Posted on 04/10/2015 7:09:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Lawrence Wilkerson is a contradictory figure.
Wilkerson is a career military man, who served as chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell; but he has also voiced reluctance to involve American forces in foreign conflicts, and slammed the Bush administration for its handling of the Iraq War. He is also a lifelong Republican who, far from just criticizing his party, has actually gone on the warpath against it at times.
When Powell was attacked by conservatives in 2012 for endorsing Barack Obama for reelection Mitt Romney surrogate John Sununu famously suggested that the endorsement was motivated by race Wilkerson sprung to the defense of his former boss, saying that the Republican Party was full of racists.
Wilkerson stands by those assertions. In a recent conversation with Salon, the retired U.S. Army colonel renewed his criticism of the GOP and the Bush administration. He also addressed recent saber rattling by Republicans on the issue of Iran. The following interview has been lightly edited.
Q: You have been very critical of the Republican Party. Why do you stay?
A: There are sane and sober people in the Republican Party. The public persona of the Republican Party has changed since the days of Abraham Lincoln and Dwight Eisenhower.
Q: In the past you have said the Republican Party is full of racists. Do you stand by that and arent you afraid of a backlash?
A: Im not afraid of a backlash. The GOP has scores of racists. Under Richard Nixons blessing, the GOP took advantage of disgruntled Democrats in the South. They are still there and their children are there. This is very much known in our party. This was a conscious strategy.
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Thanks George Bush! Your legacy of screwing your party by surrounding yourself with GOPe RINOS is still lingering in the nation like a fart in an unventilated room.
When the GOP oligarchs start playing the race card you know it’s time to SELL! SELL! SELL! every race card in your inventory.
Did this guy help with Thad Cochran’s campaign which called Republicans racists???
Another affirmative-action hire blaming his incompetence on imaginary racism. Just like Obama.
Affirmative action hire Colon Bowel and Calypso Louie. No racism there /s
When it came to choosing people to work for his administration, Bush sure could pick ‘em /s
How does this cretin explain "The South" voting for Clinton and Obama? TWICE.
Guess the "Southern Strategy" only works occasionally.
BTW, when this person was identified as having ANYTHING to do with Colin Powell, his credibility is shot.
Not to mention the party of "Lincoln and Eisenhower" has NOTHING to do with today's politics.
Really? Lincoln did what he could to save the Union, and he admitted that even though he hated slavery, he'd keep it if it would save the Union.
And Ol' Ike? Remember Operation Wetback?
Methinks that the author is historically illiterate.
Don't get me started on what JFK DIDN'T do for Black-Americans.
He was worse than Nixon on civil rights.
Why?
Because he knew DEMOCRATS wouldn't like it.
They like black voters just fine.
But Democrats simply hate black people in general.
As soon as I saw the source for the screed here I knew not to go any further.
Funny how Larry’s earlier “racism claims” were last published in October 2012 an election year...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2952272/posts
And are being recycled now for the upcoming campaign.
Yawn.
Maybe Colin Powell’s thinking of running for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Since the Dems went black they can never go back and desperately need an alternative to Hillary that will enable them to move to the middle to pick up more votes.
Amen.
Is Larry black or white?
There was a day when he would be serving us coffee, he talks intelligently not like most blakc men........Ted and Joe’s comments dont count they were said with love and respect come on now!
I call BS. The Democratic Party is the party of slavery, the KKK, Jim Crow, etc. Talk about racism they created it and perpetuated it by keep minorities uneducated and poor.
Excellent post :-)
Those who constantly scream "racist" are probably the same ones who watch porn for 6 hours a day and sneer at those on the pictures as being degenerates...
The operative word in the title is “Bush.”
Salon is read by 0.0000001% of the American population, and half of that number read it while in the kitty litter box.
Bush should have realized beforehand that Colin Powell could not be trusted. During the recount, Powell hinted he would be happy to be part of a Gore administration.
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