Colin Powell: I’ve Been a Victim of Racial Profiling ‘Many Times’

"I got mad when I, as a national security adviser to the president of the United States, I went down to meet somebody at Reagan National Airport and nobody recognized -- nobody thought I could possibly be the national security adviser to the president. I was just a black guy at Reagan National Airport. And it was only when I went up to the counter and said, 'Is my guest here who's waiting for me?' did somebody say, 'Oh, you're General Powell.' It was inconceivable to him that a black guy could be the national security adviser."

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July 28, 2009 at 9:19 pm - CNN
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couch potato   July 28th, 2009 - 9:27 pm

Must be that public school education they received.

DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH   July 28th, 2009 - 9:29 pm

Yes We Can…Build a http://www.NewNation.org …YES WE CAN!!

Mesndblues   July 28th, 2009 - 9:33 pm

Christ sakes, It’s been over a freaking week on this Gates thing..Why is Powell talking about racial profiling??? Hasn’t Powell heard the audio of the woman calling the police???? There’s no racial profiling here….period..It’s as plain to see as anything ever has been!!! THIS IS PONDEROUS!!! BRIGHT BLACK PEOPLE UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND SIMPLE, FUNDEMENTAL FACTS!! Frankly, I’m offended that black people could be so g.d. stupid about this race garbage..And the attorney general wonders why we Americans are such “cowards” when it comes to discussing race…hey, general,…ask Barack about that now…bwahahahaha…and that’s another thing,..Robert Gibbs admitted that Barack was “prepped” for that particular sort of question when he was getting prepared for the press confrence!!! AND HE SAID WHAT HE SAID!!!! And in a matter of fact way!! gawd..so bad..

PhoneBill   July 28th, 2009 - 9:36 pm

“…nobody recogniz…nobody thought I could possibly…” The truth is, he was ticked that no one knew who the heck he was, not because he was black but because he wasn’t “famous” enough for anyone to know him. Grow up, not everything is about race.

THIS IS CNN   July 28th, 2009 - 9:39 pm

“BLACK IN AMERICA 3″ will feature Colin Powell.

http://www.AMREN.com = TRUTH.

joe   July 28th, 2009 - 9:40 pm

When I go to high end clothing stores nobody helps me. My cab driver got pulled over the other day and the officer demanded my ID. The cashier at the grocery store was very rude to me yesterday. All because I am black, then I looked in the mirror and realized I am white. Just because someone doesn’t behave the way you think they should, it doesn’t mean it is racism. If I were black I am sure I could have construed those events occurred because of my race. Basic psychology suggests some blacks are projecting their racism on to others and thus they see everything as racist. Why do you think one person sees the ink blot as the devil and another as an angel? On is happy and other is disturbed, you figure out who is whom.

Yeah, Right   July 28th, 2009 - 10:10 pm

Be on the lookout for a Halfricans.

Trent   July 28th, 2009 - 10:15 pm

Sure Colon Powell was profiled when someone gave this octaroon a job and dozens of promotions for being a paper pusher. It is called “fast track” and “affirmative action.”

Eddie   July 28th, 2009 - 10:15 pm

Hate it for Colin. He’s had such a hard and tragic life. Being a General in the military and a National Security Advisor and such. Bless his little heart. I hope he has a better life now that Obama is in charge.

Trent   July 28th, 2009 - 10:38 pm

Yeah, he has had a hard and tragic life in the rear guard paper-pusher division. Strutting around in his cammo gear like he is a soldier. Funny how I remember Norman Schwarzkopf while the media TELLS me I’m supposed to remember Powell from Desert Storm. Strange.

Observantminority   July 28th, 2009 - 10:40 pm

Careful Mr. Secretary. Your party can’t handle the truth. There heads will explode if you force them to admit the truth of their racist ways. They’ve spent 20 years trying to deny it exists anymore.

Scott   July 28th, 2009 - 10:40 pm

So nobody recognizes you at the airport it must be because they don’t think someone of your race could be the National Security Advisor? Dumbest statement I have ever heard. Nobody is even considering giving me the job, must be because they are “racially profiling” me thinking a white guy can’t be the head of the NSA. My hispanic wife went to the salon the other day and our 3 year old racially profiled her by not immediately recognizing her. We have a long way to go baby, we have a long way to go. By the way Colin I have lost every single bit of respect I had for you, which was HUGE! Thanks for your service I guess.

