Comment by zeveb

The thing is, the most important event of 2012 was the reëlection of Mr. Obama, and the most important event of 2008 was his election, and the most important event of 2004 was the reëlection of Mr. Bush, and that of 2000 his election. Somehow we all managed to get by in my workplaces back then. Yes, we all knew that we had different politics: yes, we knew that some of us were deeply opposed to others of us. But we moved forward and got the job done, because we weren't getting paid to kvetch about politics.