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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.
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Hmm..., we noticed you didn't blink when Chrissy Matthews used the same term Shuck and Jive. Oh, I forget Liberal Progressive Democrats are allowed to use racist terms but they aren't racist. They shucked their robes and hoods and are now acceptable even though they still lynch people with those Jive words.
Let's not forget all the racist shit these loony liberal hypocrites have spewed towards Cain, Sowell, West, Rubio, Haley, and on and on and on.To funny to read about how prominent Repubs with high level positions are now nothing but pieces of shit because they haven't gone bat shit crazy like seemingly the vast number of rethugs have.
Why, Powell didn't even call for defaulting on the debt or closing down the government.
You know he ain't in the rethugs fold anymore. And they hate him for it. Because he's black.
In the meantime, rethugs just can't get their congressmen to shut the fuk up about rape.
Dumbest people in the world proudly call themselves "rethuglikans".
Is there anyway we can get you to shut up with you spewing crap?
You people don't fool anyone, We saw what was said about Power while he was in the Bush administration..He now wants to overlook all that and act like all high and mighty and play the race card, fine... and you people who hated him before NOW have another BLACK PERSON to USE..
I am getting so sick of C. Powell's comments.
He is another one who should ride into the sunset.... with his mouth shut I might add.
Well, using your own words, maybe because you loons consider him to be one of them thar, "intelligent blacks".Why has the so-called "racist" left voted a black president into office - TWICE?
Why has the so-called "racist" left voted a black president into office - TWICE?
Hillary in 2016!!!!!
I like Colin Powell. Personally, I think Obama should have offered him either the Secretary of State position or the Secretary of Defense position. Now THAT would make your conservative eyes water wouldn't it?
I think Powell should resign from the Republican Party. It would be in everyone's best interest if he just came out of the "political closet" and declare himself a Democrat.
shucking and jiving
noun, Slang.
misleading or deceptive talk or behavior, as to give a false impression.
Shuck and jive | Define Shuck and jive at Dictionary.com
As Jeffrey Goldberg concluded, Palin's choice of words "isn't an example of a racist dog-whistle because it's too obviously racist to be considered code."
shucking and jiving
noun, Slang.
misleading or deceptive talk or behavior, as to give a false impression.
Shuck and jive | Define Shuck and jive at Dictionary.com
Palin stoops to 'shuck and jive' - The Maddow Blog
As Jeffrey Goldberg concluded, Palin's choice of words "isn't an example of a racist dog-whistle because it's too obviously racist to be considered code."
shucking and jiving
noun, Slang.
misleading or deceptive talk or behavior, as to give a false impression.
Shuck and jive | Define Shuck and jive at Dictionary.com
Palin stoops to 'shuck and jive' - The Maddow Blog
As Jeffrey Goldberg concluded, Palin's choice of words "isn't an example of a racist dog-whistle because it's too obviously racist to be considered code."