SFC (Ret)   July 28th, 2009 - 10:57 pm

@Scott – well said. I too held much respect for him and was impressed how he seemed to hold himself above the political fray. Jump ahead a few years and now he seems just another Washington hack who you cant trust no further than you can throw em.

Trent   July 28th, 2009 - 11:10 pm

SFC –

Why are people like you so quick to voice “respect” for any ol’ Negro to cross your path? White guilt? I can promise you you don’t salivate over random White guys like this. That is because you expect them to act normal. But expectations for Blacks are so low that when some is seen not knifing someone you say he is “so nice” like Biden calling Obama “clean.”

Trent   July 28th, 2009 - 11:10 pm

SFC –

Why are people like you so quick to voice “respect” for any ol’ Neegr0 to cross your path? White guilt? I can promise you you don’t salivate over random White guys like this. That is because you expect them to act normal. But expectations for Blacks are so low that when some is seen not knifing someone you say he is “so nice” like Biden calling Obama “clean.”

Desert Storm 1   July 28th, 2009 - 11:17 pm

It was Gen Swartzkopf who was kicking the heck out of the republican guard in Iraq when Collin Powell started whining about it and got him to back off.

10 years later in the second gulf war we had to face that same republican guard that Powell was complaining had suffered enough.

Powell is a POS as a General and good for exactly what he is doing now – being a politician.

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   July 28th, 2009 - 11:23 pm

America…Colin Powell is a Benedict Arnold to the white race, the black race, the military, his party and his country!

Everyone is America…no matter what race you are has been discriminated against at one time or another for one thing or another!

Get real!

Stop playing the constant victim…you have achieved much more than I could ever hope to achieve in my lifetime…show some gratitude and grace and appreciation for those who helped get you where you were (because now you are absolutely nowhere)!

You are a disgrace…just go away…please!

You are a “has been” and a “could have been”…you are now a “nothing”!

It must make you very proud to come to the end of a stellar career, in the past, to now leaving a legacy where you will only be known as a “turncoat” and nothing more!

Observantminority   July 29th, 2009 - 1:20 am

I see you right-wing conservative white people are ready to throw minority folks overboard at the first hint of a difference of opinion. You’re just users and the minorities in your camp are just fodder for your personal use.

You have no loyalty at all.

Norm   July 29th, 2009 - 4:07 am

Observant, my old lag, no one threw Powell overboard. Every five days or so he throws HIMSELF overboard. And he’s been doing it for years.

But he’s finally found the perfect job to suit his abilities. He’s now fully employed making precise military plans of when he should take his geritol.

HWP   July 29th, 2009 - 6:08 am

Oh Pleeeeae…there are plenty of people of color that I would be proud to stand beside and call true Americans (Great Americans) Condi Rice, Bill Cosby, Martin Luther King, George Washington Carver (bet half the blacks don’t even know who this guy is). I have no use for tailcoats, i.e Colin Powell, Gates, Obama, etc.

Mary   July 29th, 2009 - 6:25 am

It’s not about race. It’s all about ego. “Don’t you know who I am”? Uh…no.

HWP   July 29th, 2009 - 7:30 am

Martin Luther King said: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Based on the events of that night….Gates blew it. It was never about race. It was about his character…which by all accounts was racist.

Peach   July 29th, 2009 - 7:43 am

Ahhh, as many times people think I’m an emplyoee in my own company, and go straight to the only guy in the room (which happens to be black).
I could be bend out of shape because not only am I woman but an immegrant too. When ever I go on a business trip noone knows me and I get the same
treatment as the person next to me in line, and I have to have ID to get into any convention! Whats with that…..don’t they know who I am.
Oh, amd I have been stopped by cops too. (for speeding)
In my home country I did’t come from the right stock to ever be somebody, thats why I love this country so much. Opportunities, freedom to be the best I can be.

Barack Hawk Down   July 29th, 2009 - 8:22 am

Mr. Powell, meet the Bandwagon…bandwagon, Mr. Powell

JohnJ   July 29th, 2009 - 8:43 am

What an a-hole. Nobody recognized him, therefore everyone’s a racist. Jerk.

Barry Bonds   July 29th, 2009 - 8:46 am

You know you’re dealing with an idiot when you mention Benedict Arnold and Colin Powell in the same sentence.

