Here's a pleasant thought to get you feeling better: Imagine John Kerry speaking to a Rat convention in Boston, while news cameras are recording the crazies outside the convention hall who argue that he's not done enough to support gay rights. I don't know how old you were in 1968, but the antiwar protesters in Chicago got Nixon elected instead of Humphrey, and I remember it pretty clearly. I was too young to appreciate what it meant, but I'm glad it happened that way.
Thanks - I am old enough to remember, but at the time I was otherwise engaged... the word "windowpane" is a hint.
I don't touch anything now.
Time to get away from my computer for a while...I'm trying to disengage as we speak.
Again, Cheers!