I don't know why we bother. Everything that's happened here has been a perfect illustration of the conservative magical thinking I talked about in an earlier post, including the usual fictions about "liberal media," "big government," "socialism!" and I don't know what all (and I'm as mystified as you by the whole Mexican Unions thing) -- all topped off by the exact same "I am so too informed!" and "Don't be mean!" whining that I heard back in 2004. The only thing that's different this time around is that we're supposed to take magical thinking to such a level that we actually forget the past eight years ever happened! Bush is irrelevant! He's yesterday's news! Stop playing the blame game and look to the future! OMG. It's just...the mind freaking boggles.