The Real Chameleon

This morning, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, decorated general from Gulf War I, eloquently endorsed Barack Obama for president.

Gasp.

Colin Powell has avoided adhering to a strict party affiliation, and routinely dodges the press. I still don't know if he is a Republican or a Democrat, though his actions today have said a lot.

It is widely known that Senator John McCain has worn the title of maverick during most of President Bush's eight years in the White House. During Bush's first term, the true maverick probably was Colin Powell, who disagreed openly with the president on many aspects of the war in Iraq. Whether or not this was particularly a bad thing, I cannot say, since some of the prosecution of the war did not go as smoothly as we had originally hoped. But we ridded the world of a monster in Sadaam Hussein, and we are winning in Iraq, even if the cost of victory is much higher than anyone had ever imagined, and even if the spoils of gaining a somewhat unstable ally in the Mideast are dubious at worst, unclear at best.

In his thirty-second-long endorsement of Senator Barack Hussein Obama, Mr. Powell noted the supposed lack of experience of McCain's running mate, Governor Sarah Palin. A quick examination of the relevant experience of Obama as contrasted with that of Palin indicates that the senator has less than four years in his current office while the governor has presided over Alaska for the last two; I don't see how the experience of one can be called into question without doing likewise to the other. Yet Powell did not mention any such comparison as he gushed over the wonder and majesty of Obama's promises and eloquent manner of speech, and was too busy to remind us that he was comparing a presidential candidate (an apple) to a vice presidential candidate (an orange), surely an oversight on the part of Powell.

As a side note, if a hypothetical Vice President Palin were to rise to the presidency as a result of some disaster involving President McCain, the well-chosen staff of advisers would quickly and adeptly assist her through a very rapid transistion. McCain's untimely death, no matter when it were to occur, would not be tantamount to a decapitation of the Federal Government.

What disturbs me is that the American media complex, which is supposed to appear to be neutral (they exist with the purpose of reporting news, not interpreting it, am I correct?), is tripping over itself with glowing narratives of the awe-inspiring senator from Illinois. And the populace, which has been consistently dumbed down by inadequate public education and rampant hedonism, has little if any clue what Obama's promises really are, as they swallow his empty assurances to change America and the world hook, line, and sinker, without critically appraising any of it.

Jesus said it would be this way. He said there would be apostasy in the end times. He inspired the apostle Paul who wrote that mankind would turn aside to false christs and be led astray by false ideologies. He said many would exchange the natural function of the man with the woman, and they would burn in their lusts for each other, men committing indecent acts with men, receiving due penalty in their bodies for their error, and giving hearty approval to those who do likewise. And he also said men would become lovers of money and lovers of self rather than lovers of God. (This sounds more like the state of civilization in the year 2008 rather than a two-thousand-year-old prediction.) The way Obama's supporters swoon in his presence brings to mind the persuasive power of the Antichrist who has yet to appear on the world stage that we know of.

In a world in which AA attendance steadily increases while church attendance steadily declines, I'm not surprised that the masses could be so easily duped by a flash-in-the-pan such as B.O. I'm saddened, alarmed, frightened, and many of other adjectives that equate to a high level of angst. But I'm not surprised.

If Obama were to survive a mortal head would (as the Book of Revelation foretells will happen to the Antichrist), then I would be surprised. While I'm not implying that Obama is the Antichrist, nor do I wish such a fate to befall him, I am pointing out how the Antichrist might ascend to the world stage through slick oratory, the same magnetism and duplicity we witness in Senator Obama today.

As for Colin Powell's endorsement, there's no surprise there at all.