You end up like a dog that’s been beat too much Till you spend half your life just covering up Born in the U.S.A. I was born in the U.S.A. — Bruce Springsteen, Born in the U.S.A., 1984I have a feeling that the word “historic” is going to become as overused in the coming weeks and years as “tragic” was in referring to “the events of…” you know the rest. Both words appropriately describe the outcome of the 2008 U.S. elections, but I will try to find others. I started watching election returns while unpacking winter clothes, and gasped as Pennsylvania was called for ...