Nothing like a sense of proportion... II

From today's Guardian, recording responses to the news of the President's re-election:

"Ach," says Oliver James, the clinical psychologist. "I was too depressed to even speak this morning. I thought of my late mother, who read Mein Kampf when it came out in the 1930s and thought, 'Why doesn't anyone see where this is leading?'"

In fact, I recommend the whole article, particularly to American readers. Like Oscar Wilde considering the death of Little Nell, one would need a heart of stone to read it without falling about laughing. Its sub-heading claims impertinently:

We went to bed daring to hope and awoke to the crushing news. And ever since we've been swapping emails and texts about how miserable we feel. Emma Brockes on how George Bush's victory catapaulted [sic] liberal Britain into collective depression

I can only say that the small corner of liberal Britain that is the Kamm household is as unflappable and cheery as ever.