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    The unspoken fear ...

    Take a step back from the day-to-day machinations and minutiae of the campaign for a moment. Put aside thoughts about the final stretch of polls and stump speeches and negative advertising and robo-calls and ground games and electoral map strategizing, and consider the enormity of what this country appears to be on the brink of doing one week from now: Electing an African-American to the highest office in the land.

    Given the history of this nation, it is a remarkable prospect. It is exhilarating. It is almost unbelievable.

    And that is why it is also very frightening.

    Frightening because as the prospect of an Obama presidency becomes more real, I believe there are many in this country who are so sick and deranged that they would risk their own lives to make sure that doesn't happen. Even with the best and most comprehensive security force, you cannot convince me that an assassination isn't a very real possibility. Obama is attracting enormous crowds of tens of thousands of people, which are nearly impossible to totally manage. All it takes is one nut with a semiautomatic to be successful.

    I now believe that an assassination is the only thing that will prevent Obama from being inaugurated as President of the United States come next January.

    I hope I'm just being overly cautious or neurotic - with my personality, that would be within the realm of possibility - but I think a lot of people are wondering the same thing and just don't want to express the unmentionable.

    Am I wrong to worry??

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    I've knocked on a lot of doors in Indiana and even a few in Ohio and on a few occasions, people have brought up the issue. Here's what I always say: The country certainly has a history where that is concerned. But we, as individuals, can only control what is in our own universe. And you or I can't control what some nutball may try to do or how the Secret Service does their job. But we can control what we do and what we think. I choose to believe that while there are individuals who would do harm, collectively we are better than that. If the unthinkable happens, I'll deal with it then. But we can't let fear stop us for voting for this remarkable man. So, you're not exactly wrong to worry, but where does it get you? You have no control over those sorts of things. Dwell in the positive. Seven more days.

    Well, that was totally formatted differently in the comment box. What I always say to people I encounter ends at "remarkable man." What I say directly to you begins thereafter!


    O, there's a reason that he calls himself deadman. Check out his very first post.


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