CommonSense   July 29th, 2009 - 8:50 am

THAT’S NOT RACIAL PROFILING YOU ELITIST SCUMBAG!!!! THAT’S WHAT THE REST OF US DEAL WITH EVERYDAY REGARDLESS OF OUR SKIN PIGMENT!!
IT’S CALLED BEING A REGULAR PERSON! THIS JA HAS BEEN SUCH AN ELITIST FOR SOOOO LONG HE’S FORGOT THAT WHEN YOU’RE A REGULAR PERSON PEOPLE DON’T GET YOU COFFEE OR ATTEND TO YOUR EVERY BECK AND CALL!
THE ONLY RACIAL PROFILING HE’S HAD IS WHEN RONALD REAGAN MADE HIM A GENERAL. I SWEAR THE INSANITY THAT HAS BEEN POSTED HERE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS IS UNBELIEVABLE!
“I WAS RACIALY PROFILED BECAUSE NO ONE RECOGNIZED ME AS GENERAL POWELL!”
WAKE UP YOU MONUMENTAL FOOL!

doogle   July 29th, 2009 - 9:33 am

He||, 47% of the student population in the USofA have trouble locating the US on a world map. What do you expect?

So you’re upset when a minimum wage lackey at the Visitor’s Kiosk doesn’t recognize you after dealing with HUNDREDS of faceless people all day long. I’d say it probably DID shock them to realize you were standing at their counter. It would sort of be like Wesley Snipes walking into my office. I’d recognize him, but I’d have trouble believing at first that Wesley Snipes was standing in front of me. I’d probaly blurt out “You’re Wesley Snipes!”

However, I did like your response in reference to Prof. Gates actions.

Ivebeenprofiledtoo!   July 29th, 2009 - 9:35 am

I’ve been profiled too–by black citizens for many many years and GUESS WHAT EINSTEIN…who cares! Move on. You are a grown up, act like one….

JohnJ   July 29th, 2009 - 9:57 am

More attention should be given to those who don’t blame everything on race and bigotry. Unfortunately, too many people define themselves by their race and don’t take any personal responsibility for their lives.

debi   July 29th, 2009 - 10:19 am

well,,, did he have a name tag on??? why would anyone know his title?? and maybe he should have a placard like other people have when they are meeting people at the airport…but isn’t it actually a GOOD thing that the national security advisor to the president of the USA would not be known by just anyone at the international airport???

JC   July 29th, 2009 - 10:37 am

Do you know who I am?

Apparently, you need to be taught a lesson. So that next time when I show up,
you would know the proper way to greet me.

X   July 29th, 2009 - 10:43 am

“Mr. Powell, meet the Bandwagon…bandwagon, Mr. Powell” LMAO!

Britney Spears can shave her head, drive by with her face hidden in a hoodie and still be recognized by a lot of people. But some of those people couldn’t tell the difference between George Bush and a tree. A lot of people read only People magazine or look at the pictures. They just don’t have a clue about what’s going on.

If he say he has been a victim of racial profiling in his life, it’s possible. But if people don’t recognize him, maybe he need to complain to TMZ about lack of coverage.

starhawk   July 29th, 2009 - 10:45 am

“Affirmative action” generals, should have enough sense to shut up!.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 11:01 am

It’s inconceivable to a black guy that white people don’t recognize other white people when meeting them for the first time at an airport. That is why white people hold up signs for other white people to see. But to some black people the only possible answer is that because he is black nobody was looking for him.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 11:04 am

I was at a counter at a store and a black lady next to me was complaining that she had to wait longer than others to get served. She went into a rant about how she was not being served because she was black. She brought up history and slavery. The thing was that she showed up after me and I had not been served yet either. She started ranting after a three minute wait. I had been there for fifteen minutes noticing that the guy at the counter was busy. Must be an example of more racial profiling.

Can you handle the truth ?   July 29th, 2009 - 11:11 am

Yeah right,the first Black people that set foot in this country was in 1602.They went through almost four centuries of slavery,lynchings and segregation.This thing about Black people is in America’s DNA.White folk find it easier to blame Black folk for their treatment than own up to the facts.

If they face it,they will have to admit that America is not perfect.Black folk should just be perfectly happy about the racism that they have gone through,to let white folks tell it.

Btw you can stop worshiping Crowley.Goggle “911 call does not support” Sgt Crowley’s report. …
Every time I tried to post it,Breibarf would put it in awaiting moderation and would not post it.You can bet that fact wont be on a news thread here.

