I love political rhetoric!

"We do not have a campaign of cynicism, but a campaign of hope!"

The morning after an election is fun, because you get to hear more of the losers and winners as well as the analysis: "for the first time he used exclusively past tense when talking about the campaign and he inserted a line congratulating Sen. Kerry on his victory."

We do not have a campaign of cynicism, but a campaign of hope.

I am going to use that line in ways far more obnoxious than the context of a concession speech. The next time there is a loggerhead at the lectura dantis, I will stand up and say, "we do not have a campaign of cynicism, but a campaign of hope." Probably missed my opportunity back in Inferno, Canto 3, but will have a chance in a couple of years when we are back there.

Of course, for men who have lost the good of the intellect, they might think that a campaign of hope still makes sense.