Category — Colin Powell

I’ve been looking over numerous stories about Colin Powell’s Obama endoresement.  The phrases that appear over and over are that Obama is a “transformational figure” and could be an “exceptional president”.  Is that all Powell could come up with?  The guy who drives the ice cream truck in my neighborhood could be an exceptional president too, but I’d expect a bit more evidence from someone making the claim.

And let’s decode Powell’s “transformational figure” statement.  It means that Powell is voting Obama because he’s black.  Or stated another way, McCain is white, so he’s not getting Powell’s vote.  But then Powell goes on to claim Republicans are saying Obama is a Muslim (would love to see the evidence there Colin) and not being inclusive.  No small amount of hypocricy there coming from a guy who’s voting for Obama because he’s “transformational” AKA black.

If Powell truly wanted this to be substantive and transformational, why didn’t he tell me about Obama’s tax or health care plans?  All he gave us is that Obama is black, he could be a good president, and it’s not fair to worry about Obama’s long standing associations with terrorists.  Some endorsement.