Today, my 6yr old daughter was told by another kid on the bus that if we voted a certain way, they’d come and blow up our house, blow up our cars, and kill us tonight. It’s surely just kids blowing off steam and talking smack, but when 6yr olds are trying to politically intimidate each other, it’s time to change directions and demonstrate unity.
The 2008 election has been too divisive. Half of America will be disappointed on Nov5th. Let’s try to at least oppose that sense of alienation, frustration, and defeat. After you vote, find someone in line, and shake their hand. Wish them well regardless of who their voting for. If they are for the other guy…then all the better. Be a neighbor not a partisan. When there’s a flood, we don’t just save Republicans or Democrats. We save Americans. Let’s be Americans first tomorrow, and Democrats or Republicans or whatever last.
That’s my challenge: Shake a hand after you vote. Even better, look for an Obama supporter, shake their hand, and be neighborly. Show people that you are a nice person-not the kind of person that has been propagandized by the other side. Show them you respect other Americans. Be better than the partisan intimidators, and if you want to be twice as effective…shake two hands, or three, or four.
Show them that everyone is created equal; that Democrats are no better than Republicans and vice versa. We are all Americans.
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