For some context, that was an alt-weekly editorial written immediately after the red states knowingly re-elected Bush. The cover led with "DO NOT DESPAIR": http

For some context, that was an alt-weekly editorial written immediately after the red states knowingly re-elected Bush. The cover led with "DO NOT DESPAIR": http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/CoverArt?oid=19811&year=2004 http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/CoverArt?oid=19811&ye... I wouldn't know whether it's good political strategy, but I found it comforting at the time.