Color Over Conscience?

Colin Powell has "drank the Kool-Aid" and has now added his endorsement to Barack Hussein Obama. Very hard to figure.

Nixon and Cap Weinberger gave him a name in Washington by giving him a high-ranking position within the Office of Management and Budget. Reagan made him a four-star General. H.W. Bush made him Chairman of the Joint Chiefs. Finally, George W. made him Secretary of State, the highest position ever held by a minority in our country.

The point is, that there is one side of the political isle that has been very, very good to the man. And one would think that over all of this time, Powell would be securely entrenched in the philosophical ideals of this side versus those of Obama and his ilk. Not because he "owes" anything to Republicans, but because he has been in lock-step with them for so long. A great deal of respect for each other.

So what has happened?

It was Powell who testified of Saddam's weapons of mass destruction, and presented the evidence to the Security Council at the U.N.. It was his trusted "endorsement" of the evidence and the threat, that more than anything else, probably convinced the President and the Congress (both sides) that we needed to take immediate military action. Later of course, he was discredited for his earlier opinions. As that was happening, he began to publicly criticize the war in Iraq. Is he making a huge bold attempt now to punish those who put him in that position? No, I doubt that very much.

He has been almost invisible for many years now. Why come out from a quiet, neutral corner? There was no outcry by anyone to hear of his preference in this race that I was aware of. And yet here he is; choosing a socialist "citizen of the world" over a fellow military man, a fellow hero, a Republican and a proven leader.

Yes, Colin Powell is a hero. And no matter who he sides with now, he deserves a great deal of respect. But unless over time we learn of some other motivation and justification, I can only assume that he is falling in line with millions of other blacks in the country, and voting color rather than conscience. Maybe if I were black, I'd feel the same way; so desperate to see a person of my race succeed to the highest office, that everything else becomes of secondary importance. Not just sad, but very scary.