Be patient with people like Colonel L. Wilkerson and Colin Powell.

[Zalatix]

The former Colin Powell staffer has denounced the racism that he acknowledges as totally infesting his party. Yet he still calls the GOP his party.

Colin Powell has been a party to war crimes under Bush's administration. Yet now he has endorsed Barack Obama, first as a candidate and now as the incumbent President.

It's understandable to be pissed at these guys for what they've done. However, it is possible that both of them are experiencing a shift to the left. It may be temporary but they've had a shift. They obviously cannot stand what the GOP has become. This is growth in anyone's book.

Lower the pitchforks and try to talk to people like this around you. You might be able to win them over.

[TDale313]

1. Ya know, this may...

Not be a popular opinion, but I think we need rational republicans. I don't want all the moderates to leave the party to the bats**t crazies or take over the Democratic party. We need diversity, we need at least two functional parties. If they're willing to fight to take their party back from the extremists, more power to them.

[Zalatix]

2. And it could also split the GOP vote.

[madrchsod]

5. if i remember correctly most of the undecided voters are coming from the republican party

the "undecided voters" are becoming a third of the voting block. yes we need at least two healthy parties that put the country first.

[madrchsod]

3. when powell was thinking about running for president...

limpballs would call him the "little general". powell`s wife made him give up the idea of running.

powell was never popular with the ruling elite of the republican party.

[Fumesucker]

4. There's something to be said for patience but then again your post reminded me of this

[Autumn]

6. That's a good thing to be nice to them, but I sure as hell don't want

to win them over to my Democratic Party. I would rather they change the republican party