I don't think Doug's comments were racist. Having seen his posts over the years, I think that party loyalty means more to him than reason. You don't have to think about each pesky thing that comes up if you just go along with the party position and just repeat the party line.

As for the role of Republicans in Gen Powell's career, he was appointed CJCoS when Bill Clinton was president. His career seems to have involved with working with both Democrats AND Republicans, and the military is NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY PARTY.

And Doug... not everybody with the surnames Dick listed is dead.