Politics:

Tomorrow our nation will change. The American people will show whether we have the capacity, the integrity, and the intelligence to choose to make the world a better place, not a lesser one. To act on our honor, our integrity, and our morals, not our fears, our hatred, and our cowardice. We will either rise to the challenge, or shrink from it. The world is watching.

I believe that tomorrow will define America for me. I believe – I hope – that tomorrow, I will see that the American people know the difference between good and evil, right and wrong. I will see that we believe in responsibility and accountability. That we believe in honesty, compassion, and trust. We will see that we want a smart, trustworthy leader, who will work with the rest of the world, not against it.

I believe that in the last four years, I have seen what evil truly is. Stories of evil I heard, from Hitler, to Lex Luthor, made it clear who the villain was. Evil acted evil. It believed it was evil, and when you saw it, you knew what evil looked like. Of course, things in the real world are never as clear as they are in your narratives, even as history is retold to us, the truth becomes less clear. I understand, now, how Hitler rose to power. He rose to power on the backs of those who wanted to believe that they weren’t responsible for being poor, or being afraid. He promised them safety, superiority, and freedom from fear.

We have the choice tomorrow, to make the world a better place. To understand that we are responsible for our actions. That our policy has meaning, that our actions have consequence. That we will not be ruled by fear. By the worst in us.

The next sentence will appear to be in jest, but I am deadly serious.

Tomorrow, we will find out whether the terrorists really have won.