  Listen to Powell, Jindal  February 2, 2013 Dr. David Turner ,
The Inter-Mountain  Gen. Colin Powell's remark that the
Republican party, particularly its far right wing, has masked a
"dark vein of intolerance" has stirred great controversy. Some,
like Louisiana's Gov. Bobby Jindal, have taken up the same
theme. He has warned against tolerating candidates producing
"stupid" and "bizarre" statements and positions. Others, such as
Rick Santorum and Rush Limbaugh, blithely dismiss Powell's
statements as being reflective of his soft Republicanism.  For
some on the right, anyone who does not swallow their radical
views on greens or climate control is simply a RINO - Republican
In Name Only. Although Powell has served three Republican
presidents and has supported, in nine elections, one Democrat -
Barack Obama - for this, he has become an apostate. Many making
these criticisms hold positions coming from the darkest
labyrinth of the American right, reminiscent of the John Birch
Society's leader in the 1960s, Robert