Do you think those who could benefit from stem cell research think it fair that you're the only ones standing between them and the help they need? Do you think those who've given their lives in Iraq, could they comment today, would think it fair that you've been able to send them off to war without yourselves taking up arms? Of course not. Your actions have consequences. Your votes have tragic side effects. If you can't handle those side effects, then your solution isn't to complain to us that we're exploiting situations and individuals against which you can't respond. Your solution is to vote for candidates whose policies won't have such disastrous eventualities.

So the next time you see an ad featuring Fox on television, sit there and watch it. Sit there and ask yourself whether you're comfortable with the fact that your vote for Republicans is keeping Fox and millions of others like him from possibly life-saving assistance. Sit there and resign yourself to the fact that casting a ballot isn't the end of the process, it's only the beginning. Sit there and listen to a message that you may not want to hear, but instead need to hear. Sooner or later, whether you like it or not, your decisions at the polling place may come back to bite you, so in other words, sit there, shut up and accept reality.