tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255777.post5078594591851057900..comments2023-10-16T03:58:53.792-04:00Comments on Dreaded Purple Master: I'm very tiredDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07184638921669629752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3255777.post-43808910744538712922008-11-02T09:16:00.000-05:002008-11-02T09:16:00.000-05:00As I wrote to you and other friends on a related m...As I wrote to you and other friends on a related matter, I am also weary unto death of this campaign season. At 56, I thought I had seen every way Americans could debase or subordinate their bonds of friendship, their personal integrity, their professional responsibilities, their common decency, even ties of family in the service of damned politics. I was wrong. (And you know the incident I’m referring to.)<BR/><BR/>Let’s just get it over with. I’ve little affection and substantial disagreements with the politician I am supporting for president. I think his opponent could do substantial damage to the country. But the United States will survive either.<BR/><BR/>I’m not looking to emigrate to ‘more-civilized’ Europe or Canada. And I’m not contemplating buying an assault rifle. I’m here for the duration. I’m an American. This is where I live. That is more to me than wearing – or ostentatiously not-wearing – a flag pin.<BR/><BR/>Now let’s have the only poll that really counts, and get his damned thing done.<BR/><BR/>RNBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com