The Man Who Should Be President

I weep:

[In] an American election, there are no losers, because whether or not our candidates are successful, the next morning we all wake up as Americans. And that -- that is the greatest privilege and the most remarkable good fortune that can come to us on earth.

With that gift also comes obligation. We are required now to work together for the good of our country. In the days ahead, we must find common cause. We must join in common effort without remorse or recrimination, without anger or rancor. America is in need of unity and longing for a larger measure of compassion.

I'm sure someday Harry Turtledove will write an alternative history about 2004 with a happier ending. There's a ficton I wish I inhabited.

ntodd