An affirmative action, mis-educated, and woefully uninformed uniform.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Teleologicus, 1/13/2013 12:36:56 PM (No. 9114241)
Very disappointing. Colin Powell is not the man we once thought he was. He is part of the problem, not part of the solution.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Scribelus, 1/13/2013 12:44:13 PM (No. 9114251)
Tribal-speak from an Obama creature.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino, 1/13/2013 12:44:25 PM (No. 9114253)
: Powell is a weasel and backstabber - - who can never, ever be forgiven for what he did to Scooter Libby.
Another candidate to sit beside Teddy Kennedy in Hell for all eternity.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
eoddad, 1/13/2013 12:45:00 PM (No. 9114254)
The first Quota affirmative action head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is nothing BUT a racist. He put, skin color before honor and now talks about vein of intolerance.
As a retired Naval Officer, General I turned my back to you four years ago. Shame.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
GreatPlains, 1/13/2013 12:50:08 PM (No. 9114268)
Why would Powell even stay in such a party, if it´s so racist ? FTA- Regarding Gov Sununu , after the first debate describing Obama as lazy , Powell said this was code for " shiftless ". No..it´s an accurate description of Obama aka Laz- E. Validated by his official daily schedule of two , sometimes three hr work days. The golf, parties and long vacations. His own admission to Damian Lewis, the star of Homeland, that he goes to the Oval Office and " pretends " to work , but, he watches tv , instead. The 2008 interview to 60 Minutes just after the election, where Michelle said she had to " make " Obama do chores. That he had to be " forced " to wash dishes and make " his " bed. The October 2012 Vanity Fair article that described all the hours he spends playing basketball each week that are never publicized. But, most importantly, Obama himself has often admitted that he´s lazy. In " Dreams From My Father " on pages 94 and 95 he recounted a fight with his mother over his admitted laziness. Obama told his mother he planned on being lazy his whole life. December 2011 interview with Barbara Walters : "You know, it´s interesting. There is a deep down - underneath all the work I do - I think there´s a laziness in me...it´s probably from, you know, growing up in Hawaii..." Obama is the Commander in Chief in wartime and during terrible economic times and his lack of any type of work ethic makes his laziness pathological.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Cavallodifiero, 1/13/2013 12:50:34 PM (No. 9114271)
In both Obama and Powell I see racism, it´s just that they were both chosen by white people as well as blacks and so now they bit the hands of those who nurtured them, by creating class warfare between minorities and white people, if the GOP seems to have less of a plantation mentality for minorities it´s because they still believe in "freedom" in spite of their desperate gyrations to avoid being called racists by the stealthy race baiting, class dividing, gun grabbing socialist set in the Democrat party and some blacks who believe themselves the distributors of others hard earned money and goods. They do however believe in distribution to the other elites who support their filthy oppressive form of racist government.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
hamrman, 1/13/2013 12:51:55 PM (No. 9114277)
I have lost all respect for Mr. Powell...and on Meet the Depressed with clown Gregory?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
chance_232, 1/13/2013 12:54:28 PM (No. 9114284)
Racist attacks against Obama? Really? Prove that assertion.
The problem is that the left has defined any disagreement with black liberation idealology and socialism as racist. They merely make the charge that republicans are racists, and the press reports it as fact.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
kate318, 1/13/2013 1:16:41 PM (No. 9114329)
To think, I was so enamored of this guy that I wrote him in as a nominee for president in ´96. (Yes, I´m sorry to say, I was one of those who saddled us w/4 more years of Clinton.) What a bullet was dodged backed then, and what a puke he has turned out to be.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 1/13/2013 1:20:25 PM (No. 9114331)
This guy has been in the race bidness for decades. The first clue was when he was being begged to run for president and he fed us a story about how Alma was just too afraid that it would be dangerous for him.
