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Colin Powell: Soldiers convicted of rape shouldn’t be ‘categorically’ discharged
Former Defense Secretary Colin Powell said Saturday that U.S. troops convicted of sexual assault should not be automatically dishonorably discharged from the military. “You can’t make a categorical statement like that,” he told Bloomberg TV. “We have a military justice system that is driven by our law, and it is…
Scarborough: Colin Powell ‘absolutely necessary’ for Republicans
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Wednesday the Republican Party had no hope of winning national elections unless they attracted moderate figures like former Secretary of State Colin Powell. “You’ve got to stand up to people on the fringe,” he told his colleague Chris Matthews. “You know, when parties go extreme…
Colin Powell asks O’Reilly: Why do you only see me as an African-American?
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell chided Fox News host Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday night for focusing on his ethnicity when discussing his support of President Barack Obama. At the beginning of a lengthy interview, O’Reilly questioned why Powell, a Republican, had supported Obama in 2008 and again in 2012.…
Colin Powell: Republicans using ‘racial-era slave terms’ to attack Obama
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who is a Republican, is lashing out at a “dark vein of intolerance” in his own party, which he says is being created by people like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu who use racial code words and…
Former Powell Chief of Staff: ‘My party is full of racists’
Former Chief of Staff to Colin Powell, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson told Ed Schultz of MSNBC’s “The Ed Show” on Friday that the Republican Party is “full of racists,” and that the main reason most Republicans want President Barack Obama to lose the election to former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) in…
Top Romney surrogate: Powell endorsed Obama because he is black
John Sununu, a top surrogate for Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign, on Thursday night suggested that former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed President Barack Obama because he is black. “I’m not sure how important that is,” Sununu replied when asked about the endorsement by CNN host Piers Morgan. “I do…
Colin Powell regrets U.N. speech justifying the Iraq invasion
During an interview with The Daily Show host Jon Stewart, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said he regretted telling the United Nations that Iraq was harboring weapons of mass destruction. “I, of course, regret the U.N. speech that I gave,” he said, “which became the prominent presentation of our…
Colin Powell: Same sex couples should be allowed to marry
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Wednesday that he had “no problem” with President Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of same sex marriage. “I have no problem with it,” he told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. “And it was the Congress that imposed ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’ It was certainly my position,…
Powell calls out Hannity over obsession with Bill Ayers and Rev. Wright
Retired Gen. Colin Powell is encouraging Fox News host Sean Hannity to give up his obsession about President Barack Obama’s former relationships with Bill Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright. “I find him one of the most divisive figures in — that I’ve witnessed in politics today,” Hannity told Powell during…
Colin Powell smacks down the wingnut faction of the GOP
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…
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