Why Colin Powell is wrong

"Let's pretend Barack Obama, rather than running for president, was applying for a job at the FBI. In the background check, it is learned that he received money from a leader of the Weather Underground, which bombed the Capitol, the Pentagon and dozens of other targets in the 1970s. A San Francisco policeman was killed in one of these attacks, believed to have been carried out personally by Ayers' wife, Bernardine Dohrn. Another officer was severely injured in that attack, left partially blinded.

"Let's also stipulate that in this FBI background check, it is learned that prospective FBI agent Barack Obama served on two foundation boards with Ayers, giving away millions of dollars to programs designed to radicalize American elementary school, middle school and high school students. The two men served on these boards for years together. In addition, Michelle Obama worked together with Dohrn at a law firm and invited Ayers to speak at a conference she organized.

"For the moment, let's say that's all we know about the relationship between Obama and Ayers, who still, to this day, shows no remorse for his violent actions of the 1970s nor his commitment to worldwide communism.

"My question is this: Do you think these associations would raise some questions about Obama's fitness to serve in the FBI?

"I certainly hope they would – or our law enforcement and national security apparatus is even shakier than I think.

"Do you suppose the FBI leadership would want to know much more about these associations before placing Obama in a sensitive law enforcement position?

"I certainly hope so."

I'm going through this process right now and I will be held to a much higher standard.