The shout heard around the world….and with that shout Rep. Wilson has started a whole new conversation on race in the US.

Racism?  Again?

Yep, we are having that conversation all over again…..is it?  Or was it?  Or was it not?  On and on…..pundits saying yes and then those that say No….on and on….

I was gonna ignore this whole circus of BS, but it has gone on for more than a week and nothing is being said about the reality of the shout.  South Carolina’s Rep. Joe Wilson just had to shout out at the president during his speech before the joint session of Congress….just had to…..but why did he feel he had to do so?

Was it racism?  I cannot speak for Wilson, but he is from the part of the country that voted for McCain, at least the whites did…..I live in that part of the country and in the last election only about 11% voted for Obama….take that for what it is worth…..but that is circumstantial evidence.  If that is not why, then what was his motivation?

He did call the president shortly after the speech to apologize, but was that a real apology or theater?  To me. it was political theater…Wilson knew exactly what he was doing and why.  His shout was a breach of protocol and as such he needed to apologize to the president, the country, his state and his party.  Instead of getting his 15 minutes of political fame, he could have gone on the floor of the House and made a short apology, if he was truly sorry for his indiscretion.  Instead he went on as many TV shows as would have him to make a big deal about he had apologized to the pres and that he would make no more.

Wilson’s outburst, “you lie” was anything but spontaneous; it was a well thought out and choreographed political move.  Rep. Wilson, please stop acting like you are a victim or something….you brought this upon yourself….deal with the accusations as they come.

I will give him props for accomplishing what he set out to do and that was to change the subject away from substantial health debate to the BS that the 24 hour news media desires.  Mainstream media should be proud of themselves…they can dictate what is news and that usually means BS over truth.