Powell: "There's A Dark Vein Of Intolerance" In Some Parts Of GOP

COLIN POWELL: I think the Republican Party right now is having an identity problem. And I?m still a Republican. I?m a Republican who grew up along with George Bush 41. I grew up with Ronald Reagan, Cap Weinberger, Frank Carlucci, that Republican Party, the Republican Party of Dick Lugar and John Tower. But in recent years, there?s been a significant shift to the right and we have seen what that shift has produced, two losing presidential campaigns. I think what the Republican Party needs to do now is take a very hard look at itself and understand that the country has changed. The country is changing demographically. And if the Republican Party does not change along with that demographic, they?re going to be in trouble. And so, when we see that in one more generation, the minorities of America, African-Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans will be the majority of the country, you can?t go around saying we don?t want to have a solid immigration policy. We?re going to dismiss the 47 percent. We are going to make it hard for these minorities to vote as they did in the last election. What did that produce? The court struck most of that down and most importantly, it caused people to turn out and stand in line because these Republicans were trying to keep us from voting. There?s also a dark-- a dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the Party. What I do mean by that? I mean by that is they still sort of look down on minorities. How can I evidence that? When I see a former governor say that the president is shuckin? and jivin?, that?s a racial era slave term.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/01/13/powell_theres_a_dark_vein_of_intolerance_in_some_parts_of_gop.html

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