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Colin Powell (again) condemns Republicans
Washington Times [DC], by Cheryl K. Chumley
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Posted By:JoniTx, 1/21/2013 12:50:09 PM
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| Self-described Republican and former Secretary of State Colin Powell marked the second swearing-in of President Obama Monday with more harsh words for his fellow party members, during separate appearances on MSNBC and ABC. To Joe Scarborough on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” report, Mr. Powell criticized the GOP’s immigration platform, and questioned why the party has shifted so far right. “The Republican Party should be a party that says, ‘We want everybody to vote,’ and make it easier to vote and give them a reason to vote for the party,” he said, according to Politico. “The [GOP] has shifted dramatically
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
rburns, 1/21/2013 12:59:12 PM (No. 9130190)
Zip it you has been racist bitter old man.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
JAN, 1/21/2013 1:00:06 PM (No. 9130194)
Auditioning for a gig on MSNBC.
Furious that Condi Rice is not contributing to CBS.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Blue-Z-Anna, 1/21/2013 1:00:56 PM (No. 9130199)
False Flag Operator.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
laotzu, 1/21/2013 1:02:38 PM (No. 9130207)
I´m so proud that I never bought into this RINO´s spiel. If I don´t see some record of advocacy of conservative principles of one sort or the other, I don´t buy it. Mere membership in the party or an administration are meaningless conservative credentials. Colon, [sic] if you think the Right is the problem in this country, you are a fool´s fool. Start [sic] telling the young AfAm men of America to marry their baby mamas -- at least one of them.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
fiddle ed, 1/21/2013 1:02:43 PM (No. 9130209)
And, of course, no Republican can tell this affirmative action general to shut up without being called a racist. Powell is the rule, not the exception, for most of the civil rights black generation that, by any standards, have been given opportunities not on merit but, by the color of their skin. From young to old, they have nothing but resentment toward their nation and, in Powell´s case, his political party. Our chickens have come home to roost.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Kansas Conservative, 1/21/2013 1:04:58 PM (No. 9130214)
Colin Powell is not a Republican and has no business calling himself one. Colin Powell is an affirmative action baby who prospered in the Reagan/Bush defense build-up. I thank him for his service, but politically he is a left wing Democrat and has no business being taken seriously by anyone in terms of commenting on the state of the GOP.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
TruthAndJustice, 1/21/2013 1:05:49 PM (No. 9130215)
Affirmative Action hire..and elevated...seeks his true level...In the mud.
What a pathetic ingrate. His racism is only exceed by his stupidity.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
billp, 1/21/2013 1:06:27 PM (No. 9130219)
Colin, you idiot. We do NOT want everyone to vote. We only want people who have a vested interest in the United States and are willing to vote for what is best for our nation and people.
Don´t need Islamic votes - they vote for what´s best for themselves or Islam most of the time. Don´t need no welfare votes - they vote for more gimmees for themselves. Don´t need no crony-business man votes - they vote themselves (thru their companies) more from government coffers. Don´t need no socialist votes - they vote socialism - every time. I could go on but... you get the idea.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Clinger, 1/21/2013 1:11:36 PM (No. 9130235)
I for one don´t want everyone voting. I want all adult citizens to have the right to vote but if you don´t care enough to vote unless someone bribes you with a pack of smokes, I don´t want you voting.
