I would select just one glittering gem; BESIDES voting for Zero! When Powell and Armitage hid under their desks and left Skooter Libby take the rap for the Valerie Plame faux catastrophe, he forever sealed his reputation as a snivelling turncoat cowardly creep!
I totally agree with your comment regarding Powell allowing Libby to take the rap for Armitage’s action. I am sure Cheney’s opinion of Powell was also influenced by the fact that that they tried to pin the Plame affair on him. At a minimum, an honorable Sec. State would have informed the President which he admitted he did not.