All posts tagged "Colin Powell"

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell (R) questioned the legitimacy -- and relevance -- of the jury verdict in the Trayvon Martin case on CBS's Face the Nation yesterday. The first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff began by saying that he found the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman "a questionable judgment on the part of the judicial system down there," but then wondered whether the case would have "staying power."

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday warned fellow Republicans that voting restrictions designed to reduce the turnout of minorities, young people and seniors were "going to backfire" on the party.

Speaking at the CEO Forum in Raleigh, North Carolina to an audience that included Governor Pat McCrory (R), former Secretary of State Colin Powell attacked the restrictive voting law the governor signed into law on August 12. The new law requires photo identification at the polls, limits the number of early voting days and makes it difficult for college students, both in-state and out, to vote.

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.

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'm not even sure how to take Kathryn Lopez's suggestion that we can interpret Colin Powell's endorsement as race-based because Essence and Vibe endorsed Obama.