A Reasoned Plea from a McCain Supporter

First, let me get this straight, I am a McCain supporter and a Democrat and do not think Obama is ready to become President. I do not like Obama's positions ranging from free trade to health care. But one thing is clear: the nation would be screwed over if Obama is assassinated. I think this topic is evident in the mindset of Americans after a recent plot was uncovered by police concerning the assassination of Senator Obama.

Do I think the threat of assassination is real? Yes. Too many people think Obama is a Marxist, a Muslim, a terrorist, an anti-American radical, or anything else which will destroy the fabric of America once and for all. Too many people don't want a black person to be President. Too many people have an unreasoned fear over his middle name.

And it takes only one of these people to make the unfortunate decision to assassinate Obama and throw our government and society into chaos.

To those whose minds insanity does not reign, assassination is not an option. For us it is clear to see the thoughts and reasons why not: We simply may think of the wife and two daughters Obama loves. About how you would react if your candidate got shot down. Of all the riots and all the division in this country if he got shot. About the message it would send to the world if anything like that happened.

We have a process of electing people into office in this country. It has survived over 200 years of change and turmoil, through good presidents and bad presidents, through Carter and Reagan, through Hoover and FDR, and it will survive Obama. If he breaks the law, he can be impeached and removed from office. If he is found to be a bad president, we can elect a new one in 2012. But nowhere in our system of laws is a process for murdering anyone who we might disagree with. If this were to happen, we will join the family of nations which we abhor most, nations which decide power on bloodshed. We are better than that.

So, I ask of all of you on November 5th, the day after we decide who our 44th President is going to be, whether it be McCain, whom I support, or be it Obama, whom many of my friends and family support, join in a show of solidarity towards our new President. It does not mean to we have to agree with him a 100% of the time. It does not mean we have to write flattering posts about him on our blogs. But it does mean we understand his right govern our nation, to make decisons that he thinks is best for the country, and his right to live in this world like any other human being does. I think this sentiment can be shared among Republicans and Democrats, among liberals and conservatives, and among every American, regardless of religion, race or creed.

I leave you words of peace and inspiration from one of my heroes, Bobby Kennedy. He made these remarks on April 4, 1968, the day Martin Luther King was assassinated. Over 100 cities experienced riots during that fateful night in which he spoke, but not in Indianpolis, where he addressed the crowd with these fateful words:

"What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country, whether they be white or whether they be black."