Gary Kamiya's Salon article "Will the real America please stand up?" nails my thoughts exactly. On this day, I will use his words, not mine:
"This isn't just about controlling Congress, or eventually winning back the White House. The stakes are much higher. It's about what kind of country we want to be. A country of laws, not men. A country that doesn't spy on its citizens, or create secret prisons, or torture people. A country whose media has the guts to stand up to a mendacious administration even in times of war hysteria. A country that will not allow powerful wrongdoers to hide behind a cloak of secrecy. A country that cares about its poor and its minorities. A country that wants to be a good neighbor to the world, not dominate it. A country that has a soul, not just a flag.
Are we still that country? Were we ever that country? And can we learn to become it?"
Vote. Today. Or else, in the well-expressed sentiments of Edward Champion, hush it up.
