With the number one movie this weekend based on a vapid, violent video game about shooting as many zombies as you can, a little pop-psychology would suggest the nation still yearns to vicariously (and always successfully) battle the forces of barbarian chaos that threaten the real world. Or, perhaps we're looking for a reality where good and evil are more clear-cut -- where, for instance, those who hold themselves up as paragons of virtue don't violate their marriage vows in peculiar ways.

Then again, maybe we just subconciously want Mr. Kerry's zombie-like speaking style to go away.