THOSE PESKY ELECTIONS – AT 10:27 P.M. ET:  Democracy is such a bore, especially when one loses.  The embarrassment.  The inconvenience.  Why even bother?  That great philosopher Nancy Pelosi contemplates the nature of the human race.  From The Weekly Standard:

Perhaps it's sour grapes, or perhaps it's a recent reawakening, but in a speech by Nancy Pelosi at Tufts University earlier this week, the former speaker of the House had some advice for her Republican colleagues in particular and some reflections on elections in general:

"To my Republican friends: take back your party. So that it doesn’t matter so much who wins the election, because we have shared values about the education of our children, the growth of our economy, how we defend our country, our security and civil liberties, how we respect our seniors. Because there are so many things at risk right now -- perhaps in another question I'll go into them, if you want. But the fact is that elections shouldn't matter as much as they do...But when it comes to a place where there doesn't seem to be shared values then that can be problematic for the country, as I think you can see right now. "

This seems like a bit of change for Pelosi, who in 2009 suggested that the results of a special election in the 23rd Congressional District of New York were a big win for health care.

COMMENT:  There are people who only believe in democracy if they win.  If they lose it must be because of some sinister force, like a fraudulent count in Florida or faulty voting machines in Ohio.  These are people who believe they have found all truth, all goodness, all decency, and all of it resides within them.  They are fools.

April 12, 2011