Gentlemen (and Keiser),

Sent in my absentee ballot yesterday. I have to admit to having some significant concern that my vote will actually be counted and allowed. Due to the vicious atmosphere this campaign season, I really wonder if someone who gets my ballot might see who I'm voting for and rip it up and throw it in the trash. This ain't been funny for a long time now. I confess to having serious concerns about this nation being able to maintain the degree of unity and cooperation necessary for survival. A few weeks ago, I somewhat jokingly referred to the "real America", and where it is and isn't. I mean, we have some real serious non-negotiable issues threatening the security of this country. There are issues where no compromise is possible; either you're for it or agin' it. These things are coming to a head, and when they do, I don't anticipate that it will be pleasant. I feel pessimistic, even if so and so wins such and such an office.
I have to do my best to remember that my real area of concern can't be the American political system. It has to be my gig that I worry about, first. I recall a quote from Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who said that "the line between good and evil does not run between nations (or citizens of America), but through each human heart". Still, I do wonder...