And let´s dispell the myth of the Republican party shifting to the right. Just once can we challenge that with a definition of what is meant by "far right" and by what metric the Republicans has moved from a point less consistent with that definition to one more so. This garbage keeps getting repreated and accepted without challenge.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Cor-vet, 1/21/2013 1:11:49 PM (No. 9130237)
He wants the republicans to give people a reason to vote, but the democrats have all the free give aways covered!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
hamrman, 1/21/2013 1:14:18 PM (No. 9130244)
Blah, blah, blah, he is not one of us (republican-little r) so who cares...he is on his cable network, so long!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
TruthAndJustice, 1/21/2013 1:15:38 PM (No. 9130246)
Lincoln had it right. The former slaves should have been shipped out of this country. Slavery was a terrible chapter however too many could never get beyond it and both those who were never slaves nor slave owner are paying the price. Blacks in power today see every issue through the prism of black retribution. Putting people with such an axe to grind in power is dangerous as they are blinded to to most everything else. The sins of the father are on constant display as communism creeps in to every crevice and crack of our nation. Frank Marshall Davis, Obama´s evil "mentor" must feel such satisfaction...as much as any pedophile can.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/21/2013 1:15:43 PM (No. 9130247)
No one should listen to Powell. He is a criminal. He had evidence that should have been presented to the Grand Jury to clear an innocent Scooter Libby, and yet he withheld that evidence. Powell betrayed America..put that in your pipe and smoke it, Powell.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
DaBigGuy, 1/21/2013 1:17:03 PM (No. 9130255)
We only want people to vote once, only on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, and only if they show proof of filing a tax return without a refundable credit.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
shamus, 1/21/2013 1:18:09 PM (No. 9130260)
I wish his guy would shut up. He´s a washed up bureaucrat who advanced through affirmative action and did nothing impressive during his time in government.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Seething Citizen, 1/21/2013 1:19:24 PM (No. 9130265)
Agree with #6, except for thanking him for his "service."
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
pineledger, 1/21/2013 1:19:43 PM (No. 9130267)
We understand your opinion. Now shut up and go away.
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JAN, 1/21/2013 1:22:32 PM (No. 9130278)
oops sorry. Condi Rice is NOW contributing to CBS.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
snapper451, 1/21/2013 1:37:13 PM (No. 9130313)
We want everyone to vote? No we don´t. Felons, aliens, no way. I would not go to Canada, France, or the U.K. and expect to vote if I were not a legal voter. As far as felons, that is the price you pay for the crime, sorry, your choice was bad.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
graniteman2009, 1/21/2013 1:39:13 PM (No. 9130318)
Lets set the record staright here. He is jealous of Obama. He thought that he should be president. He is mad that the GOP did npot drop everything when he was "considering a presidential run".
Its just petty jealousy. He can´t come out against a "brother" so blame the GOP.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
lavalette, 1/21/2013 1:41:28 PM (No. 9130330)
Powell, now Condi, Christie, before them McCain. Easy way to get fawning press attention. Go on television and criticize your felow Republicans in accordance with the approved MSM script. Do they even know they are being used?
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Theeo, 1/21/2013 1:41:44 PM (No. 9130333)
Colon Bowell is butt-blathering again.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Nimby, 1/21/2013 1:46:41 PM (No. 9130345)
I guess he is expecting a position in this administration.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
redwhite&blue2, 1/21/2013 1:48:20 PM (No. 9130351)
If someone wearing spiked combat boots walked up and kicked this traitor clown in the ´nads, I´d laugh, then I´d cheer! What a phony bologna big-mouth creep! Our "tent" isnt inclusive of a-holes like Powell or Christie...so get along and go where you belong! It is so disappointing to see a racist pathetic drooling fool who once fooled us! Go away!
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Starlady, 1/21/2013 1:49:37 PM (No. 9130354)
Condi and Colin are part of the pResident´s team to fracture the GOP by 2014. I bet Condi had most of you fooled, especially the ones who wanted her to run for the GOP Presidential nomination.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
RCFlyer98, 1/21/2013 1:49:42 PM (No. 9130355)
I now see how Republicans went astray, Colin. I did see how Reagan appointed you to high places, I did see how George Bush I, appointed you to high places. And, I did see how George Bush II, appointed you to high places. I do see your true colors now, and I now realize that you are one of those affirmative action recipients of the first order. Your colors aren´t pretty, Colin Powell. Get lost!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl, 1/21/2013 2:08:07 PM (No. 9130388)
The only way Colon has-been can get any press is as a pretend Republican criticizing the Republican party, so that´s what he does. Otherwise, no one would care what he thinks. When was the last time he was interviewed on any other topic?