Sounds like another dog whistle , Colon.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
rburns, 1/13/2013 1:22:03 PM (No. 9114332)
Who gives a crap what you think? You benefited and prospered under the GOP in spite of your liberal leanings so stuff it Colin!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 1/13/2013 1:24:15 PM (No. 9114334)
$2 trillion and a decade apiece for Afghanistan/Iraq Medicare Part D Destruction of the Republican Party Justice John Roberts Alan Greenspan School of Alchemy Colin Powell
Stay out the Bushes.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
flatwater, 1/13/2013 1:30:35 PM (No. 9114347)
Colin Powell is a fraud.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
billp, 1/13/2013 1:33:25 PM (No. 9114351)
"vein of intolerance"
You bet we do... we´re intolerant of Liberalism and it´s affects on humanity.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
dman, 1/13/2013 1:39:56 PM (No. 9114359)
Who??? /s
As McCain, Hagel, Powell, and even John ("I served in Vietnam") Kerry prove: an honorable military record is helpful, but not determinate, in qualifying for civilian office. The former requires bravery, discipline, and duty. The latter adds requirements for vision, perspective, and intuition.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
Bpl40, 1/13/2013 1:49:42 PM (No. 9114373)
More intolerant than say Al sharp ton, Farrakhan, assorted black rapsters?
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
CEP, 1/13/2013 1:50:07 PM (No. 9114375)
He is entitled to his opinion and it is just that, opinion. I am entitled to mine. Leftist love telling him what to think and how to think it. The democrats are the party of intolerance and Powell knows that but he has to kiss up to Obama to keep himself relevant.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
STLstudent, 1/13/2013 1:52:08 PM (No. 9114377)
The product of Affirmative Action policy.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
rabbit, 1/13/2013 2:11:25 PM (No. 9114399)
I don´t agree with several of the comments of Powell. However, note that he identifies himself as a moderate and identifies himself as a Republican. Which means he identifies with enough of the values associated with Republicans to self-identify that way.
There used to be talk of a ´big tent´. Instead, when this Republican tells us how he is thinking, folks here call him all sorts of names. If someone who is already a Republican gets treated this way, why would an independent or Democrat want to leave their current position and identify with Republicans?
If the Republicans can´t open a ´big tent´ to include those who may not agree on 100% of points, then they may find the Democrats opening their tent to conservatives. There was a time when most of the south was Democratic...but conservative. In the last 30 years, many of those conservatives left the Democrats and came to the Republicans. Do we really want to run them back to the Democrats?
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Bur Oak, 1/13/2013 2:12:37 PM (No. 9114403)
The great Republican four star general and Secretary of State is not worthy of a comment from a common citizen.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
redwhite&blue2, 1/13/2013 2:17:44 PM (No. 9114407)
Colin Powell = COLON BLOW!
Why dont you ever shut your stupid bigoted RINO mouth? Just go and join the Left and get it over with, you idiot!
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
judy, 1/13/2013 2:18:13 PM (No. 9114409)
Powell is a conservative when he wants to sell books...how many people bought his last book...two????
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
novakid, 1/13/2013 2:22:51 PM (No. 9114418)
Powell´s only qualification is his skin color.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
krause, 1/13/2013 2:26:55 PM (No. 9114424)
It´s obviously difficult for black people to rise above their blackness. It´s ingrained in them in most homes and communities where they are raised. And it´s promoted by most of the black community leaders, who continually tell their people that they are victims.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
bdog, 1/13/2013 2:32:10 PM (No. 9114431)
#34, he lied and it resulted a totally innocent man to be disgraced and sent to prison. Not only do I want him to return to the democrats, I would like to see you join him.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
judy, 1/13/2013 2:35:27 PM (No. 9114436)
Wonder what he thinks of the liberal media, Sorus, Maher, Morgan, Biden, Feinstein...somehow I think Powell is allowing his love for the won to cloud his brain.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
rocco49, 1/13/2013 2:37:48 PM (No. 9114439)
Roger that, #40....tent schment! You are either conservative, traditional, patriotic, "one of us"...or you´re NOT! And sorry, #34 , Powell is NOT! He´s an AFRICAN first, then American, whereas all of us pledge allegiance to America first! No hyphens! Our problem is that all of the low-information voters are stupid enough to outnumber us, joining the stupid idiot lefty brigade of "lets have fun" knuckleheads who permeate and are ruining this great nation..Get it? GOOD!
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Janjan, 1/13/2013 2:56:18 PM (No. 9114469)
The GOP tolerates the turncoat racist Colin Powell. Let him become the Democrat he is.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
jmsdpm, 1/13/2013 2:59:59 PM (No. 9114471)
He should spell his name Colon!!!
