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In a way, Powell represented the old guard of Black Republicans, especially when it came to challenging the party and embracing more liberal politics. In fact, you could draw a straight line from Powell to former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke, who was in office from 1967 to 1979 and was part of a group of moderate Republicans who came close to "changing the direction of their party and the course of history,"
"When I see a former governor say that the President is 'shuckin and jivin,' that's a racial-era slave term," Powell said in 2013, in reference to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who had used the term to blast Obama and who previewed the course that her party would chart.
"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," he said. "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."
If anything, Powell's political values remained constant, while the Republican Party changed with grotesque effect.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ented-the-old-guard/ar-AAPG9GR?ocid=Peregrine
"When I see a former governor say that the President is 'shuckin and jivin,' that's a racial-era slave term," Powell said in 2013, in reference to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who had used the term to blast Obama and who previewed the course that her party would chart.
"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," he said. "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."
If anything, Powell's political values remained constant, while the Republican Party changed with grotesque effect.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...ented-the-old-guard/ar-AAPG9GR?ocid=Peregrine