How soon we forget

This column, by some guy who has spent the last seven or so years in Latin America, from today's Los Angeles Times is a big, stinky pile of FAIL in a lot of ways, but he saves some of the worst for last, dressed up as a lesson for his kids:

On Nov. 4, my wife and I gathered our three children around the television, where were treated to another civics lesson, this one courtesy of John McCain.

"This is an American tradition," I explained as McCain conceded. "The loser congratulates the winner. He asks the country to unite behind the new president."

"Not like in Mexico," my 12-year-old son said.

Two years ago, we watched the loser in Mexico's presidential election declare himself the country's "legitimate" ruler. He took the oath of office and donned the presidential sash -- even some of his supporters thought he looked silly.

Yeah. Because it's not like anyone in recent American political history has pulled a hissy fit like that. And besides, even if anybody had acted like that, his supporters would have thought him too "silly" to ever take him cereally seriously ever again, right?

I mean, this is an American tradition, where the loser asks the country to unite behind the new president.

Dumbass.

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