I slept like a Baby last night. Good thing I have practiced Meditation for so long, and can empty my mind at will when I lay down in bed…
I suppose I knew by 9 the Dream was over, but I kept drinking Kir and watching the returns with horror and fascination all evening, until it became obvious that there was no way to catch up, and that the "silent majority" had spoken again. The only way I can make sense of what happened is the "Bradley Effect".
We really should have seen it coming. Our little band of Yellow Dog Democrats was surrounded by a sea of "Trumpeters" (pun intended), most of them NOT uneducated white men, but college educated brothers, nephews, old friends, acquaintances, people who have good jobs and make good money, and a lot of women. But we kept thinking it could not possibly happen, and kept believing that enough people would come to their senses to keep this demagogic "Joker" out of the White House... Hell, I was even hoping for a Landslide that would give us the Presidency and the Senate!
The sudden plummet, and collapse of our ideals was hard, and I feel pretty banged up this morning.
I suppose I knew by 9 the Dream was over, but I kept drinking Kir and watching the returns with horror and fascination all evening, until it became obvious that there was no way to catch up, and that the "silent majority" had spoken again. The only way I can make sense of what happened is the "Bradley Effect".
We really should have seen it coming. Our little band of Yellow Dog Democrats was surrounded by a sea of "Trumpeters" (pun intended), most of them NOT uneducated white men, but college educated brothers, nephews, old friends, acquaintances, people who have good jobs and make good money, and a lot of women. But we kept thinking it could not possibly happen, and kept believing that enough people would come to their senses to keep this demagogic "Joker" out of the White House... Hell, I was even hoping for a Landslide that would give us the Presidency and the Senate!
The sudden plummet, and collapse of our ideals was hard, and I feel pretty banged up this morning.
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