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Still a Republican, Powell Urges Party to Become More Inclusive
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ May 24, 2009 03:16pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Sunday, May 24, 2009 09:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Washington Post
"Former secretary of state Colin L. Powell today reaffirmed his allegiance to the Republican Party and called for a "no-holds-barred, candid" debate about the party's future.
Powell, one of the GOP's most popular figures, used an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" to strike back at a barrage of recent attacks against him as a Democrat in GOP clothing.
Former vice president Richard B. Cheney caustically said two weeks ago that he thought Powell, his onetime colleague in the Bush administration, had given up his membership in the party. Powell retorted that Cheney was "misinformed," adding, "I am still a Republican."
And the retired general called for the Republicans to "define who we are, and not just listen to the diktats that have come down from the right wing of the party." He suggested that "moving further to the right" has "allowed the center to be taken over by independents and . . . Democrats."
The GOP would remain an isolated minority, Powell said, unless it expanded beyond the "very, very narrow base" that decisively lost the presidency and Congress to the Democrats last November.
Powell repeated his support for closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, an issue that has illustrated a deep divide at the top ranks of party politics. Cheney has accused President Obama of endangering national security by demanding both the shuttering of the facility and the release or federal trial of most of the 240 detainees who remain there." |
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