Colin Powell: Tea Party Presidential Candidate Can’t Win in 2012 (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, November 27, 2011, 2:54 PM
Former Bush official and Obama supporter Colin Powell told ABC’s “This Week With Christiane Amanpour” that the tea party presidential candidate can’t win in 2012. Powell believes that the tea party is too rigid.
The Hill reported:
The Hill reported:
“The Tea Party point of view of ‘no compromise whatsoever’ is not a point of view that will eventually produce a presidential candidate who will win,” he said on ABC’s “This Week With Christiane Amanpour.”
Powell said taking the no-compromise position isn’t helping get things done in Washington, and called on members of Congress to “come back to the center to compromise” in order to see progress.
“Compromise is how this country was founded,” he said, offering as an example the issue of slavery. “Can you imagine more difficult compromises today?” he asked. “We have a Congress now that can’t even pass an appropriations bill.”
Powell slammed the tone on Capitol Hill, which he called “very tense.”
“Republicans and Democrats are focusing more and more on their extreme left and extreme right,” he said “Unless two people in disagreement with each other don’t find a way to reach out to one another and make compromises, you don’t get a consensus that allows you to move forward.”
It’s not the first time Powell attacked the tea party.
In September 2010 Powell criticized the tea party’s inflammatory remarks against President Obama.
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Gride commented:
Coming from someone who votes based on skin color.
Obama commented:
ThaT’S MY MAN, TELL IT TO THE WHITEY.
P. Aaron commented:
Powell has succeeded in making that hard-left-turn.
Tom Smith commented:
Colon who?
MrGoodWench commented:
Colon’s Bowel is acting up again…
IrishMarine commented:
From a highly overrated armchair General. If he had been in charge in WW 2 he would have called it quits at the Rhine and asked FDR to negotiate a peace. If had been a white officer he would have never made it past Lt Colonel.
MrGoodWench commented:
“The Tea Party point of view of ‘no compromise whatsoever’ is not a point of view that will eventually produce a presidential candidate who will win,” he said
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The TEA Party needs a candidate like Obama who will compromise the country’s
economic + border security
and like Obama has a point of view that Americans are lazy
squeaky commented:
[[Not surprisingly, neither the class warfare stoked by President Obama and his Party nor the resulting Occupy Wall Street movement was mentioned during this seven minute interview with Christiane Amanpour on ABC's This Week (video follows with transcript and commentary):]] i seem to think colin suffers from CRS. and then there’s that time span from 2001 thru current that seems to have lapsed in colins memory bank.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/11/27/colin-powell-blames-media-and-tea-party-divisive-tone-washington
i don’t think this reaction was brought about by the tea party……….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nONoF9UB8Vs&feature=fvsr
raybojabo commented:
Colon Powell? I think my granny had one of those removed.
Spider commented:
Who is the ‘Tea Party candidate’? It’s Michelle Bachmann, right?
She is 100% Tea Party.
I don’t think she will be the nominee so what are we talking about?
Bob Z commented:
Colin has no clue what he is talking about. Like Spider says Bachmann might be the Tea Party candidate. Palin if she was running.
StrangernFiction commented:
Powell is a statist. Of course he thinks the TEA Party is too rigid.
mg4us commented:
There are times for compromise and times to hold firm. . . runaway growth in federal spending and in the size of government deserves just one solution. . cut. . .
Our Founding fathers knew that the best government is a limited government, that is why they limited the powers of the US in OUR Constitution. . .
The TEA Party Patriots understand this. . . Col Powell doesn’t
He also forgot his oath to defend the Constitution from all enemies, Foreign or domestic. . when he supported Obama.
And to be on the show of an America-hating Elitist like Amanpour. . well enough said.
Spider commented:
The Tea Party is going to have huge influence on the 2012 election cycle, as they did in 2010.
Is the general saying they can be ignored? He’s nuts.
He voted for Obama, and will probably endorse him again.
That makes him a liberal who can be ignored.
