This from a recent McCain address:
My take:
I couldn't agree more. In talking to my wife (who isn't a political junkie, but does care about the issues), it becomes apparent that the less "immersed" someone is in politics, the lower their tolerance for negative campaigning and partisanship just for the sake of getting a dig in at the other side. Hopefully the recent flamethrowing (from both sides) will take John McCain's good words to heart, and have more respectful, substantive debates.
By the way, this also applies to the Senate race...both Gordon Smith and Jeff Merkley are getting very, very personal. Let's raise the level of the discussion, and all the voters will benefit no matter who wins.
There are serious issues at stake in this election, and serious differences
between the candidates. And we will argue about them, as we should. But it
should remain an argument among friends; each of us struggling to hear our
conscience, and heed its demands; each of us, despite our differences, united in
our great cause, and respectful of the goodness in each other. That is how most
Americans treat each other. And it is how they want the people they elect to
office to treat each other.
My take:
I couldn't agree more. In talking to my wife (who isn't a political junkie, but does care about the issues), it becomes apparent that the less "immersed" someone is in politics, the lower their tolerance for negative campaigning and partisanship just for the sake of getting a dig in at the other side. Hopefully the recent flamethrowing (from both sides) will take John McCain's good words to heart, and have more respectful, substantive debates.
By the way, this also applies to the Senate race...both Gordon Smith and Jeff Merkley are getting very, very personal. Let's raise the level of the discussion, and all the voters will benefit no matter who wins.
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