Oh Lord, uphold Thou me, that I may uplift Thee.
History is littered with the tarnished careers and failed dreams of political losers.
In American History, there is an elite fraternity of losers whose bond is the stigma of defeat. They are the Edsels of their time, the also-rans of the political process. In a world that worships winners, they are a special breed of has-beens, almost forgotten over the years, their legacies preserved in history books and encyclopedias. Samuel J. Tilden who won the popular vote in 1876 over Rutherford B. Hayes and even captured the electoral vote 184-166. Only to lose the presidency after the political manipulations of a specially appointed Congressional commission.