This is getting old…

“(CNN) — The Republican party must stop “shouting at the world” and start listening to minority groups if it is to win elections in the 21st century, former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday.

In an interview with CNN’s Fareed Zakaria for Sunday’s “GPS” program, President Bush’s former secretary of state said his party’s attempt “to use polarization for political advantage” backfired last month.

“I think the party has to take a hard look at itself,” Powell said in the interview, which was taped Wednesday. “There is nothing wrong with being conservative. There is nothing wrong with having socially conservative views — I don’t object to that. But if the party wants to have a future in this country, it has to face some realities. In another 20 years, the majority in
this country will be the minority.”

Powell, who crossed party lines and endorsed President-elect Barack Obama just weeks before the election, said the GOP must see what is in the “hearts and minds” of African-American, Hispanic and Asian voters “and not just try to influence them by… the principles and dogma.”

“Pinciples…” Yeah, something Powell had at one point before he started opening up the State Department leak machine during the 2004 election. Again, one of the many reasons why he was fired. (Note: Andy Card asked for his resignation - it’s the same thing).

Principles such as strong borders and enforcement of immigration laws isn’t just a conservative issue - it’s an American issue. It’s what survey after survey shows what Americans want.

Yet on a greater note, it wasn’t “principle and dogma” but the lack thereof that cost us. We loset the conservative core message that kept us winning 5 of the last three presidential elections. Our message was convoluted and what message there was was being given by a false prophet of conservatism in John McCain. The reason Sarah Palin so energized the party is simply because she communicated the core beliefs that America has always believed in and looked for.

It was too little too late. Barack Obama one simply because he deluded Americans into thinking that he - not John McCain - was the true model of conservatism. Amazingly America bought it.

It’s good that Powell crossed party lines, but it’s a one way door. We don’t want him, or any like him any more. I hope he has a nice life on the otherside. He’s anathema with us true republicans.

When we clean house, we’ll once again occupy the White House.

It’s that simple.