Non-Story Of The Year

Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama only confirms what conservatives already knew about him. He's a R.I.N.O. (Republican In Name Only). No surprise.

Funny, if McCain had chosen Powell to be his running-mate, the same people having orgasms over the Obama endorsement would be badmouthing Powell over his United Nations speech on WMD in Iraq.

As Jonathan Garthwaite posted at Townhall.com, this is the non-story of the year.

Here's Mark Steyn's comments.

UPDATE:

Powell Backed Black Democrat Before

Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:08 PM

By: Kenneth R. Timmerman

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama on Sunday morning during his appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."

The media spin has been that Powell, a Republican and former John McCain supporter, has taken very the unusual step of crossing party lines to back a Democrat he thinks will serve the country best.

But a review of Powell’s own campaign contributions with the FEC shows that he has crossed party lines once before to help an African-American Democrat in a federal race.

In 1994, then-Virginia Gov. L. Douglas Wilder, the state’s first African-American governor, entered the Democratic primary in a bid for the U.S. Senate.

Records show that Powell donated $1,000 to Wilder’s campaign. Wilder later withdraw from the primary as polls showed him lagging three other candidates.

Interestingly, Powell’s endorsement came despite the fact that in 2007 he dipped into his wallet and wrote a $2,300 check to McCain.

Powell’s contribution – the maximum allowed by law – came at a time when the press had written off McCain and said his campaign was about to collapse.