Pop Quiz

Fill in the blank.

"But [the bad feelings Americans have towards Islam a]re like the bitterness that Americans feel about ____________, which was oversold and has become politically toxic because its success is hard to measure."

a) the invasion of Iraq
b) the 2009 economic stimulus
c) tax policy
d) the invasion of Afghanistan
e) hope and change
f) the Middle-east peace process
g) just about any big federal government initiative or campaign promise you care to name
h) all of the above

You would think that the collective "we" would have learned by now.