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• Wednesday, April 16, 2008 12:10 PM

  @rufus11

  I'm voting for Obama, rufus11. Big time. Did I bash you? If so, I'm sorry but I have memory of saying something mean about or to you.

  I'm trying to figure out what your recommendation means that we move forward together as "one nation". Do you mean that you are ready to move forward with people who support Bush? I can't stand what that guy has done and I have actively worked to mitigate it in my little ways, but I am ready to work with him or any of his supporters. That goes for Clinton as well. I happen to not really care for her politics and I have reasons why I'd really prefer Obama having his shot. However, that said, I hardly think Obama (or any president) can do all that much. But it does matter, nonetheless. That's why I try my best to have reasonable conversations with people who disagree with me.

  I find that conversations tend to fall apart the moment one person decides that the other is an example of what's wrong with this country. Maybe because this is cyberspace, you and I won't do all that well talking about any of this (the fact that you feel I bashed you and that i'm confused by this points to this probability), but my hunch is that if we were sitting on my porch drinking some cold beverage, we could have a real interesting conversation in which we wouldn't need to instance each other as "The Problem". My confidence is based in my basic assumption that if somebody is sitting in front of me interested to hear my thoughts regardless of agreement, we've already "moved forward" in the way you request.

  But I'm not sure what exactly you meant by move forward as one nation. And in this land of sarcasm (which I am a fan of), it might be that you were playing with terms. Anyway...

  —Carol Richards Read Carol Richards's other letters
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