CommonSense   July 29th, 2009 - 11:19 am

Can you handle the truth ? July 29th, 2009 – 11:11 am – Hey dummy – I’VE NEVER MET A SLAVE OR A PLANTATION OWNER IN THIS COUNTRY. I SURE DIDN’T PROSPER FROM SLAVERY SO GET OVER YOURSELF. YOU ARE A SAD LITTLE PERSON WHO HAS NOTHING ELSE IN LIFE BUT TO THINK THAT YOU HAVE BEEN PUT THROUGH SOME AWFUL EXPERIENCE 400 YEARS AGO.
And just remember that it was Black Africans like Obamas Fathers ancestors who sold those slaves to white people WAY BACK IN 1602! If you’re gonna blame us you BETTER BLAME YOUR MESSIAHS FATHER!

Observantminority   July 29th, 2009 - 11:34 am

Yes. Breitbart has been flagging posts that correct right-wing falsehoods. Even when there are no foul language words being used.

We now know that Sgt. Crowley’s report contains numerous false statements that he made up to support his version of the facts. The lady who called 911 is correcting the facts and the actual 911 tape has been released. The RIGHT-WING LUNATICS don’t want to talk about that!!!!

Once again, OBAMA WINS!!!!

starhawk   July 29th, 2009 - 11:39 am

“Can you handle the truth”, question is can you?.
History is full of people enslaving other people, eventually the enslaved rise up and free themselves!.
They do not moan and groan forever about their “bad Karma”, they go on with their lives!.
Look at the immigrants that came to this country and the horrors they had to go through, the Irish, the Italians, the Greeks, the Polish…..
What they did, (intead of complaining all the time, and asking for charity) is work hard, and have their children live better lives than they did!.

bypass   July 29th, 2009 - 11:56 am

Can you handle the truth ? July 29th, 2009 – 11:11 am – I’ve never met a slave or a slave owner in this country. Get over your victim status.
You’ve never been a slave – you don’t know what you’re talking about.
And if you hold whitey responsible be sure to include Barack Hussein Obama Jr and Sr and their ancestors of who were the BLACK AFRICANS WHO SOLD THEM TO WHITES ORIGINALLY.
Clueless.

CommonSense   July 29th, 2009 - 12:06 pm

Barrack Hussein Obama Jr. and Sr. are also to blame for slavery – they are decendants of those in Africa who sold the slaves to whitey in the first place.

@starhawk   July 29th, 2009 - 12:07 pm

Blah, blippity, blah, blah, blah.

Racism is real and its a problem. Telling us that it’s existed for a long time doesn’t justify it. People have a right to complain about being mistreated and people who mistreat others don’t have a right to do it.

Either change your racist ways or deal with the consequences because no one is putting up with it anymore.

@starhawk   July 29th, 2009 - 12:17 pm

(Blah, blippity, blah, blah, blah)

Useless!, how do you explain color to a person born blind?.

Everything to you and yours is racism!, there isn’t lazyness, welfare generations, crime totaly Disproportionate.

CommonSense   July 29th, 2009 - 12:36 pm

(ty BBTV)

Kara   July 29th, 2009 - 1:49 pm

When someone didn’t recogonize Powell at the airport, that was racial profiling? Maybe they aren’t aware of whoever is the National Security Advisor. I certainly couldn’t name who it is right now, and definitely not what they look like.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 2:01 pm

Powell’s racial profiling is much like Gates and Obama’s racial profiling. It did not happen, other than they all assumed that the white guys must be racists. This is simply the blacks doing racial profiling on the whites. But then, that is ok because, as we all know, blacks cant possibly be racial profilers or racists.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 2:07 pm

The first slaves in America were mostly white. Although we did have some black slaves early on too it was more common that they were white. Later on when black slave traders had an abundance of slaves there was a much larger influx. Lynching was not all that common in the first two hundred years. It was most common in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Compared to black on white crime there has been one aprx one lynching of a black person compared to thousands of rapes, murders of whites by blacks. The KKK was founded by five democrats. In it’s prime the KKK was 90% white protestant democrats. The KKK made an accurate statement. That they would have no problem keeping the blacks down but that it was white republicans that would prove to be the enemy of the KKK. The blacks have been slaves to the democrat party (founders and participants of the KKK and for the most part the white guys that lynched blacks) ever since.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 2:10 pm

Most racism today in America is made up or exaggerated. Powell’s story showed no evidence of actual racial profiling. It did show that both he and Gates racial profiled the white guy and assumed racism without evidence. Blacks show repeated and common racist attitudes towards whites. There is a racial problem but most of it is done by blacks, per capita. Clean up your own house before you complain to others.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 2:13 pm

The facts so far in Powell’s example of racial profiling.

