by matttbastard
Aannd here we go —as expected, former Secretary of State (and Republican) Colin Powell has endorsed Barack Obama:
(h/t Petulant for the vid)
Already some pro-American residents of Outer Wingnuttia have declared that Powell is only voting for Obama because they are both scary neegros. Which, according to airtight wingnut lawjick [sic], makes Powell a big fat RAAACIST!!!!11 jerk. (Wingnut lawjick [sic] also apparently dictates that USING BLOCK CAPS BUTTRESSES YOUR POINT!!!)
Still, in all seriousness, there is admittedly some substance to Realipundit’s carefully-crafted “big fat racist jerk” thesis. Racial solidarity would certainly help explain why well-known GOP soul brotha Chris Buckley, along with a number of other prominent chocolate-coated Obamacons, are also wearing ‘Team Obama’ t-shirts in public–and why Powell famously stumped for Alan Keyes in 2000.
So, does this mean (apparently) prominent Democratic something-or-other Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild broke partisan ranks to support McCain out of racial solidarity, too?
*cough*
Related: Colin Powell is a big fat socialist jerk, too (h/t skdadl @ BnR):
Partial transcript:
We can’t judge our people and hold our elections on that kind of basis. Yes, that kind of negativity troubled me. And the constant shifting of the argument, I was troubled a couple of weeks ago when in the middle of the crisis the campaign said ‘we’re going to go negative,’ and they announced it. ‘We’re going to go negative and attack his character through Bill Ayers.’ Now I guess the message this week is we’re going to call him a socialist. Mr. Obama is now a socialist, because he dares to suggest that maybe we ought to look at the tax structure that we have. Taxes are always a redistribution of money. Most of the taxes that are redistributed go back to those who pay them, in roads and airports and hospitals and schools. And taxes are necessary for the common good. And there’s nothing wrong with examining what our tax structure is or who should be paying more or who should be paying les, and for us to say that makes you a socialist is an unfortunate characterization that I don’t think is accurate.
“[T]axes are necessary for the common good” = not pro-American. Go back to Northern Virginia where you belong, hippie!
Update: Donovan McNabb fanclub president Rush Limbaugh puts down the pill bottle long enough to once again prove how so not racist he is (or isn’t).
bastard.logic 
He’s black AND he’s a socialist?!? Well, that explains everything.
(Look: they’ve got me doing it too, typing in caps.)
Man, I didn’t really think they would be this stupid. Ok: I knew they would, but sheesh. Powell comes with so many problems and so much baggage, but both statements that he made today were better than almost anything I’ve heard from anyone else.
I was so thrilled to hear him head right straight into the con meme about taxes. That is a big fight, an important fight, and one we all have to get into, for the duration.
Credit where credit is due, eh?
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I thought Bush gave Powell a special dispensation from being black.
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