I wade knee deep in shit . . . so you don't have to

Here is what the right wing is saying about Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama (NB: these are not necessarily mainstream Republican voices; there are lunatics on the left as well). These are all from freerepublic.com. Racist much?

"Powell is loyal to his race, and disloyal to his party and country."

"Powell a traitor? Old news. "

"How much dirt did they have on Powell to make him endorse Obama?"

"Remember, Powell got to where he is through affirmative action.
He’s just returning to his roots."

"Before this election, I treated blacks as individuals. I was wrong. They are a clan."

Here's a few from townhall.com:

"Colin Powell…joins the ranks of terrorist groups and dictators throughout this world in wanting the “Messiah of Islam” as our President."

"It is pretty clear....that either Colin Powell is a closet socialist, he is a black racist (in that he will vote for his race over policies), or he has turned into an idiot. Or a combination of any."

In fairness though I want to say that I have not visited townhall.com before, thinking it was a right-wing site, but I was impressed by the even-handedness of the comments, and not all of them appear to be trolls.