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lawrence welk wilkerson who's a republican
and a former colin powell aid
blasted john sununu saying my own propel the can party is full of racist this is
great video lawrence wilkerson on the and shop show on msnbc listen to what he
had to say about his own party
uh... in the comment that john sununu made he said when you look at colin
powell
there may be some of the reasons why he would
support president obama what what does this say if anything about the
republican party does indeed isn't this getting to be somewhat of a brand of the
republican party twelve governor sununu's part i think it was an
unfortunate slip of the words but you're insinuating something and your
insecurities something that is absolutely accurate
my party
unfortunately is the bastion of those people not all of them but most of the
who are still basing their decisions on a race all let me just be candid
my party is full of racist then the real reason a considerable portion of my
party
wants president mom out of the white house has nothing to do with the content
of his character nothing to do with his competence as commander in chief and
president and everything to do with the color of his skin brilliant i mean
brilliantly saying you know what do you what he really is saying is that
not all republicans are racist but by and large
the majority of racists are republican and we've heard this for so long and
it's offensive to say it
and the right wing gets all of you know the pennies and a bunch from when it
when it said
but it's the reality it's just the reality
we talk about this all the time
uh... weekend because
we're not republicans
president obama himself
dismissed john sununu suggestion by the way he told michael's work on ish any
suggestion that general powell would make such a profound statement in such
an important election based on anything other than what he thought was best for
the country doesn't make much sense
and we have no reason to think that colin powell below except for the fact
that
he decided to make those statements
making the case that there were
those weapons of mass destruction in iraq
that wasn't best for the country but he did come out and say you know that was a
mistake
but uh... he he had a leg that that every time i think about colin powell i
do think he's a stand-up guy
intrinsically endorses we think the believes
but he did admit to having made that mistake that an
and this is uh... dismay carried some hot water from the don't really know
uh... whether or not going through rock
was
the worst case scenario for this country i mean perhaps
things we secured over there in terms of uh...
because of our dependence on it right may have actually in the long-term help
this country significantly yes the hypothetically aborted didn't turn out
that way all that people who were going to have her act never actually happened
and they were actually in worse shape right now at in terms of seventy l but
maybe he did have two countries
best interest of how i see what you're saying that you're saying not that in
acted actually worked out that way but maybe at the time colin powell did think
what he was doing was the best thing long term eight hundred they think we
are not
uh... but look at lawrence wilkerson here
marion berry brave
to come out and say most of the racist there in my party
and this is a problem