Up at 5, my usual time.
Feeling oddly anxious.

The Clintons and Obamas had a fine rally in Philly last night. She is sounding positive.

Apparently more people have already voted in Florida than in the entire 2000 election. Looking for high turnout today.

Clinton won the vote Dixville Notch, NH vote.
Hillary Clinton 4, Donald Trump 2, Gary Johnson 1 -- and a single write-in surprise: Mitt Romney.
As Dixville goes, so goes the nation. 

Checked in with the FiveThirtyEight.
Nate has Clinton with a 71.6% chance of victory.

So, I start the day confident in the outcome.
But, I am wistful. I feel that we wasted a year. We didn't talk seriously about our place in the world. We didn't talk seriously about wage stagnation or infrastructure. We din't talk at all about education, climate change, or the terrible opiate abuse epidemic that is killing people all through Appalachia and the northeast.
No, we insulted POWs. We had little Marco. We scapegoated immigrants, fantasized about a beautiful wall that will never be built. Before we yelled crooked  Hillary, we yelled crooked Ted. We talked about emails. And talked. We promised to put political opponents in jail. We saw the rise of white nationalism.
Let's face it. It's a mess.

I'd like to think that tomorrow we can start putting it back together and get the nation moving again. But, the republicans are already hinting that they won't approve anybody Clinton appoints to the Supreme Court. Remember, there is a vacancy on the Court. The republicans wouldn't consider Obama's appointment in March because, they said, it was too close to the end of his term, and democracy demanded that The People get to pick a new President first. What will be their excuse now?

Some damn fools are even talking about Impeachment.
The country will not come together until people want it to come together.

Oh well, the sun will come up soon. And with the dawn, my optimism always rises.
Maybe the bigotry we saw is just the dying gasp of soon to be extinct movement.

See you at the polls.

Last edited by Goose (11/08/2016 5:58 am)

Also, my standard answer today to anyone who asks me I voted for:

"Like most of the e-mail on Hillary's server, that's classified information."

Came up with that one on my own.

Will be heading out about 9:30 and hoping to be in after the early voters. Being retired is great that both I and my wife can pick the less busy times at the polls. 

Looking forward to watching the results as they come in and tomorrow more of the exit polling information. 

It certainly has NOT been a conventional election cycle for sure. 

Tomorrow the nation will have elected a new POTUS. God Bless America !





 

Last edited by tennyson (11/08/2016 8:51 am)

Let's hope all poll watchers, self appointed and otherwise, have nothing more than boredom to contend with today.
Keep it classy, America!

Susan B Anthony's headstone covered in "I Voted" stickers.

Brings a tear to the eye.

Last edited by Goose (11/08/2016 9:24 am)