At best I had hoped he would continue to remain on the sideline as he has since he left the Secretary of State job, but the pressure was apparently too much to fall in line with the other 96.6% of Blacks. Colin Powell and other Blacks in America (I refuse to use hyphenated names) are accused by Al Sharpton and other self appointed leaders of being out of touch and not "down for the struggle" if they deviate from the accepted entitlement mentality that is demanded because of your race.
Powell was never a staunch conservative, but I thought he understood that taking wealth or money from one person and giving it to another is inherently wrong and places a limit on growth and success, yet he specifically stated that McCain didn't understand the economic problems facing our country and Obama does. General Powell proved his bravery on the battlefield, but the fear of not supporting Obama and being blamed for his defeat was too much for him to chance.