1) The guy meeting him was white
2) The guy meeting him had no idea who he was looking for
3) The guy did not state that he was looking for a white person
4) Powell assumed that the white guy was a racist, thereby guilty of racial profiling
5) Powell is a dunderheaded nincompoop, putting it mildly.

John_from_FL   July 29th, 2009 - 4:10 pm

We need to move past blaming everything on race. In this incident, there were 2 egos that clashed and lead to the incident. I do not believe race was a factor, Overly inflated egos on both sides were the issue. That is the teachable lesson.

On a personal note: I am a white male in my 40s. My only traffic citation was from a black police officer in Melbourne, FL. When I asked for a reason, his only comment was ‘I am only trying to make a point, you may or may not have broken a law’. Looking back I wonder if I was reverse racially profiled. It was later dropped in court with the officer present. My point – it may go both ways and calm heads should discuss issues after the heat of the moment.

edword   July 29th, 2009 - 4:12 pm

How far can the pathetic excuse for a general fall?

Anyone in the military would wince at this show of WEAKNESS.

This is so embarrassing to watch.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 4:24 pm

John_from_FL if you note the report in detail the cop did his job and there is no evidence of ego being involved. The only racial profiling done was by black Gates by assuming that because the cop was white he must be a white racists. This is typical racial profiling done by lots of blacks eager to retain victim status. You john will not be able to get over it unless you start dealing with the facts of the matter. And then idiot racist Obama decided to make matters worse by totally lying about what happened, then he lied at the start of his coverup then continues to lie about the facts even today. Did he or did he not call the cops stupid? Yes he did. However he now says that he did not call them stupid. Yeah right. And he never bowed to the saudi’s either. Obama is a known liar with a racist background. I will not let the facts slide and this issue will be repeated for years to come because honest people will not let Obama and Gates get away with their lies.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 4:27 pm

Obviously nobody described what he looked like so how is he supposed to know who he is looking for unless Powell, like smart people do, holds up a sign.

Collin Powell   July 29th, 2009 - 4:50 pm

I have pretended to be a victim of racial profiling for most of my life. For example, even though I dont have all the facts, and I cant prove a damn word about what I am about to say, I am sure I was racial profiled when a white guy that did not know me did not look for a black guy at the airport when he was sent over to pick me up one day. You see, that is the evil of racial profiling. I had to waste my valuable time and go up to the counter and tell whitey that they need to be looking for me, a black guy. I mean they all should have none me by sight, right.

Norm   July 29th, 2009 - 4:57 pm

@observantminority 11.34am

You feeble crazed simpleton, you’re full of it. Go away.

You’ve just acknowledged to everyone else that you’re too stupid to figure out how the moderation works.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 4:59 pm

One common stupidity amongst blacks is to vote for democrats. Especially considering that the majority of lynchings was done by white democrats. And that 90% of the KKK membership at it’s peak was white protestant DEMOCRATS. And that the vast majority of democrats voted against all of the early civil rights bills and that the republicans voted in favor of civil rights bills. After this kind of history one wonders why blacks continue to vote for democrats. Just stupid or misinformed?

Observantminority   July 29th, 2009 - 5:04 pm

For you racists who use the dumb excuse of Africans selling other Africans into slavery, and to be clear if you’ve ever uttered that lame justification you ARE a RACIST, Black Africans didn’t ship a single slave ANYWHERE overseas, WHITE PEOPLE DID and WHITE PEOPLE PAID A LOT OF MONEY to do it. Any arguments between Black Americans and Africans is a personal one that doesn’t involve YOU and, it won’t get your ancestors off the hook.

As for going back to Africa, you might want to know that in many if not most cases, your great-granddaddy and Black Americans great-granddaddy is the SAME GUY! Did you see the story about the fact that Professor Gates and Sgt. Crowley are distant relatives descending from the same Irish line. The truth surrounds you all and you have nowhere to run, but as I read daily on Breitbart you do have the ability to LIE. Lying is your greatest talent of racists who are white.

