Cross of Gold

"There are two ideas of government. There are those who believe that if you will only legislate to make the well-to-do prosperous, their prosperity will leak through on those below. The Democratic idea, however, has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous, their prosperity will find its way up through every class which rests upon them." - William Jennings Bryan, July 9, 1896

Bryan had a number of nutty ideas, and a few that were outright wrong, but on this, he was dead on. The Republican party will come to rue last night's actions. Unfortunately, so will the rest of us, and sooner.