Powell was NEVER a Republican. He was a wishy washy tweener who liked straddling the fence politically.
Powell never ran for president because he has a closet FULL of SKELETONS. What they are I don’t know. His wife never wanted him to run, what does she know?
I’ll never forget how the media were so embarrassed by Colin Powell’s first name.
“Colin is an English-language masculine given name. It has two distinct origins: A diminutive form of “Colle”, itself an Old French short form of the name Nicolas (Nicholas). ... An anglicized form of the Gaelic name Cuilen, Cailean, modern Irish spelling Coileáin, meaning “whelp, cub”.”
He doesn’t look French or Irish!
He pronounces Colin like “Colon” as in Colon Cancer. The media for YEARS wouldn’t accept it and pronounced it C”ah”lin. As if he were Irish.
I was unsure of the correct pronunciation myself since the “media” ALWAYS called him C”ah”lin. Then one day I heard Colin Powell himself pronounce HIS OWN NAME “Colon”.
I laughed out loud! The “media” and celebrities were embarrassed for him because of his name when they end up embarrassing THEMSELVES! You (not even the media) can tell someone how to pronounce THEIR OWN NAME!
It’s THEIRS!
This affirmative-action former general proves the adage: Once a loser...always a loser. What an absolute no-integrity putz.