Have a little faith.

Election 2012.. Kind of like college football.

• Watching the debates carried the same excitement as conference games. 
• Ohio and Florida were both important players.
• Refreshing CNN.com was like checking ESPN on Sundays for the rankings.
• People complain about the electoral college & people complain about the BCS system (which will be replaced with a four team play off in the 2014 season, if you've been living under a rock).  
• Watching election coverage was like watching the SEC championship (because, yanno, that's the one that matters.)

The thing is, you can't dismiss your country and fellow countrymen just because your guy didn't win, just like you can't abandon "your team" during a losing season. That would make you a band wagoner.. a fly by fan. That is just silly. And so un-American. So un-patriotic.

I appreciate your passion, I do. But there is also such a thing as being mean and rude and inconsiderate.

Faith in humanity. Faith in your country. Faith in whatever higher power that you so choose. We can do that, yanno? It's America. The greatest country in the world.

I'm American. And I'm Christian. 
Both of those things tell me that we'll be fine.

On a more light-hearted note, here are some fun photos from a trip to out nation's capital in July 2009. Go America! And Go Gators! (Because there's never a wrong time to say either of those things.)