First, this is no diatribe by me to tell you how I'm voting and what you should do.  This is actually about finding "conspiracy" and political leanings where there are none.

I received an email this morning from a listener who insisted the small "Vote in '08" box we have on the home page is somehow slanted in favor of Obama.  Really?  This person actually said she saw a favoritism in the graphic.  Wow, I thought it was just a picture of the two candidates.  If we only put one of them up or one was giant and the other miniscule, okay, you got us.  It's just a reminder to register to vote. 

The two pictures in the box are essentially the same size.  We even put Obama on the left and McCain on the right (how clever of us).  Actually, the McCain picture is slightly in front of Obama, so I'm sure an Obama supporter will email me to complain about the right wing bias.

This leads to my entry headline.  People, we've got well over a month before the election and the rhetoric is only going to get worse.  You have to calm down.  Some of the hatred I've heard pouring out of people's mouths is unbelievable.  We'll never get anything back on track or fixed if we spend the next four years hating each other because "my candidate didn't win."

Do your research and pick your candidate based on what you believe in and don't hate someone if their vote doesn't match yours.