Calm now
There’s a sense that people sympathetic to the cause are starting to get nervous post-RNC, and are calling out for a change of tactic - one in which our side plays dirty, to win at all costs with so much at stake.
This fear that we’re letting it slip away, once again, when it matters most and when our chances are best has even gotten the better of me. And I like to think I’m pretty good at keeping a level head and calling bullshit on the bad behavior.
Here’s a strong passage from a post at The American Prospect that has settled my nerves and helped me get back to where I should be, which is a place of positivity because positivity is one thing this campaign has to offer that will change the world regardless of the outcome of the race.
Obama has shown as well as anyone that he is a rough-and-tumble politician who doesn’t shy from a fight. But his campaign has made central his commitment to changing the way we do politics. That doesn’t mean he’s a wimp, but it does mean he can’t buy into the Bush-Rove politics that McCain now espouses. Obama remembers, to recall the old adage, it’s not worth wrestling a pig: You get dirty, and the pig likes it.It’s vital to remember we have chosen this man to represent us because he is a man of integrity. And to ask him to waver in any way from his dedication to the elevation of politics would be for us to elect a different man into office.