Hobbitually conservative commented:
Obama has been so successful by compromise hasn’t he Mr. Powel? If anyone is “no compromise whatsoever” it is Obama. Lets make sure we parrot those white house talking points, it is our first black president after all.
bear commented:
Methinks this powell person is butt munching for a chance to replace the idiot in chief’s second in command. He sold his soul during the last election solely on the basis of race. I have no respect for this buffoon.
Highlander commented:
There IS one solution other than compromise (or in your case, defection) Colin …. one side can DEFEAT the other side, and send them packing. That is the solution this country needs, and THAT is the solution we are working toward … what a putz.
donh commented:
A black man praising 2 decades of ” compromising ” with slave masters…compromises that perpetuated the institution of slavery and ended in the failure of a Civil War…Your agruement is self invalidating in the worst possible way. See how desparate these people are to have a republican they can ” work ” with ?…Gotta be some ideological quisling who will give democrats 90% of what THEY want and 0% of what we want …otherwise its Obama again and we still get 0% of what we want. WINNING !
Reaganite Republican commented:
Colin Powell’s advice and a quarter will get you a cup of coffee at 7-11 (small)
NeoKong commented:
Gee thanks for the tip Colon.
I guess we should do what you did and vote for Obama.
squeaky commented:
OT but i wondered how the acme rocket guy came to the conclusion [newt thread] that obama was the brightest and wouldn’t need a teleprompter to debate newt………
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/
MrGoodWench commented:
The economic problems won’t be solved by increasing taxes, Secretary Powell.
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Oh Mr Hoft, whatever gave you the idea that the Bowell wants to SOLVE our economic problems ?
Spider commented:
bear, I didn’t think of that. That makes sense. The media has been floating the trial balloon of Hillary replacing the vice-doofus. That ain’t gonna fly cause even the Clintons want to see O fail, I think.
So double down on a completely race oriented candidacy. The media will be dealing the race card all day long.
MikeO commented:
What is rigid is the MATH!
Math does not compromiseMoney in MUST match money out. And Money In simply can’t be increased enough. Money Out has to be drastically reduced.
Maybe Colin can ‘negotiate’ with the laws of math to make those $15 trillion magically disappear.
CV1 commented:
It takes at least two parties to come to a true compromise. Apparently General Powell does not understand this.
Anyone who supports or supported Obama has zero credibility.
jim m commented:
That’s right. This is the same Colin Powell who said that obama would be the best thing for America in 2008. This sounds like a man who needs to be actively ignored before he hurts this country further.
Jayne on the Left Coast commented:
He’s as relevant as Tokyo Rove.
MaxTruth commented:
I know he wasn’t that good as Sec of State. Wonder how good he really was as Commander of Joint Chiefs of Staff? I’m starting to think he is all hat!
Big Al commented:
The good general has NO credibility on this question. He had the chance to support just such a moderate, conciliatory republican, fellow war hero and friend in 2008 and he DIDNT for purely racial reasons IMHO. The press loves to present him as a reasonable republican so they can twist the knife…and he reliably obliges. You sir are no republican so stop presenting yourself as one.
Black Sabbath commented:
Don’t you love how the guy who jumped ship on the Republicans and then told us to vote for Barack Obama now is ready to give us more helpful advice?
kansas commented:
Havent heard a word from Colon since 08.
Prefer it that way! Colon has NOT been missed.
kansas commented:
Colon needs a good cleansing!
donh commented:
Yeow Suh….dat wundeful compromise dat count de slave as 3/5 ob a regula man… As a black man I is so proud ob dat….. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-Fifths_Compromise
Jenny commented:
Who cares what he has to say about anything? Go away Colin.
Blackbird commented:
Colin Powell says, “We can’t elect a fire chief that puts out fires, that would be too rigid. We need a man that wants to try to compromise and negotiate with the fires.”
mg4us commented:
Amazing what affirmative action has wrought . . . complete idiot what does not even understand our history nor the importance of limiting government.
Guess he thinks Europe and elsewhere are so much more progressive. . not!
bigL commented:
thanks for everything colin…Das Vidanya (sp),sucker.
cutlers bad thumb commented:
WRONG Colin …… Anyone or for that matter anything could beat the moron we have as president right now…..Mickey Mouse, Sponge Bob, Mr Magoo take your pick.
