Osama Ben Laden and Al-Qaeda are not our enemies, they are our adversaries.
The liberals are our enemies!
Only joking!
Whatever happened to the American Spirit that used to give rise to such statements as "I may not agree with what you say but I shall defend to the death your right to say it!" ?
Have we become so wrapped up in our ideologies and egos that we automatically categorize anyone that holds a different viewpoint as idiots? Neither liberal, conservative, nor moderate has a lock on truth and virtue. The mean-spiritedness now prevalent in the American political scene cannot be blamed solely on the leaders of either party; both are guilty of it.
Are we going to argue and wrangle incessantly over the outcome of the 2000 election? To what purpose? To further divide the nation? We are becoming too balkanized as it is.
If so, then let's rehash the election of 1960. An election that was stolen if ever there was one! Nixon's campaign advisors urged him to call for a recount or an investigation of the returns from Chicago, where it was rumored that the election had been bought. Despite what history has said about his actions at a later date, at that point in time Richard Nixon had the good grace to quietly withdraw rather than drag the country through a political blood-bath.
It would behoove us, all of us, to follow that example.
Regards, Shuckins
