Sat Oct 27, 2012, 12:18 AM
Adenoid_Hynkel (14,093 posts)
Lawrence Wilkerson, Former Colin Powell Aide, Blasts Sununu, GOP As 'Full Of Racists'
Source: Huffington Post
Colin Powell's former chief of staff condemned the Republican Party on Friday night, telling MSNBC's Ed Schultz, "My party is full of racists." Retired Army Col. Lawrence Wilkerson made the comment in response to Mitt Romney campaign surrogate John Sununu's suggestion on Thursday that Powell's endorsement of President Barack Obama's re-election was motivated by race. Wilkerson, who served as Powell's chief of staff when the general was secretary of state during the first George W. Bush term, told Schultz that he respected Sununu "as a Republican, as a member of my party," but did not "have any respect for the integrity of the position that [Sununu] seemed to codify." When asked by Schultz what, if anything, the remark said about the attitudes of the Republican Party, Wilkerson said: My party, unfortunately, is the bastion of those people -- not all of them, but most of them -- who are still basing their positions on race. Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists, and the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin, and that's despicable. (VIDEO at link) Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/26/lawrence-wilkerson-colin-powell-sununu_n_2027721.html
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Adenoid_Hynkel | Oct 2012 | OP |
Tx4obama | Oct 2012 | #1 | |
vennorman | Oct 2012 | #5 | |
gkhouston | Oct 2012 | #6 | |
Tx4obama | Oct 2012 | #7 | |
lunatica | Oct 2012 | #14 | |
Paladin | Oct 2012 | #17 | |
jsr | Oct 2012 | #2 | |
davidpdx | Oct 2012 | #3 | |
olegramps | Oct 2012 | #11 | |
davidpdx | Oct 2012 | #12 | |
DianaForRussFeingold | Oct 2012 | #4 | |
Tx4obama | Oct 2012 | #8 | |
Cha | Oct 2012 | #9 | |
lunatica | Oct 2012 | #15 | |
Mary in S. Carolina | Oct 2012 | #10 | |
lunatica | Oct 2012 | #16 | |
rso | Oct 2012 | #13 | |
sarcasmo | Oct 2012 | #18 |
Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 12:20 AM
Tx4obama (36,974 posts)
1. Full segment (3:32 mins) below - VIDEO
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Response to Tx4obama (Reply #1)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 01:23 AM
vennorman (1 post)
5. compassion...
...the best part is we have a President who is a man of positive power and he can look at all these ignorant people with compassion...that is why he won the Nobel Peace Prize...our POTUS and his amazing wife, our First Lady, have compassion for those who hate because these people are ignorant and just really haven't a clue we live in the 21st Century, granted it is the early years but we have a man of vision for peace and I am grateful and honored to vote for Obama/Biden2012.
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Response to vennorman (Reply #5)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 01:30 AM
gkhouston (21,642 posts)
6. Welcome to DU!
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Response to vennorman (Reply #5)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 01:48 AM
Tx4obama (36,974 posts)
7. Welcome to DU :)
I hope you enjoy it around here with us ![]() |
Response to vennorman (Reply #5)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 11:21 AM
lunatica (53,199 posts)
14. Welcome to DU
We're happy to have you join us.
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Response to vennorman (Reply #5)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 12:19 PM
Paladin (25,654 posts)
17. Well Said. Welcome. (nt)
Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 12:21 AM
jsr (7,712 posts)
2. Racism is a requirement for GOP membership
Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 12:24 AM
davidpdx (22,000 posts)
3. Cool
Eat shit Sununu.
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Response to davidpdx (Reply #3)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 10:20 AM
olegramps (8,178 posts)
11. You are asking him to eat himself?
Response to olegramps (Reply #11)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 10:34 AM
davidpdx (22,000 posts)
12. Eat his own dung, yes
He'd probably like it too much though.
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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 12:58 AM
DianaForRussFeingold (2,552 posts)
4. K&R
Response to DianaForRussFeingold (Reply #4)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 01:49 AM
Tx4obama (36,974 posts)
8. Th video is embedded in Comment #1 up above :)
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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 02:30 AM
Cha (277,722 posts)
9. Thank you, Lawrence Wilkerson..never heard his name
before now but I'm so grateful he's highlighting the obvious.
These people are a disgrace to the White Race. It must suck really bad to be them. |
Response to Cha (Reply #9)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 11:22 AM
lunatica (53,199 posts)
15. He been speaking out for years
And he always speaks the truth.
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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 08:11 AM
Mary in S. Carolina (1,364 posts)
10. Thanks for Telling the Truth
Unfortunately this is a true statement. In the public schools (starting in elementary), we need to start teaching "critical thinking" - how to approach decision making based on "facts" not "emotions".
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Response to Mary in S. Carolina (Reply #10)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 11:24 AM
lunatica (53,199 posts)
16. You're so right!
Unfortunately kids are taught to follow orders and to keep their mouths shut.
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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)
Sat Oct 27, 2012, 11:18 AM
rso (1,671 posts)
13. trump
The funniest comment that I saw in quite a while took place during last night's Bill Maher show, where he stated that Trump's mother had copulated with an orangutan.
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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Original post)
Sun Oct 28, 2012, 12:46 PM
sarcasmo (22,183 posts)