MrGoodWench commented:
kansas commented:
Colon needs a good cleansing!
+++++
The only person who can do that is the
Public Enema # 1, he is known to lead from
behind
saveus commented:
His advice as obmama’s cheerleader is useless.
Obamas regulation destroy jobs commented:
Racist…another affirmative action supporter! Go real Americans! Did you notice how Obama left out GOD again for his Thanksgiving speech?? Only the liberal commies will appreciate his non American tradition kicked the curb again! He really makes me sick.
L.E. Liesner commented:
Colin Powell made that turn to the left years ago. He is nothing more then an Obama spokesman. At the rate Obama is going a three headed alcoholic monkey could beat him.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Powell believes that the tea party is too rigid.
The Republican Party’s problem is that it’s been too accommodating, too willing to compromise, sacrificing its principles (and the country) in the process.
Begone, Mr Powell. Leave us alone for good and enjoy your retirement. We have a lot of work ahead of us, picking up after the mess you and your fellow wobbly Republicans helped to make, and we want do that work in peace.
Unbelievable commented:
What is he even talking about? Does he know who tea party supporters will vote for? I don’t think so.
Like someone at the top of the thread said, coming from someone who voted for a monster based on skin color.
Give up Powell. No one is listening to you anymore.
a former dem commented:
Used to have a lot of respect for this man…… until 2008.
He’s shown himself to be a man craving attention, sadly he has no clue just how irrelevant he has become.
I’m sure he’ll make his usual rounds, say he’s not support his man in the WH, and then at the last minute endorse him thinking that will give help of some momemtum to his man; of course Mr. Powell has no clue just completely irrelevant he’s become or his words or his opinion.
Carbon Pootprint commented:
Big Ole Prog Statist flunky. yawwwnnnnnnnnn
Texas_Treeroach commented:
Late in his life, Colin Powell has come to view his surroundings through the uncompromising prism of liberalism and symptomatic racial bias.
As Powell now turns his back on facts, truth and the obvious conditions that this current administration have inflicted on our Country, he contradicts his own lifetime of service — one that is dedicated to protect the very principles which the Tea Party values most.
It’s a real shame — Perhaps he will be remembered most for his former lifetime of “service to Country,” rather than this current chapter of ignorance and political expediency.
Conservative Ken commented:
Powell is a sellout pure and simple. As such he is disregarded by the Left and the Right. Nothing more than a sometimes useful idiot.
Steve commented:
Nothing new here. Move on.
Molon Labe commented:
Shouldn’t Colon be sucing Obama’s weenie?
Bloodless Coup commented:
Powell is a useless blowhard.
WarEagle82 commented:
Remember the good old days before we realized Powell was a weasel?
bg commented:
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Molon Labe #51 November 27, 2011 at 5:44 pm
do you know how utterly vile & immature that sounds??
if not, you do now..
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Mandy commented:
Powell has always been the perfect affirmative action general. Promoted through the ranks as he shifted with the political winds. If I’m not mistaken he attained 5 star rank having never served in combat.
Sibyl West commented:
Sounds like everybody in this thread has stopped listening to idiots. Great!
Now go infect the others with your contagious self-determination.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Well this closet communist is out in the open now. Either that, or he’s just an ignorant old fool about what’s his name in the White House. He thinks the OWS movement is just fine though, including Bari”s friend Ayers.
Colin, Even though it isn’t spelled the same, your name suits you. You’re irrelevant anymore. You obviously never should have been a General.
Les Bullshot commented:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e69-GO4bYLM
bg commented:
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Powell Comments On Gingrich, D’Souza
Colin Powell Illegal Aliens Work at My House
Colin Powell on Tea Party, Immigration, and the truth about Obama!
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lynched1 commented:
I’d try to see things from Powell’s point of view, but I can’t get my head up my ass.
pink tie Republican commented:
Powell was both Bush’s affirmative action pick.