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
donnaclaire, 1/21/2013 2:27:49 PM (No. 9130445)
The ´most worshipful´ (in his own mind) Colin Powell needs to shut his big fat yapper for a while. Enough already, General - you got what you wanted.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
JimS, 1/21/2013 2:31:34 PM (No. 9130455)
OK, Colin and Condi...let the race war begin. Your side may be better armed per capita, but I like our 6:1 odds.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
rocco49, 1/21/2013 2:32:26 PM (No. 9130457)
The left would call us racist, #12, but I agree with you. I have NEVER been a fan of Africa, African people, nor African culture. Furthermore, to make me a super-racist, sexist, and homophobe(to use the lefts favorite attacks against white conservatives) I often daydream, and wonder what my beloved America would be like without blacks, Hispanics, lefty women and homosexuals......Ever think about that? I do....especially lately, in this Arab-influenced administration of Kenyan Barry Soetoro Arabs, Muslims, avowed commies, lefty ditz women,stoopid white men like Biden and America-hating Kerry, and fat Supreme court judges...
Colin Powell should be served on a dinner plate to Chris Christie, and after dinner Christie can walk the plank and go down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and stay there! There, thats a good start! Purge!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
jimkata, 1/21/2013 2:43:59 PM (No. 9130481)
Powell is like the black sergeant in Eastwood’s “Heatbreak Ridge”. He is a Kiss A*ss playing to whoever he feels he needs to look to. I wonder how he was in Vietnam? Anyone know? He seems to be the epitome of all the bad that ‘Step n Fetch It´ represented. His actions are smoother, but it´s still there. Yeah, he bosses aren’t white, but there is certainly a plantation loving aiming to please aspect to him.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
roger h. cook,MD, 1/21/2013 2:49:40 PM (No. 9130495)
Already you can see the second term game plan with the MSM anything wrong will be because of the GOP.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
dman, 1/21/2013 3:00:02 PM (No. 9130515)
Sorry, Colin: I´m with the Framers, who wanted only those with interest and "skin" in the game - like property owners and state legislatures - to vote in federal elections. They avoided universal suffrage for a reason. - a very good reason. We are now paying the price for amending their approach.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Judith, 1/21/2013 3:35:44 PM (No. 9130619)
Remember the contentious 2000 election? Remember Cheney and Rice flying down to consult with Pres. Bush? Remember powell being forced to show up but keeping a huge distance between himself and Pres. Bush? Right then I knew he was a spineless creep.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Teleologicus, 1/21/2013 4:21:42 PM (No. 9130724)
Powell repeats the false meme that Republicans have shifted to the Right. The reality is that Democrats have stampeded to the extreme Left, while Republicans have not changed at all. Ignorant people who are not paying attention might be partly forgiven for failing to realize where the change is actually occurring. Powell is not one of them, and his remarks are disingenuous.
There seems to be something seriously wrong and incongruent with this man´s public political pronouncements. He is not doing himself any favors by pretending to be a Republican while acting, talking and voting like a Democrat. He is not being honest.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
vesicant, 1/21/2013 5:01:17 PM (No. 9130812)
Powell´s problem is that he knows he doesn´t have the voice to be James Earl Jones, or even that guy from the car insurance commercials.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Distorted, 1/21/2013 5:16:09 PM (No. 9130844)
At some time in the past Powell may have been a good general. I am unqualified to say. I am willing to take others´ opinion that he was. Yet Powell gave up all pretense of being an honest citizen or especially a Republican when he sat on his hands with knowledge of the who, what & where of the origination of the Plame Affair, while the president who entrusted him with power and position twisted slowly in the wind and his Vice-President´s Chief of Staff was prosecuted to the hilt under false pretenses after the prosecutor conspired with Powell for a solid year & a half of incredible angst, political intrigue and expense to hide their certain early knowledge almost from Day One that Richard Armitage, Powell´s head deputy and buddy at State, was the leaker they pretended was a mystery for no other reason than to cause the President political damage. But when that became wide knowledge, he was understood to me to be the perfidious toad anyone can see acting out today once again rather than the honorable man of high virtue he tries to paint himself. His actions, or inactions in this case, speak louder than the garbage he spouts as a self-proclaimed Republican.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Chief1942, 1/21/2013 9:52:21 PM (No. 9131298)
I appreciate Colin Powell´s service to his country. Having said that, he joins Juan Williams and so many other African Americans of notoriety that keep playing the "race card" since that is ALL they think they have going for themselves. They truly are the "racists" in the world.
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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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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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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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Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th anniversary in Havana, Cuba
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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/6/2013 8:20:04 AM
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for
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