Smart Hagel spin from the White House this morning as the pope of “reasonableness,” a.k.a. fellow Democrat-supporting Republican Colin Powell, emerges to bless the nomination as being officially reasonable. Meanwhile, former Hagel ally turned adversary John McCain will hit “Face the Nation” to explain the end of the bromance and how it really, totally isn’t mainly just a grudge over Hagel’s refusal to endorse him in 2008.

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/01/13/op...lking-heads-56/

Powell: GOP has 'a dark vein of intolerance'

http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-l...nce-154019.html

While continuing to identify as a Republican, former Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday criticized the GOP for a series of racist attacks against President Barack Obama.

"There's also a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party," Powell said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "What do I mean by that? What I mean by that is they still sort of look down on minorities."

Powell, who endorsed Obama, pointed to a number of statements that were directed at Obama as evidence that there is still racism within the party.

"When I see a former governor say that the president is 'shuckin' and jivin'.' That's a racial-era slave term," Powell said, referring to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin using the term to describe Obama's response to the attacks in Libya.

Powell also pointed to former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu, who was an aggressive surrogate for Mitt Romney, for calling Obama "lazy" after the first debate during the campaign.

"He didn't say he was slow, he was tired, he didn't do well; he said he was 'lazy,'" Powell said "Now, it may not mean anything to most Americans, but to those of us who are African Americans, the second word is "shiftless," and then there's a third word that goes along with it."

Powell also eschewed the "birther movement."

"The whole birther movement: Why do senior Republican leaders tolerate this kind of discussion within the party?" Powell asked. "I think the party has to take a look at itself."

Powell said overall the Republican Party has been moving to the right, creating problems for the GOP.

"In recent years, there's been a significant shift to the right, and we have seen what that shift has produced: two losing presidential campaigns," Powell said. "I think what the Republican Party needs to do now is take a very hard look at itself and understand that the country has changed. The country is changing demographically. And if the Republican Party does not change along with that demographic, they're going to be in trouble."

Powell said the Republican Party in addition to being the party of lower taxes, has become cast at the party of the rich. He said that Republicans need to take up education, immigration and climate change policy before the next election.

"Everybody wants to talk about, 'Who's going to be the candidate?'" Powell said. "You've got to think first about what's the party actually going to represent? If it's just going to represent the far right wing of the political spectrum, I think the party is in difficulty. I'm a moderate, but I'm still a Republican."

What a CREEP !!

And, I wish he would STOP saying he is a Republican !!

ALMA turned him into a Liberal ....she is IN CHARGE now !!

He needs to get over himself. Just another black elitist that sees racism in every corner. Everyone on these "talk shows" have an opinion and none of them are right.

When the "talking heads" are speaking about republicans "moving right," I wish they would be more specific and give some examples.

Who cares what Colon the Rat has to say? Everything that comes out of his mouth is nothing more than ass kissing to the Inside the Beltway hacks. He is still trying to get them to forget that the evil Bush forced him to give the weapons of mass destruction speech to the UN.

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When the "talking heads" are speaking about republicans "moving right," I wish they would be more specific and give some examples.

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Who cares what Colon the Rat has to say? Everything that comes out of his mouth is nothing more than ass kissing to the Inside the Beltway hacks. He is still trying to get them to forget that the evil Bush forced him to give the weapons of mass destruction speech to the UN.

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Colin is now just another p whiped old man shucking and jiving. Low life.

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Colin is now just another p whiped old man shucking and jiving. Low life.

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Quote: Olivia wrote in post #4

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When the "talking heads" are speaking about republicans "moving right," I wish they would be more specific and give some examples.

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Republicans are "moving right" but the Democrats never see themselves as "moving left" .......such hypocrisy !!

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What a CREEP !!

And, I wish he would STOP saying he is a Republican !!

ALMA turned him into a Liberal ....she is IN CHARGE now !!

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I agree, he's no longer inspirational and he's much farther Left than any RINO. He'd be hard pressed to identify just one Republican principle he upholds.

He's just enjoying the free mileage from identifying himself as a Pubbie.

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That is true, if he stops lying and just says he is a democrap, those speaking fees go down.

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I agree, he's no longer inspirational and he's much farther Left than any RINO. He'd be hard pressed to identify just one Republican principle he upholds.

He's just enjoying the free mileage from identifying himself as a Pubbie.

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And btw...

My older brother calls this sellout "Colon Pile".