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Offline AlanS

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The race card is REALLY getting old
« on: February 07, 2014, 05:38:43 PM »
But that doesn't stop dipsticks from using it.

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Appearing on MSNBC, former Secretary of State Colin Powell savaged the Republican Party of which he says he is still a member for catering to “elements” that are overtly hostile to people of other races or nationalities. Powell told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell that there are groups within the GOP who “demonize people who don’t look like the way they’d like them to look.” He added that, for this reason, he believes the GOP needs him more than the Democratic Party needs him.

Speaking with Mitchell about the need for immigration reform, Powell said that reforming the system was critical. “We are an immigrant nation,” Powell said. “People wonder if we’re still the great country that we pretend to be, or we present ourselves to be. The answer is yes.”

Mitchell noted that Powell has criticized the GOP in the past for harboring a “dark vein of intolerance.” Powell took the opportunity to repeat his criticism.

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“There are certain elements of the party who go out of their way to demonize people who don’t look like the way they’d like them to look like or came from some other place,” Powell said. “I think the party has to deal with this.”

He said that even senior-level Republicans continue to make “statements about women” and “minorities” that make the party look “less tolerant than it should be.” Powell specifically cited voting laws which he said are designed to restrict minority access to the polls.

Given this, Mitchell asked if Powell was still a Republican. Powell said that he is. “I think a Republican Party needs me more than the Democratic Party needs me,” he concluded.


I think the RINO's have more than enough membership. Why don't you just go full blown lib?
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Offline BigAlSouth

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Re: The race card is REALLY getting old
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2014, 07:52:44 AM »
Mr. Powell: Name names or STFU.

But he won't, and he won't. "Certain elements" my azz.
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Re: The race card is REALLY getting old
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2014, 02:42:12 PM »
perhaps if the republican mantra was: "do you want to make money and do you want to keep as much for yourself while making sure that only the truly needy get all the help they need and still leave them with their sense of self respect?" Do you follow the golden rule? Do you believe in the preservation of the Constitution? If you do; we like you and want you to be a part of our big tent.

there should be nothing else mentioned, no other litmus tests for inclusions.

It is really as simple as that, just enough to actively eliminate all socialists and utopians, race-baiters and crazies from both ends of the spectrum.
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Re: The race card is REALLY getting old
« Reply #3 on: February 08, 2014, 03:16:29 PM »
Another reason to smile at the demise of the GOP, those unwilling or incapable of standing up for themselves deserve to fall.
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Re: The race card is REALLY getting old
« Reply #4 on: February 08, 2014, 03:32:36 PM »
I'd like to shove it up Colin Powell's colon.
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Re: The race card is REALLY getting old
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2014, 08:59:31 AM »
As someone else wrote, as soon as he says he's not of the party, he's useful to the left no more. Credibility is gone.
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Re: The race card is REALLY getting old
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2014, 02:26:06 PM »
He's already announced himself to be a bitter clueless moron...so he is a Democrat already and has no credibility.
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Re: The race card is REALLY getting old
« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2014, 04:48:50 PM »
As someone else wrote, as soon as he says he's not of the party, he's useful to the left no more. Credibility is gone.

I'm pretty sure the credibility ship has already sailed... And he wasn't onboard, either.

And as far as the race card is concerned, I would have figured that it would be so worn out that you couldn't even see the writing any more...
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Re: The race card is REALLY getting old
« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2014, 07:45:09 PM »
As someone else wrote, as soon as he says he's not of the party, he's useful to the left no more. Credibility is gone.

I'm pretty sure the credibility ship has already sailed... And he wasn't onboard, either.

And as far as the race card is concerned, I would have figured that it would be so worn out that you couldn't even see the writing any more...
I should have specified that being useful to the lamestream media complex.
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