Does Colin Powell have a “dark vein of intolerance” for Jewish people? By his own standards, such as they are, when defaming John Sununu and Sarah Palin, it would seem he does.
Partial transcript from Meet the Press, Sunday, January 13, 2013
DAVID GREGORY: Well, you brought– you brought up Israel. He– [Hagel] referred to a Jewish lobby saying it intimidates a lot of people on Capitol Hill. What kind of thinking does that reflect? Can you understand pro-Israel senators being concerned by that comment?
GEN. POWELL: They shouldn’t be that concerned. That term slips out from time to time. There was an article this week that the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has occasionally used the same thing. And so, Chuck should have said Israeli lobby, not Jewish lobby and perhaps he needs to write on a blackboard a hundred times it is the Israeli lobby. But there is an Israeli lobby. There are people who are very supportive of the State of Israel. I am very supportive of the State of Israel. So is Senator Hagel and you will see this in the confirmation hearings.
