Video: Colin Powell's Shuck And Jive On Meet The Press; Defends Obama Document Fraud

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Video: Colin Powell's Shuck And Jive On Meet The Press; Defends Obama Document Fraud

Birther Report
1/13/2013

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Free Republic is running a thread titled, 'Powell: GOP has 'a dark vein of intolerance', which was started 1/13/2013 by 'Sub-Driver'

The thread references a 1/13/2013 Politico article written by Ginger Gibson - http://www.politico.com/blogs/politi...ce-154019.html

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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."