I just got back from a harrowing day with Tina in the hospital. She was admitted for observation based on high blood pressure, and it turned out she was having full on contractions but couldn’t actually feel them. After awhile, the doctors determined she had been dehydrated by her hours in the hospital without water. Once they gave her water, the contractions stopped.

Earlier in the day, we also learned that one of our twin daughters is significantly smaller than the other — not so significant that there could be twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, but small enough to be alarming. When I thought that anything could be wrong with my little Rachel, I just felt this enormous flood of love and grief and fear and hope.

So, after picking up Tina and coming home, I thought I’d unwind a little by catching up on the latest news.

It’s no secret I have not blogged about politics in awhile — I’m personally sick of the subject. But something I read today stirred me to write.

Karl Rove says all liberals are traitors.

This is the same Karl Rove who convinced everyone in the last election that anyone living in the coastal cities doesn’t have what the Republicans refer to as “family values.” Well Mr. Rove, I love my wife and daughters — I may not be not be a Christian or a Republican, but I value my family more than anything else.

And now to call all Democrats traitors — that’s just utterly reprehensible. I am immensely proud of my American heritage — the majority of books in my large library at home deal in some way with American history. But somehow because I have a Democratic voter registration card, I’m an agent of evil. I can assure you that I am just as stirred by the National Anthem and the Stars and Stripes as your Republican supporters.

I am not a traitor, Mr. Rove. Just as my family is the most important thing in my life, I have a love for this country that is difficult to express in words. But you have helped make a hard personal decision for me. Yesterday, I was thinking that if either John McCain or Rudy Giulliani ran for President against Hillary Clinton, I would glady vote for the Republican candidate. Today, after reading your words, I can say that as much as I loathe Hillary Clinton, I would never support any member of a political party that made questioning the patriotism of other Americans one of its biggest priorities.

Consider this swing voter swung left. Hillary 2008, baby.