Well, if we’re all done being self-righteous about the awfulness of Obama (true though it may be), let’s turn to some less convenient truths.

No true Conservative worthy of the term showed up to contest this election.

I loved Duncan Hunter, but if you’re saying “Duncan who?” that pretty much sums up what was wrong there.

Rudy bungled his campaign in any number of ways, and Fred couldn’t really be bothered working weekends … or most days, come to that … to gain the nomination. I was and am horribly disappointed, but they apparently didn’t want the job.

Mitt Romney would have been a much more reliably Republican choice, but had innumerable enemies. Thus, we ended up with John McCain, who, as I believe Mark Steyn memorably said, had been running against Republicans for so long that he didn’t know hoe to run for them.

The public came out in droves when they saw what looked like a genuine Conservative: Sarah Palin. That the Commentariat reacted to her in the same way that minor demons react to Holy Water … hissing, shrieking, writhing, and making a bad stink … told me as much about her authenticity and quality than any commercial or photo-op ever could. Similarly, McCain’s disinclination to explicitly come to her defense during the pre- and post-election smear-fest confirms every doubt I ever had about his lack of character and intergrity, too.

Yeah. Obama sucks. So what? That didn’t win this year, and we’ll have to do much better to have any chance of winning next time around. Deal with it.