Twelve Months Later

I'm Just a Millennial Short and Stout

One Year Later: A Look Back at the Election RUSH: “Twelve Months Later, Trump Would Probably Still Win the 2016 Election.” That’s the headline of a piece in the Washington Post today. This is a bombshell story, when you measure this against nearly universal coverage from the Drive-By Media for the past year. RUSH MORNING UPDATE SCROLL : On the morning of November 8th – one year ago – liberals were giddy with anticipation. Everything pointed toward victory. The polls and the Big Data showed Hillary Clinton winning in a big landslide. The day began with predictions that Trump’s presidential aspirations were doomed. His chances of reaching the Oval Office were said to be between seven and 29 percent. In addition to breaking the so-called glass-ceiling, Hillary Clinton’s election meant Barack Obama’s legacy was safe. President Hillary would keep her promise to protect it. Yes, the morning of November 8th – one year ago – was a good one for liberal Democrats. On the evening of November 8th – one year ago – there was an air of happy confidence throughout the Drive-By Media. As the polls began to close it was obvious the stories were already written; the coverage had been mapped out in advance. Media liberals were thrilled. Their unrelenting pounding of Donald Trump was about to pay off. Some establishment Republicans were also giddy. The Never Trumpers, their hatred of the outsider would be vindicated, and even if it meant an election loss, their hold on the party would remain intact. At 2:40 a.m. the morning of November 9th – one year ago – it was all over. The giddiness collapsed into waves of despondency, tears, gloom, and anger. A year later the fury remains. The rest of the country, however, was celebrating. A year later, we still are. Thank you, Russians. END RUSH MORNING UPDATE RUSH: So I ad-libbed that at the end of that update, “Thank you, Russians,” and I asked the staff, “Do you think we should pull that out before it airs?” “Oh, no. You gotta leave that in. You gotta tweak ’em, tweak ’em, leave it in.” So we left it in. “Thank you, Russians.” And now a summit between Trump and Putin to determine if there’s gonna be cheating again, that Putin make it less obvious next time, as a summit example. I just love tweaking ’em. I just do. And I know that even though they’re not gonna react to it, they’re gonna see it, they’re gonna hear about it, and they’re just gonna fume. I mean, this is one of their sacred — I mean, this would be sort of like laughing at one of the 12 disciples. You don’t make fun of the Trump-Russian collusion. That’s just too serious because they’ve got everything they know hanging on that, so I just love ramming it down their orifices. I'm in full aggravated aggregator mode here;  and  using the FR link because  I don't want to give the WaPost traffic;  and the accompaning comments and  pictures are  a nice bonus.