1.0link225848<![CDATA[Powell Whacks Limbaugh And Republicans For Calling Sotomayor Racist]]>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/05/powell-whacks-limbaugh-an_n_225848.htmlColin Powell, who hails from the same Bronx neighborhood as Sonia Sotomayor, said on Sunday that the Supreme Court nominee was of a "liberal bent of mind," but not so much that it would be "disqualifying" to her confirmation prospects.
In his appearance on CNN's "State of the Union," the former Secretary of State saved his sharpest jabs for the Republicans who have painted Sotomayor as a racist.
"She ought to be asked about everything from both the left and the right,"...