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Grace Veritas, 1/13/2013 3:00:38 PM (No. 9114472)
With friends like Powell . . .
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Mike PHX, 1/13/2013 3:10:12 PM (No. 9114481)
And that dark vein of intolerance is named Colin Powell.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Spidey, 1/13/2013 3:10:33 PM (No. 9114482)
Powell is still guilt ridden over his UN presentation and he´s been trying to redeem himself with the left ever since. His endorsement of Obama in ´08 was a huge step.
I´m pretty sure Powell got most of his promotions under republican presidents so if they were racists,why would they do that?
The liberals simply don´t have the intellect to separate race from behavior.I´d be more than happy to see Col. West president.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
italianlooks, 1/13/2013 3:11:55 PM (No. 9114485)
This from the guy who knew Scuddy Liby was innocent and said nothing? Ruined a mans reputattion and life for what?
Please General clean up your act before of accusing someone of having a dark side!
Powell has more passes than a Monopoly Game!
When will some call him to task?
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Rob_NC, 1/13/2013 3:26:57 PM (No. 9114493)
...thought he`s retired...trying to get another star...
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
surgedr, 1/13/2013 3:27:06 PM (No. 9114494)
Who cares what this man thinks? He´s not even worth talking about anymore...he´s had his 15 minutes of fame. Mr. Powell get off the public stage!
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
Okie 52, 1/13/2013 3:34:24 PM (No. 9114501)
#34, we do want Powell to return to the party that embraces him because his only function now is the damage he does by claiming to be a Republican (which is why he is embraced by the Dems) while any cognizant human being knows he hasn´t been a part of "his party" since he left in 2004.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
rinohunter, 1/13/2013 3:49:41 PM (No. 9114516)
Powell is a deep thrombosis of idiocy! He is one special kind of stupid.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
donnaclaire, 1/13/2013 3:52:51 PM (No. 9114521)
#1 and #2 are right on the money. Colin Powell has always struck me as an egomaniac who needs ´everyone´ (well, almost) to love, admire, adore and worship him. He never ran for public office because he would have had to make tough decisions and take strong stands on issues. He much prefers strutting around and being seen at all the right parties and functions. He´s been on my "----" list as long as I can remember. Except for his military service, he´s a big zero in my book.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
tedinmich, 1/13/2013 3:52:58 PM (No. 9114523)
#16-colostomy powell is exactly what we always knew he was (is)!! a mulatto racist!!!
Ted in Michigan
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
Lefticide, 1/13/2013 3:53:37 PM (No. 9114524)
Mr. Powell, I once respected you because I thought you were a war hero, but in the last few years your true colors are showing. I no longer respect you, but instead I would like to tell you and all other leftists to go straight to hell, and once you arrive, go pound sand. Thank you.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
Bobn.T, 1/13/2013 4:05:55 PM (No. 9114541)
Let´s be honest. Powell has been masquerading as white for forty some years. Now his true colors are coming out. Ready? He´s BLACK - always has been, always will be. You can´t separate blacks from blacks. They may be very violent and all that but they stick together.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
Wetlandz, 1/13/2013 4:16:05 PM (No. 9114552)
I reject the liberal media calling one of their own lemmings anything republican whatsoever as a stick to best us with.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
Bartemis, 1/13/2013 4:25:31 PM (No. 9114561)
If you want to see real racism, Colin, just dare to disagree with the "liberals". Ask Clarence Thomas about it.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
Fiesta del sol, 1/13/2013 5:01:43 PM (No. 9114596)
´Dark vein of intolerance´ isn´t a phrase one just thinks up on the spot. MTP producers huddled with Powell about the subject of this week´s show: "The Republican Party Sucks". Colin obliged, wrote himself up some nasty race baiting sound bites, and then proceeded to spew them.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
Ida Lil, 1/13/2013 5:03:05 PM (No. 9114599)
What else do you expect from the great affirmative action General? Learn sometine what his equal status officers in the service thought of him.
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
lewis1940, 1/13/2013 5:08:18 PM (No. 9114605)
Dittos #58
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
LanieLou, 1/13/2013 5:22:38 PM (No. 9114619)
Super... Now Powell is helping the progressives launch Charles Manson´s dream race riot?