BurmaShave commented:
I gather form this that Colin Powell is going to support and vote for Obama (again), who is, by the way, undoing much of the work that Powell did as Secretary of State and before that as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; but hey, what’s that compared to the importance of identity politics.
Jenny M commented:
I think he’s saying a Tea Party candidate can’t win the general election. If that’s what he means, it’s true. Since Romney is going to get the nomination(despite the denial of many) we’ll never get to find out if a TP candidate can actually win anyone but far right America.
Matt commented:
Since all the Tea Party candidates are flailing, Bachman, Perry, Santorum, and the establishment Republicans are leading the pack, Gingrich, Romneyy, it didn’t take rocket science to make this statement.
Conservative Ken commented:
Powell’s finger is in the air testing the political winds and deciding which establishment rear he is going to have to kiss to get back in the power game.
If this is how he rose to the rank of General, it gives me no confidence in our flag officers.
Callipygian1 commented:
Colin Powell is a non-person to me. It’s clear that he has his own agenda, and it does not coincide with mine.
Leatherhelmet commented:
Powell is irrelevant these days and certainly has burned every republican bridge he ever had.
Tyranny's Bain commented:
AuRRRRRRRRRRRRRgh!
By your definition, Colon, Obama’s the great compromiser? On healthcare? The stimulus? End around amnesty? Just look at how he included the Republican’s input…what a compromiser ah Colon?
Conservatives have been “compromising” with the left since FDR, creating a massive federal welfare statist bureaucratic nightmare. Look where that has taken us. Dare I say to the brink. It is time we reversed course. The left should be the one’s compromising, as their experiment in statism is a unmitigated failure.
Ella commented:
All that matters to Colin Powell is color. Are you going to vote for him again, Colin, because it’s working out so well? /s
regularguy commented:
Powell’s an unqualified disappointment. Reagan MADE him. He may have been an affirmative action general for Republicans, but that’s no where near the affirmative action putz the Democrats make out of all blacks.
Mo commented:
Thank you for your service to this country General Powell!!! Now sit down and STHU!!!!!
ogee commented:
Tea Party? Rigid? He doesn’t even know what the Tea Party is. He’ll have to come to grips with the fact that it’s the silent majority.
2012 is nearly here. Let’s boot them all out.
Colon is scared of Tea Party…..Just like Soros/Schwartz and obamasoetorodunham.
Patty commented:
Powell, sorry Pale, your influence and two cents are so yesterday. And who ever you like I hope to vote the opposite.
And sir you haven’t a clue who the tea party is and what they stand for, when a know it all opens their mouth and a whole lot of goobly goo comes out, you know the opposite of what they say is definitely the better course.
Patty commented:
Seems a whole lot of goobly goo feel out of my mouth…:lol:
Patty commented:
The Elites who think they know the Tea Party and the Americans who have worked so hard for their families and stood for hours opposing Obama care and the spending, no budget, the devil may care attitudes of these elitist.
Powell is looking for some sort of recognition and air time apparently. I bet he has never really read anything that the tea party has suggested. He has been for Obama from day one. And truthfully, when he voted for him, he prove is ignorance. Obama has been the worse president this nation has seen, yet Powell is still blabbering on, whether a Tea party candidate or whoever, they will be a thousand times better than Obama.
Larkin commented:
Considering the fact that C.P. supported the destroyer in the White House, how can anyone take ANYTHING that he says seriously.
T commented:
“Get[tting] things done in Washington” and “com[ing] back to the center to compromise” are what got us into this situation to start with. It’s time to just “do the right thing”. But the general sees that as extremism. Sorry, we’ve heard that too many times before and know where his real beliefs lie.
labman57 commented:
10 essential steps necessary to become a viable GOP candidate for POTUS:
Denigrate gays, Muslims, and non-English speaking immigrants.
1) Claim that God spoke to you and encouraged you to run for office.
2) Publicly declare that Obama is a socialist and question his loyalty to the United States.
3) Defend the right of corporations to maximize profits unfettered by environmental and business regulations or workers rights, and insist that corporate taxes be slashed or eliminated.
