CONFUSED
After he was defeated for the Presidency, Thomas E. Dewey said the best analogy of his feelings the day after — when he saw defeat snatched from the jaws of victory — was of the mourner who had passed out from too much drinking at a wake and was laid in a spare coffin in the funeral parlor, to sleep it off. When he came to and realized where he was laying, he asked himself, “If I’m alive, why am I in this coffin? And if I’m dead, why do I have to go to the bathroom?” Drinking
To view this resource, log in or sign up for a subscription plan
