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This is a case of him not leaving his party, but his party leaving him. The GOP he talked about in that speech bears little resemblance to the current Tea Party controlled iteration. Powell does not belong in today's GOP. He's too intelligent for them.
I will argue with you up one side and down the other on this. He has never been a conservative Republican but is a registered one, probably like Geraldo R. The party hasn't changed as much as you think it has. His views lean to the left of main stream GOP. Did you read his auto biography? If you had you would understand. It is a good account about his life and a very interestig read I would add. Probably the only true Republican views he ever held have to do with his being military. I admire him for all he has accomplished and his love for the country, but the party did not leave him. And maybe you need to realize the Tea Party is not the same as the GOP and it does not control the GOP. The Tea Party does have some good views, but they go about things in the wrong way in my opinion.
So you're saying that a Republican president -- George Bush -- was stupid because he was fooled by Powell's awards and other non-accomplishments and appointed him Secretary Of State? Now we're making progress!
In terms of policy, in general, most Democrats could still run within the Democratic Party and be successful. Look at Joe Biden. He believes abortion is wrong, BUT, he doesn't believe a politician's personal beliefs should dictate national policy. And that's what conservatives don't really understand. I've personally never heard a Democrat or liberal say, "Abortion is good."
And, just for the record, the Republican Party hasn't evolved, it's devolved.
None of that disproves my point that Democrats would never elect JFK today.
What makes you think that HIS personal beliefs did not dictate his policies?
He's a hypocrite. He brags about financing his own campaign which means he can't be bought, yet in the past he's admittedly donated millions to politicians so he can buy them. The man has no principles, only ego.
You're naive if you believe that.
Of course Trump bought politicians, just like other billionaires buy politicians -- and he is happy to admit it.
If he had no principles, he would deny that he had ever done that.
Instead, he admits it.
So you have a choice:
Support some other candidate who will be literally owned by the people who buy him/her (and NEVER admit it) -- or support Trump, who won't be owned by anyone.
Apparently, you want your leader to lie to you and betray you.
Whatever turns you on....
I hope you're delighted by NAFTA, the NSA gathering all your info, drone attacks on civilians, Guantanamo still being open, millions still not having health insurance while insurance companies laugh all the way to the bank, increasing inequality, declining average incomes, the Clintons being worth $250 million, hedge fund traders paying zero income taxes and making hundreds of millions a year, Clinton's "end to welfare as we know it," Clinton signing off on the repeal of the Glass-Steagle Act, and other such results of the Democrats being bought by Wall Street....
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So you're saying that a Republican president -- George Bush -- was stupid because he was fooled by Powell's awards and other non-accomplishments and appointed him Secretary Of State? Now we're making progress!
And yet, somehow, he graduated from Harvard and Yale before they had grade inflation and racial favoritism (unlike Obama), served our country in the military (unlike Obama, who COULD have, but chose not to) and was governor of Texas and President of the U.S.
Your accomplishments....?
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And maybe you need to realize the Tea Party is not the same as the GOP and it does not control the GOP. The Tea Party does have some good views, but they go about things in the wrong way in my opinion. 