Barry Obama   July 29th, 2009 - 5:21 pm

As I promised, I will not be using a scapel to cut expenses because I am too busy using thousands of dump-trucks to add even more expenses to our debt. But just as I did or did not promise, depending who I was talking to on a given day, I will or will not get back to using that scalpel and or dump-truck to do or not do exactly what I may or may not have said. If that did not make sense I might need to calibrate my wording during my next speech, depending on who I am talking to. Thank you for staying misinformed and if you feel that you need a moment to explain to the cops why you are acting crazy, remember the word racist. Or course racial profiling works in a pinch too. Now back to uniting this nation of ours that I am always apologizing for because of Bush and Cheney and Lincoln and some other damned republicans getting us into this mess that I obviously just now inherited.

Observantminority   July 29th, 2009 - 5:26 pm

Of course Kmichaels, it would be in the interest of Black people to vote for racist POS like yourself. Powell had to learn his lesson the hard way in dealing with disloyal, racist, liars who only wanted to use his not too Black skin for political gain and tokenism. It was a masterful stroke to use Powell as the scapegoat to cover for the lies Bush and Cheney told the nation about Iraq. Any minority in your camp is expendable and they are a fool if they put any trust in your ilk or think otherwise.

I heard Alberto Gonzales, another right-wing token may have finally gotten a job after he sold his honor and soul for you people.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 5:31 pm

You see, I point out the obvious about some blacks and so I must be a racist. Obvsiouly NotSoObservantMinority is projecting his own racism upon others. If he were really observant he would not be voting for the dem party that started the KKK and was 90% of the KKK at it’s peak and that actually did the lynchings. Obviously when I said some blacks were stupid I meant NotSoObservantMinority. I mean just read some of his STUPID POSTS. But then again, since he is black he cant possibly be a lying racist too.

Observantminority   July 29th, 2009 - 5:33 pm

I hate all whites because you are all racists. And Obama is a good leader. Even though I cant quite figure out what he is saying most of the time. Because he is black, not white, I trust him. So take that you idiot white racists.

kmichaels   July 29th, 2009 - 5:37 pm

Now once again, NotSoObservantMinority why is it in the interest of you blacks to vote for the dem party that founded the KKK, were the primary members and leaders of the KKK, that lynched your people, that segregated your people, and that said that they would have no problem keeping your people down and under their control? Like I said, you are either stupid or misinformed. I know that Barry Bonds, MPJ and ObeservantMinority are all stupid morons, but what about the rest of the black community? All just suckered little children or just so misinformed that you believe any white guy that promises you more of some rich white guy’s money? Which is it?

jean   July 29th, 2009 - 7:49 pm

Powell is so white, I really don’t believe what he said happened.

Observantminority   July 29th, 2009 - 9:38 pm

Kmichaels you’re as dumb as they come and ignorant to boot. You’re not talking to your bubbafied buddies. The old racist democrats all became republicans and abandoned the democratic party once civil rights legislation began to be supported by the Democrats. Some of the greatest Democratic party segregationists jumped to Republican Party in the 50s and 60s where they have been welcome every since.

It isn’t about the title of the party, it’s about the people in the party and Breitbart proves me correct on this point several times an hour. Democrats aren’t free from racism either but there is little doubt that the Republicans cast themselves as the party of wealthy White traditionalists and white trash racists. I know quite a few of those wealthy white traditionalists and even they realize they are stuck with white racist trash in the Republican Party. It’s actually kind of humorous because wealthy elite White Republicans don’t give a damn about affirmative action and all the buzzwords that set off poor whites.

You see, some poor white people spend their time attacking minorities because they think it at least makes them better than somebody else, wealthy Whites don’t waste their time with garbage like that because they already know who they are and what they have. However, wealthy Whites still need your votes, so their willing to let you foam at the mouth a bit as long as they aren’t publicly associated with you.

wd   July 30th, 2009 - 11:50 am

GHWB 41 and GWB 43 gave Powell the very top positions in their admistrations; from Gen. of a Major Command to Sec. of State to name a couple. What does he do? He turns his back on the Rep. party and jumps ship once he see’s that BHO is going to win the election. Powell is an oppurtunist without principles or morals without allegience to party; he just goes with whatever’s most benificial to him. Powell is now officially a left wing Dem, aligning himself to BHO because that is most convienent to him. Of course he’s going to trash Gov. Palin, that’s the ideology of the Dem. party he is now a member of …Powell has ZERO credability and is a backstabbing trader to the Rep. party …period! This turncoat cannot be trusted.

kmichaels   July 30th, 2009 - 5:25 pm

OK, lets review the lunatic logic of the idiot NotSoObservantMinority.

Here is his claim. See if it makes sense.

