Hope triumphs over fear of attack

Baltimore Sun Letter to the Editor November 13, 2006.

This election brought a number of remarkable “firsts” (“Democrats win House, post gains in Senate,” Nov. 8).

The House of Representatives will be led by the first female speaker (Rep. Nancy Pelosi); the Senate will induct its first Socialist member (Vermont’s Bernard Sanders); for the first time, the majority of Americans voted on electronic machines; and here in Maryland, a “third-party” candidate for a statewide race was able to participate in (most of) the debates (Green Party Senate candidate Kevin Zeese).

But of all the “firsts,” perhaps the best is that for the first time since the 9/11 attacks, a majority of the national electorate cast its votes out of hope and not fear.

Dave Goldsmith
Woodstock
The writer is Baltimore County Green Party coordinator.