Over the past week, I've called elected officials who lost their races to ask how they felt, what they planned to do, and, if anything, what I could do to help them as a friend.
All but one said that they'd be looking to run again, or just get another job.
One, though, just can't give up. He's the legislator whom I consider my closest friend, so it didn't surprise me when he said that he was looking to form a statewide group devoted to conservatitve causes.
I reminded him that I'd told him, back in 2003, that he would lose the 2006 election. And he said, then, that he didn't care.
When I talked to him the other night, and asked about how he felt, he said, "I've won one race and lost five. I'm accustomed to losing."
It then hit me: so am I, and so many of the volunteers for WI CCW. But most of us keep coming back time and again.
I promised my wife that, if our side lost the elections, I would quit my involvement with gun issues.
But I can't. I'd rather go without shooting than go without challenging the anti-gunners.
I don't know what to call it. Maybe psychologists have a name for it. But, everytime we get defeated, I get more angry, and more ready for another fight.
What is that?
