Heh. That's awesome.

[apocalypsos]

Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama

From everything I've seen so far about his endorsement, he does seem rather tired of the attitude and negativity coming from the McCain camp. It's got to be chapping McCain's ass, because it appears that McCain's got a great deal of respect for Powell. Well, I hope Powell doesn't read any right-wing blogs in the next few days. The vitriol that can come out of some right-wing sites at the faintest whiff of dissent can be absolutely vile.

In other news, I'm thiiiiis close to cracking 10k today on The Hollow Girl. \o/

Comments

[yueni]

Mr. Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama is possibly the most eloquent one that I've seen, and I agree with it wholeheartedly.

I never really had anything against John McCain, but the Republican party right now scares me, and Sarah Palin terrifies the shit out of me. She frightens me to death.

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Hell, some people on the left aren't terribly fond of Powell, either, for his role in starting and defending the Iraq War. Even as the rumor he was going to endorse Obama came up, I saw him called an Uncle Tom and worse. But at this point, it is so...useless to be pissed at everyone who voted for/supported that war. That would be most of Congress, the media the rolled over and didn't investigate, etc., and they're all still around, doing what they did. It's something worth remembering the next time the government tries to sell us on a war, but we're on to the "what do we do now" stage at this point, and I'm really happy Powell is supporting Obama.

[idealistagain.livejournal.com]

Mind you this is the guy who sat and lied to the UN to justify the Iraq invasion. I can't help wondering if people are willing to give him a free pass on that because of his skin color.