The Audacity of Hypocrisy

So Colin Powell has announced that he supports Barack Obama in the up coming election.  To me this is an example of the audacity of hypocrisy on both of their parts.  

Obama's hypocrisy of accepting the support of a man who was not only for the war in Iraq, but an architect of that war. Powell is a hypocrite  by giving his support to  man who would rather pull our troops in defeat than to support them in victory.  This support flies in the face of everything Powell has represented in his public life.  He not only supported the war in Iraq, but stated clearly that it was a war that had to be fought. How is it now that he can give support to a man that has stated all along that the war was a mistake, that our solders are bombing and air raiding women and children, and the surge would not work. How can Powell come out and support a man who would want to cut the spending for our military including funding for our troops in Iraq. 

I have said repeatedly that had Powell run for office, I would have supported him. After hearing his reasons for supporting Obama, I no longer think he would have the judgement to run our country.  A man willing to throw all of his convictions aside for political gain, is not a leader, he is a man without convictions at all.