Colin Powell: GOP Holds 'Dark Vein Of Intolerance'

[Lakhota]

By Chris Gentilviso

Former Secretary Of State Colin Powell delivered some harsh words for the GOP as a whole on Sunday.

In an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press," Powell noted 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.

"I think we ought to keep on the track we are on," said Powell in October 2012, commending Obama on the economy and Iraq War.

Top Mitt Romney surrogate John Sununu turned heads after the announcement, suggesting that Powell's Obama endorsement was motivated by race. That statement prompted former Powell Chief Of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson to make Republican-Party comments similar in nature to Powell's Sunday remarks.

My party, unfortunately, is the bastion of those people -- not all of them, but most of them -- who are still basing their positions on race. Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists, and the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin, and that's despicable.​

More: Colin Powell: GOP Holds 'Dark Vein Of Intolerance' (VIDEO)

 

[elvis]

**** Colin Powell.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

That reminds me, I have to schedule a colonoscopy

 

[tinydancer]

Double **** Colin Powell. "My party is full of racists". Wow. Triple **** him. What an asshole.

He really should become a Democrat. Pardon my french but this really pisses me off when some one can label the party he supposedly is still a member of racist; blatant condemnation it's unreal to me.

 

[ScreamingEagle]

the man who made it in the equal-opportunity Republican Party.....but became swayed by the racist Democrats....

who but liberals want to listen to a disloyal black whiner.......

 

[Zoom]

By Chris Gentilviso

Former Secretary Of State Colin Powell delivered some harsh words for the GOP as a whole on Sunday.

In an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press," Powell noted 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.

"I think we ought to keep on the track we are on," said Powell in October 2012, commending Obama on the economy and Iraq War.

Top Mitt Romney surrogate John Sununu turned heads after the announcement, suggesting that Powell's Obama endorsement was motivated by race. That statement prompted former Powell Chief Of Staff Lawrence Wilkerson to make Republican-Party comments similar in nature to Powell's Sunday remarks.

My party, unfortunately, is the bastion of those people -- not all of them, but most of them -- who are still basing their positions on race. Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists, and the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin, and that's despicable.​

More: Colin Powell: GOP Holds 'Dark Vein Of Intolerance' (VIDEO)

He is wrong. The gop are very inclusive of gays, blacks, Jews, asians, Hispanics, poor, hell....everyone. right?

 

[Zoom]

**** Colin Powell.

That's mighty white of you.

 

[MarcATL]

Double **** Colin Powell. "My party is full of racists". Wow. Triple **** him. What an asshole.

He really should become a Democrat. Pardon my french but this really pisses me off when some one can label the party he supposedly is still a member of racist; blatant condemnation it's unreal to me.

Why don't you have this level of vitriol for the people in your party who perpetuate the racist stereotypes?

Instead you DEFEND them, but bash and attack those that call your party out.

When will you folks put down the shovels and stop digging?

 

[BallsBrunswick]

Colin Powell is a dirty no good liberal leftist commie nazi Obama boot licker!

Amazing watching conservatives turn on their own. Especially since Powell got completely fucked over by the Bush Administration yet still did his job quietly and effectively.

 

[blackhawk]

Joe Biden about Barak Obama. I mean you got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice looking guy I mean that's storybook man.

Harry Reid about Barak Obama. Barack Obama is "light-skinned" and doesn't have a "Negro dialect, unless he want's one.

i wonder how Colin feels about those comments from the Democratic current VP and Senate majority leader?

 

[BallsBrunswick]

the man who made it in the equal-opportunity Republican Party.....but became swayed by the racist Democrats....

who but liberals want to listen to a disloyal black whiner.......

Yeah conservatives and republicans aren't racist.

It's amazing how these idiots have no self awareness.

 

[Lakhota]

It's so refreshing to hear an intelligent black Republican speak the truth about his own party.

 

[elvis]

**** Colin Powell.

That's mighty white of you.

He betrayed his country by supporting the neocons in invading Iraq, and then betrayed the neocons when it became fashionable to so.... **** him, the horse he rode in on, and the whole cavalry behind.
He's a traitor on multiple levels. So was Scott McClellan.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Joe Biden about Barak Obama. I mean you got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice looking guy I mean that's storybook man.

Harry Reid about Barak Obama. Barack Obama is "light-skinned" and doesn't have a "Negro dialect, unless he want's one.

i wonder how Colin feels about those comments from the Democratic current VP and Senate majority leader?

He won't speak out against them

 

[CrusaderFrank]

It's so refreshing to hear an intelligent black Republican speak the truth about his own party.

Who, Thomas Sowell?

 

[BallsBrunswick]

Considering Republicans turn on any of their own that shows a hint of intelligence or individuality, who exactly are these brain dead ***** going to have left in 2016?

 

[tinydancer]

Double **** Colin Powell. "My party is full of racists". Wow. Triple **** him. What an asshole.

He really should become a Democrat. Pardon my french but this really pisses me off when some one can label the party he supposedly is still a member of racist; blatant condemnation it's unreal to me.

Why don't you have this level of vitriol for the people in your party who perpetuate the racist stereotypes?

Instead you DEFEND them, but bash and attack those that call your party out.

When will you folks put down the shovels and stop digging?

Who is defending racism? I'm not. But I'm sick to death of these blanket condemnations.

If Powell truly feels that his party is full of racists he should cross the floor and become a Democrat.

Because Sununu criticized Obama's performance in the first debate as lazy, Powell sees it as racist.

He's nuts.

 

[elvis]

Considering Republicans turn on any of their own that shows a hint of intelligence or individuality, who exactly are these brain dead ***** going to have left in 2016?

I think they will run Rick Santorum.

 

[OKTexas]

"shuckin' and jivin" isn't that a sports term used primarily for football running backs.

 

[BallsBrunswick]

Considering Republicans turn on any of their own that shows a hint of intelligence or individuality, who exactly are these brain dead ***** going to have left in 2016?

I think they will run Rick Santorum.

That evil closeted **********? That would be even worse than Romney. The Republicans got nobody.