UPDATE: Politicker.com features a “cartoon” of Colin Powell as Benedict Arnold in blackface. “Benedict Powell…race patriot.” It is repugnant and should be an affront to all decent people.

When I awoke yesterday morning to learn that Colin Powell had endorsed Barack Obama I was exhilarated. I remain a firm supporter of Colin Powell’s although I have taken plenty of heat for my opinions from my friends on the left. They feel he allowed himself to become a NeoCon pawn. I don’t see it that way and supported the Iraq war myself …