This just in from the Department of Implausible Supportability...

Powell endorses Obama as 'transformational

"I think he is a transformational figure," Powell said. "He is a new generation coming ... onto the world stage and on the American stage. And for that reason, I'll be voting for Senator Barack Obama."

Yes, General. But a transformation into what? Me, I think he's a Manchurian Candidate, hand groomed not by the Muslims as those who have fallen for the red herring believe, but by the far-left radicals of the 1960s. While America and its capitalist system has its flaws, it is far better than the "worker's utopia" the radicals have in mind.

Is this endorsement a surprise? Not to anyone who has been paying attention. Of course, the media is playing this up like it's a huge shift. I find it odd that a man who has been a four star General would side with a guy who has promised to geld our defense. I find it odder still that someone, especially of Gen. Powell's generation, would side with a person who so readily deploys slash-n-burn tactics against anyone who so much as questions him, his positions, or his associations.

I, like Rush Limbaugh, wonder how many inexperienced, wildly leftist, white politicians the retired General has endorsed. Now, if Rush Limbaugh was to endorse Sen. Obama, that would be a huge shift. Gen. Powell's endorsement... not so much.