Keep on the high road. It's important.

As the tone of the election seems to be sinking a bit. Try to remember that a fire needs fuel and oxygen to burn. We need to continually endeavor to turn the page on negativity.

A patriot needs to continually endeavor to play this game as honest as they can; firm, but honest. Hate gets us nowhere... be the adult. You may think the other side is not redeemable, but that's all the more reason not to sink to their level.

The message is "Hope", right? We're trying to work for a positive change.

I'll go ahead and repost this here, since it's relevent...

As a resident in a very red area, I just got a hate email from my realtor of all people! Would you ever send smear anti-McCain emails to clients? NO! These whackjobs we live around are so brazen it's shocking. She doesn't know my leanings whatsoever, and the email was incredibly hateful. For my fellow red state dems who need a quick, calm, and courteous e-mail to stop the spam, here was my reply:

"Hi xxx,

Hope you are doing well. I know you are a very conscientious person, but please do not forward anymore anti-Obama e-mails to me anymore as I am proudly supporting his candidacy. I do care about abortion, but I also care about the people already living on this Earth as well. There is so much wrong with this e-mail I wouldn't even know where start. And you probably wouldn't care to hear it if you have already decided to vote for McCain. I respect your opinion, and know you will vote your heart. And I am voting mine.

God Bless,
xxxxx

The reason I went for this approach is that I honestly believe that you catch more flies with honey and that in some respects we all represent Obama when we get into it with the "others". :dilemma: