Unless you live under a rock, you're aware former Secretary of State and former Joint Chief Colin Powell endorsed Barak Obama this morning. He had an interesting little follow-up that bears repeating:

And now I guess the message this week is we're going to call him a socialist. Mr. Obama is now a socialist, because he dares to suggest that maybe we ought to look at the tax structure that we have. Taxes are always a redistribution of money. Most of the taxes that are redistributed go back to those who pay them, in roads and airports and hospitals and schools. And taxes are necessary for the common good. And there's nothing wrong with examining what our tax structure is or who should be paying more or who should be paying less, and for us to say that makes you a socialist is an unfortunate characterization that isn't accurate."

Good stuff! Final someone right of center who doesn't resort to name-calling when someone expresses an intelligent thought different from their own.