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from the editor's desk One thing Town&Style is not, is political. We try to remain on neutral ground when it comes to controversy. Apparently, we have not always been successful. An irritated reader called last week challenging us to be as supportive of president-elect Donald Trump’s victory as she recalled us being during the 2012 election results. I don’t remember commenting about that earlier election, but one’s leanings have a way of showing up indirectly, apparently. And now that my preferred candidate did not win, I’m going to acknowledge this reader, and others, by repeating the wise words of Mark Shields when he addressed the Women’s Democratic Forum of Greater St. Louis. He advised whichever side loses to “display acts of grace.” I will also abide by John McCain’s words upon conceding to President Obama: An hour ago he was my opponent, now he’s my president. Embracing the new reality is not only the gracious thing to do, it’s the only thing to do if people want to protect the democratic process. It’s so easy to take that particular jewel for granted. Now that it’s being challenged in the most serious way since the ’60s, our commitment is being tested too. Can we accept the legal will of the people when that will is so different from our own? The answer has to be yes, because something much more important is at stake than who leads the country, or how he does it. Even in cases where we don’t respect the man, we must respect the office. Just like Americans have been doing for nearly two and a half centuries.
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