While I have tremendous respect for you as an athlete and businessman, I hope one day you realize that politics is not a team sport and you don’t do everything in your power to defeat the opponent of “your guy.” This election has been about 10% policy and 90% character assassination. I wish you would rise above it instead of sinking to that level.

Unfortunately, if you are to believe the polls, most of those votes will be cast in favor of a man about whom we know almost nothing. A man who’s been so careful not to let us into his past; not to allow us to know what forces have shaped his thinking. A man who seems to want to hide that past from us for fear of what we might find.

Later today, The US will have a new president. And, there’s a strong chance this new president will have been elected purely based on emotion. Almost the same way a little kid choses what gift to pick out from under the Christmass tree. He picks the one in the biggest box, with the prettiest wrapping, or the nicest bow. Never mind that the box may be empty, or worse yet, contain a bottle of poison.

But, there’s still hope. The only real poll that matters is you casting your vote. Don’t let ACORN, Hollywood, and the mainstream media dictate to us who the next president should be. Don’t be discouraged by the fact that enough money has been spent to buy this election, and enough fraud has been committed to steal it. Go out there and fight for your country. Don’t give up. America is worth fighting for.

The time is short, and the odds are long. But, hope is the last thing to die. God bless us all.

Cut your losses, Curt. You made a mistake, as you implicitly admit by removing the bogus letter. Arguing that the little screed you posted is on the same level as (the admittedly vapid) mainstream media coverage isn’t helping your case.

Learn from your mistake. Use Google the next time you receive an interesting screed. Too busy? Forward to me and I’ll do the vetting for free.

Here’s your current process:

1. Mr. Shilling receives an email with a premise that is consistent with his beliefs.
2. Mr. Shilling reads it and likes it.
3. Mr. Shilling posts it to his blog.
4. Mr. Shilling removes or edits the post after the email is shown to be factually incorrect.

I’d like to suggest step 2a:

2a. Mr. Shilling selects one specific item from the email and uses Google to quickly assesses its accuracy. Try Snopes first, too.

-or-

2b. Mr. Shilling forwards the email to syphax, who returns a “go/no go” reply. (Syphax does not agree with Mr. Shilling on many political matters, but syphax loves the truth more than any ideology)

Adding either of these would eliminate step 4!

As for Sarah Palin: She came out dishing it at the RNC convention. What’d she expect to happen after that? It’s amazing to me how some Republicans, who are so quick to criticize liberals for claiming to be victims of this or that, are so quick to cry victim themselves.

To so many American’s – Obama is the ice cream. Even though he has no facts to go with his “plan”, even though he has shown no basis in following thru with any promise he has ever made his constituents, he has made promises and told people what they want to hear. They’re not questioning the why’s and whens and hows. They don’t care. They just want the ice cream. And when it never comes or it’s melted and not ice cream at all- they’ll be the same ones complaining. Not ready to accept responsibility for the fact that they chose empty promises and lies over facts and responsibility and preparedness.

The ones hating on you are the ones that haven’t done their homework or their research and have no valid arguments to back up their opinion so they just throw insults at you.

If that’s true, why did you post it in the first place?

Thanks for the World Series victories.