Colin Powell, Barack Obama

Colin Powell prefaced his endorsement of Barack Obama with a powerful denunciation of the Islamophobia the Republican party seems sadly willing to inflame in the final weeks of the McCain-Palin flameout. Responding to his own Republican party's willingness to encourage rumors that Obama is a Muslim, Powell notes that the correct answer is that Obama is Christian; but then he goes on to state the right answer--"Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is no, that's not America."