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Colin Powell: ‘I Want to Continue to Be a Republican Because It Annoys Them’
PJ Media ^ | 10/01/2015 | Bridget Johnson

Posted on 10/01/2015 8:50:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who endorsed President Obama in 2008 and 2012, told the Washington Ideas Forum that there’s a special reason why he doesn’t change his party affiliation.

Powell confirmed that he’s still a registered Republican. “I want to continue to be a Republican because it annoys them,” he quipped.

“I think the party has shifted much further right than where the country is and it should be obvious to party leaders that they cannot keep saying and doing the things that they were doing and hope to be successful in national-level election in the future, not just in 2016,” he added.

Powell cited “pockets of intolerance” within the Republican Party that the GOP “had better figure out how to defeat.”

He also said that immigration rhetoric within the party is an Achilles’ heel.

“I think most Republicans understand that we need immigration, we are an immigrant nation, it is in our best interest to do it,” he said.

“…If I was around Mr. Trump — Donald, who I know rather well — I would say, ‘You know, Don, let’s see what happens — let’s tell all the immigrants working in Trump hotels to stay home tomorrow. Let’s see what happens.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: colinpowell; hotels; illegals; powell; republican; trump
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To: SeekAndFind

I’d forgotten all about that Bush creation.


61 posted on 10/01/2015 9:14:15 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (Behold the Yebetable. It is something like a vegetable, but with less energy.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Without republicans Powell would have retired a Lt Colonel.


62 posted on 10/01/2015 9:14:24 AM PDT by NKP_Vet (In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle,stand like a rock ~ T, Jefferson)
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To: txhurl

” General Token “

South Park missed one....


63 posted on 10/01/2015 9:17:08 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: plain talk
Interesting. Powell doesn’t know the difference between immigrants and illegal aliens.

Libs dont get this at all. My cubicle neighbor says, gee did they forget our grandparents came from Europe?

OMG just darn dumb. You can't get through.

SOVRIENTY WHEN ITS GONE, ITS TOO LATE!

64 posted on 10/01/2015 9:22:39 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: SeekAndFind

This person is one big jackass.


65 posted on 10/01/2015 9:25:01 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: SeekAndFind

colon bowell is a real a**. The fool is a typical black LIB asshat.


66 posted on 10/01/2015 9:25:40 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Be whatever you want Colon. You’re irrelevant.


67 posted on 10/01/2015 9:27:33 AM PDT by Lake Living
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To: Tijeras_Slim

“Powell cited “pockets of intolerance” within the Republican Party...”

Yet guys who pal around with Bill Ayers and Reverend Wright are REAL tolerant types.


68 posted on 10/01/2015 9:27:46 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m sure he’s a “Christian” too. /sarc


69 posted on 10/01/2015 9:30:17 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Colin is Barack’s brother by another mother. Maybe.


70 posted on 10/01/2015 9:30:52 AM PDT by lakecumberlandvet (APPEASEMENT NEVER WORKS.)
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To: cripplecreek

More like “Colon Blow.”


71 posted on 10/01/2015 9:31:00 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim

I wonder if he stamped his feet and held his breath after he said that.

I really wonder....


72 posted on 10/01/2015 9:33:02 AM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: SeekAndFind

After he took credit for what Swartzkoff did I have no use for him.


73 posted on 10/01/2015 9:33:55 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Sounds like a Seinfeld espisode where Jerry returned a jacket for spite because of bad salesman.


74 posted on 10/01/2015 9:34:55 AM PDT by scbison
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To: SeekAndFind

His son is a lot more conservative.

Colin was wrong on Russia and attacked Romney. Will he take that back now as Obama looks like a total fool?

We have close to one third of the country on the dole, millions more on food stamps, false disability, and we are borrowing money from the Chinese to buy beef jerky and Kool Aid. That sounds like a great investment. The poor are rising in numbers under Obama, regulation and taxes are rising, and millions have left the work force. The Democrats are doing everything they can to import millions of poor people to lopside the vote. There are $17 dollar per hour jobs in California, with benefits, to work on farms and no one is taking the jobs, because the dole is easier. So tell me how far left we should go Colin? Where is this going to end up?


75 posted on 10/01/2015 9:36:28 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (It doesn't matter who votes for whom, it only matters who counts the votes - Joe Stalin)
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To: SeekAndFind

...says the poster child of minority quota social engineering.


76 posted on 10/01/2015 9:36:31 AM PDT by TADSLOS (A Ted Cruz Happy Warrior! GO TED!)
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To: SeekAndFind

And to think at one time I wanted this clown to run for president.


77 posted on 10/01/2015 9:38:00 AM PDT by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: SeekAndFind

Colin Powell: a small mind is a terrible thing to waste.


78 posted on 10/01/2015 9:39:48 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: SeekAndFind

meh

The Al Hunt of the GOPe


79 posted on 10/01/2015 9:47:04 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: SeekAndFind
This boy only got as far as he did by claiming to be a Republican. The GOPe was able to show him off and prove they had "diversity."

If he had been a Democrat, he would have topped out as a 2nd Lt.

80 posted on 10/01/2015 9:50:15 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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