Part Of Courage Is Simple Consistency.

Remember The Waterfront Shack With The Sign Fresh Fish Sold Here. Of Course It's Fresh, We're On The Ocean. Of Course It's For Sale, We're Not Giving It Away. Of Course It's Here, Otherwise The Sign Would Be Someplace Else. The Final Sign: Fish.

The Democratic Party's Complete Obeisance To [the Abortion] Lobby Makes Democrats Look Bought, Frightened And Craven.

The Democratic Party Will Now Stick With Its Guy Forever, No Matter How Harmful He Is. Perhaps You Call That Loyalty, And Perhaps There's Something To It, But A Bigger Part, I Believe, Is That You Have Come To Think That Winning Is Everything-that Victory Is The Purpose Of Politics.

The Democratic Party Is That Amazing Thing, Out Of Power For Six Years And Yet Exhausted. They're Pale, Tired, And Unready. Too Bad, Since It's Their Job To Be An Alternative, Not An Embarrassment.

What We Need Most Right Now, At This Moment, Is A Kind Of Patriotic Grace - A Grace That Takes The Long View, Apprehends The Moment We're In, Comes Up With Ways Of Dealing With It, And Eschews The Politically Cheap And Manipulative. That Admits Affection And Respect. That Encourages Them. That Acknowledges That The Small Things That Divide Us Are Not Worthy Of The Moment; That Agrees That The Things That Can Be Done To Ease The Stresses We Feel As A Nation Should Be Encouraged, While Those That Encourage Our Cohesion As A Nation Should Be Supported.