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Title: Colin Powell smacks down the wingnut faction of the GOP
Post by: Shana A on December 12, 2008, 08:20:03 PM
Post by: Shana A on December 12, 2008, 08:20:03 PM
Colin Powell smacks down the wingnut faction of the GOP
by: Pam Spaulding
Fri Dec 12, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM EST
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8597 (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8597)
It wasn't just his reassessment of DADT that has Colin Powell on a roll. He blasted the politics of the McCain Mobs in his endorsement of Barack Obama, and now he's taking a torch to the GOP for its inability to see its enthusiastic bigot appeal is limited. He said the party as it exists cannot sustain itself by turning a blind eye to the browning of America. He reserves special disdain for Hillbilly Heroin devotee Rush Limbaugh. (CNN Politicker):
"I think the party has to take a hard look at itself," Powell said in the interview, which was taped Wednesday. "There is nothing wrong with being conservative. There is nothing wrong with having socially conservative views - I don't object to that. But if the party wants to have a future in this country, it has to face some realities. In another 20 years, the majority in this country will be the minority."
by: Pam Spaulding
Fri Dec 12, 2008 at 12:00:00 PM EST
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8597 (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=8597)
It wasn't just his reassessment of DADT that has Colin Powell on a roll. He blasted the politics of the McCain Mobs in his endorsement of Barack Obama, and now he's taking a torch to the GOP for its inability to see its enthusiastic bigot appeal is limited. He said the party as it exists cannot sustain itself by turning a blind eye to the browning of America. He reserves special disdain for Hillbilly Heroin devotee Rush Limbaugh. (CNN Politicker):
"I think the party has to take a hard look at itself," Powell said in the interview, which was taped Wednesday. "There is nothing wrong with being conservative. There is nothing wrong with having socially conservative views - I don't object to that. But if the party wants to have a future in this country, it has to face some realities. In another 20 years, the majority in this country will be the minority."