![]() ![]() ![]() Sure, he was punching himself out, but she just seemed to lay back, smile, and let him up off the canvas. More panic.Įven after the first debate, when he was in full meltdown - snorting, interrupting - I was still panicking. At the time, I wrote: "Secretary Clinton: why aren't you on my screens?! I've momentarily forgotten you're running for President! I only hear your name in reference to FBI email dumps and AP stories about Clinton Foundation 'scandals'! Get on my screens!"įinally, she re-emerged, just in time to call half his supporters "deplorables," bolt from a 9/11 tribute, and nearly pass out waiting to get into a van, all at the exact moment Trump was pushing the "stamina" meme. What mattered was that Trump was all over the news, and she was MIA. It didn't matter who was paying for a wall. That night he was in Phoenix, giving a "major speech on immigration." He was allegedly "softening," or "pivoting," or whatever meme the campaign gave the press to chew on. Nothing too elitist. Meanwhile, Trump was on his way to Mexico, acting all presidential on stage with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Yeah, there's the message you want to send. Turns out she was in the Hamptons on a 3-day fundraising trip that included performances by Paul McCartney, Jimmy Buffet, and Jon Bon Jovi. For those reaching for hope, there it was. FiveThirtyEight set Clinton's odds at 74-24. That first moment was at the end of August. Like that moment in a relationship when you get a vibe that it's turned a dark corner, but you just don't want to accept it. A mere 107,000 voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin changed the course of human history.Īnd while I never really thought President-elect Donald Trump could win, there were moments when I was hit with the disturbing feeling that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could lose. Throughout the election, I chose to have faith that reason would win out. Now that the unthinkable has become real, I'm stuck on an emotional Kubler-Ross Mobius strip, slipping from denial to anger to bargaining to depression, then back to denial, never quite getting to acceptance. Like many people, this was my reaction to the election. ![]()
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