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
Momma Walton, 1/13/2013 5:28:38 PM (No. 9114627)
President George W. Bush gave Powell an opportunity to make a name for himself but he is proving to be another Judas - how much silver did Obama promise him? Judas betrayed with a kiss, Powell lied and did not stand up to who he really was and what he stood for. Now, we see he is another Obama!
Sad day for America when a man needs to destroy someone else to make himself look good!
America deserves better than what Powell had t offer and this proves it!
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
srhcb, 1/13/2013 6:29:35 PM (No. 9114679)
No, Colin.
The Republican Party does not tolerate lowlifes who refuse to work and demand special privileges.
But, if you think the shoe fits ... by all means, wear it.
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
steelbreeze, 1/13/2013 6:55:11 PM (No. 9114721)
Any black person especially an affirmative action general that would support obama who is mostly white and arab needs his head examined. The flipping Arabs are still dealing in slaves for cripes sake.
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Reply 66 - Posted by:
Philipsonh, 1/13/2013 7:08:38 PM (No. 9114730)
Wrong -mr powell - we have no respect for the President or for you, no matter what color you and he are. There are plenty of minority folks we DO have respect for, and they are not just blacks, starting with the governor of La. Bobby Jindal, an excellent official and person, and a multitude of others of all ethnicities and races. You, Sir, are unfortunately a racist. and as a former military member, that is truly sad.
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Reply 67 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh, 1/13/2013 7:19:35 PM (No. 9114735)
What Powell and the vast majority of Blacks don´t "get" is that the GOP is a party of ideas, not a party of buddies. I have listened to many Black leaders and pundits on various shows and most of them are frankly in la la land, nowhere near reality. So, NO, I can´t accept their ideas and I don´t want to be their buddy. When you don´t go along with the progressive herd, you are labeled ignorant.
Baloney.
I don´t need Powell´s approval to have different ideas than him and his progressive crowd and it doesn´t make me ignorant. I understand what they are talking about, I simply KNOW it is wrong. Not FEEL it is wrong, KNOW it is wrong.
On the other hand, the GOP does need to understand that if it wants to make any progress it needs to learn to craft a message that convinces enough of those that function through feelings and cliques to side with the GOP for elections. Right now, that battle is being lost.
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Reply 68 - Posted by:
get er done, 1/13/2013 7:49:18 PM (No. 9114759)
We don´t like his white half either, MR. Powell.
What did the Dem party do to conservative black Congressman Allen West? "Defeated" him via voter fraud.
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Reply 69 - Posted by:
zeldafitzg, 1/13/2013 7:58:41 PM (No. 9114765)
((((Group hug with Christie and Obama)))
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Reply 70 - Posted by:
Italiano, 1/13/2013 8:05:28 PM (No. 9114773)
I wonder if the Affirmative Action corporal realizes that he´s only summoned from the plantation when he´s needed to trash the GOP on network TV.
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Reply 71 - Posted by:
Kristen, 1/13/2013 8:08:05 PM (No. 9114776)
Colin Powell is pathetic. And a Democrat who infiltrated the GOP.
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Reply 72 - Posted by:
Nimby, 1/13/2013 8:09:05 PM (No. 9114777)
Who brings up race in every sentence other than the one living in the people´s house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?
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Reply 73 - Posted by:
iamtinman, 1/13/2013 9:00:44 PM (No. 9114812)
Colin Powell is neither Dem or Rep. He´s whatever is advantageous at the moment.
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Reply 74 - Posted by:
Tlyons1, 1/13/2013 9:35:11 PM (No. 9114843)
#34.... I´m so proud of ALL my Lucianne friends... Except you!!
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Reply 75 - Posted by:
jt26, 1/13/2013 9:51:34 PM (No. 9114855)
An ungrateful negro who got where he was due to Ronald Reagan´s largess and who continues to bite the hand that has fed him.
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Reply 76 - Posted by:
eorsc, 1/13/2013 10:49:19 PM (No. 9114903)
Someone should explain to the General that Obama has set race relations back 50 years all by himself.
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Reply 77 - Posted by:
billp, 1/14/2013 12:22:09 AM (No. 9114979)
#40, Hear, hear, I´m with you - on both counts.
