With intense political variations between candidates, electoral ardour ran deep, and disagreements may result in anger and disrespectful habits by each candidates and voters.
However we’ve got to recollect – as a group – that we’ve got essential work to do after the election.
When Gerald Ford was sworn in as president after Richard Nixon resigned, the nation went by quite a lot of ache. What Ford mentioned to his fellow residents is instructive for at this time’s voters: “I’m nicely conscious that you haven’t chosen me as your President by your ballots, and due to this fact I ask you to substantiate me as your President by your prayers. . . . . God assist me, I cannot fail you.”
As our area’s ballots are tabulated over the subsequent few days, the winners will want the ethical assist of all their constituents, whether or not they voted for them or not. The issues we face – as a society – require us to come back collectively, resolve our variations in a civil method and construct for a greater future.
Tom Hundley, Seattle