Regardless, I still maintain that Democrats would have had a political heyday as a result, with the backing of a media that manipulates facts on a whim.
It would not have boded well for us.
They will anyway.
The only requirement for Evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
It's not you, but I've been in far too many situations where those who have right on their side are afraid to act because "we can't win."
Where is Don Quixote when you need him?
To dream, the impossible dream.
To fight the unbeatable foe.
To bear with unbearable sorrows.
To run where the brave dare not go.
To right the unrightable wrong.
To love pure and chaste from afar.
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star.
This is my quest to follow that star,
No matter how hopeless, no matter how far.
To fight for the right without question or pause.
To be willing to march into Hell for a Heavenly cause.
And I know if I'll only be true to this glorious quest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm when I'm laid to my rest.
And the world will be better for this
That one man, scorned, and covered with scars
Still strove, with his last ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star.
Words by Joe Darion (emphasis mine).
Shalom.