I have been through quite a few elections in my time. Sometimes, the results produced euphoria, while others were a dissapointment. This time around, the results of the Election of 2010 produced a sense of foreboding which is unusual for me. It wasn't until I read a small letter published in today's New York Times that I realized why my heart was so heavy.
The letter's author, Francesca Mihok of Vermont, uses a quote from one of our country's founders, John Adams. Adams is purported to have said, "...I fear that in every Assembly, members obtain influence by noise not sense. By meanness not greatness. By ignorance not learning. By contracted hearts not large souls..."
The quote does little to change the foreboding I feel, but it does explain for me, our current political reality.
Friday, November 5, 2010
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