“There’s also a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party. What do I mean from that? What I mean by that is that they still sort of look down on minorities. How can I evidence that?
“When I see a former governor [Sarah Palin] say that the President is ‘shucking and jiving,’ ‘that’s a racial-era slave term. When I see another former governor after the President’s first debate, when he didn’t do very well, say that the President was ‘lazy.’ He didn’t say he was slow, he was tired, he didn’t do well. He said he was ‘lazy.’
“That may not mean anything to most Americans but to those of us who are African Americans, the second word is “shiftless” and then there’s a third word that goes along with it.”
“Birther, the whole Birther Movement…why do senior republican leaders tolerate this type of discussion in the party?
“A dark vein of intolerance”? Is he serious? I know that Lefty sycophants like David Gregory eat that stuff up but come on! The party who won a civil war to liberate the slaves has “a dark vein of intolerance”? The GOP provided critical support to the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act and got them both passed in the teeth of bitter Democrat opposition yet we have “a dark vein of intolerance”? (A review of the votes by party reveals that at least eighty percent of Republicans in both the House and Senate voted for passage, overcoming resistance from Democrats like Richard Russell of Georgia and Emmanuel Celler of New York.) Ronald Reagan nominated the first woman to the Supreme Court and appointed Powell himself as the first black National Security Advisor and yet we have “a dark vein of intolerance”? George H. W. Bush nominated Powell as the first black Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and stood with Clarence Thomas through vicious Democrat attacks during his Senate confirmation hearings and we have “a dark vein of intolerance”? George W. Bush nominated Powell to be the first black Secretary of State, appointed Condoleeza Rice as the first black female National Security Advisor and then she succeeded Powell as SecState, Dubya nominated Alberto Gonzales as the first Hispanic Attorney General and yet we have “a dark vein of intolerance”? Michael Steele was the first black Chairman of the Republican National Committee (the first black to head either of the two major political parties), Tim Scott has just been appointed to replace Jim DeMint as U.S. Senator from South Carolina and yet the GOP has “a dark vein of intolerance”? Marco Rubio, Susana Martinez, Ted Cruz and Allan West are all rising stars in the GOP but we have “a dark vein of intolerance”?
If someone’s lazy, then they’re lazy. The color of their skin doesn’t matter and it doesn’t matter if they’re President of the United States. For example, Jimmy Carter was incompetent. The fact that he occupied the White House was irrelevant: He was elected to a job that was too big for him and it showed. And what does General Powell mean by “senior Republican leaders” tolerating birther discussion? I agree that birthers are a little wacky but people have the right to be just as wacky as they want in this country – take a look at the Democrat Party, for example – and to say what they want, and nobody has the right to tell them to shut up, which is what the general meant: “You can’t say certain things because they offend me.” Are you really serious?
Here’s what this boils down to: For Colin Powell and every other liberal, the only legitimate opinions are liberal opinions. Abortion, gay marriage, amnesty for illegals, colossal spending and public debt, a bloated and corrupt welfare state and preferential treatment for minorities are all good, and if you don’t agree, then you’re a racist/sexist/homophobe. You simply can’t disagree with liberal policies on their merits, and if you do, then you’re a skinhead neo-Nazi KKK cross burner, and since General Powell can’t get his head out of the liberal drain, I refuse to listen to him anymore. He’s been in the tank for the Priest-King since 2008, he’s repudiated his own Party (I have to wonder which job he’s angling for in the second Priest-King Administration) and I’m done with him. Why in God’s Name would I want to be more like a Leftist kook?
Where was Powell when the Left was crucifying his boss for eight years? George W. Bush was called a war criminal, a war monger, he hated women and Hispanics and Muslims and he wanted blacks to drown during Hurricane Katrina, he was a bumbling idiot and an evil genius at the same time. The Left openly fantasized about assassinating him (remember Death of a President in 2006?) and where was Powell’s outrage then? It was nowhere, that’s where it was, so for Colin Powell, General, U.S. Army (retired), I say go away and good riddance. If the Left wants another RINO turncoat eager to lick Priest-King’s boots, then they can have him.
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