Really, Colin Powell? at Frankly CuriousFrankly Curious

Colin Powell is getting all kinds of plaudits in the liberal world today. He was on NBC, being interviewed by David Gregory. And he is oh, so disappointed in his party.

If I had one thing to say to the general, it would be this: fuck you!

I’m sorry, but I am sick to death of this man and the many more like him. There are all kinds of people who claim to be Republicans but complain that the party is somehow not living up to its history. And generally, these people have been good soldiers for a movement that lost all credibility about 35 years ago. In his case, we might well never have gone into Iraq had Colin Powell been the honorable man that he pretends to be.

And this Sunday he was yet again claiming that his party is—Contain your shock!—misbehaving:

I think the Republican Party right now is having an identity problem, and I am still a Republican… There is also a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party. They still sort of look down on minorities. How can I evidence that? When I see one former governor saying that the president is “shucking and jiving,” that’s a racial-era slave term. When I see another former governor after the president’s first debate, where he didn’t do very well, says that the president was “lazy.”

He’s completely right, of course. But what is the Republican Party if not a racist group? What party did he think he was a member of? Did he not notice the Willie Horton add that got Bush Sr elected? No. I don’t accept this. Sure, the Republican Party is crazier than ever. But they haven’t reached some new quantum level. John Sununu has been a major player in the Republican Party for a long time. This is nothing new. And I simply do not accept that Colin Powell is only noticing this now. But I will allow that he is finally embarrassed by it.

Look: I get it. I’m a Democrat and I am very unhappy with my party. But I know that my problems with the Democratic Party are mostly on the edges. My party isn’t just a major bait and switch con. But the Republican Party is. They get people to vote for them because they hate and fear gays and blacks and Muslims and just about anyone else you can name. And then they govern as an oligarchy. In 2004, the Republican supporters were surprised that they voted to “get the fags” but got a government intent to “get your Social Security.” I don’t understand how these people can continue to vote for the Republican Party, but that’s another issue.

Does Colin Powell really believe that we accept that he’s as naive as the ignorant idiots who keep the Republican Party in power? He is part of that power structure. He was Secretary of State because of the continuing use of the Southern Strategy by the Republican Party. He is one of them and he is wrong to think that I will be fooled into thinking that he is anything other than part of the problem.

So really, Colin? You just noticed you’re a member of a racist group? Really, Colin Powell?