Shut Up, General Powell

General Colin Powell is living proof that military officers (particularly Generals) and politics don't and shouldn't mix. It is mind boggling that this man, who has never been elected to anything, should continue to lecture the Republican Party on inclusiveness and the need to adopt more liberal policy positions. Has anyone else noticed that when the Republican Party nominated just such a candidate, the most liberal candidate it has ever nominated for the Presidency of the United States, Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama?

We can well understand the guilt and the regret Powell must feel for his race-based endorsement, but he has lost all standing, if he ever had any, to lecture the Republican Party on how to win elections.

What rankles the arrogant General is the impertinence of real Republicans like Dick Cheney and Rush Limbaugh for suggesting that he is a horse's ass and a hypocrite, who endorsed a Marxist simply because he is black.

If General Powell has any commitment to the Republican Party and believes his liberal views are the path to its revival, let him demonstrate that at the polls. If he is unwilling to show us how it should be done, he should get off his high horse and shut up.

Colin Powell: General Paper Mache'

Colin Powell's entire career owes everything to the good will and generosity of four Republican presidents. He may say that his endorsement of Barack Hussein Obama is not about race, but his rise through the ranks to the most senior of administration positions clearly was.

He suggests that his endorsement of Obama is motivated by a concern over Supreme Court nominations and the inexperience of Governor Sarah Palin. We all knew that the General is a Rockefeller Republican and a consummate Washington insider, but his knock against Governor Palin is inappropriate, ungentlemanly, and coming from one whose service will be remembered for lying to the world community, grossly hypocritical. Unlike Governor Palin, General Powell spent his entire career hanging from his sources of power. His rise and the positions he held were entirely dependent on the good will of those above him.

Governor Palin stands on her base of power. She was willing to do something Powell, for whatever reasons, has been unwilling to do -- subject herself to the American electorate. As both a Mayor and a Governor, she has been handily elected, and her 80%+ approval rating is based on a "take no prisoners" record of accomplishment.

Despite all the helping hands General Powell has received along the way, today he reverted to the role in which he is apparently most comfortable -- political hack. And since he claims that he won't bother to campaign for Obama, he even lacks the courage of his convictions. He is truly a paper mache' general.