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Not We, the Democrats or We, the Republicans, nor We, the Libertarians, Reformers or Green Party. It does not state, We, the Lawyers, We, the Tobacco Farmers or We, the Wealthy, despite the fact that our nation's first Continental Congress was comprised of men representing such interests. In the end, our founding fathers embraced the wisdom of simply stating, We, the People. They understood the power of the general populace. Where is that wisdom and character now?

The body politic of this country continues in freefall as we watch the good of the people diminish in favor of the power of the single party. It is difficult to judge whether the Gore team's priority is to win the presidency or simply to defeat the Republicans; to understand the difference, review the ash pile of events created by eight years of scorched earth policy under the Clinton administration. The outgoing administration has habitually poised the adversarial perimeter guard of their executive branch, along with elements of the judicial branch, against the conservatively controlled legislative branch of government in an effort to win at any cost. In that light, it is not difficult to understand why a potential President-Elect Gore would show such disdain for the collective interests of those very conservatives whose cooperation he would so desperately require in order to legislate his over reaching campaign promises.

And what of international policy and efficacy in dealing with foreign powers? The power of the presidency should instill confidence, respect and even a strong degree of trepidation in the eyes of allies and detractors. The Clinton administration has little credibility in this arena, having errantly bombed a Sudanese pharmaceutical factory and the Chinese Embassy in the Balkans and effectively depleted military resources in its endless nation building attempts. We now offer the Third World leaders a front row seat from which they can critique the infancy of America's first attempted political jihad. The world's foremost thugs and bullies would likely esteem an American politician able to litigate his way into the presidency by subverting the fundamental core of our constitutional process.

As if the behavior initiated in Florida by the Democrats was not yet sufficiently mean-spirited, Jesse Jackson and his minions have now arrived on the scene like malignant cancer cells attracted to a growing tumor. His appetite for inciting political frenzy through race-baiting, and pitting rights of special interest and minority groups against those of the general populace is at startling odds with his clerical title. His current efforts have successfully produced a breath-taking deterioration within an already untenable situation. The fact that the Democrats have turned a blind eye to his unruly activities is upsetting; that they would discreetly condone and nurture such behavior is appalling.

To have them openly encourage rumors of civil rights violations and propagate deliberate unrest is bordering on sedition. Have they no concern about the impact of force-feeding this behavior down the throat of the American public? Are we shortly to be poised on the brink of a constitutional crisis with legal endgames that will defy all logic? America must be allowed to emerge from this episode with some remaining vestige of political dignity. The voters, not the courts or Clinton-appointed judges, should decide this election, and the voters have already spoken.

The irony that this election donnybrook continued over Veterans Day weekend should not be lost on any of us. Countless Americans have given their lives to ensure our constitutional rights, including the freedom to vote. The demeaning behavior of the past week is a slap in the face of such an overwhelming sacrifice. The Democrats should be embarrassed by their consuming need to place the interests of their candidate above the interests of the country. And the Rev. Jesse Jackson, masquerading as a man of faith, should quake with fear at the very nature of his shameless guile in the sight of Almighty God.

The circumstances of the last week have not diminished my feelings of patriotism for this incredible country. America will survive regardless of who wins the election. However, the actions perpetrated by the Gore campaign are sorely challenging the educated voter's respect for the system, and rapidly replacing it with an abject sense of loss and shame. It's We, the People, Mr. Gore. Not We, the Democrats. Get over it.