something in me died on election day

[LisaM]

16. I'm sorry. I feel that in a larger sense this has been going on since 2000.

I distinctly remember a friend who just didn't like the recount (she likes to tie things up in a neat package way ahead of time), and saying, "I wish Al Gore would just give up". Years later, well into the Obama administration, this same friend said, "Gore should have fought harder". I was kind of stunned and reminded her of what she'd said before, though I had to keep it ratcheted way down so I didn't sound like I was the one who'd flipped a switch and lost it. It's like an amnesia descends on people.