Honestly, I thought it was going to be too little, too late, but Gen. Powell had a couple of key points to make concerning the direction of his party and how the GOP has branded ANY Muslim, hell, any Arab be they Muslim or not, as a terrorist.
And yes, there IS a difference. Don't believe me, ask the thousands of Lebanese Christians who live in Central Illinois. This includes Rep. Ray LaHood, who, while a staunch conservative backing McCain, abhors the Palinite goon squads and finds them a danger to his party and America.
But back to Powell.
I'm also troubled by, not what Sen. McCain says, but what members of the party say, and it is permitted to be said such things as: "Well, you know that Mr. Obama is a Muslim." Well, the correct answer is: he is not a Muslim. He's a Christian. He's always been a Christian.
But the really right answer is: What if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is: No, that's not America. Is there something wrong with some 7-year-old Muslim-American kid believing he or she can be President?
Yet I have heard senior members of my own party drop the suggestion: he's a Muslim, and he might be associated with terrorists. This is not the way we should be doing it in America.
Powell brings up Cpl. Kareem Rashad Sultan Khan, killed in Iraq serving the United States.
Basically, Powell nails it on the head for conflicted Republicans. Not ALL of them are racists, and I imagine few of them are truly happy about Ace picking the woefully unprepared Palin as his running mate.
I'd feel bad for their indecision if it did not involve endangering the nation.
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