Fight dirty, fight fast, and get the hell out of there.
My old man was right.
Today, the tears are flowing, the damage is coming and the fighting is dirty and fast.
President Donald speaks in Miami Beach, Florida, February 19, 2025.ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images
Thats because we neverreallythought we needed it.
To be fair, one thing no one saw coming wasElon Muskplowing a Cybertuck through the Constitution.
That seems to have been a mistake.
They seem stunned, listless, almost goofy.
Well, what can I do about it?
She likes him better because hes the Big Man on Campus!
Insert downward glance, crestfallen dropped shoulders and audience laugh track.
Deportations
Then there is the fidelity to fealty, a practice as ancient as our hominid form itself.
We couldnt all have been the first successful hunters.
Historians and academics have had a field day mapping out the Roman equivalent of our time.
Neither had happy endings, nor did the Republic.
Then, like now, we were witness to a revolution of sorts.
This time, it is a Rollover Revolution.
It turns out that human nature is no different in America than any place else.
American exceptionalism has yielded to American acceptance.
We all know where we are sitting now, especially those of us in the cheap seats.
In fact, Im not entirely sure Ive actually been conscious through all of this.
These days have had all of the markings of a fever dream and have made about as much sense.
Ive spent so much time analyzing how we got here.
Maybe its just a part of us.
Maybe its just a thing that exists in our species.
What can we do about it anyway?
Were not the Big Man on Campus.
Shucks, I guess thats just the way it goes sometimes, right?
Ray Zaccaro is a Democratic strategist.
Senator Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and three Members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
