Postby dolfan » October 27th, 2008, 3:21 am
If I were McCain, I'd keep a stiff upper lip in what looks to be an old-fashioned whuppin'. I'd keep my message, whatever it is (I'm not sure anyone knows). I'd be just as aimless and clueless as I'd been already. I'd stick with advisers who have no clue what this election really is about for America. I'd defer to my opponent not only to set the agenda, but to voice tremendous respect for his having done so in historic fashion. I'd determine to return to the Senate with the resolve that kept me up for 5 years in a POW camp and with the determination to just wait out the enemy as best I could until time set me free. I'd write a cursory thank-you note to the one person who had the potential to really help my chances because it is really my opponent who deserves all the credit and praise. I'd be honored at just being asked to serve without really ever having fought for the confidence of the people to actually do it. In other words, I'd do nothing differently because it is too late. Whatever happens, happens.
Human government bears the same relation to hell as the church bears to heaven. (David Lipscomb, On Civil Government, 72).