Election Eve is Here!
I want to thank everyone who has shown their support for me today, and for those honest enough to tell me they are voting for my opponent as well. I am also flattered by the amount of online support I have received via this blog and MySpace. One thing I would like to make sure of, however, is that no one is negative towards my opponent for my sake. On the contrary, Heidi and I are both members of our class government and where friendly acquaintences even before attending Bethany. In fact, we were both going to be attending Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts before we both ended up in Sussex. Small word.
I say all of that to say this: I respect Heidi very much, and if you'll notice, I took care not to even mention her by name on the blog until this post in order to avoid being perceived as running a smear campaign. My desire is that anyone speaking in support of me will use only positive words about the election.
That said, I hope you all come out tomorrow to hear my speech and, hopefully, vote for me. I would be very humbled by winning a campus-wide position. Thank you all again for your support.
¡Vivá la Revolución!
- Michael
EDIT: My fears have been confirmed, as someone has just told me that there are people on campus who believe that I am saying negative things in my campaign. This is, to say the least, regretable. I would like to reiterate my respect for Heidi and say that I have NEVER said anything against her throughout my campaign. I am not against Heidi being VP, but rather simply for me being VP, something I said in my second post on this very blog. I would like to assure all concerned that the comments that were unfortuantely perceived as being slanderous were entirely the words of others besides myself.
Heidi, best of luck tomorrow. I know that either of us will be fit for the job.
I want to thank everyone who has shown their support for me today, and for those honest enough to tell me they are voting for my opponent as well. I am also flattered by the amount of online support I have received via this blog and MySpace. One thing I would like to make sure of, however, is that no one is negative towards my opponent for my sake. On the contrary, Heidi and I are both members of our class government and where friendly acquaintences even before attending Bethany. In fact, we were both going to be attending Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts before we both ended up in Sussex. Small word.
I say all of that to say this: I respect Heidi very much, and if you'll notice, I took care not to even mention her by name on the blog until this post in order to avoid being perceived as running a smear campaign. My desire is that anyone speaking in support of me will use only positive words about the election.
That said, I hope you all come out tomorrow to hear my speech and, hopefully, vote for me. I would be very humbled by winning a campus-wide position. Thank you all again for your support.
¡Vivá la Revolución!
- Michael
EDIT: My fears have been confirmed, as someone has just told me that there are people on campus who believe that I am saying negative things in my campaign. This is, to say the least, regretable. I would like to reiterate my respect for Heidi and say that I have NEVER said anything against her throughout my campaign. I am not against Heidi being VP, but rather simply for me being VP, something I said in my second post on this very blog. I would like to assure all concerned that the comments that were unfortuantely perceived as being slanderous were entirely the words of others besides myself.
Heidi, best of luck tomorrow. I know that either of us will be fit for the job.
I do so love the irony of this situation. To call one canidate out for slanderous campaigning, in essence is a form of slanderous campaigning in and of itself, thusly making those who cried foul play just as guilty as those whom they called out. Compounding the irony is when one calls foul on an innocent party. For they shall drag their opponent's name through the mud in the name of self righteous indignity, and in doing so, prove to be guilty of the very crime to which they cried foul to begin with.
http://www.bytecave.net/ryan/blog.html
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Ryan |
10:08 PM
I should re-iterate (and fooey upon the lack of an edit button for comments), please see the above link for further details.
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Ryan |
10:09 PM