He is probably the smartest Republican alive today, and in a world where crazy people get to be the toast-of-the-town and are selected to run for the Republican party’s nomination for President, one wonders why a man of Colin Powell’s intelligence still calls himself a Republican.
In an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan, Powell spoke favorably of the Occupy Wall Street Movement, a movement other Republicans have gone out of their way to ostracize.
The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations are “as American as apple pie,” former Secretary of State Colin Powell said during a recent interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan. According to Powell, there is plenty of justification for the movement’s outrage, but also some reason for concern over its direction.
Powell began by recalling his upbringing in Harlem and the Bronx at a time when his parents didn’t make much, but were at least able to find stable employment.
“I don’t think either of them ever made more than 50 or 60 dollars a week,” Powell said. “Both my parents worked for as long as I can remember, they always worked, they always had work.”
But this sort of job stability is no longer present, the retired four-star Army general said, a fact that is now serving as a catalyzing force for the Occupy movement.
It is time to leave the Republican Asylum Mr. Powell. Your talents and wisdom cannot be appreciated by a group of people who are willing to bury this country just to make the President fail.
Come on over, there’s plenty of room here.
Related Posts
Thanks Shannon!
I guess they couldn't stand the heat!
READ MORE
If this isn't criminal, I don't know what is.
The New York Police Department has come to a new low, and that is something we thought was almost impossible for this ...
READ MORE
I'm sure by now you've heard the criticism by those in the media that Occupy Wall Street have no leader, no point, no focus. The critics all seem to agree ...
READ MORE
Report from The Boston Globe
At 1:20 a.m., the first riot police officers lined up on Atlantic Avenue. Minutes later, dozens of sheriff vans and police wagons arrived and over 200 ...
READ MORE
Two multi-million dollar moguls made their way to Wall Street today, not to check on any stocks or investments, but to join in solidarity with the protest movement known as Occupy Wall ...
READ MORE
Occupy Wall Street is not all about police brutality. There is another part of the movement you probably haven't seen.
Watch this amazing short film below by Alex Mallis, as he shows ...
READ MORE
After reading all of the responses to Roland Martins suspension from CNN I have been compelled to voice my perspective on this matter. I do not know Mr. Martin personally ...
READ MORE
During the Superbowl on Sunday, Roland Martin, a regular political commentator on CNN, tweeted this:
The tweet caused an uproar in the gay and lesbian community, causing CNN to indefinitely suspend ...
READ MORE
Roland Martin of CNN and the Editor-In-Chief of Roland Martin Reports, published a letter on his blog from someone he called a "bigot." Curiosity got the best of me, as ...
READ MORE
Colin Powell, the Secretary of State during the Bush administration and one of the only sane Republicans remaining in America, has some advise for his fellow Americans -do not vote ...
READ MORE
Did Wall Street Move Because Of Occupy Wall
New York Police Intentionally Runs Over Occupy Wall
Occupy Wall Street – Why They Protest. Video
Police Arrest 100 Protesters At “Occupy Boston”
Russell Simmons And Kanye West Join Occupy Wall
Occupy Wall Street – The Other Side Of
The Right And Wrong Of The Roland Martin
CNN Suspends Roland Martin Indefinitely
This Is What They Mean When They Say
Colin Powell – The Teaparty’s Position Is Not
Facebook
Google+
LinkedIn
Twitter
YouTube
Comment as you see fit: