The Ignorance of Colin Powell

It wasn't any big surprise the Colin Powell endorsed Dear Leader Chairman Obama. The rumors have been out there for a few months now. If this is an October surprise, I think it's more of a dud. I listened to his endorsement, and he didn't really say anything to convince me that he was sold on a socialist presidency.

I did catch two really stupid things that Powell said. Remember, Powell is a career Army officer, and I respect him for that, but with someone who served so many years, he really is misleading in his statements. Powell said that he got sick of the digging in Obama's past to the questions about his past associations. Has Powell forgotten that it is a requirement in the United States military to screen the people who enlist, both officers and enlisted personnel?

When I enlisted, I had to meet requirements to get in. Not only that, but Dear Leader Chairman Obama will receive the highest security clearance in the land if he gets elected, God help us. Let's show you where Powell is dishonorable in his statements. Let's say you decided that you were going to enlist in the military and that your job was to work with a top-secret weapon. Guess what? For the next few weeks, FBI comes around your neighborhood to ask your friends and neighbors if they know of any associations with domestic or foreign radicals, they do an extensive background check from credit to where you have traveled in the world, to memberships, to a criminal background. If you were friends with a man named William Ayres, who bombed the nation's Capitol, do you realize you would not receive you security clearance.
Powell knows this. It was essential for the security of the United States when he led soldiers in the United States Army. Makes you wonder if money changed hands, a position was promised, or if the race card is in play. I used to respect Colin Powell, but he is misleading the public for what I guess will be his own personal gain.

The second statement Powell made that shows his complete ignorance of the candidate that he is endorsing is that he said Dear Leader Chairman Obama has been a Christian all of his life. Apparently, he didn't read one of the books, possibly written by William Ayres, which Obama admits to growing up in the Muslim faith. For a man as regarded as highly as Powell is in intelligence, one would think he would be better prepared for an endorsement that will obviously draw criticism, but these two statements proves to me that Powell didn't research these candidates like he claims.

Let's examine the Christian statement for a bit. Obama is on record saying that we are no longer a Christian nation. Much has been discussed about Obama's claim to faith. He became a Christian in his late twenties. One would wonder what motivated Obama to do so. Was it a planned calculated move because of the politics of religion in this country? The message in the church he attended for twenty years is a message of hate against white people. Don't believe me? Go to YouTube and do a search for Jeremiah Wright and listen for yourself. You see, when the truth came out about Obama going to a white-hating church, he conveniently left the church claiming he didn't realize the messages were anti-American and anti-white. One could say that Jeremiah Wright is the equivalent of a KKK grand dragon playing for the other team. If Obama left a church he had been devoted to for twenty years so easily, how does Powell get away with claiming that he was a Christian all of his life? Powell essentially opens up a can of worms when he brings up Obama's churching. If Powell is as smart of a man as he claims he is, isn't it interesting that he brings up these two cans of worms and passes them off as meaningless? Powell is wrong on both accounts, and I am not buying into his research of the two candidates. In fact, these two statements cost Powell credibility.