It’s pretty easy for me to shift gears to be more supportive because on social issues, I’m a lot closer to Obama to McCain. I just hope he’ll have some steel in his spine when he needs it.

My candidates rarely win, and that’s okay. What’s a bit unnerving is that so many take the negative stuff that plagues all campaigns and clings to that as reasons to turn their backs on their government if their party is not victorious. Frankly, now’s the time to pay attention, for we have ourselves to blame if we don’t like what’s happening and we do nothing.

No matter who occupies the Oval Office, he (and someday she) has our backs. Criticism is fine. Turning your back to it for the next four or eight years is unacceptable.

Based on your comment, I went to YouTube and found a video posted by someone who wanted to be supportive of Wright by telling the “whole story.” It doesn’t give “10 minutes” preceding the God Damn America snippet, but it gives 6:30 or so. It’s right here.

After watching it, I have to say my opinion of Rev. Wright has not improved. I have high hopes that the Obama presidency will cripple the racial grievance industry that Wright represents.

He really isn’t the basket case that people make him out to be.

As far as the other stuff (e. g., the “US of KKK A” remark: Rev. Wright was stuck in a time bubble of sorts; there was a time when that sort of line would have been called for.

Sometimes people refuse to see/acknowledge the progress that has been made.