A DEMOCRAT'S GUIDE TO THE APOCALYPSE
by Michael Liss
We got our butts kicked, and kicked very hard. Adlai
Stevenson, ruminating about the results of the 1952 Election, recalled Abraham
Lincoln's reaction to an electoral loss: We are like the boy who stubbed his
toe—it hurts too much to laugh, and we are too old to cry.
It's a few days later, and the damaged digit still aches, so
let's take off the shoe and get a closer look. Nasty—swollen with punctured
pride and inflated expectation. And, is that yellowish stuff pus?
There is no delicate way to describe why and how this
wrenching event occurred. Nor is there any comfort in speculating just what our
new leaders in Washington have planned for us. But we need to. If we don't dive
in, take our medicine, and prepare for the future history will repeat itself.
