Bluto, played by John Belushi in the comedy classic National Lampoon’s Animal House, famously attempted to arouse from despair his brothers at Delta Tau Chi by asking “Was It Over When The Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor?”
It was funny because, well, who would be so stupid as to think that it was the Germans that bombed Pearl Harbor?
If the realization that it is people like Ellison who write our laws puts you in a funk, just remember that it’s not over until we say it’s over.