4) Imply that all unemployed and otherwise downtrodden Americans are shiftless, lazy parasites on society.
5) Insist that the top 1% wealthiest Americans are overtaxed and that economically impoverished folks are undertaxed.
6) “Obamacare is socialism!”
7) Vow to eliminate Social Security and Medicare.
9) Tea party protestors are patriots, Occupy protestors are anti-American thugs, bums, and hoodlums.
10) Embrace the philosophy of political contrarianism — if Obama is for “it”, then you must be against “it”, no matter what “it” happens to be.
Of course, becoming a candidate that can attract a right wing following is easy. Winning over moderates and independents without losing favor with tea party extremists — not so easy.
labman57 commented:
Congressional Republicans insist that they want to compromise on ways to reduce the federal debt and other key issues.
Unfortunately, the Republican concept of compromise — a key component of any meaningful negotiation — is for the opposition to discard their own beliefs and completely embrace the conservative point of view.
In short, their notion of negotiation involves capitulation by the opposition.
The GOP made a huge gamble by embracing the often naive, frequently irrational, usually hyperbolic rhetoric of the tea party movement. The party leadership stands at a political precipice, contemplating whether to back away slowly, oblivious of the mindless tea party stampede heading straight toward them that will send the entire party over the cliff.
no man commented:
If he was white, he would never have made major. Dopey sob.
Another Obama worsiping moron along withlabman. Cuz you and Obama cannot possibly tax enough to cover all the added spending, you freaking idiots.
no man commented:
Powell and lab man, occupy this: .!.. Commie clowns.
Not enough regs!
Dodd Frank will add nearly 400 to the thousands on banks.
Obama prohibited Canada oil so China gets it.
I could go on all night.
Obama never heard anything from God, he spent 20 years listening to Wright and hate Whitey garbage.
I could go on all night, you bloody imbecile.
Patty commented:
http://www.cjr.org/full_court_press/colin_powell_american_coward.php?page=all
Scroll down and look through the many comments about Powell. He seems to be his own worse enemy.
CommieJuice commented:
It’s typical for some, but apparently race is thicker than ideology. What an overall disgrace! At least his parents named him right.
squeaky commented:
a visitor from huffingtonpuffington land…….who left the backdoor open?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/labman57
WTFPRESIDENT commented:
When he said that the Tea Party was making this country divisive, I laughed my ass off!!! Has he EVER listened to the MOST DIVISIVE PRESIDENT we have ever had??? NO…our President is black, so the black republican must defend him against those nasty tea partiers who want less taxes, less government, and less regulations. HOW DIVISIVE can they be???
Let’s listen to dear leader, and tax everyone more, so Michelle can take some more vacations!!!
squeaky commented:
the richmond tea party noticed that the occupy group paid none of the expenses that the tea party paid for their events. and now richmond responds to the tea party’s request for a refund……..shades of using the irs to punish clinton accusers.
http://www.rightsidenews.com/2011112715032/us/politics-and-economics/richmond-city-audits-local-tea-party-after-standoff-with-mayor.html
Ausonius commented:
This fake repub publicly supported barry o in the last election.
No credibility whatsoever.
Does he really think any conservatives care one bit what he thinks?
Jimbo commented:
I thought our deficit problems started when we had a Republican President, a Republican Congress and a Republican Senate declare two unfunded wars along with the implementation of three massive tax cuts for corporations and billionaires. Someone please let me know if I’m wrong.
srk commented:
romney wins…conservatism dies!
JimmyT commented:
What turn to the left are you guys talking about? CP has always been a left leaning moderate. His advice has real credibility since he told us bambi would be a good president! LOL
TigerEyes commented:
Powell is a coward. He was a Coward when it came to Iraq and he was a Coward when he became a Rino. No Liberal should ever be a General, as they are way too cowardly to protect this country. Go home to your Mommie Powell, so you can grow up and become a man who tells the truth.
BarbaraS commented:
Boy, we sure did dodge the bullet when he decided not to run for president in the early 90s. Just think what a donnybrook this country would be if he had won. Maybe not though, we did get Clinton.