2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Wow - the concern trolls were right. [View all]Hassin Bin Sober
(26,325 posts)Maybe it was because my non-political boyfriend cried when us gays where blamed for the loss.
My sister in law was driving our car with a rainbow flag on the back and some douche pulled up next to her waiving a "bush wins" headline newspaper. She cried too.
Maybe I'm numb anymore.
A couple days before this election I started getting that same sinking feeling I had in 2004, a couple days out from election, when I realized gay marriage bills were on several state ballots around the country.
*gulp*
This time it was Nate Silver's explanation of how Hillary didn't have it in the bag. I mentioned my nervousness and I received a "fuck Nate Silver" reply. "Sam Wang is the man!"
When I started looking past the "Clinton 70% chance of winning" headlines and saw the slim margins that were involved in all Ohio, Florida, Michigan etc. I started getting that same sinking feeling.
Silver said Trump had a 1 in 4 chance. The same Chance he gave the Cubs of winning the World Series.
Half the country absolutely hates the Clinton's. I supported her in 2008 over Obama. But I know some repubs that would crawl over broken glass on hand and knee to vote against her. A couple points in key states was way too close.