I wrote this as a comment on a blog for the NYTimes.com, and thought I'd share it with this audience. This election has taken over our news cycle and threatens to interfere with my studies... and so it's good every once in a while to step back and take the long view.
My hope is that after this election we can have some serious civil discourse about issues that really matter: healthcare, national security, economy, jobs, schools, etc., rather than sling mud from one side or the other. We really do all want similar ends, because we all do love America. The fact that we disagree on how to get there does not make one a patriot and the other a communist. One person does not live in "Real America," implying that the other lives in a "Fake America."
Let us take advice from (gasp!) Sen. Joe Biden and (gasp!) Chris Matthews, and not question another's motive, for only God can see the human heart. Let us instead focus on OUR future hopes, desires and dreams... and search for COMMON GROUND ground to build the BRIDGE to get over the chasm of fear and arrive safely to the other side, TOGETHER.
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