I believe they thought that the only way to do it was to do it dishonestly, and now we’ve elected a complete stranger. MCain treated him with far too much respect. Only to have the petulant 0ne shaft him and dig up dirt on any who would question his true motives, or what he would do, with yet more power.

I am relieved that the 0bamathon campaign is (finally) over. I shudder of the sheer banality to follow. But I also believe, as some have suggested, that our system of government will survive this fiasco, because it is far greater than the fools who’ve now been allowed abuse it further.

A wake indeed, the sleeping giant slumbers on.

What a guy. What a class act. What dignity, what honor, what humility, what peace with himself.
What a loss to the nation and the world. The most generous and gracious concession speech I’ve ever heard. Would that I had heard it from BHO.
It has been endlessly heartening and comforting to know that the three of you assessed the situation as I did, and were with McCain until the end. I am an optimist when I believe there is good reason to be, but I am not optimistic tonight. I feel the way I did when, as a child, I learned of Lincoln’s assassination (not contemporaneous to the event, of course, but close enough—about 86 years later.) The sense of loss is overwhelming.
The next time we all meet, I will have recovered a modicum of composure, I guess, but this disappointment is intense. It saddens me no end that two great soldiers, McCain and Dole, who risked their lives and limbs for the liberty of the people of the United States of America and the world were both defeated at the polls by men who never even enlisted, much less were tested and maimed for life on the field of battle.
Thank you all again for being supportive in these painful times, especially of late as the reality was closing in, like a nightmare invading one’s sleep. And now we’re awake and the invasion has truly begun. All those limos filled with all those ignorant, arrogant creeps whizzing around Washington, rushing to their next meetings to make egregious decisions with no thought, no preparation, no knowledge—just punch-drunk with power.
And so to bed.
With great appreciation for your solidarity in the face of the opposition all around us. When those all around you were losing their bearings, you three stood firmly for McCain. Long live McCain. We may never live to see his like again. A great spirit, a great soul.

I thought Roger would be taller.