Because, for just a short while--maybe 30 seconds--the other night, watching various speakers at the Democrat Convention, even I felt a brief tug of hope, "hey, maybe they can improve things ... maybe they can improve the economy, improve our standing in the world, make us get along better..." Then I snapped out of it, and shuddered. If they can suck even me in, a lifelong hater of Democrats and other socialists...
