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Regardless of who our next president is, I hope we can all show him or her more respect than either Bush or Clinton ever received, both of whom I consider to be well meaning men who tried their best to accomplish an impossible job in the face of gale force winds of contempt and ridicule.

Without some modicum of respect, brilliant capable people will continue to opt out, leaving us with increasingly meager choices for the highest office on Earth.

I usually find myself to be quite alone, perhaps even anachronistic, in this viewpoint.