This Is The Democratic Paradox:

The Democratic Party Will Now Stick With Its Guy Forever, No Matter How Harmful He Is. Perhaps You Call That Loyalty, And Perhaps There's Something To It, But A Bigger Part, I Believe, Is That You Have Come To Think That Winning Is Everything-that Victory Is The Purpose Of Politics.

Cynicism Is Not Realistic And Tough. It's Unrealistic And Kind Of Cowardly Because It Means You Don't Have To Try. ---in Good Housekeeping

The Tea Party Saved The Republican Party. In A Broad Sense, The Tea Party Rescued It From Being The Fat, Unhappy, Querulous Creature It Had Become, A Party That Didn't Remember Anymore Why It Existed, Or What Its Historical Purpose Was. The Tea Party, With Its Energy And Earnestness, Restored The Gop To Itself.

Our Patriotic Fervor Was The Result Of The Old And Widespread Belief In The Idea Of American Exceptionalism, The Idea That America Was A New Thing In History, Different From Other Countries. Other Nations Had Evolved One Way Or Another, Evolved From Tribes From A Gathering Of Clans, From Inevitabilities Of Language And Tradition And Geography. But America Was Born, And Born Of Ideas: That All Men Are Created Equal, That They Have Been Given By God Certain Rights That Can Be Taken From Them By No Man, And That Those Rights Combine To Create A Thing Called Freedom.

I Love Eulogies. They Are The Most Moving Kind Of Speech Because They Attempt To Pluck Meaning From The Fog, And On Short Order, When The Emotions Are Still Ragged And Raw And Susceptible To Leaps.