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 3:57:45 PM
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AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson has won three green jackets, and he was the one asking all the questions Sunday during a practice round at the Masters. In his group was Augusta National´s newest member — former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. "Awesome," Mickelson said after playing 18 holes with his agent and Augusta members Rice and Lee Styslinger. "She´s one of my favorite people to be around. She´s so knowledgeable and interesting to talk to. I always learn so much. When I saw she became a member, one of the first things I did was schedule a game
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Tale Of Two Obituaries: AP Basks In Legacy Of Chavez, Sneers At Accomplishments Of Thatcher
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Mediaite, by Noah Rothman
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 1:28:52 PM
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Writing in the blog The Review, J.P. Freire performs a devastating examination of how the Associated Press eulogized former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Monday versus how the news service examined the legacy of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez upon his death. What Freire found was an evident sense of admiration for Chavez’s accomplishments as the Latin American state’s autocratic leader, but a distinct lack of respect for Thatcher’s achievements in office. “Love her or loathe her, one thing’s beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain,” AP opened the former U.K. prime minister’s obituary on Monday.
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´Mickey Mouse Club´ star Annette Funicello dies at 70
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Los Angeles Times, by Dennis McLellan
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 1:18:00 PM
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Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV´s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ´60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died Monday. She was 70. Funicello, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987 and became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often-debilitating disease of the central nervous system, died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Walt Disney Co. spokesman Howard Green said. Funicello and her husband, Glen Holt, had moved from
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How ObamaCare Blocks Reform From Taxes To Immigration
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Investor´s Business Daily, by Ed Carson
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 12:51:27 PM
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Is ObamaCare the reform to end all other reforms? The massive health care law´s problems are well known. Major tax hikes and Medicare cuts will fund a massive new government program, rather than shore up the nation´s finances. ObamaCare already is encouraging companies to cut jobs and work hours. With the administration delaying the insurance exchanges that might help small businesses until 2015, even ObamaCare cheerleaders are growing worried. And the law will leave tens of millions of Americans without health coverage. That´s the best-case scenario,
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NRCC hits Colbert Busch with ´Words with Elizabeth´ website
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Cameron Joseph
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 12:46:21 PM
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The National Republican Congressional Committee is launching "Words with Elizabeth," a new website hitting House candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D). The site, designed to look like the popular "Words with Friends" Web game, outlines what will likely be the main GOP lines of attack in her race against former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R). The Scrabble-like board features her playing against President Obama and spells out "ObamaCare," "Rubberstamp" and "Vacay." The NRCC has promised to attack Colbert Busch for saying she supports parts of the Democratic health law, tie her to Obama and
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World leaders react to death of Margaret Thatcher
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CBS News/Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 12:30:28 PM
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Prime Minister David Cameron expressed sadness at the death of Lady Margaret Thatcher, saying, "We´ve lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister and a great Briton," while her political foes attacked the former prime minister for policies which, they said, "caused great suffering."The Conservative former prime minister, who died Monday of a stroke at the age of 87, ruled Great Britain for 11 years beginning in 1979. The "Iron Lady" imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation -- breaking unions, triumphing in a far-off war, and selling off state industries at a record pace -
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Assimilating immigrants into the U.S.: New citizens view America differently
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Washington Times [DC], by Editorial
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 7:35:31 AM
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Even as Congress prepares to debate whether to legalize 11 million illegal immigrants and give them a path to citizenship, analysts are cautioning lawmakers to focus on the other part of immigration: assimilating them fully into America. All sides in the debate agree that assimilation is critical, but in a report being released Monday, the Hudson Institute, a conservative-leaning think tank, says the country has failed on that account in recent years. They found that immigrants — even those who earn U.S. citizenship — have far less attachment to their new home than native-born Americans.
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McCain: ´I don´t understand´ GOP filibuster on guns
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Politico, by Jennifer Epstein
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/7/2013 12:18:14 PM
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Sen. John McCain says he doesn´t understand the threats from some of his Republican colleagues to filibuster a bill on background checks to buy guns. "I don´t understand it," the Arizona Republican said on Sunday of the threat coming from Sen. Rand Paul,Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Mike Lee and nine other Republicans. "The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand.” "What are we afraid of? ... If this issue is as important as we all think it is, why not take ... it up and debate?"
