I live in a country where, at least by my sense of arithmetic and justice, Al Gore should have been president, not George W. Bush. To this day, John Kerry probably thinks he won Ohio in 2004 because he had suspicions about the vote in Ohio. And, by the way, Richard Nixon had suspicions in 1960 about the vote in Chicago when he lost to JFK.

You are losing because blacks are getting their civil rights in the cities.

You are losing because of Jewish bankers.

Maybe Santa Claus is real. Here's the problem: reality.

The minority vote is growing, which is part of the alarm of so many Republicans and why Trump constantly whipped up their alarm with his racist statements.

I actually have great hopes for the future.

I am an adult; deliberately naïve, dewy-eyed optimism is not the proper posture for a responsible adult, is it?