Any bets on his last two election votes ?

Switch Party´s and get over it already. Take Christie with you.

Powell is the epitome of all that constitutes a RINO! He is a Democratic operative in a Republican´s clothing. I no longer have any respect for this man or his race-baiting opinions!

Note to author: the spelling is "Blatent."

We need fewer Colin Powells and more Stanley McChyrstals, more real men. Powell bites the hand that feeds him, namely the Republicans. There is nothing sorrier than a retired "minority" general whining about affirmative action, except a "minority" president whining about the same.

i have never had respect for Colin Powell; even less now. He has never been a leader. Yes, take Christie with you.

Nothing latent about Colon´s true colors.

IMO Colin´s problem is trust. He trashed his boss, Bush, and the GOP. Both had treated him very well. People noticed.

I can´t believe top Democrats will be dumb enough to ever give him any important position or task.

The Republican´s sure won´t. So he can only court the Democrats.

He is on the outside looking in. I think he will be kept there.

Perhaps Powell is coming out of the closet in regards to his own racism. Their rage and anger at being born black slips out eventually.

He would really be a house negro by the democrats.

What I mean is they will use him as ornament.

Whether latent D or latent R is irrelevant. What matters is that he´s no conservative; being little more than a race hustler who owes his career to affirmative action.

Judging by the race baiting crud this guy has been spewing lately all I can figure is he is mentally ill. He seems to have some kind of vendetta against the Republican party. His talk is crazy talk.

Next time someone from the right is interviewing him (if he ever again sits down to such an interview) they should ask him who the last Republican was that he voted for. Watch him squirm.

Colin Powell: Affirmative Action Peter Principle?

There...fixed the headline for ya...

He forfeited any worthiness of respect with his SHAMEFUL behavior in the Scooter Libby affair

Another pretend Republican who had to show his true colors and support brother Obama if he was to have any chance to keep being invited to liberal dinner parties and not be referred to in some black circles as an "Uncle Tom".

He was godfathered on his way up by George H. W. Bush who was fooled by a lot of liberals.

Colin Powell endured decades of the unbelievable left-wing psychological abuse that Democrats heap upon any and all black people who identify as Republicans.

He was constantly called an "Uncle Tom," "House Ni**r," "Sell-out," and told he wasn´t really black.

Barack Obama´s election allowed Powell the opportunity to escape this abuse. Now he parrots whatever party line bilge the Democrats want him to sling in order to cement himself on the side of the Left as well as continuously ingratiate himself with those who heaped such hatred and abuse on him.

This isn´t bravery. It´s craven cowardice.

But, hey, that´s why Democrats employ psychological abuse. That´s how they keep Black America in line.

How I long for the day when Black America is actually free, both physically and mentally, and able to choose for themselves on the basis of ideas and values, rather than being chained to the Democrat Party´s never-ending Plantation Politics.

Extreme backstabber.

His silence on the Scooter Libby matter is unforgivable.

He makes the perfect democrat.

His silence in allowing Scooter Libby to be tried was disgraceful. No one should have any respect for Powell.

Colin Powell vocal Democrat!

No surprise to me. I never liked him or trusted him. I always knew he was in it for what he could get.

Made me laugh, #3. Hard to do these days.
Colin always puts me in mind of two songs from the distant past: "The Back-Stabber" and "I´m in with the In Crowd." The DC in crowd is definitely Dem and the opportunistic Powell feels quite comfortable there, especially since O is "The Leader of the Pack." I can imagine him bristling with resentment under the patronage of patrician Pappy Bush and would not doubt that he has been a double agent for the Dems for a long time.

There is nothing at all "latent" about Powells leftist leanings.

Note to #3, there is no such word as "blatent", perhaps you meant "blatant" but the author used "latent" correctly.

If Colon Powell is a ´´latent´´ Democrat then Chris Christie is a ´´recessive´´ Dem.

15 minutes up.

If a true Republican, Powell would have defended the party against the alleged racist statements and noted the minorities in the party, especially those that spoke at the Convention and are poised to lead the party. Instead, he caried Obama´s water on the racism charges. Very disappointed to see him join the partisans and play the race card.

Colin Powell looked in the mirror, reminded himself he was black, and vocalized his loyalty to the Democratic "hate-whitey, love Socialism" Plantation.

Lots of people have voted for both Dems and Reps over the years. If straight-party line voting is a requirement for identifying as a Republican, then the GOP is going to be mighty small.

What Reagan did better than anyone else was to tell those people who occasionally vote for the other side why they should vote for him. Preaching to the choir has never been an effective strategy. Preaching to the congregation, including the "sinners" has far better results.

This lashing out at Powell is harming the GOP. It is telling every voter who has ever looked at both candidates, "We, the GOP, don´t want you any more." And the Dems are smiling and saying, "Hey, come on over!" Somebody needs to be leading the GOP...and forcefully saying that the GOP is interested in 100% of the country and wants consideration from 100% of the voters. (Obviously will never get 100%, but wants to be in the running.)

Powell retains the R label because if he took the D label all his bilge would just be liberal Democrat echoes. And the press only pays attention to Powell because he claims to be a Republican. So why change your label if it results in your becoming irrelevant.

Spelled that wrong, Greg..........It´s not ´latent´ it is spelled ´blatant´.

Latent; adjective 1. present but not visible, apparent, or actualized; existing as potential

Blatant; adjective, offensively conspicuous: obtrusive and conspicuous in an offensive way, often intentionally

Powell is NOT a Republican, he is a shill Dim.

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Colin Powell lost any credibility he had when his assistant, Richard Armitage, leaked the identity of Valerie Plame. Powell agreed to keep silent while he sat by and watched Patrick Fitzgerald went after numerous Bush Administration personnel. Powell is a turncoat and a disgrace to our nation that he ever served as a general.

Powell knows better than any non-black person that 99% black voters will always vote for a black Democrat, just like he did. You cannot blame black voters for basing their vote on the color of a candidate´s skin rather than for the content of the candidate´s character.

Powell needs to drop his claim of intolerance by the Republicans. Powell is intolerant of many Republicans. He may be pro-gay, pro-abortion, pro-gun control and pro-Obama. Some of us have different views.