Friend, enemy , fellow worker
SC Editorial Staff
Issue date: 11/4/04 Section: Opinion
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Black and white. Cat and dog. Love and hate. These analogies can be directly compared to Republican and Democrat, two terms which have strayed in their meanings. During this election year, we have seen these terms to represent hostile groups of people who will go to every extreme to extinguish the opposing political party.
There have been numerous fights and protests at political conventions across the nation, including colleges such as this one. The Stroud Courier reported in it's September 23rd issue that a fight broke out between two girls when Laura Bush came to speak at ESU.
The right and left extremists are the cause of this animosity that sweeps our nation. This is not a time to learn to hate each other; this is the time for the majority of our nation to select one man to run the United States. Instead, we are living in fear and only having more of it bred as the candidates begin making vicious claims about the outcome of your vote on the opposing party.
We have heard everything from a vote for Kerry being a vote for terrorism- to a vote for Bush being a vote for the draft. Incidentally, both sides will deny these claims and push it on the other candidate. This fear spawns onto the supporters, who attack each other for their candidate's claims.
We are all citizens of the United States (well, except for the illegal immigrants who have not yet been rooted out) and we have been citizens of this country for a long time.
We have been friends, neighbors, acquaintances, family, teammates, comrades, and co-workers. We are all those things, but the extremists are trying to break that all apart and make this presidential race appear as though we are the most bitter of enemies.
Yes, half the country wants one or the other, which means half the country will not have it's way in the end. But the bottom line is this: both candidates are American made men who want to improve the country however best they can.
They are not looking to make things worse for a select group of people that are not voting for them. They both intend to run the country in their own way, doing what they both feel is best for our citizens. Their ideas of "doing what's best for the country" are not far fetched in their minds.
There have been numerous fights and protests at political conventions across the nation, including colleges such as this one. The Stroud Courier reported in it's September 23rd issue that a fight broke out between two girls when Laura Bush came to speak at ESU.
The right and left extremists are the cause of this animosity that sweeps our nation. This is not a time to learn to hate each other; this is the time for the majority of our nation to select one man to run the United States. Instead, we are living in fear and only having more of it bred as the candidates begin making vicious claims about the outcome of your vote on the opposing party.
We have heard everything from a vote for Kerry being a vote for terrorism- to a vote for Bush being a vote for the draft. Incidentally, both sides will deny these claims and push it on the other candidate. This fear spawns onto the supporters, who attack each other for their candidate's claims.
We are all citizens of the United States (well, except for the illegal immigrants who have not yet been rooted out) and we have been citizens of this country for a long time.
We have been friends, neighbors, acquaintances, family, teammates, comrades, and co-workers. We are all those things, but the extremists are trying to break that all apart and make this presidential race appear as though we are the most bitter of enemies.
Yes, half the country wants one or the other, which means half the country will not have it's way in the end. But the bottom line is this: both candidates are American made men who want to improve the country however best they can.
They are not looking to make things worse for a select group of people that are not voting for them. They both intend to run the country in their own way, doing what they both feel is best for our citizens. Their ideas of "doing what's best for the country" are not far fetched in their minds.