#1
Posted: 11/2/04 at 10:31pm
If the candidate you support wins this election for president, what would you say to the disillussioned supporters of the opposition?
For weeks now, I have proclaimed a serious concern as to what exactly was going to happen AFTER this election. The issues have been painful and divisive, and emotions have been absolutely worn down to their foundation. SO, I'm asking now, heading into the final countdown, how would you suggest that the people on the opposite side of the fence sould carry on from this point?
Bush supporters (papa, can you hear me?) -
Your support seems to have been derived primarily from a concern for national security, and yet, there seems to have been at least some empathy for the social concerns of some of Kerry's supporters. What would you say to make them feel a little less disenfranchised and fearful for their very civil lives?
Kerry supporters (can I get the support of a Pal?) -
The reasons for desire for change are legion, and yet, many of our fellow citizens (dare I say friends, or even family?) are seriously concerned about their very safety. How can you make them feel like their fear doesn't have to determine our history from this point forward?
And please, we have had ENOUGH opportunity to wax poetic on the strains of party dogma. I SERIOUSLY want to know what - if anything - any of us are going to do to try to move forward and accept that we are ONE group trying to find a way to live as a society. This is a trying time, and everyone of us has an opportunity to reach out. With the 50-50 split we have, chances are even that you're going to feel 'left out' - are you willing to reach out to the other side and move forward with a sense of purpose, or are we doomed to have this chasm grow so wide that we all fall into it and perish?
For weeks now, I have proclaimed a serious concern as to what exactly was going to happen AFTER this election. The issues have been painful and divisive, and emotions have been absolutely worn down to their foundation. SO, I'm asking now, heading into the final countdown, how would you suggest that the people on the opposite side of the fence sould carry on from this point?
Bush supporters (papa, can you hear me?) -
Your support seems to have been derived primarily from a concern for national security, and yet, there seems to have been at least some empathy for the social concerns of some of Kerry's supporters. What would you say to make them feel a little less disenfranchised and fearful for their very civil lives?
Kerry supporters (can I get the support of a Pal?) -
The reasons for desire for change are legion, and yet, many of our fellow citizens (dare I say friends, or even family?) are seriously concerned about their very safety. How can you make them feel like their fear doesn't have to determine our history from this point forward?
And please, we have had ENOUGH opportunity to wax poetic on the strains of party dogma. I SERIOUSLY want to know what - if anything - any of us are going to do to try to move forward and accept that we are ONE group trying to find a way to live as a society. This is a trying time, and everyone of us has an opportunity to reach out. With the 50-50 split we have, chances are even that you're going to feel 'left out' - are you willing to reach out to the other side and move forward with a sense of purpose, or are we doomed to have this chasm grow so wide that we all fall into it and perish?
