He Could've Been a Contender. . .

I'm not reading this. This is bullshit
--Colin Powell on Pentagon briefing report,
before giving his United Nations speech
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Colin Powell has thrown his weight behind candidate Obama, saying we need a "transformational figure" (Powell Endorses Obama).

Well, you would know from transformational change, Mr. Powell, you who, as Secretary of State, lied before the United Nations in February 2003 shilling for your master George Bush in his trumped up end run to war. You helped effect the most devastating transformational change our society has suffered in recent memory.

Powell said he thought either Senator was qualified, but that Obama would be better able to "handle the nation's economic problems and help improve its world standing," two issues now problems due in no small part to Powell's prevarications before the world community.

There is no need to go into the litany of horrors which Powell's shilling wrought. His own words are testimony enough -- he was embarrassed, and confessed it was "a blot" on his record. His argument for war consisted of comic book renderings of white vans -- "mobile WMD labs" -- which he explained cruised the desert. We've all seen Road Warrior, so for the moment, we were willing to believe the General.

I would not think the endorsement of a war criminal would do much for one's credibility. Of course, this has nothing to do with race, but Obama already has 95% of the black Democratic vote in the bag.

I'm sure Powell won't make much of a difference.