Doug said Colin Powell, ungratefully "turned on the Republicans": implication: they, not his own work and talent, made him the first black 4-star general.   I'm sure Doug meant his remark to not be seen as racist.   And he's not really too happy about the fact that it comes across as exactly that.   Just like good ol' Michelle Bachmann is backtracking in record time from her remark about how liberals are un-American. And that NC Congressman is having the same problem. Funny how so many of them turn out to be Bush supporters.

Well, there is a cure for that sort of thing. Doug, Michelle, and assorted others could actually think before they open their mouths--(or in Doug's case) before he hits "send".)

But of course their hero, GWB, never puts his mind--we make the possibly rash assumption that he has one-- in gear before opening his mouth--and even then, only rarely-- --so why should they?