More Things In Politics Happen By Accident

There Are Good People Who Are Dealt A Bad Hand By Fate, And Bad People Who Live Long, Comfortable, Privileged Lives. A Small Twist Of Fate Can Save Or End A Life; Random Chance Is A Permanent, Powerful Player In Each Of Our Lives, And In Human History As Well.

This Is Part Of The Involuntary Bargain We Make With The World Just By Being Alive. We Get To Experiences The Splendor Of Nature, The Beauty Of Art, The Balm Of Love And The Sheer Joy Of Existence, Always With The Knowledge That Illness, Injury, Natural Disaster, Or Pure Evil Can End It In An Instant For Ourselves Or Someone We Love.

In Politics, Bugs Bunny Always Beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's Always Going Berserk, Jumping Up And Down, Yelling. Bugs's Got That Sly Smile, Like He Always Knows What's Up, Like Nothing Can Ruffle Him.

Victory Has 1,000 Fathers; Defeat Has 1,000 Kibitzers.

A Citizen At His Home In Rockford, Illinois, Or Boulder, Colorado, Could Read A Newspaper, Listen To A Radio, Or Watch The Round-the-clock Coverage On Television, But He Had No Way Of Connecting With Those Who Shared His Views. Nor Was There A Quick, Readily Available Tool For An Ordinary Citizen To Gather Information On His Own. In 1960, Communication Was A One-way Street, And Information Was Fundamentally Inaccessible. The Whole Idea Of Summoning Up Data Or Reaching Thousands Of Individuals With The Touch Of A Finger Was A Science-fiction Fantasy.