His Pastor Said *&%$# ?!?

First off, if you came here looking for a take on a particular pastor in the national news... i think i may disappoint you in that regard but while i have you here anyway let me ask....

Is anyone else out there a bit disappointed? Maybe it's just me but i must admit this political season has uncovered what i think are some pretty serious problems that our nation still hasn't dealt with properly.

i have heard several pundits, talking heads or whatever they are called this week mockingly wonder aloud if once one of the leading presidential contenders is elected will our nation no longer have a problem with racism!?! That is the wrong question to ask because it presupposes (i think) that somehow the ultimate "price" will have been paid, the final "debt" retired and all the chronic voices that cry racism will have to be stilled... for "Behold... you have one of your own occupying not only the highest office in the land but in the world.... NOW can you please give it a rest?!?"

It's sad, because we can never seem to really say the hard things to each other, because quite frankly it seems no one trust each other.
i mean when it gets right down to it, that is what it's all about isn't? Saying hard things doesn't have to be about treating one another with little to no respect... or about trying to play an endless game of one upmanship. In fact saying hard things to each other should be about desiring what is authentically best for one another.
But somewhere along the line it seems that the cynicism, bitterness and anger simply rule the majority of conversations that we might have with one another about the things that really matter in our nation. Does that make sense?
Just one political season in my lifetime would i love to see the poison, vindictive, incendiary stuff be completely and authentically off limits. Let's argue or discuss the issues in way that is definitive but constructive and not destructive.

Perhaps it makes for great election season "real life" drama that helps sell newspapers, magazines or whatever... maybe it drives internet traffic to the sites that contain the latest juicy news on what "he said" and "she said". It might even make very, very dangerous and complex issues seem like no-brainers.

But the one thing is doesn't do, is make us as a people... look so smart. And that is a major disappointment.