Letters to the Editor
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"Fruitcakes."
"Let them eat fruitcakes. We're having some at the White House tonight, and I woudn't doubt that the President, I mean I can't speak for him exactly, but just as I'm saying now, he might have some too. Some fruitcakes, I mean. We have them a lot, but tonight especially, he's going to need a break from the awful responsibility, I mean the terrible privelege of being, you know, the one who has to sift through all the layers of privelege and responsibility in making a concerted effort to gauge the thing, the responsibility of that is just awesome, and terrible, in a mindful kind of way. And of listening. I wish I could describe to you the time it, you know, the hours and hours of listening, and the response. It's going to take some time, I wish I could say how much, but all I can say is it's going to take some time. And that's with, you know, fruitcakes. To put together, to clear the way for some insight that doesn't just overlook the layers and layers, policy mostly, but also implications and tactics, and the things that don't seem to be on everyone's lips, but he's got to make it, sort of keep it all in play, on the lips, with the listening. And the terrible opportunity, and the awesome effort. And the gauging. Nuts. Popped nuts. And the fruitcakes."