Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama for president BUT

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..the Des Monies Register endorses Mitt Romney

The second is much more of a surprise as this liberal Iowa rag has not endorsed a Republican for 40 years

And though it pains me to say it, this "paper" has some clout in this state

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/10/28/des-moines-register-endorses-romney-2/

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln