I'm back in Denver tonight for a quadrennial ritual with my closest friends. We gather to watch the election returns and (usually) engage in spirited debate about the winners and losers.
Tonight's a bit subdued. The normally vociferous members of the conclave are also strong Republicans, and they're not happy - at - all - with the evening so far. Ah well.
We've been friends through eight years of Bill Clinton, a president who had an amazing IQ yet couldn't use it in any kind of ethically meaningful way; and eight years of George W. Bush, who brought the country together in a moment of crisis and then squandered it along with the national treasury.
Something tells me we will be friends four or eight years from now. Maybe then we can get back to arguing!
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