“The old racist democrats all became republicans and abandoned the democratic party once civil rights legislation began to be supported by the Democrats.”

Now, let’s review the logic of it. The dems founded the KKK, ran it, manned it by 90%. The dems voted against all the early civil rights bills. The KKK stated that there enemy was white republicans. The democrats voted against civil rights bills and the republicans voted in favor of the civil rights bills.

Ok, now, according to nitwitted troll NSOM the democrats that were racists all switched over to the republican party since the republicans were always in favor of civil rights, were considered the enemy of the KKK and the dem party was the only party that voted against civil rights.

Hey, NotSoObservant, which part of your moronic tripe is supposed to make sense?

kmichaels   July 30th, 2009 - 5:30 pm

Next racists stupidity from NotSoObservant …

Wealthy whites want the votes of poor whites so they let them be racist in order to get their votes.

What in hell is that idiot NotSoObservant trying to say? That there is a big market of white racist votes by rich white guys and these guys are all republicans? Hell, dude, the republicans are not the ones in favor of given rich money to the poor folk. That socialism is all yours you damned idiot fool. It is the rich white dems that want the poor vote and the incentive of the poor to vote for dems is the promise of rich white money.

It is just damn funny how NotSoObservant can get every key point arse backwards but sure enough that drooling idiot does it.

poetopoet   July 30th, 2009 - 7:47 pm

No, you are the bigot, you black Benedict Arnold; your troops followed you to hell and back in Iraq. No one shot you or insulted you; yes sir, no sir, that’s all you heard, you frelling black ingrate general. Protecting another British subject are you again? You’re about cause another civil war; England’s final coups de-tat, America‘s destruction, before England falls to The Nation of Islam, frell you, not in my America I say!

The tale of an anarchistic, narcotic and parasitic narcissistic ruler of a great nation was told not that long ago; in Mein Kampf and Zweites Buch. Conversely by the current President of the United States who also printed two books, Dreams of my Father and The Audacity of Hope. Not by accident, I think; they believe in the same thing, kind-of, to reach their final ends in black and white, warning us. All Americans should be made well aware of this fact, I believe.

The divisions the President of these United States insists on employing. Be that of health care, the budget or the simple Gates issue of a helpless black homeowner to cheap and reactionary or planned to fix his front door after being broken into previously; while a white police officer of impeccable credentials, he (Obama) called stupid; exacerbates the issue of black against white and right against wrong. I call to America’s attention, Hail Hitler (joke), kind of; we need no brown shirts or Czars, for Obama’s hot air or green gas to keep us in line or alive, we are American’s after all, I pray.

Obama’s tactics, tried and condemned, all failures in history; he wants to repeat on America again. When does a self confessed, crack smoking, cocaine user, rule a great or any nation again? Not even a citizen of that nation, as Hitler was born in Austria not in Germany, and still the question is alive where Obama was born, Hawaii, Kenya or Canada. This regrettably and currently is unresolved in America, for this scandal and situation to happen all over again? I pray to God, the Jesus type to save us, before we all kill each other, over this fraud and impeachable president.

This is a test, a wake up call, don’t be alarmed; go back to sleep and watch ABC, CBS, and NBC, the current level of education taught and believed by some. This is not a lesson in German history to be repeated, I hope? But what happened in 1776, Washington’s war and The War of 1812, when England (the British) burned down The White House, will not be repeated again, in God’s name or in Mohamed’s name, for any reason!

I do not own a gun, but if this continues I will have to bye one or more, while I still have that right to, and suggest the same to any true American, and do not tell anyone you did.

Lock N Load   July 31st, 2009 - 10:02 pm

@poetopoet I hope you do purchase a firearm. Do some research plus find someone that has several and go to a firing range or find a range where you can try several. I have everything from a .22 to an Argentine 1911 model .45.

The best one I’ve fired is a Desert Eagle .50 cal. my nephew has.

poetopoet   August 1st, 2009 - 1:50 pm

Lock N load, thanks i will get that one, and hand gun too.

poetopoet   August 1st, 2009 - 1:54 pm

The U.S. Constitution starts with “We The People” not I the president or we the congress or we the senate. We the people are about to enter a phase of open unchecked protests, with some being shot dead. History always repeats the good and bad in life; it’s just that the good forgive and forget too much. The bad on the other hand never forget and never forgive. There is no difference intellectually with what Obama is claiming by implication between Carl Marx, Lenin and him. All very bad people who wanted to destroy the existing rule, with their rule.

