Just this morning I'm learning of news that Bush's campaign website has been hacked. A group of Bush supporters in Florida had their windows smashed in. In recent weeks all over the country campaign offices have been attacked.
Last night I called for a collective deep breath. Now I think its time for the candidates to do the same.
This has been one contentious election cycle. Now would be a good time for the candidates to come together and issue a joint message for calm to their respective supporters. Let the candidates remind everybody that, while we may be divided politically, we're united in that we're all Americans. If my candidate loses (or your candidate loses) it won't do either of us a lick of good to rip the country apart over it.
Anybody with me on this?
If you are, here's how you get in touch with the campaigns.
George W. Bush
John F. Kerry
Lets try to keep our heads about us as this election winds down to the end.
Update:
This is what we should be trying to avoid.
Update 2:
This too:
OCTOBER 27--A Florida man has been charged with attempting to run over controversial Republican congresswoman Katherine Harris with his Cadillac. According to the below Sarasota Police Department report, Barry Seltzer, 46, told cops that he was simply exercising his "political expression" when he drove his car at Harris and several supporters, who were campaigning last night at a Sarasota intersection. Seltzer--pictured at right in a booking photo--allegedly drove up on a sidewalk and headed directly for Harris before swerving "at the last minute." Harris told officers that "she was afraid for her life and could not move as the vehicle approached her," according to the report. For his part, Seltzer--who's a registered Democrat--told cops, "I intimidated them with the car. They were standing in the street." He added, "I did not run them down, I scared them a little!" That explanation did not stop investigators from arresting Seltzer for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a felony. Harris, Florida's former secretary of state, is best known for her role in the aftermath of the state's disastrous 2000 presidential election.