Gen. Colin Powell appeared on "This Week" to talk about military vets and the "divisive tone" in Washington. Powell puts the media and the Tea Party at fault for the current atmosphere. Powell says the Tea Party's lack of ability to compromise will make a Tea Party presidential nominee in the Republican party a near impossibility. Transcript below.
Colin Powell: "They compromised -- the Founding Fathers compromised on slavery. They had to in order to create a country. They compromised on the composition of the Senate, of the House, of the Supreme Court, of a president -- what are the president's powers? Can you imagine more difficult compromises today?
"Compromise is how this country was founded, and unless two people in disagreement with each other don't find a way to reach out to one another and make compromises, you don't get a consensus that allows you to move forward.
"But the Tea Party point of view of no compromise whatsoever is not a point of view that will eventually produce a presidential candidate who will win."
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