Earth, Wind & (In The) Fire: That's The Way Of The World

The ritual beatings continue, and now Ann Coulter's getting in on the act:

“We don't need to jettison our principles; we just need to stop screwing up."

Impossible, Annie. American politics is a popularity contest, like high school. Ideas and principles don't matter. The quarterbacks and prom queens have everything locked up - despite being committed to nothing, knowing little about doing so (or those who do) and almost always being wrong - while those who've studied, to give us an accurate portrait, catch Hell and/or endure being ignored. 

I was told, before we lost the last election, they're "fine" with losing.

They have each other, and I'm alone, left to ponder the worth of being right. 

And my life, now that I've been pushed away from their nonsense?

It's a day at the beach,...