| | *[[MSNBC]] talkshow host Lawrence O'Donnell said of [[Republican National Committee]] Chairman [[Michael Steele]], "Michael Steele is dancing for his real master, the RNC."<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2010/10/06/lawrence-odonnell-michael-steele-is-dancing-for-his-real-master-the-rnc/#ixzz11ha7ka52</ref> | | *[[MSNBC]] talkshow host Lawrence O'Donnell said of [[Republican National Committee]] Chairman [[Michael Steele]], "Michael Steele is dancing for his real master, the RNC."<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2010/10/06/lawrence-odonnell-michael-steele-is-dancing-for-his-real-master-the-rnc/#ixzz11ha7ka52</ref> |
| | *[[Colin Powell]] is a respected and popular statesman who rejected offers to be drafted for President in 1996. In an interview, liberal [[activist]] and entertainer Harry Belafonte, who is also African-American, stated, "There are those slaves who lived on the plantation, and there were those slaves who lived in the house. You got the privilege of living in the house if you served the master to exactly the way the master intended to have you serve him. That gave you privilege. Colin Powell is permitted to come into the house of the master, as long as he will serve the master according to the master's dictates." <ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/30/157217&mode=thread&tid=25 Interview with Harry Belefonte], ''Democracy Now'', January 30th, 2006.</ref> In a highly visible action reminiscent of the [[Maoist]] [[rectification]] campaign, Powell later admitted to errors and his reputation partially rehabilitated among [[leftist]]s by endorsing Barack Obama for President in 2008. | | *[[Colin Powell]] is a respected and popular statesman who rejected offers to be drafted for President in 1996. In an interview, liberal [[activist]] and entertainer Harry Belafonte, who is also African-American, stated, "There are those slaves who lived on the plantation, and there were those slaves who lived in the house. You got the privilege of living in the house if you served the master to exactly the way the master intended to have you serve him. That gave you privilege. Colin Powell is permitted to come into the house of the master, as long as he will serve the master according to the master's dictates." <ref>[http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/30/157217&mode=thread&tid=25 Interview with Harry Belefonte], ''Democracy Now'', January 30th, 2006.</ref> In a highly visible action reminiscent of the [[Maoist]] [[rectification]] campaign, Powell later admitted to errors and his reputation partially rehabilitated among [[leftist]]s by endorsing Barack Obama for President in 2008. |