Note to Colin Powell: What a Disappointment You’ve Become

Before anyone had ever thought Barack Obama might become America’s first black president, there was Colin Powell—a black man with a sterling military record, a ton of charisma, and service as U.S. Secretary of State. There was a time when the Republican Party was willing to nominate Colin Powell as its presidential candidate or name him to any other office he might seek in a Republican administration. But that time has passed. In the intervening years since President George W. Bush found it necessary to “invite” Powell to resign as Secretary of State, the former four-star general has either: 1) become a liberal, or 2) revealed a hidden liberal streak that had always been present.

 

Powell’s support of Barack Obama in both presidential elections and his public statements since leaving the Bush administration suggest that his time as a Republican might have been more opportunistic than philosophical. It was, after all, the Republican Party—not Democrats—that welcomed him in and launched his post-military career. His open criticism of the Republican Party since being “ousted” by George W. Bush over philosophical differences suggests little more than hubris. There is nothing new about a man who gets fired turning his rhetorical guns on those who fired him.

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