[mutley]

No, it's an astute observation.

Hardly, but even if it were, it's one that he should never have allowed to exit his mouth. He is obviously paying the price for doing so.

[Homer1]

Hardly, but even if it were, it's one that he should never have allowed to exit his mouth.

how so? Are we so cowed in today's society, that the truth is not to be uttered in the public forum?

Somewhere, our forefathers are weeping.