A simple protest against taxes helped form this nation of America, it was called the Tea Party. Now there are Tea Parties everywhere and yet, not a single sitting politician hears them. There is something vitally wrong with this Obamanation, the demoncrats stand for and by.

When a capable, able mother is ridiculed, maligned and sued, to point where she has to resign a governorship to defend herself: What pleasure must there be for the demoncrat elites to get out of it? The propaganda media, be that news anchors, radio and TV hosts and guests, news paper owners and journalists, cartoonist and comedians all together join in on this assault on one little mother from Alaska, Sarah Palin. I ask you what do they know and they fear?

The Sarah Plain that you (if normal) may not know personally but have come to respect
and admire, be that the ability to give birth and not terminate the life of her baby, her capacity to dutifully run and hold a mayor’s job, then run and hold a Governorship,
while running for the vice president of America, speaks and says a lot of good things to me and I hope you too. The born for rebellion sitting community leader Obama, can not hold a finger up to this woman, Sarah Palin.

Most Americans sat back and watched the demoncratic movement forge and steal the presidency; with the help of Acorns proven false voter logs, mass platforms of staged performances; and a biased unbridled media, unable and unwilling to tell the truth; Marx, Lenin and Hitler himself, along with Randolph Hearst would be proud of. What comes next I believe is the scary part; when a simple honest request by law, for a birth certificate is denied with all the force and power of the presidency and congress. Sadly the freedom to vote, pick and chose who you want for any office or for a doctor is taken away by a president who addresses us as citizens of the world, not Americans, its time for real change.

God bless America, please.

Keith   August 1st, 2009 - 4:43 pm

British Empire, we miss you.

Switalla   August 2nd, 2009 - 5:47 pm

What’s the matter Colin? Trying hard to be relevant, again? As if you ever were.

Boo-hoo!!! Black men don’t get no respek!!! Enjoy your retirement Uncle Tom: head off into the sunset.

poetopoet   August 2nd, 2009 - 6:00 pm

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=105764

This is Obama’s Kenyan Birth Certificate dated Aug. 4, 1961

sparkjockey   August 2nd, 2009 - 7:50 pm

Let’s see,

Chairman of the joint chief of staff, secretary of state, exactly where has this man been held back by racism. To think that only a black person is only capable of experiencing racism is beyond comprehension. I, a white male, have been subject to cruel actions by members of many different races, black and hispanic to name the major agressors.

Many things happen throughout anyone’s life. The thickness of certain peoples skin is what is in question. The way to a successful life is to find the thing that interests you and to pursue this, in the way anyone would with a job. Then, when your passion becomes your job, the sky is the limit. Colin Powel held some of the most powerful positions in the world, yet cannot get past someone not likeing a black man because he is black.

It doesn’t mean that success still doesn’t flow to the deserving. Get a grip!

Sparkjockey – Fort Worth Texas

KYJurisDoctor   August 3rd, 2009 - 11:39 am

This is NOT surprising as every Black man in America can attest to that fact of racial profiling!

poetopoet   August 3rd, 2009 - 12:44 pm

As a 65 old white male, who was robed 3 times and crashed into deliberately twice by black men and I still hold no hostility or bigotry to black people because i know many great outstanding black people, who are victims of blacks themselves. Where do you fit in Doc? I know blacks who come from around the world, even Africa, resent being called black or African, as on Obama’s alleged COLB. The are Kenyans, Jamaicans, South Africans, etc., etc. But blacks like you like being called black excuse, thus you are on black mother frelling list, jerk.

KYJurisDoctor August 3rd, 2009 – 11:39 am

This is NOT surprising as every Black man in America can attest to that fact of racial profiling!

Mike   August 3rd, 2009 - 1:35 pm

Powell got where he did in the military and beyond for one reason affirmative action so it’s laughable that he now talls about profiling

Larry   August 3rd, 2009 - 2:16 pm

Let me get this straight. Powell went to the airport. No one recognized him. No one bothered him. No one hassled or harassed him. In fact, everyone let him be until he went up to the counter and introduced himself, and then he was treated like royalty. My God, how does that poor man endure such oppression?

Robin   August 16th, 2009 - 2:32 am

I’m sure Colin Powell is staying up at night, oh sooo upset that all you little insignificant little “believe and repeat everything you hear your so-called white heros” say negative about anybody other than a white man. Oh Powell, you’ve lost the respect of these ever so smart little people! Woe is you! ; (

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