On his way out of office, and too late to do any good, Secretary of State Colin Powell has discovered his backbone. Unfortunately it's four years too late for America.
On Wednesday Powell, who apparently in 2000 had no problems joining an administration that cheated to get power, challenged Ukrainian leaders "to decide whether they are on the side of democracy or not," adding that the United States cannot accept the results of elections in Ukraine.
Apparently Viktor Yushchenko, the Blue State, French sounding candidate, got more votes than Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych, the Red State, Soviet supported candidate, but state supported election officials gave the victory to the Red Stater.
"We cannot accept this result as legitimate because it does not meet international standards" and allegations of fraud hadn't been investigated, Powell said at a news conference.
Right. And I suppose the fact that Bush's 2000 election "victory" was tainted and allegations of fraud weren't investigated prior to awarding Florida by Gov. Jeb Bush to his brother, George Bush are just complaint by ill-informed Democrats.
When the 2000 election was stolen by the GOP, many people said that the US would have no credibility with the world in complaining about election irregularities. That day has come and only because of the power the United States has as a nation does anyone pay any attention to our hypocritical comments.
Surely diplomats in foreign countries have to look in disbelief when someone from the US complains about election, thinking to themselves, "you of all people have no business talking on election irregularities."
Perhaps if the US had sent Katherine Harris over to the Ukraine to monitor the election our complaints would be believable. If anyone knows how to rig an election, its her.
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