Reply #29: So what timing would be better?

[BlueMTexpat]

"We need to talk about racism ...": if not NOW, when?

Obama can certainly keep his TV appearances focused on health care reform; he's the Big Cheese and doesn't need to talk about what the Talking Heads want to push as their latest offensive offensive.

The fact is that if Carter hadn't said what he did, those same Talking Heads would have found something else to take the emphasis off health care. The MSM are NOT "friends" to progressives, nor are they friendly to health care reform. Carter simply named the nasty elephant in the room and because HE said it, that nasty elephant is now out there for everyone to see, not only in the US but globally because Carter has a lot of prestige in the international sphere.

No wonder the Rethugs are scrambling frantically for cover.