Earlier in this thread, I suggested that the Democrats were going through the five stages of grief. A similar article, just written by a colleague, reminded me that I never wrapped up my scenario. Part of the reason for that, was the next two stages were unbearably ugly.
Democrats started going through the bargaining stage on election day. The election night party I attended, was graced by few Democrats. I'm pretty sure most Democrats spent that night at home, in front of their televisions, on their knees, pleading with God, to let Ohio fall to Kerry.
I don't think there were many of us that didn't see the depression stage. If you have any Democrat friends, I'm certain you saw it too. On the day after, they were numb. Walking zombies. For at least a week or two. I felt so sorry for them, that I actually refrained from gloating. (Yes, I did post a little gloaty piece here, but I actually wrote that the week before the election.)
Now they're supposed to be moving into acceptance. But I don't see that at all. Quite the contrary, Democrats are moving back into denial. The latest tack from Democrats is, that Bush didn't really win; he stole the election. Not only did he steal it, but he covered his path so cleverly, that there is no way to prove it. Now I've fallen prey to a few conspiracy theories in the past, but this is preposterous.
This past election, was probably the most carefully observed in history, because of the urban myth that the 2000 election was stolen. If John Kerry had a shred of evidence that something went wrong in Ohio, he would have filed a lawsuit. This whole accusation is really just a lot of Democrats, refusing to accept reality, and starting the grieving process all over again.
