Reply #6: You're wrong, imho. Any undecided/weak supporter who bothered to watch would understand. [View All]

[panAmerican]

In this country we have a tendency to postpone hard discussions because we're just too sensitive to handle whatever the discussion is. Other countries face much greater, and REAL hardships, and we are not adult enough to have a conversation?

There's no reason for Rev. Wright to go "into hiding" after the media itself pulled him into the spotlight. I'm as strong an Obama supporter as you get, but I believe Pastor Wright deserved a forum in which the whole man and his views could be assessed. What we have been subjected to so far are bits and pieces of 3 different sermons fused together to give an impression of an irrational man.

We wage war, yet are too squeamish to allow its bloody and gory details to be broadcast into our living rooms. Instead we are willing to give our rulers a pass for another 6-9 months at a time to keep doing what they're doing, as long as they give us an after-action report.

We neglect public infrastructure because our taxes are already high, then our fellow citizens experience the ravages of Rita and Katrina, or plunge to their peril when bridges collapse. All of a sudden, the price to fix it has skyrocketed, and we're even willing to spend money we don't have, attaching ourself harder to the China spigot.

We question the electability of a Black man or a woman because we're in unchartered territory with the economy, homeland security, housing market etc. Why take a chance on the unknown "in the middle of the game"?

No, my friend, the time to have this discussion is now.