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´My bangs are getting a little irritating´: Michelle Obama admits she already regrets her high-maintenance hairdo
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Daily Mail (UK), by Margot Peppers
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Posted By: pineledger- 4/7/2013 7:43:42 AM
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Michelle Obama has admitted that she is already tired of the bangs she first sported in January. The First Lady said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight: ´Bangs are a day-by-day proposition. They´re starting to grow out, get a little irritating.´ Still, she hasn´t let her hairdo woes get her down. ´It´s okay,´ she said after her initial complaint. ´We´ll be good.´ The first indication that her hairstyle was becoming a burden came about last weekend, when Malia, 14, was spotted adjusting her mother´s hair during the White House Easter Egg Roll.
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Former British prime minister Baroness Thatcher dies peacefully at the age of 87 after suffering a massive stroke
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Daily Mail [UK], by James Nye
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/8/2013 8:55:39 AM
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Margaret Thatcher, the first female British Prime Minister who gained worldwide renown as the Iron Lady has died aged 87. Developing a formidable partnership with President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s, Mrs. Thatcher stood up to the ´Evil Empire´ of the Soviet Union, eventually witnessing its collapse. [Snip] Responding to her death, Buckingham Palace said, ´The Queen is sad to hear the news of the death of Baroness Thatcher and Her Majesty will be sending a private message of sympathy to the family, Buckingham Palace said today.´ British Prime Minster David Cameron said on hearing of her passing, ´It was
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Christians, here´s why we´re losing our religion
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM
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Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”
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Kim Jong-un Wants Phone Call from Obama - report
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Korea Broadcast Service, by Staff
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 6:56:50 AM
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North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un is waiting for United States President Barack Obama to make a phone call to Pyongyang to discuss easing tensions on the Korean peninsula, according to Russia’s news agency Itar-Tass. The report cited United Kingdom diplomats, saying Pyongyang was demanding the U.S. president personally call Kim Jong-un as one of the conditions to relieve the current conflict at hand. Itar-Tass also quoted the U.K.’s Sky News as saying North Korea currently has eight nuclear warheads.
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Broadcasters worry about ´Zero TV´ homes
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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM
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Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from
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´Mickey Mouse Club´ star Annette Funicello dies at 70
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Los Angeles Times, by Dennis McLellan
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 1:18:00 PM
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Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV´s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ´60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died Monday. She was 70. Funicello, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987 and became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often-debilitating disease of the central nervous system, died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Walt Disney Co. spokesman Howard Green said. Funicello and her husband, Glen Holt, had moved from
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Mother Of Slain Benghazi Officer To Sean Hannity: ‘They Want Me To Shut Up’
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Mediaite, by A.J. Delgado
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/7/2013 5:00:16 AM
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On Friday, Sean Hannity brought Pat Smith, mother of the late Sean Smith, on his radio program. The 34-year-old information management officer was one of four Americans murdered in the Benghazi embassy attack on September 11, 2012. In the chilling interview, a distraught Ms. Smith, in tears, pleaded for answers and spoke of the efforts to silence her. Ms. Smith first relayed how her son, prior to the attack, requested additional security in advance and warned the State Department: He did tell them, ahead of time, he typed it into his little typewriter over there,
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Vanishing workforce weighs on growth
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Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:28:59 PM
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Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth. The vanishing trend is more than a decade old, but it accelerated during the Great Recession. Throughout 2012, economists held out hope that it had stopped. But then came Friday’s jobs report, and hopes were dashed. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. labor force — everyone who has a job or is looking for one — shrank
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The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM
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Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —
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Chelsea Clinton doesn´t close door to public office
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USA Today, by Catalina Camia
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Posted By: jackson- 4/8/2013 10:23:20 AM
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Chelsea Clinton has raised her profile in the last few days, which sparked the inevitable question about the former first daughter´s future: Will she ever be like Mom and Dad and run for office? Clinton, 33, essentially said "maybe" in an interview that aired Monday on NBC´s Today show. "Right now I´m grateful to live in a city, a state and a country where I strongly support my mayor, my governor, my president and my senators and my representative," said Clinton, whose father, Bill, was president from 1993-2001 and her mother, Hillary
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