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Laura Creekmore FTW
Posted by newscoma | Posted in Tennessee | Posted on 07-11-2008
This is one of the most balanced posts on politics I’ve read in a long time. Laura wins the Internet this week.
We have to let go of those prejudices and our fear on our own. We cannot hope to move America in a positive direction if we continue to attack each other. We have to work together to find the common goals we can believe in, and then push hard to achieve them. I hesitate to even say this out loud, but I think that many of the issues that divide us are not ones we should even discuss in the political arena. Clearly we’re not solving questions about abortion or gay marriage there. What if we just left them out of political discussions? What if we acknowledged that some things are only answered by religion, or moral guidelines? My answer to those questions will be different from yours. Those who would try to respond to these questions with a blanket answer, and put the force of government behind their viewpoints, divide us. The ability to say, “There may be another way,” is critical to living well with others in a free society.
We have to re-develop the ability to trust each other, and put our faith in the ability of Americans to overcome this economic and political malaise that’s gripping us. Yes, we can.
Read the rest of her very insightful post (and the first and last one that she says she will write about this campaign season and the election.)
Also, send her some congratulations as she is expecting a little one.
