The saddest thing.

[fpb]

The saddest thing is that when, in a few months or years, all those of my friends who have committed their emotion and excitement and happines and spiritual joy to their LJs today, come back and read them again, most of them are likely to look for excuses rather than to say honestly: "We were in a mood to be deceived, and we let ourselves be deceived. This was done with our willing collaboration." They will blame people like me, or political opponents, or the Jews - anything rather than admit that they asked, begged, sought to be deceived.

Comments

[elegant-bonfire.livejournal.com]

I can't remember if there's actually a quote to this effect, but I remember reading somewhere about how the followers who put someone on a pedestal are the first ones to turn on him when he falls off that pedestal. I think there are a lot of people in for some disillusionment in the next 4 years.

I can't imagine voting for someone for president with no political experience other than one incomplete Senate term. I hope Obama has enough good sense to listen to those around him who are experienced when times get tough. (And you know they will.)

I knew it was over when I saw McCain had lost Ohio last night, but I stayed up to listen to his concession speech, which I felt showed a lot of class. Compare that to Al Gore in '04, when he conceded to Bush and then, when he realized Florida was in dispute, called Bush up and wanted to take back his concession.