Powell

Powell endorsed Obama.

No surprise there.

Powell was a lackluster Republican, a softie, a RINO, despite all the benefits bestowed upon him by Republicans during his career. It was President Reagan, Bush 41, Sec Def Cheney, Bush 43 who made Powell in Washington. Otherwise, Powell would have been just another obscure Army colonel.

My doubts about Powell rose during the First Gulf War. Powell did not favor using military force to remove Saddam from Kuwait. He wanted to go the UN route which meant Saddam would have been in Kuwait for years and controlled vital oil resources and threathened Saudia Arabia and the other small Gulf States. Powell was taken to the woodshed by Sec of Def Cheney and finally got with the administration's policy.

Powell is an appeaser in the tradition of many liberal Democrats who always favor ceding national rights and power to international organizations which do not always have the best interest of the US in mind.

I wonder what Obama promised Powell. Power? Position? Influence? Or vice versa?

Other questions linger around Powell. Powell endores Obama, half African and half white American. Did Powell endorse Obama for racial reasons?

Where was Powell when Lynn Swan ran for Gov. of Pennsylvania?

Where was Powell when Michael Steele ran for the US Senate in Maryland?

Where was Powell when Ken Blackwell ran for state-wide office in Ohio?

All of the above are black Republicans.

Powell was AWOL!