re: #221 Jay C

I’m kind/sorta torn here: on the one hand, Colin Powell’s disingenuous* pushing of the “WMD” line in spinning the Bush Admin’s mendacious “rationale” for the Iraq War in 2003 is, IMO, an unerasable blot on his record, and an immorally immense Fail besides.

But OTOH, seriously: ragging on him from DONALD FUCKING TRUMP??? Well-know antiwar activist Donald Trump?? (/////)

* Giving Gen. Powell the benefit of the doubt, which it is still debatable, IMO that he deserves

I was about to post something similar, but of a more general overview.

I read something last night that there’s an undercurrent among former GOP leaders to finally throw in the towel on Trump (because the fucking idiots somehow could not have seen him destroying the country four years ago.)

Yeah, that’s a good thing. Colin Powell speaking up is a good thing. The problem is, the article indicated that few, if any, would do the right thing for the better of the country they so profess to love: vote for Biden.

IIRC, Powell may not have voted for Trump, but like a good conservative, he refused to vote for the qualified candidate. Probably because “Wrong party” and maybe being he was infected by the three decade conservative media smear campaign against her.

Christ, one unnamed senator said he wanted Trump to lose but still have a Senate majority. Because even when these morons finally realize what a danger Trump is, they still want the power to continue destroying people’s live that his presidency has granted.

My desperate search for the bright side in this is that if these oh-so-stalwart patriots who voted for or refused to stand up to Trump can’t do the right thing, maybe it’ll push the fucking idiot “independent” voters in this country to vote Biden.

That’s all I got in the hope department right now.