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                                                       November 17, 2016
                                                       February 16, 2016

    I tuned in to KALX on Wednesday,
    November 9th.  They were playing a
    mix of things like "Springtime for
    Hitler" from the Producers, and the
    X song "I must not think bad thoughts".


 This is (what I think) happened:
                                         STANDALONE_COMPLEX
   My theory is that many
   people filed "protest
   votes" in the expectation         "Exit polls showed that most voters
   that he would not win: the        felt that Trump lacked the temperament
   media had told them that          to be President, and that Clinton was
   polls showed it wasn't            seen as more qualified."
   going to happen, so they
   felt they could thumb             http://election.princeton.edu/2016/11/09/aftermath/
   their nose safely.

                                             "According to Gallup, 55
     I cast no aspersions here: I've         percent of Americans say
     done similar mental calculations:       they have an unfavorable
     "I'd rather see that side win,          opinion ...  This is almost
     but not by a landslide."                20 points higher than the
                                             unfavorable rating of any
                                             other president-elect ..."


   And how we got into this:                 http://heavy.com/news/2016/11/donald-trump-approval-rating-today-now-after-post-election-presidential-favorable-unfavorable-favorability-compared-to-obama-bush-clinton/
   both major parties
   nominated remarkably
   unpopular candidates with
   polls showing terrible
   approval ratings.  This
   is an unprecedented, and
   as it turns out, very
   unstable situation--

   So that led to lack of
   enthusiasm, low turnout, and,
   I think, capricious voting.

   Upsets by tiny
   margins in *multiple*
   states (1% in Florida     These wins are by such
   and the 3 rust belt       tiny margins that any
   states) turned into       number of different
   an "electoral vote"       factors could be blamed
   win, despite losing       for them:
   the popular vote.
                              o the Republican
   And how we got into          voter suppression
   *that*: my reading of        efforts,
   the mood of the
   electorate is that         o  the third party
   this was a "throw the         candidates,
   bums out" year, and
   the GOP went with an       o  the GOP sympathizer       (And thanks go to
   anti-bum bum, but the         in charge of the FBI...   Obama for that FBI
   Dems declined the                                       appointment.  How
   opportunity, and went      o  or for that               reasonable and
   establishment.                matter some form          bipartisian of you.)
                                 of electronic
   They went through some        voter fraud.
   interesting mental
   gyrations to convince            So we're all free to
   themselves that Hillary          pick the excuse that
   was the *safe* choice,           minimizes the need to
   despite many indications         change our opinions.
   otherwise.                                                RIGHT_ALL_ALONG

   That guy Bernie was
   pretty weird, who
   knows what would      One thing about boomers
   happen with him?      that I do not love:
                         boomers are scared of
   But, when             "revolution".
   the going
   gets
   weird...


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