Well Jeff, you're a hard man. I hope you and yours escape any human failings that can lead to tragic outcomes. Life isn't always Ozzie & Harriet but most of us soldier on.
You might also reflect on Winston Churchill's "Black Dog". Chamberlain might have been "normal" but I'm sure glad Winston took over when he did.
I'd rather read any Hemmingway than any Obama because Ernest looked ahead to what we are stuck with now:
"The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists. "
