No Runny Eggs

I saw Colin Powell’s endorsement on “Meet the Press” as I waited for a flight home on Sunday. I had other focuses yesterday so didn’t get a chance to put my comments up on the endorsement.

After reading the transcript, I note that Powell did not address any policy issues that he liked of Obama’s. Rather, his entire endorsement appeared to come from a drinking of the “Hope and Change” kool-aid.

Powell tried to use his observations of how the two candidates addressed the last few weeks of economic debate as his deciding factor:

On the Obama side, I watched Mr. Obama and I watched him during this seven-week period. And he displayed a steadiness, an intellectual curiosity, a depth of knowledge and an approach to looking at problems like this and picking a vice president that, I think, is ready to be president on day one. And also, in not just jumping in and changing every day, but showing intellectual vigor. I think that he has a, a definitive way of doing business that would serve us well.

Now I know that Powell has always been at best, a moderate Republican. He firmly believes in abortion and affirmative action. However, what is Powell referring to when he says that Obama is “not just jumping in and changing every day?” Is Powell really that obtuse not to see the numerous position changes that Obama has taken in the past two years? For example, I’ll bet that Colin Powell would label the Iran Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization but Obama has been on both sides of the issue in June alone.

What is Powell thinking when he says that Obama “has a definitive way of doing business that would serve us well.” If he ever held Republican views, Powell would have aligned on fiscal values. Can Powell actually believe that Obama’s admitted redistribution of wealth aligns in anyway with what “would serve us well?” Can Powell believe that spending an additional $1 trillion each year “serve us well?”

I’m sorry. I had a great deal of respect for Colin Powell. I believe him to be an honorable man. However, is endorsement of Obama leads me to conclude that Powell never was a Republican and registered as such only for personal attention or gain or, he is now being intellectually dishonest about his reason for endorsing Barack.

I will continue to honor Colin Powell’s service. However, from this day forward, this blogger will view all of what Mr Powell says with an enormous amount of skepticism.