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...wrong direction...past the state line." If he asks for your opinion on which shirt to wear or how to deal with the boss, you should smile serenely and say, "Whatever you think," because by "telling him what you think you risk contradicting him...he wants to know you bless what he thinks more...
...This work continues. The story goes on. And an angel still rides in the whirlwind and directs this storm. God bless you all, and God bless America...
Even Gore's note-perfect concession speech--brief, unbowed, ruefully funny and unabashedly patriotic--carried a dire subtext. The Vice President quoted Stephen Douglas' concession to Abraham Lincoln after the 1860 election: "Partisan feeling must yield to patriotism. I'm with you, Mr. President, and God bless you." But when Douglas offered those uplifting words, the nation was weeks away from the Civil...
...events between Nov. 14 and Harris's certification Nov. 26 - wouldn't legally deprive Gore of his contest, but the voice of the highest court in the land might cut his political knees out from under him, if it rules promptly. A ruling for Gore would bless his hand counts and buy him another week at least. (Wild card: Rehnquist writes a remedy...
...Paul Simon sang.) Talk about uncertain hours. And yet, you gotta love it. Here's an election with everything America has to offer--choices, arguments, laughs, gaffs, screw-ups, recounts of recounts, old people with placards, chaos without penalty and--God bless 'em--lawyers. I love this country. Thanks to moments like this, I know it's there...