The Boston Globe has full results from Tuesday night for state and local races. I'm consoled that all the races I had a say in went my way except for Question 4 (and that will be a lot easier to reconcile than the presidential disaster). … [Read more...]
Archives for November 9, 2016
I could have been a Trump voter
But I was not, in large part because I am an active Democrat. But consider this: When Obama was elected, there was a tremendous economic disaster present. It did not affect me to a great deal as I was fortunate enough to keep my job. My … [Read more...]
Vigilance yes. Bitter surrender no.
Trump voters today told me that they voted for him because they have not seen positive change in their own lives. This is not something to dismiss out of hand. Racism and a lack of respect for the constitution are my greatest fears of … [Read more...]
Good advice from Hillary Clinton
From a letter to her supporters: And to all the young people in particular, I want you to hear this. I’ve spent my entire adult life fighting for what I believe in. I’ve had successes and I’ve had setbacks -– sometimes really painful … [Read more...]
Oxymoron of the Day: “Trump Won Because The System Is Rigged”, Not Because All His Voters Are Racists or Haters or Whatever Pejorative You Want To Throw At Them – But There is Good News
Who's been telling us the system is rigged? Elizabeth Warren, that's who. Who else? Right, Bernie Sanders. Anyone else been telling us the system is rigged? Let's hear from someone new for a change. You, in the back, what's your name again? … [Read more...]
Trump loses popular vote by 198,400
We won. He lost. Yet Hillary Clinton has conceded and he will be president. The system let the people of the country down. Our Constitution has openly subverted the will of the people twice in 20 years -- 2000 and 2016 -- and done it … [Read more...]
The vote that counts is the vote that is cast.
I sometimes think that America, with all its swagger and bravado, its fetishizing of the individual and individuality, is the poorest choice for a democracy. But then I think I may have it backwards: that the bravado and the mythologizing … [Read more...]