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  • Source: Steve Watson, Echoes Biden comments that Obama will be tested in early days of his term Colin Powell has made bizarre comments that echo the recent declaration by Democratic VP candidate [...]

    Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com 2009

  • A few years ago, Von Brunn reportedly had a volatile exchange with novelist Tom Clancy in which he called Colin Powell a n---- r, according to the white-supremacist Web site Thebirdman. org.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz 2009

  • "When I hear Rush Limbaugh and others calling Colin Powell a 'liberal' I just have to laugh because there is nothing liberal about Colin Powell's approach towards foreign policy," he said.

    Joe Scarborough Touts New Book, Knocks Rush Limbaugh 2009

  • "When I hear Rush Limbaugh and others calling Colin Powell a 'liberal' I just have to laugh because there is nothing liberal about Colin Powell's approach towards foreign policy," he said.

    Joe Scarborough Touts New Book, Knocks Rush Limbaugh 2009

  • Harry Belafonte went on a rant a few years ago where he called Colin Powell and Condi Rice "house negroes" he used a nastier term, but in reality he is the house negro, along with Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and columnists such as Charles Blow, Colman McCarthy, and Gene Robinson.

    Why racial attitudes that helped Barack Obama will hurt Bobby Jindal. Ann Althouse 2009

  • "When I hear Rush Limbaugh and others calling Colin Powell a 'liberal' I just have to laugh because there is nothing liberal about Colin Powell's approach towards foreign policy," he said.

    Joe Scarborough Touts New Book, Knocks Rush Limbaugh 2009

  • Well, the name Colin Powell rings a bell because most recently he was secretary of state.

    CNN Transcript Sep 14, 2006 2006

  • When you call Colin Powell, the secretary of state at that time, or Condoleezza Rice, the president's national security adviser, now the secretary of state, plantation slaves -- it's one thing to disagree with them, but when you get involved in name-calling, with all the history of our country, plantation slaves, isn't that crossing the line?

    CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2006 2006

  • When you call Colin Powell, the secretary of state at that time, or Condoleezza Rice, the president's national security adviser now the secretary of state, plantation slaves.

    CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2006 2006

  • WOODWARD: Could I just, I'm sorry to go back on this, but Prince Bandar, why would the president tell me on the record two days later that he called Colin Powell in and said he had decided on war?

    CNN Transcript Apr 19, 2004 2004

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