Yesterday, Colin Powell announced that he we was going to endorse Barack Obama for this presidential election. Moments after this announcement came, the progressive blogs were commenting and praising the announcement like the Daily Kos, which stated that in the world of endorsements, this is as big as it gets.” I agree with their statement wholeheartedly.
However, later on that evening, during the Pierce Morgan broadcast, the guest was top Mitt Romney advisor, John Sununu, who was the former Governor of New Hampshire. He weighed in on Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama after being asked for his reason on Powell’s endorsement.
Sununu stated: "Frankly, when you take a look at Colin Powell, you have to wonder whether that's an endorsement based on issues or whether he's got a slightly different reason for preferring President Obama.” When pressed on by Morgan, he stated that was because of race.
Right then, the image of Kanye West popped into my head during the Hurricane Katrina Telethon Fundraiser years ago on NBC. Standing next to Mike Meyers, Kanye west alleged, in his own words, "George Bush doesn't care about black people." He also claimed that America is setup to help the poor "as slow as possible."
Those comments were heard and seen when the program aired live on TV and were clearly what was not scripted for West on the teleprompter.
Personally, I own a few Kanye West albums, but the word ignorance is an understatement with this faulty reasoning, just like the former governor’s. Sununu’s comments last night should land his face next to West’s in the dictionary, after the definition for ignorance.
What is even more amazing about Sununu’s blatant obliviousness , which I will wait to hear from the conservative blogs about this, is that this man was not just chosen, but reelected governor of his state.
Personally, I am definitely not a fan of General Colin Powell. Why would I say this? Powell is the four star general that went in front of the United Nations back in 2012 and made the presentation to the entire world on why we should invade Iraq and showed us the evidence for this as well. To this day, we all know that this was THE big lie.
Back to the point, with Governor Sununu; if this is the best reason that he could come up with for Powell endorsing Obama, it is a very sad reflection on our society, as we are all guilty of putting them ( West & Sununu) in this position, to make incendiary comments like that on race.
Original: http://winstonq.com
