Friday, November 11, 2016
Diagnostic
Matt Bai sums up some crushed assumptions about the election.
The 13 most amazing findings in the 2016 exit poll
These mostly gibe with my experience as a political junky.
The big take-away for me is that there was no Latino surge, no surge for women and, as far as the black vote is concerned, they didn't seem to show up at all.
This knocks me out.
If the primary targets of Trump-hostility don't give a shit, well what is the deal here?
One sad conclusion is that the targets of his disdain are traditional victims. Used to it and willing to take some more.
Or, maybe I am just another bleeding heart liberal.
At least I am not a homo-commie-symp any more. We have come some distance from the old days.
I do expect a host of lame jokes like the one to the right. At least there will be fun.
Did you notice that Obama was joke-proof. Teflon like Reagan.
As I said, get out the popcorn and lean back to watch the show.
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