I'm not sure whether individual prayer works, nor whether it is ethical to offer prayers for the outcome of an election. I'll leave the moral and metaphysical questions to others. It occurred to me that a patriot who loves his country could offer this prayer, without stepping over any lines:
"Dear Lord, I personally believe that President Bush has damaged our nation, its environment, its people and its standing in the world, as well as the welfare of other nations. If I am correct, which you would know since you are all-knowing, please help our nation by helping John Kerry be elected. Thank you. Amen."
That way, we are clearly asking only for what is in the best interests of our nation. If we are wrong, no help is asked. Nothing partisan about that, is there? For some reason, in the depths of the night that seemed important to me, and once reasoned out, I slept peacefully. Clearly I had purged myself of the tension of this campaign. The human mind is a curious thing, or as Dan Quayle so eloquently put it, "A mind is a terrible thing to have never had at all".