Groucho? Chico? Oprah, um, Harpo?
In a parallel universe where Marxists rise to high positions in the US military and government, Family.org declares:
Powell Creates Stir Among Christians AgainDuring a recent speech to a gathering of Muslim Americans, Powell said, "We must not listen to the siren song of the bigots, extremists who cloak themselves in false spirituality in an attempt to divide and weaken us."
Powell seems to be taking on social conservatives like the Rev. Jerry Falwell and Dr. Pat Robertson, who have spoken out against the dangers of Islam.
Bill Lind, of the Free Congress Foundation, isn't surprised by Powell's remarks, but he is disappointed. He believes it's Powell's vision to essentially wipe Western culture off the map.
"What we're seeing on Powell's part in these lies is cultural Marxism, and Powell is very much a cultural Marxist — using any other force, however poisonous, that is itself an enemy to our traditional western Judeo-Christian culture," Lind said.
Spock has a beard on their Earth, too.
Funny thing is, I was looking on Google news for a story about Bob Woodward's claim that Mrs. Powell prevented Colin from running for the Republican nomination back in 1996, due to fears for his safety. Hardly new(s), that, but I thought I heard something on the radio about it.
Oh well. More Negro paranoia, if it's true. Everyone loves him.
Especially Christians. But they love everybody. It's part of their beliefs, after all.
Comments
"Cultural marxism?" Someone want to define that bad boy for me & show me how it would work -even theoretically- in the way in which that xian thinks it does? [Excuse the Jobyism, Gar.]
Posted by: Neogrammarian | November 21, 2002 8:38 AM
Every time I start feeling sympathetic to Colin Powell -- and his statements wrt war on terror, reproductive choice, affirmative action, christian wackos etc do provoke warm feelings in me -- I force myself to read this:
http://www.nowarcollective.com/powellquestions.htm
Posted by: Drapetomaniac | November 21, 2002 10:33 AM
Re: our traditional western etc. etc. culture
"our"? my curse word generator just exploded.
i guess somebody had to fill the void left by pat buchanan going into semi-retirement from his role as Resident Eee-villl.
i know he spells it different, but i find it ironic he has almost the same last name as another recently-notorious fanatic.........
Posted by: fertile_jim | November 21, 2002 11:38 AM
DISCLAIMER: The following is not an argument based on logic. it is strictly rhetorical,and thus probably appeals only to those who already happen to agree with me. Today Idon't feel like correcting people logically, ok?
And so:
GADS, that's putrid!!
'Our traditional Judeo-Christian Culture.'
*vomits noisily*
Posted by: garrity | November 21, 2002 12:37 PM
[...] "You think everybody loves (retired general) Colin Powell," She said. "Everybody doesn't like Colin Powell." [...]
[...] Alma Powell confirmed she was adamantly opposed to a candidacy and worried about her husband's safety. Those fears were heightened by last week's assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, but Powell said he was already leaning against running by then. [...]
[...] Powell felt the lash of the Republican right, and the sting made his final decision easier. Five days before he exited, a guerrilla team of conservatives attacked him for supporting gun control, legalized abortion and affirmative action while opposing prayer in schools and stringent welfare reform. They warned him against running for the Republican nomination and pledged all-out warfare if he persisted. Paul Weyrich, head of the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation, mocked Powell's military record, likening him to a Gilbert and Sullivan character who had become "ruler of the Queen's navy by polishing the handles on the big brass front door."
Powell claimed the gibes "rolled off his back." And after the bash-in by Weyrich et al., Newt Gingrich paid a secret visit to Powell. The conservative House Speaker, more rival than ally of his Senate counterpart and Republican front runner Bob Dole, tried to nudge Powell toward running, seeing him as the best hope for putting a Republican in the White House. It wasn't enough. At his news conference, the general did not begrudge the "down and dirty" aspect of the campaign. But he was less tolerant of "ad hominem attacks to destroy character." Asked about published reports that his wife suffers from depression, he countered that Alma's illness was "easily controlled with proper medication, just as my blood pressure is sometimes under control with proper medication." He did not resent the inquiry but plainly did not welcome the prospect of surrendering his privacy. [...]
Posted by: George | November 21, 2002 4:46 PM