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I posted yesterday, critical of Joan Walsh for what I considered her imbalanced assessment of Rev. Wright, and in general her tone of incredulity regarding Obama's speech. My main point in my post was that Obama was making a great effort to show the commonalities between the just resentments of both black and white Americans, and his point was that we could continue the blame game, the demonizing, and have more of the same for the next four years, or could take a chance on something different. I suggested it was time for John Edwards to endorse him as the best vehicle for realizing Edwards' agenda.
The devolution of commentary on this subject to name calling ought to give all of you who have been employing invective -- accusations of stupidity, venality, suggesting "ass-wiping," -- at least a pause. The tone of discourse is a real disappointment to me. I expect better from Salon readers. I occasionally write in on subjects, and can be polemical, but I try not to call people names! Tthe crude insulting going on in this thread is really juvenile at best, and in keeping with the least common denominator sort of rhetoric employed by folks like Anne Coulter and Rush Limbaugh. Please try to think a little before you post
