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Powell lashes out at Palin: I’m from the South Bronx, ‘and there’s nothing wrong with my value system.’
Powell lashes out at Palin: I’m from the South Bronx, ‘and there’s nothing wrong with my value system.’
In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that will air this weekend, former Secretary of State Colin Powell sharply criticized the Republican party and it’s “values” system, taking particular aim at Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK): Gov. Palin, to some extent, pushed the party ...
Powell: GOP 'polarization' backfired in election
Powell: GOP 'polarization' backfired in election
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — (CNN) — The Republican party must stop "shouting at the world" and start listening to minority groups... if it is to win elections in the 21st century, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday. In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria ... (more) Powell: GOP 'polarization' backfired in election
Rush Responds to General Powell
Rush Responds to General Powell
rushlimbaugh.com — RUSH: Ladies and gentlemen, I want to thank all of you for your e-mails of support regarding... this interview that Colin Powell did on CNN yesterday. The whole thing wears me out. It's nothing new except now it's coming from ostensibly the Republican ... (more) Rush Responds to General Powell
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Colin Powell Slams Sarah Palin: I'm From The South Bronx... "Nothing Wrong With My Value System" (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell took aim at Sarah Palin and the Republican party's emphasis on small-town values during an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakharia that will air this Sunday. Powell also says that we should rethink its "don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuals in the military. As noted by Think Progress, Powell says: Gov. Palin, to some extent, pushed the party more to the right, and I think she had something of a polarizing effect when she talked about how small town values are good. Well, most of us don't live in small ...

Colin Powell Slams Sarah Palin: I'm From The South Bronx... "Nothing Wrong With My Value System" (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell took aim at Sarah Palin and the Republican party's emphasis on small-town values during an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakharia that will air this Sunday. Powell also says that we should rethink its "don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuals in the military. As noted by Think Progress, Powell says: Gov. Palin, to some extent, pushed the party more to the right, and I think she had something of a polarizing effect when she talked about how small town values are good. Well, most of us don't live in small ...

Powell: Palin Pushed Party to the Right (Duh!)
The Latest on Air America — ... In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria (airs this weekend), former Secretary of State Colin Powell takes the Republican party to task by condemning its value system. As Thinkprogress notes: ...

Colin Powell vs. Sarah Palin
The Corner on National Review Online — ... ] A South Bronxer lashes out : Gov. Palin, to some extent, pushed the party more to the right, and I think she had something of a polarizing effect when she talked about how small town values are good. Well, most of us don t live in small towns. And I was raised in the South Bronx, and there s nothing wrong with my value system from the South Bronx. And when they came to Virginia and said the southern part of Virginia is good and the northern part of Virginia is bad. The only problem with that is there are more votes in the northern part of Virginia than there are in the ...

Big City Values
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — By Patrick Appel The transcript from an interview with Powell yesterday: Gov. Palin, to some extent, pushed the party more to the right, and I think she had something of a polarizing effect when she talked about how small town values are good. Well, most of us don’t live in small towns. And I was raised in the South Bronx, and there’s nothing wrong with my value system from the South Bronx. And when they came to Virginia and said the southern part of Virginia is good and the northern part of Virginia is bad. The only problem ...

Colin Powell Calls Out Sarah Palin and the GOP Over “Small Town Values”
Comments from Left Field — ... of them *eek* not white–in the Bronx. And in Arlington. To say nothing of Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Miami, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, Cleveland…) Pshh. Wevs. Who needs complicated statistics and a viable long-term political strategy when you have fresh moose-burgers and a collective annual oil stipend (which, btw, is so not socialism) to cling to, along with guns, religion and marginalizing resentment? h/t Think Progress

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