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2016 Postmortem

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MineralMan

(148,151 posts)
Tue Nov 29, 2016, 03:04 PM Nov 2016

I'm reminded of "A Christmas Story" with regard to the recent election. [View all]

In that movie, a bunch of kids taunted and dared another student to stick his tongue on a frozen metal post. "STUCK!"

The fire department came and freed the boy, who returned to class, where the teacher spoke about the incident. Nobody would take credit for the practical joke, so the teacher said to the class, "They know their blame" with reference to the children who dared the other student to touch his tongue to the metal. And so they did. The incident happened, but nobody was willing to admit their part in it.

In the recent election, some folks encouraged other folks to withhold their vote from Hillary Clinton on November 8 for various reasons. We now know the results. Hillary Clinton did not get enough votes in enough states to win the Electoral College vote. Those who did so are not really talking about that at this point, but I'm sure "They know their blame..." all the same.

We'll all experience the results of this election. We'll all discover what it will mean for this country. The election is over. What happened happened.

More's the pity...

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